Current affairs 09th October 2023

Daily current affairs useful for those who are in gamut of exam preparation and for those who are preparing for all competitive exams like Bank Exams – PO, Clerk, SSC, Railway and Insurance. Here the topics covered will be from Indian and International Relations, defense, Science and Technology, Environmental Studies, Awards, Sports, History, Politics and wide aspects on different topics

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Question 1

Indian Air Force Day is on _____? 1.     October 6th 2.     October 7th 3.     October 8th 4.     October 9th

Answer: 3.  October 8th

Explanation   1.      Established in the year October 8th 1932 2.      October 8th every year is celebrated Indian Air Force Day 3.      This year it will be held on Prayagraj with air show  of 120 fighters, transport and helicopters 4.      Indian Air Force is celebrating 91st anniversary by organizing air shows and events across different cities of India

 

Question 2

49th All India Police Science Congress organized in Dehradun on 7th October by Forest Research Institute with the theme “Policing in Amrit Kaal”, which of the following are the highlighted themes of discussion __________? 1.     Policing in the 5G Era 2.     Narcotics: A Game – Changing Approach 3.     Internal Security and Social Media Challenges 4.     Community Policing 5.     All the above

Answer: 5. All the above

Explanation: 49th All India Police Science Congress organized in Dehradun on 7th October by Forest Research Institute with the theme “Policing in Amrit Kaal” 6 themes were selected for discussion 1.      Policing in the 5G Era 2.      Narcotics: A Game – Changing Approach 3.      Internal Security and Social Media Challenges 4.      Community Policing 5.      Police and Central Armed police Forces (CAPFS) 6.      National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB)

 

Question 3

11th Edition of Exercise SAMPRITI is held in Umroi, Meghalaya form October 3rd to October 16th 20223, it is the joint exercise between __________? 1.     India and Bangladesh 2.     India and China 3.     India and Tibet 4.     India and Singapore

Answer: 1.  India and Bangladesh

Explanation 1.      11th Edition of Exercise SAMPRITI is held in Umroi, Meghalaya form October 3rd to October 16th 20223, it is the joint exercise between India and Bangladesh   2.      This exercise mainly focus on strengthens defense cooperation between nations

 

Question 4

Axis Bank launched a mobile Application_______ designed to enhance digital banking services.   1.     Digi Axis 2.     Open by AXIS Bank 3.     Axis for Customers 4.     Digital Bank Open Axis

Answer: 2. Open by AXIS Bank

Explanation 1.      Axis Bank launched a mobile Application designed to enhance digital banking services called Open by AXIS Bank 2.      This Application offers 250 Banking Services with friendly user interface 3.      This app is highest rated mobile app among most banks across world

 

Question 5

World Cerebral Plasy Day______? 1.     October 5th 2.     October 6th 3.     October 7th 4.     October 8th

Answer: 2. October 6th

Explanation 1.      World Cerebral Plasy Day, dedicated to raising awareness about cerebral plasy for recognizing achievements of individuals living with neurological disorder

 

Question 6

Noble Peace Prize was awarded to _______? 1.     Marges Mohammadi 2.     Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman 3.     Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz 4.     Anne L’Huilier

Answer: 5. Marges Mohammadi

Explanation 1.      Nobel Prize was created by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel awarded annually for achievements in the field of medicine or physiology, Physics, chemistry, peace and economics 2.      The award cash reward is 11 million Swedish kronor or around $1 million dollar      A jailed Iranian human right activist, recognized for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran.

 

 

Question 7

Noble prize in Medicine was awarded to______________? 1.     Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov 2.     Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huilier 3.     Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman 4.     Jon Fosse

Answer: 5.Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman

Explanation   1.      Nobel Prize was created by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel awarded annually for achievements in the field of medicine or physiology, Physics, chemistry, peace and economics 2.      The award cash reward is 11 million Swedish kronor or around $1 million dollar      The Nobel prize committee credited karikos and weisseman’s work with saving millions of lives      Kariko a molecular biologist and weissman an immunologist realized during a chance encounter at a university of Pennsylvania photocopy machine in the 1990s that they could combine their work to explore how messenger RNA might produce effective drugs/Vaccines      Drug makers raced to develop vaccines against Covid- 19 it was mRNA technology that powered the widely used shots.

 

Question 8

Noble prize in Physics was awarded to______________? 1.     Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman 2.     Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huilier 3.     Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz 4.     Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov

Answer:  2. Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huilier

Explanation   1.      Nobel Prize was created by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel awarded annually for achievements in the field of medicine or physiology, Physics, chemistry, peace and economics 2.      The award cash reward is 11 million Swedish kronor or around $1 million dollar  The laureates work which helps to explore the behavior's of electrons at the time scale of attoseconds has enabled the investigation of processes at this time scale, which are so rapid that they were previously impossible to follow  For context there are the same number of attoseconds in one second a there have been seconds since the birth of the universe roughly14 billion years ago

 

Question 9

Noble prize in Chemistry was awarded to ______________? 1.     Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman 2.     Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huilier 3.     Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz 4.     Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov

Answer:  4. Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov

Explanation   1.      Nobel Prize was created by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel awarded annually for achievements in the field of medicine or physiology, Physics, chemistry, peace and economics 2.      The award cash reward is 11 million Swedish kronor or around $1 million dollar      These scientist were awarded for their work on Quantum dots, tiny particles that add to screens and medical procedures, they have been integrated into TV Screens and help guide surgeons as they remove tumor tissue, Researchers hope quantum dots can eventually help develop flexible electronics, thinner solar cells and encrypted communication

 

Question 10

Noble prize in Literature was awarded to_______________? 1.     Jon Fosse 2.     Drew Weissman 3.     Ferenc Krausz 4.     Alexei Ekimov

Answer: 1. Jon Fosse

Explanation   1.      Nobel Prize was created by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel awarded annually for achievements in the field of medicine or physiology, Physics, chemistry, peace and economics 2.      The award cash reward is 11 million Swedish kronor or around $1 million dollar      The Swedish Academy in Stockholm credited the Norwegian author with combining his strong linguistic and geographical connections to Norway with modernist techniques and commended him for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable