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