Daily Current Affairs MCQ question with Answer and Explanation for Competitive Exams. (English Medium)
Q.: Where is the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) being held?
A) Brazil
B) Colombia
C) China
D) Canada
Q. What is the primary reason for invoking Stage-2 of GRAP in Delhi and the NCR region?
A) Water scarcity
B) Rising pollution levels
C) Traffic congestion
D) Increased rainfall
Q. Where was the 16th BRICS Summit held?
A) New Delhi, India
B) Kazan, Russia
C) Beijing, China
D) Johannesburg, South Africa
Q.: Who became the President of Indonesia in October 2024?
a) Joko Widodo
b) Megawati Sukarnoputri
c) Prabowo Subianto
d) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Q.: What currency will Indian tourists use for transactions in the Maldives through UPI apps?
a) US Dollars
b) Maldivian Rufiyaa
c) Euros
d) Indian Rupees
Q.: What is the name of the festival where married women celebrate to promote their husband’s longevity?
a) Diwali
b) Teej
c) Karva Chauth
d) Holi
Q.: Who are the other three Indian batters to have reached 9,000 Test runs before Kohli?
a) Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni
b) Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, MS Dhoni
c) Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar
d) VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev
Q.: What is Hamas, whose chief Yahya Sinwar was killed in Rafah, southern Gaza, during an encounter with Israeli forces in October 2024?
A) A political and militant organization based in Palestine
B) A humanitarian aid organization
C) An international peacekeeping force
D) A cultural and educational institution
Q.: What was the focus of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2024, held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, from October 15 to 18, 2024?
a) Traditional arts and crafts
b) Quantum technology and 6G
c) Space exploration
d) Historical research
Q.:Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Haryana for a second term on 17 October 2024?
(a) Manohar Lal Khattar
(b) Bhupinder Singh Hooda
(c) Nayab Singh Saini
(d) Dushyant Chautala
Q.: Who has Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud recommended as his successor?
(a) Justice S. Abdul Nazeer
(b) Justice Sanjiv Khanna
(c) Justice N.V. Ramana
(d) Justice U.U. Lalit
Q.: Who were awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024?
(a) Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson
(b) Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer
(c) Paul Romer, William Nordhaus
(d) David Card, Joshua Angrist, Guido Imbens
Q.: What will be the new rate of Dearness Allowance (DA) effective from 1 July 2024, after the 3% hike from the existing rate of 50%?
A) 51%
B) 53%
C) 55%
D) 60%
Q.: Which Rabi crop received the highest increase in MSP for the 2025-26 marketing season?
A) Wheat
B) Lentil (Masur)
C) Rapeseed and Mustard
D) Gram
Q.: What is the MSP for wheat for the 2025-26 marketing season after the increase of Rs 150 per quintal?
A) Rs 2500 per quintal
B) Rs 2400 per quintal
C) Rs 2425 per quintal
D) Rs 2600 per quintal
Q.: Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on 16 October 2024?
A) Farooq Abdullah
B) Omar Abdullah
C) Manoj Sinha
D) Akhilesh Yadav
Q.: The assembly elections of which two states are going to be conducted in November 2024?
a) Gujarat and Rajasthan
b) Maharashtra and Jharkhand
c) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
d) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
Q.: Which types of MQ-9B Predator drones are included in India’s tri-service procurement deal with the US in October 2024?
a) Reaper and Avenger
b) Sky Guardian and Sea Guardian
c) Global Hawk and Triton
d) Heron and Shadow
Q.: Who assumed charge as the 26th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard on 15 October 2024?
a) K. Natarajan
b) Rajendra Singh
c) Paramesh Sivamani
d) Krishnaswamy Nair
Q.: What is the main objective of NASA’s Europa Clipper mission launched on October 2024?
A) To explore Mars’ surface for signs of life
B) To study Saturn’s rings
C) To examine Jupiter’s moon Europa for conditions that might support life
D) To land on Europa and collect surface samples
Q.: Which company built the Indian Navy’s first indigenous multi-purpose vessel ‘Samarthak’ ?
