ALL EXAM QUIZ 27.09.2024

Explanation:

• Dhruvi Patel crowned Miss India Worldwide 2024.
• Dhruvi Patel has been declared the winner of Miss India Worldwide 2024, the longest-running Indian pageant held outside India.
• Dhruvi Patel is a Computer Information Systems student from the US.
• Dhruvi Patel is an Indian-origin Gujarati family who moved to the US as a child.
• This event took place in Edison, New Jersey. The pageant has been held for 31 years.
• The beauty pageant is organized by the New York-based India Festival Committee and is chaired by Indian-Americans Neelam and Dharmatma Saran.

Explanation:

• Amar Preet Singh has been appointed as the next Chief of Air Staff.
• Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh will replace Vivek Ram Chaudhari as the Chief of Air Staff.
• Amar Preet Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1984.
• He will assume the office on September 30.
• He is a qualified flying instructor and an experimental test pilot with more than 5000 hours of flying experience.
• He was also the Project Director (Flight Test) at the National Flight Test Center to look after the flight testing of the Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas).
• He is a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal.

Explanation:

• World Alzheimer's Day is celebrated every year on 21 September.
• It is observed to raise awareness and challenge the stigma around Alzheimer's disease.
• German psychiatrist and pathologist, Alois Alzheimer described it for the first time in 1906.
• Its symptoms are memory-related difficulties, mood swings, and disorientation.
• It may be inherited genetically or caused by head injuries, depression, and hypertension.

Explanation:

• US and India have decided to set up a new plant for semiconductor fabrication.
• The new semiconductor fabrication plant is focused on advanced sensing, communication, and power electronics for applications in green energy, next-generation telecommunications, and national security.
• A semiconductor fabrication plant is commonly called a fab. It is a factory for semiconductor device fabrication.
• The goal of the new facility is to produce silicon carbide, gallium nitride, and infrared semiconductors.

Explanation:

• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and MAPA of Brazil have signed MoU in the area of food safety.
• On the sidelines of the Global Food Regulators Summit in New Delhi, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Carlos Henrique Baqueta Fávaro and CEO of FSSAI, G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, signed MoU.
• The MoU is aimed at improving food safety through technical collaboration and joint projects.

Explanation:

• India signed the IPEF bloc's agreements on a clean and fair economy.
• India signed the 14-member IPEF (Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity) bloc's agreements to improve cooperation in the field of a clean and fair economy.
• These agreements would help to develop, access, and deploy clean energy and climate-friendly technologies.
• It would catalyze investment and strengthen measures for anti-corruption, tax transparency, etc.
• India signed and exchanged the first-of-its-kind agreements focused on Clean Economy, Fair Economy and the IPEF Overarching arrangement.

Explanation:

• India won double gold medals in the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest.
• Both men’s and women's teams won gold medals in the 2024 Chess Olympiad.
• In the men’s final round, Arjun Erigaisi defeated Jan Subelj of Slovenia.
• In the women’s section final, the Indian women’s team defeated Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5 to clinch the gold.
• Gukesh D, Praggnanandhaa R, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, Pentala Harikrishna, and Srinath Narayanan were part of the Indian team for the open category.
• India’s best performances prior to this year have been the bronze medals in 2022 and 2014.

Explanation:

• Uttarakhand government approved a bill to make protesters pay for damage to public property.
• Uttarakhand governor Lieutenant General (Retired) Gurmit Singh gave assent to a bill that would enable full recovery of damages caused to public property during riots or protests.
• Uttarakhand Public and Private Property Damage Recovery Bill was passed by the state assembly in August 2024.
• It would serve as a strong deterrent for potential offenders who damaged public property during strikes, protest demonstrations or riots.
• The main aim of the bill is to stop people from damaging public property during riots.
• Apart from full recovery of the damaged property, a fine of up to Rs 8 lakh will also be imposed upon them.
• Protestors will have to pay also the expenses of the government staff on riot control measures.

Explanation:

• According to CEO Elon Musk, SpaceX plans to send five unmanned Starship missions to Mars in the next two years.
• Musk had stated earlier this month that the first Starships to Mars would be launched in two years.
• He now said that the timing for the first crewed missions will depend on success of the uncrewed flights.
• In four years, crewed missions will be launched if the unmanned missions land safely.
• Musk stated that crewed missions will be delayed by an additional two years in the case of difficulties.
• A Starship rocket made a historic landing demonstration in the Indian Ocean in June, surviving a hypersonic return from orbit.
• NASA earlier this year postponed the Artemis 3 mission, which will use SpaceX's Starship to make the first crewed moon landing in fifty years.
• According to NASA, it was originally scheduled for late 2025.

Explanation:

• LAPTA Ladies' has been selected as India's official entry for Oscars 2025. The announcement was made on 23 September by the jury of the Film Federation of India (FFI), which selects the Indian film in the category of Best International Feature Film every year.
• 'Missing Ladies' is India's official entry for Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category 2025.