Current Affairs Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)" 10 October 2023 , current affairs

Here are 20 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) based on the recent news highlights. Test your knowledge on these current affairs topics and check your answers at the end.

1. Which institution releases the compilation of Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI)?

   - A. IMF

   - B. World Bank

   - C. WEF

   - D. ADB

   (Answer: B [World Bank])

2. Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023 was awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman for their work in _:

   - A. Hepatitis C virus

   - B. mRNA Vaccines

   - C. Human evolution

   - D. Receptors for temperature

   (Answer: B [mRNA Vaccines])

3. R21/Matrix-M, which was recently approved, is the vaccine against which disease?

   - A. COVID-19

   - B. Malaria

   - C. Tuberculosis

   - D. Influenza

   (Answer: B [Malaria])

4. 'Statue of Equality,' the largest statue of B R Ambedkar outside India, is to be unveiled in which country?

   - A. UK

   - B. USA

   - C. Germany

   - D. France

   (Answer: B [USA])

5. 'SAMPRITI-XI' is the joint military exercise conducted by India and which country?

   - A. Bangladesh

   - B. Sri Lanka

   - C. Indonesia

   - D. Iran

   (Answer: A [Bangladesh])

6. What is the rank of India in the World Bank’s compilation of Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) for 2019?

   - A. 1st

   - B. 67th

   - C. 100th

   - D. 174th

   (Answer: B [67th])

7. Who were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2023?

   - A. Robert F. Furchgott and Louis J. Ignarro

   - B. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna

   - C. Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman

   - D. Frances H. Arnold and George P. Smith

   (Answer: C [Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman])

8. Which vaccine was recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the prevention of malaria in children?

   - A. RTS,S/AS01

   - B. Covaxin

   - C. R21/Matrix-M

   - D. Pfizer-BioNTech

   (Answer: C [R21/Matrix-M])

9. Where is the 'Statue of Equality,' the largest statue of B R Ambedkar outside India, to be unveiled?

   - A. UK

   - B. USA

   - C. Germany

   - D. France

   (Answer: B [USA])

10. Which country is taking over as the Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association?

    - A. India

    - B. Sri Lanka

    - C. Australia

    - D. Indonesia

    (Answer: B [Sri Lanka])