A) Cochin Shipyard
B) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
C) Hindustan Shipyard
D) L&T Shipyard
Q.: Which company achieved the milestone of catching the Starship booster with robotic arms in October 2024?
A) Blue Origin
B) SpaceX
C) NASA
D) Boeing
Q.: In the Ramayana, which event is commemorated during Vijayadashmi?
a) The birth of Lord Rama
b) The coronation of Lord Rama
c) The defeat of Ravana by Lord Rama
d) The exile of Lord Rama
Q. Vijayadashmi is celebrated as the conclusion of which major festival in West Bengal?
a) Diwali
b) Holi
c) Durga Puja
d) Ganesh Chaturthi
Q.: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was recently upgraded to which status in October 2024?
a) Navratna
b) Maharatna
c) Miniratna
d) Public Sector Undertaking (PSU)
Q.: Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Tata Trusts in 2024?
a) Cyrus Mistry
b) Natarajan Chandrasekaran
c) Noel Tata
d) Rajesh Gopinathan
Q.: When is the International Day of the Girl Child celebrated?
a) October 5
b) October 11
c) October 20
d) October 30
Q.: What is the full name of the organization that won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize?
a) Nihon Hidankyo
b) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
c) United Nations
d) Greenpeace
Q.: What new cancer therapy target did scientists from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) identify?
a) Topoisomerase 1 (Top1)
b) Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1)
c) CDK1 inhibitors
d) Camptothecin
Q.: Ratan Tata was known for his role as:
A. A famous Indian actor
B. A renowned Indian industrialist
C. A prominent Indian politician
D. A celebrated Indian sportsperson
Q.: Who was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) Haruki Murakami
b) Han Kang
c) Orhan Pamuk
d) Margaret Atwood
Q.: Which disease has India officially eliminated as a public health problem according to the WHO certification in October 2024?
A) Malaria
B) Trachoma
C) Tuberculosis
D) Polio
Q.: Trachoma, once a leading cause of blindness in India, was caused by:
A) Streptococcus pneumoniae
B) Chlamydia Trachomatis
C) Escherichia coli
D) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Q.: What change did the RBI make to its monetary policy stance in October 2024?
A) Moved from ‘neutral’ to ‘accommodative’
B) Shifted from ‘withdrawal of accommodation’ to ‘neutral’
C) Shifted to ‘tightening’
D) Adopted an ‘expansionary’ stance
Q.: Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for breakthroughs in protein structure research?
A) Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier
B) David Baker, John Jumper, and Demis Hassabis
C) Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez
D) Frances Arnold, George Smith, and Gregory Winter
Q.: Where was the 92nd Raising Day of the Indian Air Force celebrated on 8 October 2024?
a) Ambala Air Force Station
b) Tambaram Air Force Station
c) Hindon Air Force Station
d) Jodhpur Air Force Station
Q.: Which party won the majority in the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly elections?
a) Congress
b) Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)
c) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
d) Jannayak Janta Party (JJP)
Q.: Which alliance won the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections in 2024?
a) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
b) Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
c) National Conference and Congress
d) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
Q.: Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics?
a) Elon Musk and Bill Gates
b) John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton
c) Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein
d) Alan Turing and Charles Babbage
Q.: Who were awarded the 2024 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
Q.: Who has received an extension as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in October 2024?
a) Shaktikanta Das
b) M. Rajeshwar Rao
c) Viral Acharya
d) Urjit Patel
Q.: Which country topped the medals tally at the 2024 ISSF Junior World Shooting Championship?
A) Italy
B) Norway
C) India
D) Germany
Q.: What is the name of the indigenously developed Very Short Range Air Defence System, that was successfully tested on October 7, 2024 at Pokhran firing ranges in Rajasthan?
A) Akash
B) Nag
C) VSHORADS
D) Prithvi
Q.: Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the Banjara Virasat Museum on October 5, 2024?
