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14 May 2024

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Q1) Which country won the 30th Sultan Azlan Shah Trophy
2024 ?

(a) Japan

(b) Sri Lanka

(c) India

(d) Pakistan
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Important Point

Ans – (a) Japan

 Japan won its maiden Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey trophy by defeating Pakistan
4-1 in the penalty shoot-out in the final. The final was played at the Azlan
Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia, on 11 May 2024.

 Six teams, Japan, Pakistan, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, and the host
team, Malaysia, participated in the 2024 event.

 India has won the Sultan Azlan Shah Trophy 5 times in 1985, 1991, 1995,
2009, 2010.
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Important Point

Japan

 Capital: Tokyo
 Prime minister: Fumio Kishida
 Currency: Japanese yen (¥)
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Q2) Who became the first person to climb Mount Everest for the
29th time ?

(a) Kami Rita Sherpa

(b) Pasang Dewa Sherpa

(c) Oleg Kononenko

(d) Chris Brown

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Important Point

Ans –(a) Kami Rita Sherpa

 Kami Rita of Nepal has broken his own world record by climbing Mount
Everest 29 times. This is the 29th time in the last 30 years that he has climbed
the world's highest mountain.
 Kami Rita first conquered the Everest peak in 1994 and has been climbing the
mountain peak almost every year. In 2023, he climbed the mountain peak
twice.

 Another Nepalese Mountaineer, Pasang Dawa, is Kami Rita's closest

competitor, who has climbed Mount Everest 27 times.
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Q3) Who has been appointed as the Executive Director at RBI,

effective May 10, 2024?

a) R. Venkateswara

b) R. Lakshmi Kanth Rao

c) R. Rajesh Kumar

d) R. Shankar Prasad
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R. Lakshmi Kanth Rao has been

appointed as the Executive Director at
RBI, effective May 10, 2024.
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Q4) India participated in the 19th Session of the United

Nations Forum on Forests in?

(a) Paris

(b) New York

(c) California

(d) London
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Important Point
Ans –b) New York

 The 19th UN Forum on Forests convened recently in New York, aiming to

foster global forest management, conservation, and sustainability.

 Established in 2000 under ECOSOC, it includes all UN member states and

specialized agencies, with India as a founding member. Based in New York, it
reports to the General Assembly via ECOSOC.

 Its objective is to bolster long-term political commitment to forest issues and

promote their sustainable development.
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Q5) What is ‘Kawasaki Disease’, recently seen in news ?

(a) A rare heart disease

(b) An eye disorder

(c) Fungal disease

(d) Bacterial disease

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Ans –(a) A rare heart disease

 Two baby girls diagnosed with Kawasaki disease were successfully treated at
Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH).

 Kawasaki disease, a rare heart condition, primarily affects children under 5,

leading to high fever and inflamed blood vessels.

 It’s a significant cause of heart disease in kids, targeting coronary arteries.

Symptoms include fever, rash, swollen hands and feet, and inflamed mucous
membranes. The disease’s cause remains unknown, with cases peaking in
late winter and early spring.
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Q6) Recently, India signed a visa waiver agreement for diplomatic

passports with which country ?

(a) Italy

(b) Poland

(c) Greece

(d) Moldova
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Important Point
Ans –(d) Moldova

 India and Moldova inked an agreement permitting visa-free travel for holders
of diplomatic and official passports.

 The deal aims to bolster bilateral relations, established since March 20, 1992,
characterized as “warm, stable and friendly” by the Ministry of External
Affairs.
Moldova
 Capital: Chișinău
 Currency: Moldovan Leu
 President: Maia Sandu
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Q7) Which position did Neeraj Chopra secured at the Doha

Diamond League 2024 ?

(a) First

(b) Second

(c) Third

(d) Fifth
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Important Point
Ans –(b) Second

 Neeraj Chopra, the reigning Olympic and world champion in javelin throw,
started his 2024 season on a strong note, securing a second-place finish at the
Doha Diamond League 2024.

 Neeraj Chopra’s impressive throw of 88.36m on his final attempt fell just 2cm
short of Czechia’s Jakub Vadlejch, the reigning Diamond League champion
and Tokyo 2020 silver medalist.
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Q8) Who has been appointed as first woman police DGP of

Meghalaya ?

(a) Idashisha Nongrang

(b) Rashmi Shukla

(c) Sheetal Devi

(d) Suman Kumari

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Important Point
Ans –(a) Idashisha Nongrang

 Idashisha Nongrang breaks barriers as the first woman and tribal lady to
become the Director General of Police (DGP) in Meghalaya, taking office on
May 20, 2024.

 She is set to take charge after retirement of the incumbent LR Bishnoi.

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Q9) Recently 10th and 12th standard students from CISCE board can
now obtain verified marksheets through Digi Locker platform , This
platform is launched in which year ?

(a) 2020

(b) 2019

(c) 2014

(d) 2015
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Important Point
Ans –(d) 2015

About DigiLocker Platform

 Launched in 2015, it is a flagship initiative of Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology under Digital India program.
 It is a secure cloud-based platform for issuance and verification of documents
& certificates in digital way. These digital documents are legally valid
documents under Indian Information Technology (IT) Act 2000.
 According to IT Rules, 2016, these are treated at par with original physical
documents.

 Benefits: Reduced Administrative cost, Paperless Governance, Real Time

Verification etc.
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Q10) Who recently became the first Indian bowler to achieve 350
T20 wickets?

a) Ravichandran Ashwin

b) Jasprit Bumrah

c) Yuzvendra Chahal

d) Ravindra Jadeja
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Yuzvendra Chahal, the leg-spinner from

Rajasthan Royals, made history by
becoming the first Indian bowler to claim
350 wickets in T20 cricket.

This achievement places him among the

top wicket-takers globally in this format
of the game.
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Q11) Recently who is awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship ?

(a) Ruskin Bond

(b) Pushpa Bharti

(c) Simran Kaur

(d) Arudhanti Roy

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Important Point
Ans –(a) Ruskin Bond

 Fellowship is the highest honour conferred by Akademi on a writer.

 It is reserved for 'the immortals of literature'.
 Major literary of Ruskin Bond: Vagrants in the Valley, Once Upon a Monsoon
Time, Angry River, Strangers in the Night, All Roads Lead to Ganga, etc.

About Sahitya Akademi

 Formally inaugurated in 1954
 Ministry: An autonomous body under Ministry of Culture.
 Role: Undertakes literary activities in 24 languages (22 scheduled languages
and English and Rajasthani).
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Q12) Which country's coast near Dar es Salaam hit by Cyclone

Hidaya from the Indian Ocean?

a) Oman

b) Mozambique

c) Madagascar

d) Tanzania
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Tanzania
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Q13) Who won the World Rapid and Blitz Poland chess
tournament in May 2024?

a) Wei Yi

b) Arjun Erigaisi

c) R Praggnanandhaa

d) Magnus Carlsen
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Magnus Carlsen claimed victory in the

World Rapid and Blitz Poland event after
defeating all nine other players in a row on
May 12, 2024

Magnus Carlsen claimed victory after

defeating all nine other players in a row.

Praggnanandhaa finished in fourth place

with 19 points
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