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