Current Affairs 28th October 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who won the Nobel Prize in Economics?
a) Claudia Goldin
b) Philip Dybvig
c) Abhijit Banerjee
d) Esther Duflo
Answer: b) Philip Dybvig

2. Arundhati Roy received which prestigious award in 2024?
a) Booker Prize
b) Jnanpith Award
c) Sahitya Akademi Award
d) PEN Pinter Prize
Answer: d) PEN Pinter Prize

3. Who is the new President of Sri Lanka, appointed in?
a) Anurag Dissanayake
b) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
c) Mahinda Rajapaksa
d) Ranil Wickremesinghe
Answer: a) Anurag Dissanayake

4. Who won the Locarno Award in 2024, becoming the first Indian to do so?
a) Priyanka Chopra
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) Shah Rukh Khan
d) Aamir Khan
Answer: c) Shah Rukh Khan

5. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPa) operates under which ministry?
a) Ministry of Law and Justice
b) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
d) Ministry of Commerce
Answer: b) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

6. What was the primary goal of the Indo-Japan Maritime Exercise recently conducted in?

a) Strengthening defense cooperation
b) Conducting humanitarian aid exercises
c) Addressing climate change issues
d) Economic collaboration
Answer: a) Strengthening defense cooperation
7. Which organization defines climate finance as financial flows toward climate change mitigation and adaptation?
a) World Bank
b) UNFCCC
c) IMF
d) Asian Development Bank
Answer: b) UNFCCC

8. India's strategic shift in trade agreements aims to address imbalances with which regions?
a) ASEAN and Africa
b) EU and UK
c) Middle East and South America
d) Australia and Japan
Answer: b) EU and UK

9. Which climate action plan activates responses based on the Air Quality Index (AQI) levels?
a) National Clean Air Programme
b) GRAP (Graded Response Action Plan)
c) Clean Air India Initiative
d) AQI Emergency Task Force
Answer: b) GRAP

10. What is India's Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDc) dependent on?
a) Blockchain technology
b) A decentralized structure
c) Government-backed stablecoin model
d) Distributed ledger technology
Answer: a) Blockchain technology