GK & CURRENT

AFFAIR
GK & Current Affair Worksheet – 21/04/2024
For students preparing for MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET 2024 for admission to BCA,
BBA, BMS, BBM

CURRENT AFFAIRS
5. Where has Sachin Tendulkar's statue
been unveiled recently? - Wankhede
3 November 2023 Stadium
Height of the statue- 22 feet
1. Which country's climate change expert Architect – Pramod Kamble
Professor Saleemul Haq has passed away
recently? - Bangladesh 6. Where did the last departure of MiG-21
Bison Jighter planes from the Indian Air
2. Recently, the name of the prestigious Force take place recently? - at Uttarlai,
throne room in the Raj Bhavan of which North of Barmer in Rajasthan.
state has been changed after Sardar Patel - MiG 21 is quite old and has had many
West Bengal accidents.
It was inducted into the Indian Air Force in
3. Who has recently approved the world's 1963.
Jirst passenger Jlying taxi EH 216-S - China Now Mark-1A will be used instead of MiG-

Two passengers can sit in it. 7. Who has recently won the British
It has been made by EHang Company. Academy Book Prize 2023 - Nandini Das

4. Who has recently been given the Kerala For her book “Courting India: England,
Jyothi Award? Mughal India and the Origins of Empire."
T. Padmanabhan
8. Who has recently been nominated as the
next Regional Director of the South East
Asia Region of the World Health
Organization? Saima Wazed (from 2024 to
2028)

Saima Wajed is the daughter of Bangladesh

PM Sheikh Hasina. She will replace Poonam
Khetrapal.

VISION ACADEMY EDUCATION | YT: @VisionAcademyEduca=on | ! updatestoday.in

! Telegram: https://t.me/visionacademyeducation
! WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaXH5G0GufIzfqQyW313
9. Who has recently been honored with bowler Mitchell Starc (100 ODI wickets in
Ezhuthachan Award 2023 - SK Vasanthan 52 matches).

Ezhuthachan Award is the highest award of 15. Who has recently been appointed
Kerala in the Jield of literature. In this, a Chairman and Managing Director of BHEL-
prize money of Rs 5 lakh is given. Mr. Koppu Sadashiv Murthy

4 November 2023

10. Who has recently been chosen by Collins

Dictionary as the World of the Year 2023?-
AI
AI - artiJicial intelligence

11. Who has successfully tested Minuteman Succeeded – Nalin Shinghal

III missile recently – United States of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
America BHEL is a Maharatna Company which was
established in 1964.
Minuteman III is an intercontinental Headquarters – New Delhi
ballistic missile. Minuteman III has been
developed by Boeing Company, whose range 16. When was International Biosphere
is 6,000-plus miles, and its maximum range Reserve Day celebrated recently - 3
is about 8,000 miles and speed is 23 Mach. November

12. Which country will lead world 17. Who has become India's highest wicket
telecommunication standardization in taker bowler in the recent World Cup -
2024? Mohammed Shami
India will host ITU’s prestigious World
Telecom Standardization Assembly Delhi In the ODI World Cup match between India
2024 (WTSA 2024) from 15th - 24th Oct and Sri Lanka, Mohammed Shami took 5
2024. wickets and became the highest wicket
taker in India's ODI World Cup history
13. Who tops Hurun India Philanthropy List overtaking Zaheer Khan.
2023 - Shiv Nadar
Shiv Nadar has donated Rs 2,042 crore in Played a total of 14 matches for Team India
the Jinancial year 2022-23. in the World Cup and took a total of 45
Wipro's Azim Premji is at second place - wickets.
donation of Rs 1777 crore.
Mukesh Ambani is in third place - donation 18. Which university of India will launch its
of Rs376 crore own satellite - SS AMU SAT will be launched
by Aligarh Muslim University.
14. Who has recently become the fastest
player to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket - It is named after Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the
Shaheen Afridi (Pakistan) founder of Aligarh Muslim University.
By taking 100 wickets in 51 matches, Afridi
has taken the record of Australian fast

VISION ACADEMY EDUCATION | YT: @VisionAcademyEduca=on | ! updatestoday.in

! Telegram: https://t.me/visionacademyeducation
! WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaXH5G0GufIzfqQyW313
5th November 2023 24. Which has become the Jirst foreign bank
to provide Electronic Bank Guarantee EBG
19. Who has recently developed a software platform in India – HSBC Bank
named ENCORE - Election Commission of
India HSBC Bank- Hong Kong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation,
EnCORE - Enabling Communication of Real Headquarters - London UK
Time Environment
6 October 2023
20. World Tsunami Awareness Day - 5
November 25. Where was Manufacturing Show 2023
Theme 2023- Fighting inequality for a organized recently – Bangalore
resilient future
Inauguration- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath
21. Where was World Food India 2023 Singh. This is the 6th edition in which
organized? - Bharat Mandapam, Pragati robotics, aerospace defence engineering,
Maidan, New Delhi automation, and drones were exhibited.

