Today Top 10 Current Affairs 16th November 2024 Questions and Answers

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Questions

Q1. Which app has been launched to strengthen the fight against doping in sports?
(a) Sport for All
(b) Doping is Sin
(c) Know Your Medicine
(d) Healthy Sport Benefits All

Q2. Which defense organization has successfully completed a series of flight tests for the Guided Pinaka Weapon System?
(a) HAL
(b) ISRO
(c) DRDO
(d) DRDO and ISRO

Q3. For preservation/rescue of injured endangered Gangetic Dolphins National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) launched ____.
(a) Dolphin Mitra
(b) Dolphin Seva
(c) Dolphin Ambulance
(d) Dolphin Saathi

Q4. First Bodoland Mohotsov inaugurated in which city?
(a) Guwahati
(b) Kohima
(c) Imphal
(d) New Delhi

Q5. Which New Zealand cricketer announced retirement from International Cricket?
(a) Kane Williamson
(b) Will Young
(c) Tim Southee
(d) Trent Boult

Q6. Reliance Industries announced merger with which company for their Indian media assets?
(a) Discovery+
(b) Disney Walt
(c) Netflix
(d) National Geographic

Q7. Birsa Munda was a tribal freedom fighter associated with which region?
(a) Chhotanagpur Plateau
(b) Western Ghats
(c) Eastern Himalayas
(d) Vindhya Range

Q8. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was launched in which year?
(a) 2016
(b) 2018
(c) 2011
(d) 2014

Q9. Sabarimala Pilgrimage site located in which state?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala

Q10. Which tribal rebellion was led by Birsa Munda?
(a) Santhal Rebellion
(b) Munda Rebellion
(c) Khasi Rebellion
(d) Bhil Rebellion

Answers

S1. Ans. (c)
Sol. Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, launched to combat doping in sports, urging athletes, coaches, and the sporting community to use the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) India’s ‘Know Your Medicine (KYM)’ app.

S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. The DRDO has successfully completed flight tests for the Guided Pinaka Weapon System during Provisional Staff Qualitative Requirements (PSQR) Validation Trials

S3. Ans. (c)
Sol. NMCG launched a special Dolphin Ambulance to aid in the rescue of injured Ganga Dolphins, a species vital to the river’s ecosystem.

S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first-ever Bodoland Mohotsov on 15th
November at the SAI Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi.

S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. Tim Southee, New Zealand’s all-time leading wicket-taker, has announced his decision to retire from international cricket after the completion of the current ICC World Test Championship campaign.

S6. Ans. (b)
Sol. Reliance Industries and Walt Disney have finalized an $8.5 billion merger of their Indian media assets.

S7. Ans. (a)
Sol. Birsa Munda belonged to the Munda tribe of the Chhotanagpur Plateau region in present-day Jharkhand.

S8. Ans. (c)
Sol. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was launched on August 12, 2011.

S9. Ans. (d)
Sol. The Sabarimala pilgrimage site is located in the state of Kerala, India

S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. Birsa Munda led the Munda Rebellion, also known as the Ulgulan or Tamar Revolt, against British oppression in the late 19th century.