23 – July – 2024

ANSWER: D.Sri Kurumba Trust
SOLUTION : Sobha Group’s CSR wing, Sri Kurumba Educational and Charitable Trust, has been honoured with the “Best Child and Women Development Initiatives of the Year 2024.” This esteemed accolade was presented at the Global CSR, Sustainability, and ESG Awards 2024, at the Hyatt Regency, Gurgaon.

ANSWER: A.Deepa Malik
SOLUTION: Deepa Malik has been appointed as the South Asia Regional Representative, bringing the number of women on the Committee to five. In addition to being a Paralympic athlete, Deepa Malik is a doctor and was the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympic Games.

ANSWER : B.Gujurat
SOLUTION: The Gujarat government launched the Shramik Basera Scheme 2024 to provide temporary housing for financially unstable laborers. The scheme will establish 17 housing structures in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, and Rajkot.

ANSWER: A.Uttar Pradesh
SOLUTION: In an effort to increase green cover and improve ground water level in the state, the UP government has implemented two schemes — Upvan Yojna and Heritage Tree Adoption Scheme — across the state.

ANSWER: C.22 July
SOLUTION: Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (22/7 in the day/month date format), since the fraction 22⁄7 is a common approximation of π, which is accurate to two decimal places and dates from Archimedes.

ANSWER: B.Manoj Soni
SOLUTION: The Hindu reported that Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairperson Manoj Soni has resigned from the post, five years before his tenure comes to an end in 2029, the Opposition parties questioned the government’s silence over the issue.

ANSWER: B.Agriculturist
SOLUTION : Kamala Pujari, a tribal woman from Odisha known for her contribution to organic farming and preserving over hundreds of indigenous varieties of paddy which earned her the prestigious Padma Shri award, passed away on Saturday while undergoing treatment. She was 76.

ANSWER: A.America
SOLUTION: NASA’s Exoplanet Archive confirmed four new worlds, bringing the total past 5,500. On Aug. 24, 2023, more than three decades after the first confirmation of planets beyond our own solar system, scientists announced the discovery of six new exoplanets, stretching that number to 5,502.

ANSWER: A. 117
SOLUTION: At the Paris 2024 Olympics, 117 athletes make up the Indian contingent in 16 sports disciplines, comprising of 70 men and 47 women. They will be competing in 69 events for 95 medals.

ANSWER: D.23 July
SOLUTION: National Broadcasting Day is observed every year on 23rd July in India to commemorate the first ever radio broadcast in the country that went on air from the Bombay Station under a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company on 23rd July, 1927. The Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio on 8th June, 1936.