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
Answer
Answer: (c) Nayab Singh Saini
Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Haryana for a second term on October 17, 2024, marking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) third consecutive government in the state.
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
Answer
Answer: (b) Justice Sanjiv Khanna
Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud has recommended Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second-most senior judge of the Supreme Court, as his successor.
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
Answer
Answer: (a) Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson
On October 14, 2024, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson for their research on how institutions are formed and their impact on a nation’s prosperity.