JANUARY 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS FACT SHOTS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

 

JANUARY 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS  FACT SHOTS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1.Chairman of 16^th finance commission   - Dr. Arvind Panagariya

2. Secretary of 16^th Finance Commission-Ritvik Ranjanam pandey

3. As per Snow Leopard Population Assessment, there are 718 snow leopards in India. Highest number of snow leopards is in Ladakh.

4.New world record for singing in most languages in a single concert-Sucheta Sathish

5. PM Janjati Nyaya Maha Abhiyan(JANMAN)-launched for socio economic development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.(PVTGs)

KNOWLEDGE CHECK

 Global environment outlook is released by

a.) WWF

b.) IUCN

c.) World Bank

d.)UNEP

Answer here

UPSC IAS,SSC EXAM QUIZ-03 WITH ANSWERS

UPSC IAS,SSC EXAM QUIZ-03 WITH ANSWERS

1. In which of the following states is the Periyar Wild-Life sanctuary situated?

(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Ans.: c

MARK BOOSTING BYTE:

 Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary.-Tamil Nadu

2. Diamond shines because of

(a) refraction of light (b) total internal reflection of light

(c) scattering of light (d) dispersion of light

Ans.: b

MARK BOOSTING BYTE:

 Fibre optic cable-Total Internal Reflection

3. Which among the following phenomena of light is associated with the

appearance of blue color of the sky?

(a) Interference (b) Dispersion (c) Total Internal Reflection

(d) Scattering

Ans.: d

UPSC,SSC QUIZ-02 WITH EXPLANATION

UPSC,SSC QUIZ-02 WITH ANSWERS

1. Who among the following is the Chairman of the Planning Commission?

(a) President (b) Prime Minister (c) Finance Minister (d) Governor

of RBI

Ans.: b

Mark Boosting Byte:

Planning commission is now replaced by NITI Aayog. The chairman of Niti aayog is Prime Minister

2. Where is Chilka lake located?

(a) West Bengal (b) Kerala (c) Orissa (d) Tamil Nadu

Ans.:c

3. What is the minimum age required for election to Rajya Sabha?

(a) 18 years (b) 25 years (c) 30 years (d) 35 years

Ans.:c

Mark Boosting Byte:

Minimum age to contest  for Lok sabha elections=25 years

4. Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood in response to

(a) Partition of Bengal (b) Press Act of 1910

(c) Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (d) Salt Laws

Ans.:c

Mark Boosting Byte:

The massacre happened in 1919 at Amritsar.

UPSC IAS,SSC EXAM QUIZ-01 WITH EXPLANATIONS

UPSC IAS,SSC EXAM QUIZ-1 WITH EXPLANATIONS

1. Who among the following attended all the Three Round Table

Conferences?

(a) B. R. Ambedkar (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Mohammad Ali Jinnah

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Ans.:a

Mark Booster Byte:Mahatma Gandhi attended Second Round Table conference after signing         Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

2. Who was the first Governor General of free India?

(a) C. Rajagopalachari (b) Rajendra Prasad (c) Lord Mountbatten

(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Ans.: c

Mark Booster Byte:

First and last Indian governor general of free India=C. Rajagopalchari

3. Which of the following is known as the heart and soul of the Constitution?

(a) Fundamental Rights (b) Directive Principle of State Policy

(c) The Preamble (d) Right to Constitutional Remedies

Ans.:d(Article 32)

Mark Booster Byte:  Part-III=Fundamental Rights

Part IV=Directive Principles of state policy

Part IV-A=Fundamental Duties, added by 42^nd constitutional amendment act,1976