Current Affairs 15th October 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which state has become the third to launch a caste survey?
A) Telangana
B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: A) Telangana
2. Who is the first Indian to climb Mount Shishapangma?
A) Ravindra Kumar
B) Arjun Vajpai
C) Luv Raj Singh Dharmshaktu
D) Anshu Jamsenpa
Answer: B) Arjun Vajpai

3. Who won the Nobel Prize in Economics for?
A) Daron Acemoglu
B) Simon Johnson
C) James A. Robinson
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above

4. Kamindu Mendis, ICC Player of the Month for, is from which country?
A) Bangladesh
B) Sri Lanka
C) Pakistan
D) New Zealand
Answer: B) Sri Lanka

5. Who won the singles title at the ATP Shanghai Masters?

A) Danielle Collins
B) Rohan Bopanna
C) Andrey Rublev
D) Jannik Sinner
Answer: D) Jannik Sinner

6. Which company has become India’s 14th Maharatna Company?
A) India Electronics Limited
B) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
C) Power Finance Corporation
D) National Aluminium Company

Answer: B) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

7. Where is the Dr. Sampurnanand Sports Stadium located?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Karnataka
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer: A) Uttar Pradesh

8. Where did Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde inaugurate Marathi Bhasha Bhavan?
A) Kolhapur
B) Pune
C) Navi Mumbai
D) Nagpur
Answer: C) Navi Mumbai

9. Which company built the Indian Navy’s first indigenous multi-purpose vessel ‘Samarthak’?
A) Cochin Shipyard
B) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
C) Hindustan Shipyard
D) L&T Shipyard
Answer: D) L&T Shipyard

10. Which Indian organization became a ‘Maharatna’ Public Sector Enterprise in?

A) ONGC
B) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL)
C) BHEL
D) Coal India
Answer: B) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL)