Current Affairs 8th October 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?
a) James Watson and Francis Crick
b) Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun
c) Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider
d) Paul Nurse and Tim Hunt
Answer: b) Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun
 
2. Who received an extension as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in?

a) Shaktikanta Das
b) M. Rajeshwar Rao
c) Viral Acharya
d) Urjit Patel
Answer: b) M. Rajeshwar Rao

3. Who was appointed as the new Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics in?
a) Raghuram Rajan
b) Bibek Debroy
c) Sanjeev Sanyal
d) Ajit Ranade
Answer: c) Sanjeev Sanyal

4. Which two organizations signed an MoU to strengthen e-commerce and logistics in India in?
a) Flipkart and IRCTC
b) Amazon and the Department of Posts
c) Snapdeal and BSNL
d) Walmart and Indian Railways
Answer: b) Amazon and the Department of Posts

5. Which organization collaborated with the Indian government to launch the Prime Minister’s Internship Scheme in?
a) NITI Aayog
b) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
c) FICCI
d) Reserve Bank of India
Answer: b) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

6. What is the aim of the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan launched in?
a) Promote organic farming
b) Empower tribal communities
c) Increase renewable energy usage
d) Develop smart cities
Answer: b) Empower tribal communities

7. Who was appointed as Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India in?
a) Shaktikanta Das
b) Aviral Jain
c) T. Rabi Sankar
d) Urjit Patel
Answer: b) Aviral Jain

8. Who was appointed as the new chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in?
a) Madhabi Puri Buch
b) Subhash Chandra Khuntia
c) Arundhati Bhattacharya
d) T.V. Somanathan
Answer: a) Madhabi Puri Buch

9. Which Indian airport was declared carbon-neutral in?
a) Indira Gandhi International Airport
b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport
c) Cochin International Airport
d) Kempegowda International Airport
Answer: c) Cochin International Airport

10. Which country became the first to legalize artificial intelligence (AI) for governance purposes in?

a) United Kingdom
b) South Korea
c) China
d) Estonia

Answer: d) Estonia