A) Mumbai, Maharashtra
B) Pohardevi, Washim, Maharashtra
C) Pune, Maharashtra
D) Nagpur, Maharashtra
Q.: What is the name of the Indian government mission that aims to make India self-reliant in oilseed production over the next seven years?
(a) National Mission on Oilseeds and Pulses
(b) National Mission on Edible Oils and Oilseeds (NMEO-Oilseeds)
(c) National Agricultural Development Program
(d) Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
Q.: As of September 27, 2024, what milestone did India’s foreign exchange reserves achieve for the first time?
(a) USD 600 billion
(b) USD 650 billion
(c) USD 700 billion
(d) USD 750 billion
Q.: What is the name of the International Film Festival and Forum on Environment and Wildlife, held from 3 October 2024 in New Delhi?
A) Green Earth Festival
B) Vatavaran
C) EcoWorld Film Fest
D) Wild India Film Festival
Q.: Where is the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 being held?
A) Australia
B) England
C) UAE
D) India
Q.: Which languages were granted classical language status by the Cabinet in October 2024?
A) Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam
B) Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali
C) Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Marathi
D) Assamese, Gujarati, Bengali, Pali, and Hindi
Q.: How many countries were part of the International Energy Efficiency Hub as of July 2024?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20
Q.: Who was sworn in as Mexico’s first female president in 2024?
a) Andrés Manuel López Obrador
b) Claudia Sheinbaum
c) Margarita Zavala
d) Rosario Robles
Q.: Who is the Chairperson of the reconstituted Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)?
A) Deputy Governor of RBI
B) Governor of RBI
C) Finance Minister of India
D) Chief Economic Advisor
Q.: Swachh Bharat Diwas coincides with the birth anniversary of which national leader?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhash Chandra Bose
c) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q.: Who won the two gold medals in the individual 10m air rifle event and the 10m air rifle men’s team event at the ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru, on October 1, 2024?
a) Ajay Malik
b) Abhinav Shaw
c) Parth Rakesh Mane
d) Huang Liwanlin
Q.: Who assumed the role of Secretary-General of NATO on October 1, 2024?
a) Jens Stoltenberg
b) Mark Rutte
c) Emmanuel Macron
d) Angela Merkel
Q.: On which date is the International Day of Non-Violence observed?
a) 15 August
b) 2 October
c) 30 January
d) 5 June
Q.: The International Day of Non-Violence is celebrated to honor the birthday of which prominent leader?
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Subhas Chandra Bose
c) Mahatma Gandhi
d) Bhagat Singh
Q.:What is the name of the joint military exercise between India and Kazakhstan that commenced in September 2024?
a) Yudh Abhyas
b) Shakti
c) KAZIND
d) Indra
Q.: Who is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Rajinikanth
C) Mithun Chakraborty
D) Kamal Haasan
Q.: What is the highest honour in Indian cinema?
a) Filmfare Award
b) Dadasaheb Phalke Award
c) National Film Award
d) Padma Shri
Q.: Who is known as the father of Indian cinema?
a) Raj Kapoor
b) Satyajit Ray
c) Dadasaheb Phalke
d) Guru Dutt
Q.: Which country won the SAFF Under-17 Championship title on 28 September 2024?
a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) Bhutan
d) Nepal
Q.: Who was the leader of Hezbollah, killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut in September 2024?
