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01 November 2023
Q. At which place was the 6th Assembly of the International Solar Alliance held
in 2023?
Answer:- New Delhi

Q. Who presided over the sixth assembly of the International Solar Alliance in
2023?
Answer:- ISA was chaired by India's Minister of Power and New and Renewable
Energy, R. Of. Singh served as the President of the ISA Assembly.

Q. Who co-chaired the sixth assembly of the International Solar Alliance in

2023?
Answer:- Ms. Chrisola Zacharopoulou

Q. Chrysola Zacharopoulou, who co-chaired the Sixth Assembly of the

International Solar Alliance in 2023, is a citizen of which country?
Answer:- France

Q. Which three projects will be inaugurated by India and Bangladesh Prime

Ministers on 1st November 2023?
Answer. The three projects that will be inaugurated by the India and Bangladesh Prime
Ministers on 1st November 2023 are the Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link, the
Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line, and the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant Unit II.

Q. The Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link project is implemented

between which countries?
Answer: The Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link project is implemented
between India and Bangladesh.

Q. Which country did receive finance from Indian Lines of Credit (LoC) for
implementation of the Khulna-Mongla rail line project?
Answer: Bangladesh received finance from Indian Lines of Credit (LoC) for
implementation of The Khulna-Mongla rail line project.

Q. Which organization is in charge of carrying out the implementation of Maitree

Super Thermal Power Project?
Answer: Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Private) Limited (BIFPCL) is
the organization in charge of carrying out the implementation of the Maitree Super
Thermal Power Project.

Q. BIFCL is a joint venture between which organizations?

Answer: BIFCL is a 50:50 joint venture between NTPC Ltd of India and the Bangladesh
Power Development Board (BPDB).

Q. When will the Unit II of Maitree Super Thermal Power Project be launched?
Answer. The Unit II of Maitree Super Thermal Power Project will be launched on
November 1, 2023.
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Q. Which cities of India were included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
(UCCN) at the end of October 2023?
Answer:- Gwalior and Kozhikode.

Q. In which category has Gwalior of India been included in the UNESCO Creative
Cities Network (UCCN) 2023?
Answer:- Gwalior has been included in the creative category of music.

Q. India's Kozhikode has been included in which category of UNESCO Creative

Cities Network (UCCN) 2023?
Answer:- Kozhikode has been included in the creative category of literature.

Q. How many cities of the world have been included in the UNESCO Creative
Cities Network (UCCN) at the end of October 2023?
Answer:- A total of 55 cities of the world have been included in the UNESCO Creative
Cities Network (UCCN) by the end of October 2023.

Q. Cities from how many creative regions are selected to be included in the
UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) of the world?
Answer:- UCCN includes seven creative areas:- Crafts and Folk Arts, Media Arts, Film,
Design, Gastronomy, Literature and Music.

Q. What is the meaning of AQI?

Answer. AQI stands for Air Quality Index which measures quality of air.

Q. When was AQI introduced in India?

Answer. In India, AQI was introduced in 2014.

Q. What is PM 2.5?
Answer. PM 2.5 denotes a concentration of tiny particles smaller than 2.5 microns in
diameter,

Q. What is PM 10?
Answer. PM 10 denotes a concentration of particles smaller than 10 microns in
diameter.

Q. Who notified the NAAQ standards?

Answer. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) notified the National Ambient Air
Quality Standards in November 2009.

Q. What is the fullform of SAFAR?

Answer. SAFAR stands for System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And
Research.

Q. Which ministry is responsible for the invention of SAFAR?

Answer. The SAFAR initiative was invented by - Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).
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Q. Who is to appear before the Ethics Committee?

Anwer: Trinamool Congress leader and MP Mahua Moitra.

Q. Who appoints members of the Ethics Committee?

Answer: Speaker

Q. What are the terms of members of the ethics committee?

Answer: One year

Q. When was the Rajya Sabha Ethics Committee established?

Answer: March 4, 1997, under the leadership of then Vice President K R Narayanan.

Q. Green Energy Corridor (GEC) Phase-II will be developed at which place?

Answer: Ladakh

Q. Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Rates for Rabi Season are fixed for which
fertilizers?
Answer: Phosphatic and Potassic (P&K) fertilizers

Q. What target was set for MSP in Budget 2018-19?

Answer: MSP at a minimum of 1.5 times the All-India weighted average Cost of
Production.

Q. What is Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat)?

Answer: it is an Autonomous Body

Q. Which state foundation day is Karnataka celebrating on November 1, 2023?

Answer:- Karnataka is celebrating its 68th State Foundation Day on November 1,
2023.

Q. By what name was Karnataka state known earlier?

Answer:- Mysore State

Q. In which year Mysore State was renamed as Karnataka?

Answer:- It was renamed as Karnataka on November 1, 1973. Karnataka was formerly
known as Mysore State.

Q. How many states in India are celebrating their foundation day on November
1, 2023?
Answer:- Seven states (Apart from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Lakshadweep and Puducherry are also
celebrating their foundation day on November 1.)

Q. Which union territory of India is celebrating its foundation day on November

1, 2023?
Answer:- Lakshadweep and Puducherry are celebrating their foundation day on 1st
November.
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Q. Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Dharmendra Pradhan was on a three-day visit to which Gulf country in the first
week of November 2023?
Answer:- United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Q. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan visited ‘Global Tech Ecosystem Hub 71’
during his visit to which country in November 2023?
Answer:- United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Q. Who is the present President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)?

Answer:- Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Q. Who is the present Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)?
Answer:- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Q. Who launched the Ernie bot ChatGPT?

Answer: Baidu

Q. What is the name of a search engine in China?

Answer: Baidu

Q. Who is the CEO of OpenAI?

Answer: Samuel Harris Altman is currently serving as the CEO of OpenAI.

Q. Which company launched ChatGPT?

Answer: Open AI

Q. What is the meaning of EL Nino?

Answer: Little Boy

Q. Usually when does EL Nino occur?

Answer: Around Christmas

Q. Where will more rainfall occur during El Nino?

Answer: East Pacific

Q. What does La Nina mean?

Answer: Little Girl

Q. Which Union Territory did President Draupadi Murmu visit at the end of
October 2023?
Answer:- Ladakh

Q. In which Union Territory has the Central Government approved the

establishment of the Green Energy Corridor Project?
Answer:- Ladakh
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Q. At which place is the world's first high-altitude green hydrogen fuel station
being established?
Answer:- Leh

Q. Who is setting up the world's first high-altitude green hydrogen fuel station
in Leh?
Answer:- The world's first high-altitude green hydrogen fuel station is being set up in
Leh by NTPC.

Q. Which country's Air Force personnel visited Dimapur in October 2023?

Answer:- Bangladesh Air Force

Q. To which country did India gift ‘Kilo Flight’?

Answer:- Bangladesh

Q. In which year was the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) established?

Answer:- Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) came into existence on 28 September 1971.