Inauguration - by PM Modi on 3rd 26. Recently the art exhibition Silent

November Conversation: From Margins to Sender has
Partner Country- Netherlands been started by which organization –
The Jirst edition of World Food India was National Tiger Conservation Authority and
held in 2017, this is the second edition. Sankala Foundation.
World Food Day - 16 October
National Food Day - 24 October Recently, President Draupadi Murmu
inaugurated an art exhibition named Silent
22. Who has become the new Chief Justice Conservation in New Delhi. To
of Uttarakhand High Court - Ritu Bahri commemorate the completion of 50 years of
Project Tiger in the country, Project Tiger
was started in 1973.

27. Which state has recently started Dr.

Puneet Rajkumar Hridaya Jyoti Yojana -
Karnataka

Puneeth Rajkumar was a famous Kannada

actor who died of a heart attack two years
ago.

Whose place will she replace? Vipin Sanghi 28. Who has recently been elected
Chairman of Shri Somnath Trust - Narendra
23. India's Jirst international cruise was Modi (for the third time)
Jlagged off from Mumbai, what is the name
of the cruise - Costa Serena Shri Somnath Trust is a non-governmental
organization established in 1951.
Head Quarter - Gujarat Veraval

VISION ACADEMY EDUCATION | YT: @VisionAcademyEduca=on | ! updatestoday.in

! Telegram: https://t.me/visionacademyeducation
! WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaXH5G0GufIzfqQyW313
7 November 2023 Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews was timed out
against Bangladesh in ICC WC 2023.
29. Recently PMGKAY Pradhan Mantri Garib
Kalyan Anna Yojana was extended for how 36. Recently, which medal has the Indian
many years – Extended for 5 years until the Junior Men's Hockey Team won in the 11th
end of 2028. Sultan Johor Cup - Bronze Medal
Event - Malaysia
30. Who has recently been honored with the India has defeated Pakistan.
Business Line Changemaker of the Year Gold- Germany,
2023 - RBI Silver- Australia
Who received- Reserve Bank Governor Captain of Indian hockey team- Uttam Singh
Shaktikanta Das
This is the 5th edition of this award. 37. What is the name of the fourth and last
guided missile destroyer ship recently built
31. Which country will host the 24th Asian under Project 15B - INS Surat (D69)
Archery Championship in 2025 - On 6 November, Gujarat Chief Minister
Bangladesh Bhupendra Patel unveiled INS Surat in
23rd edition- Bangkok, Thailand Surat, the warship was launched by Rajnath
Singh in Mumbai on 17 March 2022.
32. Recently India has defeated which
country to win the Women's Asian Manufacture- Mazagon Docks Shipbuilders
Champions Trophy Hockey title 2023 - Ltd. Mumbai
Japan
China stood third Before this, INS Visakhapatnam (D66), INS
Final Match played at Marang Gomke Jaipal Mormugao(D67) and INS Imphal(D68)
Singh Munda Astroturf Hockey Stadium, were launched.
Ranchi
38. Who has recently become the country's
33. Which country has successfully tested Jirst Dalit CIC Chief Information
ballistic missile Bulava? - Russia Commissioner - Heeralal Samariya

Recently, Russia has successfully tested the Heeralal Samariya has replaced
Bulava ballistic missile from the nuclear Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha as Chief
powered submarine Emperor Alexander III. Information Commissioner.
Calling range – 6000 km
Apart from these, two Information
34. What position did India occupy in the Commissioners have also been appointed -
medal table in the recent Asian Shooting - Mrs. Anandi Ramalingam
Championship 2023? - Second place - Vinod Kumar Tiwari
With a tally of 59 medals (21 gold, 22 silver,
and 16 bronze medals) with China leading Who was the Jirst Chief Information
the tally with 35 gold medals. Commissioner of the country - Wajahat
Habibullah served from 2005 to 2010.
35. Who has recently become the Jirst
batsman in the world to be timed out –
Angelo Mathews.

VISION ACADEMY EDUCATION | YT: @VisionAcademyEduca=on | ! updatestoday.in

! Telegram: https://t.me/visionacademyeducation
! WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaXH5G0GufIzfqQyW313
8 November 2023 - This is the 20th race of this year in which
Max Verstappen has registered his 17th
39. Recently, where was the Jirst Australia victory.
India Education and Skills Council meeting Three other winners out of 20 -
held – IIT Gandhinagar Gujarat - Dubai Grand Prix- Sergio Perez Red Bull
- Azerbaijan Grand Prix- Sergio Perez Red
India's Education Minister Dharmendra Bull
Pradhan and Australia's Education Minister - Singapore Grand Prix- Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
Jason Claire participated in this meeting.
45. When was National Cancer Awareness
Day celebrated – 7th November
November 7 is the birthday of Nobel Prize
winning scientist Madame Curie.
Child Protection Day- 7 November

46. Which country has recently become the

95th member of ISA? Chile

The sixth assembly of ISA- International

solar alliance was organized at Bharat
40. Recently, pyramids older than Egypt Mandapam in Delhi, India.
have been discovered in Java Island of
Indonesia. ISA DG- Dr. Ajay Mathur
HQ- Gurugram Haryana
41. Who has recently won the seventh Paris This organization was formed by India and
Masters title- Novak Djokovic France in the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change COP-21
Whom defeated- Gregor Dmytro (Bulgaria) conference held in Paris in 2015.

