Current Affairs 9th November 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which country recently hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting 2023?
(a) Thailand
(b) Vietnam
(c) Philippines
(d) Indonesia
Answer: (c) Philippines
2. Who was recently appointed as the new Chief Justice of India?
(a) Justice Uday Umesh Lalit
(b) Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
(c) Justice Ravindra Nath Misra
(d) Justice Arun Mishra
Answer: (b) Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud
3. Which Indian state recently became the first to establish a separate government department for the differently-abled?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (b) Maharashtra
4. Which Indian city was recently ranked as the most polluted city in the world by IQAir's World Air Quality Report 2023?
(a) Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Bangalore
Answer: (a) Delhi
5. Which Indian company recently announced plans to invest $5 billion in a new semiconductor manufacturing plant in India?
(a) Reliance Industries
(b) Tata Group
(c) Vedanta Resources
(d) Adani Group
Answer: (d) Adani Group
6. Which country recently announced that it would be joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) South Korea
(d) Taiwan
Answer: (c) South Korea
7. Which international organization recently released its World Economic Outlook report, predicting that global growth would slow to 2.7% in 2023?
(a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(b) World Bank
(c) World Trade Organization (WTO)
(d) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Answer: (a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
8. Which space agency recently launched the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space telescope ever built?
(a) NASA
(b) ESA
(c) JAXA
(d) Roscosmos
Answer: (a) NASA
9. Which country recently announced that it would be banning the use of all single-use plastics by 2025?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Canada
(d) Australia
Answer: (b) Germany
10. Which cryptocurrency recently surpassed Bitcoin as the world's most valuable cryptocurrency by market capitalization?
(a) Ethereum
(b) Tether
(c) Binance Coin
(d) Dogecoin
Answer: (a) Ethereum