Current Affairs Quiz: 09 April 2024- TSAT-1A Satellite

Current Affairs for UPSC: 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 , National Women's Hockey League, TSAT-1A Satellite etc.

1. In which country will the Clean Energy Investor Forum be organized by IPEF?

India

(b) China

(c) Singapore

(d) Malaysia

2. Who will organize 'Shakti - Festival of Music and Dance'?

(a) Sangeet Natak Academy

(b) Global Music Institute

(c) Swarnabhoomi Music Academy

(d) IIFA

3. Who has been recently appointed as the CEO and MD of the company by Wipro?

(a) Srinivas Palliya

(b) Ajay Kala

(c) Vinay Sinha

(d) Dinesh Khurana

4. In which city will the National Women's Hockey League be inaugurated?

(a) Ranchi

Lucknow

(c) Varanasi

(d) Bhopal

5. Who launched India's first private sub-meter resolution surveillance satellite?

(a) Agnikul Cosmos

(b) Dhruv space

(c) Tata Advanced Systems Limited

(d) Skyroot Aerospace

6. India has acquired the right to operate the overseas Sittwe port, in which country?

(a) Iran

(b) Qatar

(c) Sri Lanka

(d) Myanmar

7. In which city will the Indian Navy Half Marathon be organized?

Kolkata

(b) Jaipur

Mumbai

(d) New Delhi

Answer:-

1. (c) Singapore

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) will organize the Clean Energy Investor Forum in Singapore. IPEF was launched in May 2022 and currently has 14 partners. IPEF Clean Energy Investor Forum is an initiative under IPEF. India is also included in IPEF.

2. (a) Sangeet Natak Academy

Sangeet Natak Akademi will organise 'Shakti - Festival of Music and Dance' from 9 to 17 April at seven different Shaktipeeths across the country. 'Shakti Utsav' is starting from Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati. Sangeet Natak Akademi is the National Academy of Performing Arts and an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

3. (a) Srinivas Palliya

Wipro has recently appointed Srinivas Pallia as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of the company. He replaces Thierry Delaporte. Srinivasa Pillai is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and joined Wipro in 1992.

4. (a) Ranchi

The National Women's Hockey League will be inaugurated on 30 April in Ranchi. It will be organised from 30 April to 10 May. While the eight quarterfinalists at the Senior Women's National Championship in Pune - Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, Mizoram, Manipur and Odisha - will compete in the first phase of the league. This league will provide an opportunity to the emerging players in the country to hone their skills.

5. (c) Tata Advanced Systems Limited

Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) launched India's first privately built sub-meter resolution surveillance satellite TSAT-1A. TASL, in collaboration with Satellogic, launched the spacecraft on April 7 using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.         

6. (d) Myanmar

Sittwe Port located in Myanmar will now be operated by India. After Iran's Chabahar Port, this is the second foreign port which will be operated by India. A proposal of India Ports Global (IPGL) to take over the operations of this port located on the Kaladan river has been approved.

7. (d) New Delhi

Indian Navy has announced the organization of a Half Marathon race in Delhi on 06 October 24. The main objective of this event is to strengthen the Navy's relations with the civil society and to spread awareness about the important role of the Navy in defence. The Navy also organises such events every year in Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Kochi.  

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