Govt Job Daily Current Affairs MCQ Quiz 23rd December 2024

1. Who has been recently appointed as the Joint Director of the National Testing Agency (NTA)?
A.  Archana Shukla
B.  Vineet Joshi
C. Rajnish Jain
D. Mangesh Ghildiyal

2. Which Indian cricketer has a net worth of over ₹100 crore?
A.  Virat Kohli
B.  Rohit Sharma
C. Ravichandran Ashwin
D. MS Dhoni

3. What is the current exchange rate of the Indian Rupee (INR) against the U.S. Dollar (USD) in early trade?
A. 85.10 INR
B. 85.04 INR
C. 84.90 INR
D. 85.20 INR

4.  Who has been appointed by Trump as a senior policy advisor on Artificial Intelligence?
A.  David O. Sacks
B.  Sundar Pichai
C. Sriram Krishnan
D. Satya Nadella

5. Who has received the prestigious ‘Ati Vishisth Rail Seva Puraskar’ award?
A.  Vavilapalli Rambabu
B.  David O. Sacks
C. Sundar Pichai
D. Satya Nadella

6.  Recently, Who set a world record in the chess category?
A.  Vishwanathan Anand
B.  Nara Devaansh
C. Magnus Carlsen
D. Garry Kasparov

7. Who was recently crowned Miss India USA 2024?
A.  Priyanka Chopra
B.  Deepika Padukone
C. Tripty Dimri
D. Caitlin Sandra Neil

8.  Prime Minister Modi paid tribute to which Bharat Ratna awardee on his birth anniversary?
A.  Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
B.  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. Charan Singh Choudhury

9. Who set a new Guinness World Record by stacking 1,840 Jenga blocks on a single block?
A.  Auldin Maxwell
B.  Magnus Carlsen
C. Elon Musk
D. David Beckham

10. Which team recently won the inaugural U19 Women’s Asia Cup T20 title?
A. India
B. Bangladesh
C. Australia
D. Pakistan

Answers & Explanation

1. A. Archana Shukla
Archana Shukla has been recently appointed as the Joint Director of the NTA.

2. C. Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the Indian cricketers with a net worth exceeding ₹100 crore.

3. B. 85.04 INR
According to the information, the Indian Rupee (INR) has turned flat at INR 85.04 against the U.S. Dollar (USD) in early trade. Therefore, option B is correct.

4. C. Sriram Krishnan
Sriram Krishnan, an Indian American entrepreneur with a strong background in leading product teams at big companies has been appointed as a senior policy advisor on Artificial Intelligence by Trump.

5. A. Vavilapalli Rambabu
Vavilapalli Rambabu, the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager (Sr. DCM) working in the Vijayawada division of South Central Railway (SCR), received the prestigious ‘Ati Vishisth Rail Seva Puraskar’ award.

6. B. Nara Devaansh
Nara Devaansh set a world record in the chess category. He accomplished this by tackling a sequence of progressively challenging checkmate puzzles, making it a record-making event.

7. D. Caitlin Sandra Neil
Caitlin Sandra Neil, a 19-year-old Indian American born in Chennai, was crowned Miss India USA 2024 at the annual pageant held in New Jersey.

8. D. Charan Singh Choudhury
Prime Minister Modi paid tribute to Chaudhary Charan Singh, a Bharat Ratna awardee, on his birth anniversary on December 23, 2024. Therefore, option B is correct.

9. A. Auldin Maxwell
Auldin Maxwell, a Canadian teen, set a new Guinness World Record by stacking 1,840 Jenga blocks on a single vertical block, breaking his own previous record and earning a place in the Guinness World Records 2025 book. Therefore, option A is correct.

10. A. India
India won the inaugural U19 Women’s Asia Cup T20 title with a 41-run victory over Bangladesh.

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