Q.: What is the name of the ship-based missile system designed to counter various aerial threats, successfully tested in September 2024?
a) BrahMos
b) Akash-NG
c) VL-SRSAM
d) Nag
Answer
Answer: c) VL-SRSAM
On 12 September 2024, India successfully test-fired the indigenously developed Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast. The VL-SRSAM is a ship-based missile system designed to counter various aerial threats, including low-altitude sea-skimming targets, at close range.
Q.: Who completed the first private spacewalk in orbit on 12 September 2024?
a) Elon Musk and Scott Poteet
b) Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis
c) Scott Poteet and Anna Menon
d) Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Answer
Answer: b) Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis
On 12 September 2024, two astronauts, billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, completed the first private spacewalk outside a SpaceX capsule.
Q.: Which school won the Junior Boys title in the 63rd Subroto Cup 2024?
a) Myngken Christian Higher Secondary School
b) T.G. English School
c) St. Paul’s School
d) Delhi Public School
Answer
Answer: b) T.G. English School
Manipur’s T.G. English School won the Junior Boys title of the 63rd Subroto Cup, defeating Meghalaya’s Myngken Christian Higher Secondary School 4-3 in a sudden-death tiebreaker. The final, held at BR Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi, on 11 September 2024
Q.: Who was Sitaram Yechury, who passed away in September 2024 at the age of 72?
a) A renowned economist
b) A freedom fighter
c) The General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
d) A famous scientist
Answer
Answer: c) The General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury died on 12 September 2024 at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness.
Q.: What is the name of the joint military exercise between India and Oman?
(A) Desert Eagle
(B) Al Najah
(C) Indra
(D) Varuna
Answer
Answer: (B) Al Najah
The fifth edition of the India-Oman Joint Military Exercise, Al Najah, will take place from September 13 to 26 at the Rabkoot Training Area in Salalah, Oman.
Q: What is the age criteria for senior citizens to receive health coverage, regardless of income, under the newly expanded Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY scheme?
a) 60 years and above
b) 65 years and above
c) 70 years and above
d) 75 years and above
Answer
Answer: c) 70 years and above
The Union Cabinet, has approved the expansion of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to provide health coverage for all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, regardless of income on 11 September 2024.