Current Affairs Summits & RevisionBy questionpitara.com / 13 April 2024 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061 Current Affairs Summits & Revision 1 / 61 Who is the first woman to be appointed Chairperson of the Railway Board? Jaya Verma Sinha Anjuli Jain Archana Joshi Sushma Sharma 2 / 61 Which country is connected to the Indian Navy through the inaugural ‘Ex-Ayutthaya’ naval exercise? Indonesia Cambodia Vietnam Thailand 3 / 61 Who is the first woman sniper of the BSF? Subhashini Sankaran Sanjukta Parashar Suman Kumari Merin Joseph 4 / 61 In which U.S. state did Kenneth Smith become the first person to undergo execution by nitrogen gas, departing from the prevalent lethal injection method? California Texas Alabama Florida 5 / 61 What global campaign did India join during COP28 to address climate change challenges? Resilience Rally Climate Action Network Race to Resilience Race to Green 6 / 61 Which country will take over the G20 Presidency from India? China Indonesia South Africa Brazil 7 / 61 Who has been appointed as the new Country Director for India by the Asian Development Bank? Mio Oka Takeo Konishi Hiroshi Yamamoto Yuki Tanaka 8 / 61 Who has been nominated as the new President of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune? Aamir Khan Shah Rukh Khan Amitabh Bachchan R Madhavan 9 / 61 Where was the G77+China summit held in September 2023? Cuba China Brazil India 10 / 61 Which countries are participating in the 2nd edition of Exercise CYCLONE? India and Egypt Egypt and Iran India and USA India and Iran 11 / 61 Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)? Vikas Sheel Anuj Singh Amitabh Kant Narinder Batra 12 / 61 Where is the 17th edition of the Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN taking place? Kathmandu, Nepal Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand Jaipur, Rajasthan Delhi, India 13 / 61 In 2024, which country will chair the UNESCO World Heritage Committee and host its 46th session? China India France Brazil 14 / 61 Between which two countries is Exercise Samudra Laksamana strengthening maritime cooperation? India and Malaysia India and Singapore India and Thailand India and Australia 15 / 61 Who has become the first woman medical officer to be deployed at Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield, marking a historic stride towards gender inclusivity in India’s armed forces? Captain Shiva Chouhan Captain Sonia Narang Lieutenant Commander Prerna Deosthalee Captain Geetika Koul 16 / 61 Which military force is scheduled to conduct Exercise Vayu Shakti-24 on 17 February 2024? Indian Army Coast Guard Indian Navy Indian Air Force 17 / 61 Which country is currently experiencing the weather phenomenon known as the Pineapple Express Storm? Brazil United States Australia India 18 / 61 Which ship did the Indian Navy recently re-induct after extensive repairs and upgrades? INS Arihant INS Tarmugli INS Virat INS Sahyadri 19 / 61 Where is the headquarters of the ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ICAR-IISWC) located? Dehradun Gurugram Hyderabad Shimla 20 / 61 What is the overarching theme of the Neem Summit & Global Neem Trade Fair? Neem: A Medicinal Herb Neem for Sustainable Agriculture, Health, and Environment Neem: A Traditional Ingredient Neem: A Natural Pesticide 21 / 61 Who recently became the first female Subedar in the Indian Army? Sanya Yadav Ritu Sharma Preeti Rajak Anjali Gupta 22 / 61 Who has been appointed as the first woman Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)? Nina Singh Aparna Kumar Sangeeta Kalia Sonia Narang 23 / 61 Which country is set to conduct the joint military exercise “Sada Tanseeq” with India? Saudi Arabia Oman Iran United States 24 / 61 Where was the 7th Indian Ocean Conference held? New Delhi, India Colombo, Sri Lanka Perth, Australia Jakarta, Indonesia 25 / 61 Who was crowned Miss International India 2023? Thounaojam Strela Luwang Nandini Gupta Praveena Anjana Shreya Poonja 26 / 61 Which country is poised to assume the role of the chairman of the International Sugar Organisation (ISO) in 2024? United States (US) India China Brazil 27 / 61 During which summit did African heads of state unanimously agree to ban the trade of donkey skin? Intergovernmental Authority on Development Summit Southern African Development Community Summit East African Community Summit African Union Summit 28 / 61 Who has been named the ‘2023 International Anti-Corruption Champion’ by the US Government? Aruna Roy Nikhil Dey Arundhati Roy Medha Patkar 29 / 61 In which country did the Indian Navy’s P-8I aircraft arrive for Exercise Sea Dragon 24? Australia UAE United States of America United Kingdom 30 / 61 In which city is the 12th edition of the ‘Milan’ naval exercise taking place? Visakhapatnam Kolkata Chennai Mumbai 31 / 61 Which regional organization did the military regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger