Current Affairs 6th October 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. What is the rank of India in the ‘Global Innovation Index 2023’?
A. 60                
B. 50
C. 40                
D. 30
Answer [C] 40
2. Which Union Ministry launched ‘CRIIIO 4 GOOD modules’?

A. Ministry of MSME                               
B. Ministry of Education
C. Ministry of Electronics and IT           
D. Ministry of External Affairs
Answer [B] Ministry of Education
3. Which Indian state/UT has recently banned the Conocarpus plant?

A. Gujarat                 
B. Goa
C. Kerala                   
D. Uttarakhand
Answer [A] Gujarat
4. Which country is undertaking  a project to create the world’s most powerful laser, called “Vulcan 20-20”?

A. China                 
B. UK
C. Israel                  
D. USA
Answer [B] UK
5. Which country has launched USD 1 billion plan to coordinate the controlled descent of International Space Station (ISS) back to Earth?

A. Russia                
B. China
C. USA                    
D. India
Answer [C] USA
6. Who among the following has been appointed as CEO of PayU?

A. Anirban Mukherjee                 
B. Amrish Rau
C. Sameer Nigam                         
D. Sujith Narayanan
Answer [A] Anirban Mukherjee
7. In October 2023, which of the following cities inaugurated a 23 km long cycle track with a solar roof, making it India’s first solar covered cycle track?

A. Bangalore               
B. Hyderabad
C. Ahmedabad           
D. Chennai
Answer [B] Hyderabad
8. In October 2023, what is the rank of India in the mobile Okia Speedtest Global Index?

A. 47th           
B. 72nd
C. 48th           
D. 73rd
Answer [A] 47th
9. Who among the following bagged gold in Javelin Throw at the Asian Games 2023, held at Hangzhou?

A. Muhammad Yasir              
B. Roderick Genki
C. Kishore Kumar Jena          
D. Neeraj Chopra
Answer [D] Neeraj Chopra
10. In October 2023, which of the following organizations caught 6 persons with 955 live baby Gangetic turtles of different species at Nagpur, Bhopal, and Chennai?

A. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau             
B. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence
C. National Crime Investigation Bureau
D. Central Bureau of Investigation
Answer [B] Directorate of Revenue Intelligence