Current affairs

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 What are the names of four Vedas - Rigveda, Yajurveda,
Samaveda, and Atharvaveda
 Who has the authority to declare a "Global Emergency" - World
Health Organization (WHO)
 Sports day is celebra
 ted on - August 29
 The square root of 1296 is - 36
 Which epic is supposed to have happened before - Mahabharata
or Ramayana - Ramayana
 Where is Ranthambore National Park situated - Rajasthan
 Mohenjo-Daro Site of Indus Valley Civilization was associated with
which river - Indus
 Which District of India has the maximum area and is in which state
- Kachchh, Gujarat
 If the population of any species has declined by 80 to more than
90 % and has less than 50 individual populations, then it is
considered as - Critically Endangered
 What is the capital of Argentina from where the famous football
player Lionel Messi belongs - Buenos Aires
 The Securities and Exchange Board of India ( SEBI ) is situated at
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
 How many landlocked countries are there in the Whole World
which are surrounded by landlocked countries - Only Two -
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
 How many scheduled languages are there as per the Constitution
of India and how many are written in Indian Currency - 22, 17
 Name the Currency used in Singapore - Singapore Dollar
 Which lake is situated at the border of Peru - Bolivia - Lake
Titicaca
 Who was the first woman and first Maharashtrian to become the
President of India - Pratibha Patil
 What is the height of the highest mountain in South America in
meters - Aconcagua (6,962 m)
 Name any Maharatna Company in India - Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOCL)
 How many and which countries are there in Great Britain - Three -
England, Wales, and Scotland
 Which Channel divides the Indian Islands Andaman and Nicobar in
the Bay of Bengal - Ten Degree Channel
 What does the 26 atomic number denote - Iron (Fe)
 What is the name of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in India in
the Mixed Category - Kanchenjunga National Park, Sikkim
 What is the name of the State bird and the State animal of Bihar -
House Sparrow, Gaur
 Kalidasa was one of the nine gems of the court of which king -
Vikramaditya of Ujjain
 What should be subtracted from 19700 so that it becomes a
perfect cube root – 17
 Who has the authority to issue currency in India - Reserve Bank of
India (RBI)
 "Matki Dance" which is a variation of Rasa Dance, is a famous folk
dance of which state - Madhya Pradesh
 Whose capital is "Abu Dhabi" - United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 B.C. Raj Trophy is associated with which sport – Football
 “Making India Awesome” is authored by whom - Chetan Bhagat
 Where is Brihadeeswara Temple situated - Tamil Nadu, India
 Garo tribes are found in which state of India - Meghalaya
 What is the name of India's longest Highway having a length of
4,112 km - NH44
 What should be added in 2300 so that it becomes a perfect square
root – Four
 Name the city of Pakistan which is World famous for maximum
production of Footballs – Sialkot
 Which Indian bank has become the most value bank in the bank –
HDFC
 Most peaceful country in the world – Iceland
 Which bank has launched its virtual branch it in Meta worse – PNB
 External Affair minister finding his nomination from which state of
Rajya Sabha Congrat - Gujrat
 In which state did P.M Modi attendee the besteel parade as the
guest of honor – Paris, France
 Who recently achieved the mild stone of becoming the 2 fastest
player in the history cricket to reach 9000 runs - Steve smith.
 Which fantasy gaming platforms has reportingly become the main
Jersey's sponsor for the Indians cricket - Dream 11
 Which country has become the first to ban plastic produce bags at
supermarket → New Zealand
 Which actor has been appointed as the brand ambassador of ICC
world cup – Shahrukh Khan
 Which channel has secured the TV rights for FIFA world cup 2023
– DD sports
 How much time did it take the chandrayan to reach the Lunar orbit
– 23 Days
 Ajeet Pavar has been the puty CM of which state – Maharashtra
 Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023. The spacecraft
entered lunar orbit on 5 August, and the lander touched down in
the South Pole region on 23 August 2023.
 Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space
Centre in Sriharikota Range (SDSC SHAR), India, on 14 July
2023.
 The launcher used for Chandrayaan-3 is GSLV-Geosynchronous
Satellite Launch Vehicle.
 India became the fourth country to land on the moon and the first
on the south pole.
 Luna 25 was a Russian lunar lander mission by the space agency
of Russia called Roscosmos. The mission was launched on
August 10, 2023, from the Vostochny Cosmodrome using a Soyuz-
2.1b rocket. The mission was not successful and it crash landed
on Moon.
 This years' BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)
Summit was held from 22-24 August 2023 in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
 The theme of India’s G20 Summit is - “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”
or “One Earth · One Family · One Future” - is drawn from the
ancient Sanskrit text of the Maha Upanishad.
 The 2023 G20 New Delhi summit is the upcoming eighteenth
meeting of G20, a summit scheduled to take place in Bharat
Mandapam International Exhibition- Convention Centre, Pragati
Maidan, New Delhi in 2023.
 The acronym G-20 stands for Group of 20 which includes 19
countries and European Union.
 The first summit of the G20 was held in Washington in 2008.
 Indian Women's hockey team won the 100th Anniversary Spanish
Hockey Federation International tournament defeating Spain by 3-
0.
 Indian wrestler Priya Malik has achieved a remarkable feat by
securing the gold medal at the U20 World Wrestling
Championships held in Jordan.
 Neeraj Chopra on Sunday, August 27, 2023 scripted history yet
again as he became the first Indian to win a gold medal in the
World Athletics Championships with a big throw of 88.17m in the
men's javelin final in Budapest, Hungary.
 Magnus Carlsen of Norway beats India’s Praggnanandhaa in
chess to win FIDE World Cup. Praggnanandhaa Was the youngest
World Cup finalist.
 Sand batteries are one of the most needed new inventions 2023 in
science that could help to store renewable energy.
 Pibot is the humanoid robot that can safely pilot an airplane.
 Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena took over as the 22nd Lieutenant
Governor of Delhi on 26th May 2022. He is the first corporate man
ever selected for such post.
 Flex Hybrid from Samsung Display is a new type of OLED display
that can be folded and unfolded.
 In South Asian Football Federation Championship 2023, Sunil
Chhetri, an Indian Football Player surpassed iconic Malaysian
footballer Mokhtar Dahari's 89 goals record to become the fourth-
highest leading goal scorer in world football.