A) Hassan Nasrallah
B) Mahmoud Abbas
C) Bashar al-Assad
D) Ayatollah Khamenei
Q.: Who is the Indian athlete who won the gold medal in the men’s 5,000 meters race at the World Athletics Continental Tour in Japan in September 2024 and set a new national record?
a) Avinash Sable
b) Gulveer Singh
c) Neeraj Chopra
d) Jinson Johnson
Q.: What is the name of the mission launched by NASA and SpaceX to bring back Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were stuck on the International Space Station?
a) Artemis I
b) Crew-9
c) Orion 5
d) Dragon 4
Q.: What is the main purpose of declaring the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around the Gir Protected Area?
a) Promote tourism
b) Balance conservation of Asiatic lions with sustainable development
c) Increase forest area
d) Build new villages
Q.: What is India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024?
a) 39th
b) 41st
c) 37th
d) 43rd
Q.: Which countries are the top five most innovative economies according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024?
a) Switzerland, Sweden, USA, Singapore, and the UK
b) China, India, USA, France, and Japan
c) Germany, Canada, USA, Singapore, and Sweden
d) Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, and India
Q.: Which village in Manipur has been awarded as one of the Best Tourism Villages in the Heritage category in 2024?
a) Nongpok Kakching
b) Andro Village
c) Ukhrul Village
d) Khongjom Village
Q.: Who won the IBSF World 6-Red title in November 2024?
A) Asjad Iqbal
B) Kamal Chawla
C) Malkeet Singh
D) Ng On Yee
Q.: When is World Tourism Day celebrated each year?
A) September 25
B) September 27
C) October 5
D) November 15
Q.: Where have the PARAM Rudra Supercomputers been installed?
A) Mumbai, Chennai, and Bangalore
B) Pune, Delhi, and Kolkata
C) Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Jaipur
D) Lucknow, Patna, and Bhopal
Q.: India has emerged as the third most powerful nation in Asia, in the 2024 Asia Power Index, surpassing which country?
(A) China
(B) South Korea
(C) Japan
(D) Russia
Q.: On which date did the Make in India initiative complete 10 years?
(A) 15th August 2024
(B) 1st January 2024
(C) 25th September 2024
(D) 5th October 2024
Q.: Under Make in India, India has become the second-largest manufacturer of which product in the world?
(A) Automobiles
(B) Mobile phones
(C) Steel
(D) Pharmaceuticals
Q.: Who has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of Air Staff in September 2024?
(A) Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh
(B) Air Marshal SP Dharkar
(C) Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria
(D) Air Marshal BS Dhanoa
Q.: Where is the UP International Trade Show 2024 held from September 25 to 29, 2024?
(A) Lucknow
(B) Varanasi
(C) Greater Noida
(D) Kanpur
Q.: What is the name of the India-Oman joint military exercise taking place from 13th to 26th September 2024?
A) Desert Eagle
B) AL-NAJAH 5
C) Indo-Oman Strike
D) Operation Sandstorm
Q.: Who chaired the 10th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region Conference that concluded on 24th September 2024?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) Om Birla
C) Narendra Modi
D) Amit Shah
Q.: Who is the Director of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2024?
A) Anurag Kashyap
B) Shekhar Kapoor
C) Zoya Akhtar
D) Rajkumar Hirani
Q.: What is the primary goal of the Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign 2.0?
A) To promote the use of tobacco among youth
B) To educate youth about the harmful effects of tobacco
C) To increase tobacco sales
D) To reduce the price of tobacco products
Q.: Which film has been selected as India’s official entry for the 2025 Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category?
A) Gully Boy
B) Laapataa Ladies
C) Lagaan
D) Newton
Q.: When and where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi address the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly?
A) September 21, 2024, in Geneva
B) September 22, 2024, in Paris
C) September 23, 2024, in New York
D) September 24, 2024, in London
Q.: Who became the first Indian male wrestler to win an MMA fight at the Gama International Fighting Championship in 2024?
a) Sushil Kumar
b) Bajrang Punia
c) Sangram Singh
d) Yogeshwar Dutt
Q.: Which teams won the gold medals at the 2024 Chess Olympiad for India?
