Quiz Night Third week

Kishore Jena, who was seen in the news, is associated with which sports?

• Table Tennis

• Badminton

• Javelin Throw

• Tennis

Answer explanation

Odisha’s javelin star Kishore Jena became the first from the state to represent India at the finals of the World Athletics Championship.
At the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he finished fifth with a personal best of 84.77 metres.

Pragyan rover of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, has confirmed the presence of which element on the moon’s surface?

• [A] Potassium
  

• [B] Sulphur
  

• [C] Sodium
  

• [D] Chlorine

Answer explanation

During a recent experiment, the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectroscope (APXS) on board the Pragyan rover of Chandrayaan-3 detected the presence of sulphur and other minor elements in the lunar South Pole region.
APXS instrument also carries radioactive sources that emit alpha particles and X-rays onto the surface sample.

Which state raised the OBC quota to 27% in local bodies?

• [A] Gujarat
  

• [B] Assam
  

• [C] Jharkhand
  

• [D] Madhya Pradesh

Answer explanation

The Gujarat government has increased the reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state’s panchayats and urban local bodies from 10% to 27%.
This decision was made based on recommendations of the K.S. Jhaveri Commission, which was formed based on a 2022 Supreme Court order on deciding the level of OBC quotas in Gujarat.

Goa Shipyard Ltd signed an MoU for capacity building and collaboration in ship design and construction with which country?

• [A] Australia
  

• [B] France
  

• [C] Kenya
  

• [D] UAE

Answer explanation

Goa Shipyard Ltd and Kenya Shipyard Ltd signed an MoU for capacity building and collaboration in ship design and construction.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Defence Aden Bare Duale held bilateral talks in New Delhi to promote military industry cooperation and deepen maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region.

Operation Muskaan’, which was seen in the news, was implemented in which city?

• [A] Indore
  

• [B] Mumbai
  

• [C] Ahmedabad
  

• [D] Guwahati

Answer explanation

Over 5,000 minors rescued by Mumbai Police so far this year under ‘Operation Muskaan’, a Ministry of Home Affairs project.
It aims to find missing children, and rescue and rehabilitate them. More children were rescued by the Mumbai Police till August of this year than those rescued in the past five years combined

Which state implements the ‘Ladli Behna Scheme’?

• Odisha

• Goa

• Madhya Pradesh

• Maharashtra

Answer explanation

The Director General, National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) recently chaired an online session in from India, during the World Water Week. The session was titled ‘Peer Networking for Integrated River Basin Planning and Management’ having a discussion on the adoption of the river basin management approach.
The World Water Week 2023 (from 20-24 August 2023) is an annual event held online and at Stockholm (Sweden) with the theme ‘Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World’.

Archaeologists have unearthed 3,000-year-old priestly tomb in which country?

• [A] Peru
  

• [B] Argentina
  

• [C] Greece
  

• [D] Japan

Answer explanation

The country’s first indigenous e-Tractor Prima ET11 has been developed by the CSIR’s Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur.
The machine was launched by the Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh. Dr. Jitendra Singh unveiled a book by the CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) and a compendium showcasing 75 technologies developed by CSIR

Kashi Culture Pathway’ document is associated with which bloc?

• BIMSTEC

• G-20

• SAARC

• ASEAN

Who is the head of the Committee set up to ‘Onshoring the Indian Innovation to GIFT IFSC’?

• D Subbarao

• Urjit Patel

• Viral Acharya

• G Padmanabhan

Answer explanation

A ‘Committee of Experts to ‘Onshoring the Indian Innovation to GIFT IFSC’ constituted by International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) submitted its report to Chairperson, IFSCA. The committee was chaired by G. Padmanabhan, Former Executive Director, RBI. The committee members comprised representatives from leading Venture Capital funds, Startups, Fintechs, Law firms, Tax firms and other domain experts

Dholpur-Karauli’ is the recently approved tiger reserve of which Indian state?

• Maharashtra

• Madhya Pradesh

• Rajasthan

• Gujarat

Answer explanation

The Union Ministry of environment, forest and climate change has accorded the final approval to Rajasthan’s fifth Tiger Reserve in Dholpur-Karauli. It is the country’s 53rd tiger reserve.
The Ministry also gave in-principle approval to declare Kumbhalgarh as a tiger reserve in Rajasthan. The other four tiger reserves in Rajasthan are – Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Sariska Tiger Reserve, Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve and Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve.