05 February 2024- Grammy Awards 2024

Present Affairs for UPSC: Jagran Josh presents Each day Present Affairs Quiz for all devoted college students and readers making ready for numerous aggressive exams. In right this moment’s session, get briefings in regards to the vital subjects given in Q&A codecs reminiscent of Grammy Awards 2024, First lady Chief Justice of Uttarakhand Excessive Court docket and so on.

1. Who has taken oath as the primary lady Chief Justice of Uttarakhand Excessive Court docket?

(a) Indu Malhotra

(b) Ritu Bahri

(c) Ruma Pal

(d) Hima Kohli

2. Who was awarded the ‘Greatest Inexperienced Bond-Company’ award at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance 2024?

(a) Hindalco

(b) REC Restricted

(c) IOCL

(d) Tata Energy

3. Which has turn out to be the primary European nation to just accept Unified Cost Interface (UPI)?

(a) Germany

(b) Portugal

(c) Italy

(d) France

4. Which has turn out to be the primary nation within the European Union to subject ‘Digital Schengen Visa’?

(a) Austria

(b) Belgium

(c) France

(d) Finland

5. Who received the ‘Greatest International Music Album’ award on the Grammy Awards 2024?

(a) ‘This second’

(b) ‘Midnights’

(c) ‘The Report’

(d) ‘Flowers’

6. Who has lately made the file of spending most time in house?

(a) Christina Koch

(b) Andrew Morgan

(c) Oleg Kononenko

(d) Scott Kelly

7. Who was appointed as the brand new Advocate Common of Rajasthan?

(a) Rajendra Prasad

(b) Ravi Shankar Prasad

(c) Ashok Kumar

(d) Indu Kumari

Reply:-

1. (b) Ritu Bahri

Justice Ritu Bahri has been appointed as the primary lady Chief Justice of Uttarakhand Excessive Court docket. Governor Lieutenant Common (Retd.) Gurmeet Singh administered the oath to Justice Ritu Bahri at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan. He changed former Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi. In October final 12 months, Justice Ritu Bahri was appointed because the appearing Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket.

2. (b) REC Restricted

REC Restricted, a Maharatna enterprise beneath the Ministry of Energy, has been awarded the celebrated Greatest Inexperienced Bond – Company Award at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance 2024. REC has obtained the award for issuing a $750 million USD inexperienced bond due in April 2023, which was additionally the primary USD inexperienced bond from India.

3. (d) France

NPCI Worldwide Funds Restricted (NIPL) lately introduced that UPI customers can now purchase tickets for the Eiffel Tower in Paris. France has turn out to be the primary European nation to just accept digital funds from India. For this, NIPL has partnered with Lyra e-commerce of France. Nationwide Funds Company of India (NPCI) launched UPI within the 12 months 2016.  

4. (c) France

France has began the initiative to subject Digital Schengen visas, changing into the primary nation within the European Union to subject this visa. Particular eligibility standards have been outlined for non-EU residents in search of a digital visa. Digital Visa will change stickers with cryptographically signed barcodes. The Schengen international locations are a part of the ‘Schengen Settlement’ which was established in 1995.

5. (a) ‘This second’

Veteran Indian musicians Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain received the Grammy Awards within the ‘Greatest International Music Album’ class for his or her album ‘This Second’ by fusion band ‘Shakti’. ‘This Second’ was launched on 30 June 2023. Taylor Swift received the Greatest Album of the 12 months award for Midnights. The 66th Annual Grammy Awards 2024 have been held in Los Angeles.

6. (c) Oleg Kononenko

Russian astronaut Oleg Kononenko has set a brand new world file for spending essentially the most time in house by staying in house for 878 days or greater than two and a half years. Oleg Kononenko overtook the file set by compatriot Gennady Padalka. In response to the European Area Company, Oleg Kononenko began his house profession as an engineer and made his first house flight in 2008.      

7. (a) Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad has been appointed as the brand new Advocate Common of Rajasthan. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra has accepted the appointment of the brand new Advocate Common. Jodhpur Excessive Court docket had lately sought a reply from the state authorities on this regard, after which Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma appointed the brand new Advocate Common.   

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