2. Current Affairs - January, 2024

                                       


1* Which first satellite was ushered by Isro to conduct research on black holes and neutron stars in our galaxy?

Ans=X-Ray Polarimeter {XPoSat } from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

2.*.Name the longest-serving monarch queen in Denmark.

Ans-Margrethe II.

3.* Name the cheetah that has given birth to three furry cubs recently at  Kuno National Park in Madhya  Pradesh.

Ans   Asha, the name given by PM Narendra Modi.

4.* who is that teenager, who entered the  Guinness World  Record for setting a world record in 2021  by singing in 120 languages to raise awareness of climate change?

Ans-  Suchetha Satish, an 18 –year-old UAE-based  Kannur native.

5.* Which country got the youngest Prime Minister? { b} what is his name?

Ans-   France.  {b}   Gaberial Attal, 34 

6.* Which drone is made in India recently by  Adani Defence & Aerospace{ADA}

        in collaboration with Israeli firm Elbit?

Ans- Drishti 10 strainer, the first  Medium altitude long Endurance  { MALE}  drone.

7.* Which British comedy turned from a German New Year TV tradition to an online trend?

Ans= "Dinner for One."

8.* Which current Indian cricketer, from the state of Telangana, is the first bowler in the history of  IPL  to bowl back-to-back maiden overs in the tournament?

Ans-  Mohammed Siraj, in 2020.

9.*Whose birth date of January 3 is celebrated as Balika Din in her native state? Pune University was named after her in 2015.

Ans-Savitribai Phule was born on January 3,1831. 

10.* Which variety of biryani originated from the kitchen of the last nawab, Mansur Ali Khan, after he was exiled in the 1850s, and usually features a potato?

Ans-  Kolkata biryani.

11. *Who has written Mahabharata? 

Ans- Lord Ganesha has written Mahabharata on the dictation of the sage Veda Vyasa.

12.* What was the original name of Mahabharata?

Ans- Jaya  Samhita.


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