Current Affairs Quiz 13 November 2024: COP29 Azerbaijan

Current Affairs Quiz: Jagran Josh presents Daily Current Affairs Quiz for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams. In today’s session, get briefings about the important topics given in Q&A formats such as COP29, Exercise 'Garuda Shakti', New Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation, etc.

1. Where is the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) being held?

(a) Paris

(b) Baku

(c) Bern

(d) Nairobi

2. Recently 'Garuda Shakti' exercise was conducted between India and which country?

(a) Sri Lanka

(b) Japan

(c) France

(d) Indonesia

3. In which city of Bihar did Prime Minister Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of AIIMS?

(a) Samastipur

(b) Madhubani

(c) Darbhanga

(d) Aara

4. Who has been appointed the new Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation?

(a) Ramesh Ojha

(b) Arvinder Singh Sahni

(c) Rajendra Kumar Sinha

(d) Alok Puri

5. Who is the Foreign Secretary to whom the government has given extension?

(a) Rajeev Kumar

(b) Vikram Misri

(c) Alok Kumar Singh

(d) Naman Arora

Answer:-

1. (b) Baku

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is being organized from 11 November to 22 November, 2024. The focus of the summit is on finance. Arab countries have proposed a $1.1 trillion annual target, including $441 billion in direct grants from developed countries.

2. (d) Indonesia

The 9th edition of the Joint Special Forces Exercise Garuda Shakti between the Indian Army and Indonesian Army concluded on 12 November at Mokopassus, Cijantung, Indonesia. Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Sandeep Chakravarti also participated in this exercise.

3. (c) Darbhanga

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of AIIMS in Darbhanga, Bihar. It will include a super-speciality hospital/AYUSH block, medical college, nursing college and residential facilities. Along with this, PM Modi laid the foundation stone of several development projects worth Rs 12,100 crore across the state.     

4. (b) Arvinder Singh Sahni

Arvinder Singh Sahni has been appointed the new chairman of the country's largest oil company Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Sahni, 54, is currently working as Executive Director, Business Development, Petrochemicals Division at IOC.

5. (b) Vikram Misri

The Central Government has extended the tenure of India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri till July 14, 2026. Misri took over as Foreign Secretary on 15 July 2024. He is a 1989 batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service. Misri has served in the Ministry of External Affairs, PMO and several Indian missions in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.

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