withdraw from, citing it as a threat and leading to strained relations? SADC ASEAN ECOWAS NAFTA 32 / 61 Which country has rejected BRICS membership? Japan Argentina UAE Bolivia 33 / 61 Which country assumed the BRICS chairmanship with the motto “Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security”? Brazil Russia China India 34 / 61 Where is the G-77 Third South Summit being held? China Brazil Uganda Argentina 35 / 61 Where is the INDUS-X Summit scheduled to take place? Kolkata Bangalore Mumbai New Delhi 36 / 61 What is the name of the bi-annual exercise conducted by the Indian Navy off the Mumbai coast? Sankalp Varuna Samudra Shakti Prasthan 37 / 61 Where was the 6th High-Level Meeting of the India-OPEC Energy Dialogue held? New Delhi, India Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi, UAE 38 / 61 Who has been suspended for one year by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) due to three whereabouts failures? Sakshi Malik Vinesh Phogat Geeta Phogat Pooja Dhanda 39 / 61 Where will the first-ever US-ASEAN Center be established to facilitate official ASEAN engagements and support exchange between the United States, ASEAN member states, and various institutions? Washington Singapore Bangkok Dubai 40 / 61 Who has been elected for a second term as Bhutan’s Prime Minister in the recent election? Dasho Tshering Tobgay Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Tshering Tobgay Lotay Tshering 41 / 61 Who was elected as the new speaker of the US House of Representatives in October 2023? Patrick McHenry Kevin McCarthy Mike Johnson None of the above 42 / 61 In which city is Defence Minister Rajnath Singh scheduled to participate in the 10th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus? Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Manila, Philippines Bangkok, Thailand Jakarta, Indonesia 43 / 61 Which UN Climate Change Conference did India abstain from endorsing the Declaration on Climate and Health? COP28 COP27 COP25 COP26 44 / 61 Which city is set to host the 12th edition of the MILAN naval exercise? Kolkata Visakhapatnam Mumbai Chennai 45 / 61 Which country recently joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA), becoming the 119th member nation? Monaco Mauritius Malta Maldives 46 / 61 Which institution is hosting the Annual UN Forum 2023 with a focus on the theme ‘International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Peacekeeping’? Centre for UN Peacekeeping Operations United Service Institution of India (USI) International Committee of the Red Cross Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) 47 / 61 Who was re-elected as President of Zimbabwe in the August 2023 election? Morgan Tsvangirai Emmerson Mnangagwa Robert Mugabe Nelson Chamisa 48 / 61 Where was the SAMAR air defence missile system successfully test-fired by the Indian Air Force during Exercise AstraShakti-2023? Odisha Rajasthan Karnataka Andhra Pradesh 49 / 61 Where was the second India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X) Summit held? Kolkata Washington D.C Bangalore New Delhi 50 / 61 Which country is hosting the AI Safety Summit 2023? China India UK USA 51 / 61 Which country did India hold its first-ever 2+2 foreign affairs and defence dialogue within New Delhi? Australia United States United Kingdom Japan 52 / 61 Where will the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) be hosted in 2024? Ankara, Turkey Baku, Azerbaijan Yerevan, Armenia Tbilisi, Georgia 53 / 61 Which city hosted the Green Tourism Conclave in October 2023? Bhubaneswar Imphal Shillong Guwahati 54 / 61 Where will the 81st Plenary Meeting of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) be held? Mumbai, India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Sydney, Australia New York, USA 55 / 61 Which country launched the “Alliance for Global Good-Gender Equity and Equality” at the World Economic Forum? India Brazil United States France 56 / 61 Where was the Fifth Annual India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held on November 10? Washington D.C. Dhaka Mumbai New Delhi 57 / 61 Where is the 14th edition of the Global Skills Summit being held? Bengaluru Hyderabad Delhi Mumbai 58 / 61 Which Indian Navy vessel arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 8, 2024, to strengthen bilateral ties and support the vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)? INS Kabra INS Vikrant INS Chakra INS Rajput 59 / 61 Where was the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit held? India Indonesia Uganda Egypt 60 / 61 Which country is participating in the “Dharma Guardian” military exercise alongside India? Japan Australia Nepal South Korea 61 / 61 What is the name of the scheme launched by Rajnath Singh at DefConnect 2024 to foster innovation in defence technology? TECHBOOST DEFEND ADITI INNOVATE Your score is 0% Send feedback