(A) Men’s team only
(B) Women’s team only
(C) Both men’s and women’s teams
(D) Youth team only
Q.: Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the Air Staff?
a) Vivek Ram Chaudhari
b) Amar Preet Singh
c) Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
d) Arjan Singh
Q.: Which countries are part of the Quad?
a) India, Australia, Japan, and the US
b) India, China, Japan, and the US
c) India, Australia, Russia, and the US
d) India, Japan, South Korea, and the US
Q.: Which country will host the Quad Leaders’ Summit 2025?
a) Australia
b) India
c) Japan
d) United States
Q.: Who won the Presidential election in Sri Lanka on 22 September 2024?
(A) Ranil Wickremasinghe
(B) Sajith Premadasa
(C) Anura Kumara Dissanayake
(D) Maithripala Sirisena
Q.Who has been appointed the new Director General of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in September 2024?
(A) S N Pradhan
(B) Anish Dayal Singh
(C) Anurag Garg
(D) K. Vijay Kumar
Q.: What is the name of India’s first human spaceflight mission, expected to be launched by the end of 2024?
(A) Chandrayaan
(B) Gaganyaan
(C) Mangalyaan
(D) Vikram
Q.: Who is the current Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
(A) K. Sivan
(B) S Somanath
(C) G. Madhavan Nair
(D) A. S. Kiran Kumar
Q.: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States in September 2024 includes participation in which of the following summits?
(A) G20 Summit
(B) Quad Leaders’ Summit
(C) BRICS Summit
(D) ASEAN Summit
Q.: What is the name of the joint military exercise conducted between India and the US Army from September 9 to 22, 2024, at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan?
A) Cobra Gold
B) Malabar
C) Yudh Abhyas
D) Red Flag
Q.: By how much has cash in circulation increased in the Indian economy from November 2016 to September 2024?
a) From Rs 12.5 lakh crore to Rs 25 lakh crore
b) From Rs 16.5 lakh crore to Rs 34.7 lakh crore
c) From Rs 18 lakh crore to Rs 30 lakh crore
d) From Rs 14.5 lakh crore to Rs 32.5 lakh crore
Q.: What was the main objective of demonetization in November 2016?
a) To promote foreign investments
b) To reduce the fiscal deficit
c) To eliminate black money and encourage digital payments
d) To increase the value of the rupee
Q.: By how much did UPI transactions increase in volume between 2019-20 and 2023-24?
a) Two-fold
b) Five-fold
c) Ten-fold
d) Fifteen-fold
Q.: Which country was declared the first to eliminate leprosy by the WHO?
a) India
b) Jordan
c) Brazil
d) China
Q.: Where is World Food India 2024 held from 19 to 22 September 2024?
a) Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
b) Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
c) Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
d) India Gate, New Delhi
Q.What was the voter turnout percentage in the first phase (18 September) of the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections?
(a) 45%
(b) 59%
(c) 63%
(d) 72%
Q.: Which group was primarily affected by the Pagers and radios explosions in Lebanon?
A) Lebanese Army
B) Hezbollah members
C) UN Peacekeepers
D) Local civilians
Q.: What is the name of India’s planned space station under the Gaganyaan program?
(a) Bharatiya Space Station
(b) Indian Orbiting Laboratory
(c) Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS-1)
(d) Gaganyaan Station
Q.: Who led the high-level committee that recommended the ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Ashwini Vaishnaw
(c) Ram Nath Kovind
(d) Amit Shah
Q.: What is the main objective of the ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal?
(a) To reduce the number of elections
(b) To conduct simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections
(c) To increase election expenses
(d) To promote only local elections
Q.: When was the 8th India Water Week held?
a) September 10-14, 2024
b) September 17-20, 2024
c) October 5-8, 2024
d) November 1-4, 2024
Q.: What is the name of the integrated disaster management symposium organized by NDMA and the Indian Army in 2024?
a) Exercise Yodha
b) Exercise AIKYA
c) Exercise Suraksha
d) Exercise Rakshak
Q.: Which men’s hockey team won the Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024?
a) China
b) Malaysia
c) Korea
d) India
Q.: Who has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Delhi after Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation?
a) Gopal Rai
b) Manish Sisodia
c) Atishi
d) Raghav Chadha