Current Affairs 29th August 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who is the head of the steering Committee formed to draft the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE)?
A. K Kasturirangan                     
B. Justice Chandru
C. Dharmendra Pradhan          
D. Amartya Sen
Answer [A] K Kasturirangan
2. Which institution developed the ‘Astra’ indigenous air-to-air missile?
A. ISRO             
B. DRDO
C. HAL               
D. BHEL
Answer [B] DRDO
3. Which Indian company signed MoU with Skoda Group for a joint venture to produce components for Indian railway and public mobility?
A. Mahindra and Mahindra                 
B. Tata AutoComp
C. Maruti Suzuki                                    
D. Ashok Leyland
Answer [B] Tata AutoComp
4. The World’s first ‘Spotless giraffe’ was born in which  country?
A. India           
B. USA
C. China          
D. New Zealand
Answer [B] USA
5. Who among the following Indian javelin players won the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships 2023 held in Hungary?
A. Neeraj Chopra         
B. Shivpal Singh
C. Annu Rani                 
D. Devendra Jhajharia
Answer [A] Neeraj Chopra
6. In August 2023, how many Indian states and Union Territories are part of the 26th Western Zonal Council (WZC) meeting, led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Gandhinagar, Gujarat?
A. 1 states, 1 UT          
B. 2 states, 2 UTs
C. 3 states, 2UTs         
D. 3 states, 1UT
Answer [C] 3 states, 2 UTs
7. In August 2023, the Indian Air Force contingent participated for the first time in a biennial multilateral tri-service exercise, Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23, which is being held at_____.
A. Australia               
B. Indonesia
C. Egypt                     
D. France
Answer [C] Egypt
8. In August 2023, which of the following spacecraft, built by SpaceX, launched at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS)?
A. Orion spacecraft             
B. Soyuz spacecraft
C. Dragon spacecraft          
D. Apollo spacecraft
Answer [C] Dragon spacecraft
9. In August 2023, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with All India Council of Technical Education launched the ____ edition of the Smart India Hackathon 2023.
A. 3rd              
B. 4th
C. 6th              
D. 5th
Answer [C] 6th
10. Which of the following payment banks have collaborated with Frontier Markets and Mastercard to launch ‘She Leads Bharat: Udyam’ initiative?
A. Jip Payments Bank              
B. Fino Payments Bank
C. Airtel Payments Bank         
D. Paytm Payments Bank
Answer [C] Airtel Payments Bank