42. Which state tops the 5th State Food Objective- To promote solar energy and to
Security Index 2022-23 - Kerala enrich the country situated between the
Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn in the Wield
State Food Security index 2022-23 by FSSAI of solar energy.
- Goa is at Jirst place among small states,
- Jammu and Kashmir is at Jirst place among The countries between the Tropic of Cancer
UTs. and the Tropic of Capricorn are called
sunshine countries.
43. Who has recently become the Jirst
Indian woman to win the FIDE Grand Swiss 9 November 2023
Chess Championship- R Vaishali
47. Praveen Madhukar has been appointed
44. Who has recently won the Brazilian as Joint Director of CBI.
Grand Prix 2023 title - Max Verstappen CBI-
(Red Bull, resident of Netherlands) Head Quarters- New Delhi,
Established- 1 April 1963

VISION ACADEMY EDUCATION | YT: @VisionAcademyEduca=on | ! updatestoday.in

! Telegram: https://t.me/visionacademyeducation
! WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaXH5G0GufIzfqQyW313
48. Which ministry has recently started the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Water for Women, Women for Water
campaign - Ministry of Housing and Urban Olympics
Affairs • Olympics games were started in 776
Jal Diwali campaign started from 7-9 BC on Mount Olympia in the honour
November of Greek God, ‘Zeus’. The modern
Olympic Games were started in
49. Who has become the Wirst state to Athens, the capital of Greece on 6th
release caste economic survey recently- April, 1896 with great efforts made
Bihar by French nobleman, Baron Pierre
de Coubertin.
50. Where was the 7th Ganga Utsav
• The Olympic Games are organised
organized recently? New Delhi
after every 4 years. The Olympic Flag
is made up of white silk and contains
Objective- To tell people about the
Wive interwined rings as the Olympic
importance of rivers
Emblem.
• The Wive interlaced rings are
51. Where was the second World Local
arranged in 3-2 pattern on a white
Production Forum recently organized –in
background, with the blue ring to the
Netherlands.
extreme left, followed by yellow,
black, green and red, in the same
The Wirst World Local Production Forum
order. Blue for Europe, Black for
was organized virtually in 2021.
Africa, Red for Americas (North and
South America), Yellow for Asia and
52. Who has recently been honored with the
Green for Oceania (Australia and
Kalakar Puraskar 2023 - Apolinaris D'Souza
New Zealand).
(Konkani singer)
• The ofWicial Olympic Motto is Citius,
Altius, Fortius, a Latin phrase
53. Recently, who was appointed as the
meaning Swifter, Higher, Stronger.
Surveyor General of India?
2024, Summer Olympic will be held
Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana
in Paris, France.
54. When was World Radiography Day
Commonwealth Games
celebrated – 8 November
• The Wirst Commonwealth Games
Theme- Celebrating Patient Safety were held in 1930 in Hamilton,
Canada.
55. Who has recently won the Syed Mushtaq • Since 1930, the games have been
Ali Trophy 2023 of cricket - Punjab conducted every 4 years except for
1942 and 1946 due to World War II.
Edition- 16th, • The Commonwealth Games
Runner-up- Baroda Team Federation (CGF) is the organisation
Final – Played at Inderjit Singh Bindra which is responsible for the
Stadium, Mohali, Punjab. direction and control of the
Commonwealth Games.
• There are currently 53 members in
the Commonwealth of Nations.

VISION ACADEMY EDUCATION | YT: @VisionAcademyEduca=on | ! updatestoday.in

! Telegram: https://t.me/visionacademyeducation
! WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaXH5G0GufIzfqQyW313
 • The 2018 Commonwealth Games
(21st) were held an Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia. Most gold
medals were won by Australia.

The Asian Games

• The Asian Games, also called the
Asiad, are a multi-sport event held
every 4 years among athletes from
all over Asia.
• The games are regulated by the
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA),
under the supervision of the
International Olympic Committee
(IOC). The Wirst Asian Games were
held in 1951 in New Delhi (India).
18th Asian Games of 2018 were held
at Jakarta (Indonesia) in which India
Winished at eighth position.

VISION ACADEMY EDUCATION | YT: @VisionAcademyEduca=on | ! updatestoday.in

! Telegram: https://t.me/visionacademyeducation
! WhatsApp Channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaXH5G0GufIzfqQyW313