Current Affairs 4th October 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who is the first Asian man to be nominated for International Tennis Hall of Fame?
A. Leander Paes                
B. Mahesh Bhupathi
C. Rohan Bopanna           
D. Yuki Bhambri
Answer [A] Leander Paes
2. Which institution has been recently selected by PFRDA as the 11th fund manager to manage retirement savings under NPS?
A. Bandhan Pension Fund Managers        
B. DSP Pension Fund Managers
C. Aditya Birla Sun Life Pension Fund       
D. Axis Pension Fund
Answer [B] DSP Pension Fund Managers
3. Which state is associated with the ‘Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas NYAY Yojana’?
A. Punjab                 
B. New Delhi
C. Chhattisgarh      
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer [C] Chhattisgarh
4. Which institution has raised more than Rs 1000 crore via social bonds?
A. NHB              
B. NABARD
C. RBI                
D. SIDBI
Answer [B] NABARD
5. Who among the following has been honoured with the Global Indian Award 2023 by the Canada India Foundation?
A. Shantanu Narayen            
B. C Vijaykumar
C. K. Krithivasan                     
D. Sudha Murty
Answer [D] Sudha Murty
6. In October 2023, which of the following countries inaugurated the first “Whoosh” high-speed railway in Southeast Asia, a key project under the Belt and Road Infrastructure initiative of China?
A. Cambodia            
B. Indonesia
C. Vietnam               
D. Thailand
Answer [B] Indonesia
7. Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)?
A. Shantanu Narayen          
B. C Vijaykumar
C. K. Krithivasan                   
D. Saugata Gupta
Answer [D] Saugata Gupta
8. In October 2023, what amount of funds Asian Development Bank approve capital management reforms in new funding capacity over the next decade to address the region’s overlapping, crises?
A. $150 billion            
B. $200 billion
C. $100 billion            
D. $130 billion
Answer [C] $100 billion
9. Who among the following awarded with the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for his outstanding contributions to mathematics?
A. Ruixiang Zhang             
B. Shai Evra
C. Will Sawin                     
D. Adam Harper
Answer [A] Ruixiang Zhang
10. In October 2023, which of the following countries won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19 Championship 2023?
A. Pakistan             
B. India
C. Indonesia           
D. China
Answer [B] India