1. Typhoon Kong-rey has hit which country recently?
[A] Taiwan
[B] Hong Kong
[C] Vietnam
[D] Japan
[A] Taiwan
2. Which country recently discovered the saturn-sized exoplanet named TOI-6651b?
[A] China
[B] Israel
[C] Japan
[D] India
[D] India
3. Where was the 15th edition of India- US joint Special Forces Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR conducted?
[A] Chennai, Tamil Nadu
[B] Houston, USA
[C] Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
[D] Idaho, USA
[D] Idaho, USA
4. Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), which was seen in the news, works under which ministry?
[A] Ministry of Science and Technology
[B] Ministry of Agriculture
[C] Ministry of Urban Development
[D] Ministry of Education
[D] Ministry of Education
5. Hingot War festival is associated with which state?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Maharashtra
[C] Madhya Pradesh
6. Which Indian table tennis player won the men’s singles title at WTT Feeder Caracas 2024?
[A] Sharath Kamal
[B] Soumyajit Ghosh
[C] Harmeet Desai
[D] Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
[C] Harmeet Desai
7. Which city is the host of World Travel Market (WTM) 2024 event?
[A] Paris
[B] New Delhi
[C] Dubai
[D] London
[D] London
8. Which organizations recently released the ‘Hunger Hotspots Outlook Report’?
[A] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP)
[B] World Health Organization (WHO) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
[C] International Labour Organization (ILO) and European Union (EU)
[D] World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
[A] Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP)
9. Which state has launched a policy to introduce diploma and certificate courses in animal husbandry and para-veterinary medicine?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Bihar
[C] Haryana
[D] Gujarat
[A] Uttar Pradesh
10. Which state has recently approved a 35% reservation for women in all state government recruitments?
[A] Odisha
[B] Jharkhand
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Rajasthan
[C] Madhya Pradesh
11. Which country’s space agency recently launched two Iranian satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, into orbit?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] Russia
[D] United States of America
[C] Russia
12. Which day is observed as World Radiography Day?
[A] November 7
[B] November 8
[C] November 9
[D] November 10
[B] November 8
13. Which two organizations recently signed an agreement to develop a “millimeter wave transceiver for 5G rural connectivity”?
[A] C-DOT and IIT-Roorkee
[B] ISRO and IIT-Delhi
[C] DRDO and IIT-Madras
[D] TRAI and IISc-Bangalore
[A] C-DOT and IIT-Roorkee
14. One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, which was completed 10 years of implementation, is associated with which ministry?
[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Defence
[C] Ministry of Finance
[D] Ministry of Rural Development
[B] Ministry of Defence
15. Lassa Fever, which was seen in the news, is spread by which species?
[A] Bugs
[B] Sandflies
[C] Rats
[D] Mosquitoes
[C] Rats
16. Which state government has recently declared snakebite envenomation as a notifiable disease?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Bihar
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Odisha
[A] Tamil Nadu
17. What is Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), that was recently seen in news?
[A] A rare, life-threatening blood disorder
[B] A common viral infection
[C] A type of cancer
[D] A heart disease
[A] A rare, life-threatening blood disorder
18. Caterpillar fungus, which was seen in the news, is endemic to which region?
[A] Sahara Desert
[B] Amazon Rainforest
[C] Tibetan Plateau and adjoining high Himalayas
[D] Siberian Tundra
[C] Tibetan Plateau and adjoining high Himalayas
19. Recently, the Uttar Pradesh government launched the state’s first double-decker electric bus service in which city?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Gorakhpur
[C] Varanasi
[D] Ayodhya
[A] Lucknow
20. Which ministry recently launched the National MSME Cluster Outreach Programme?
[A] Ministry of Tourism
[B] Ministry of Finance
[C] Ministry of Urban Development
[D] Ministry of MSME
[B] Ministry of Finance