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2024 Current Affairs For Class 8th
Question No (1) Who released benefits under the PM CARES for Children scheme for children who were orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic in the country?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Question No (2) 9th edition of the India – Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime Exercise ‘SLINEX’ held at where?
Answer: Visakhapatnam.
Question No (3) India’s 1st indigenously developed polycentric prosthetic knee ‘Kadam’ developed and launched by which IIT?
Answer: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Question No (4) Which company launched a mobile showroom named ‘Anubhav,’ to target rural customers?
Answer: Tata Motors.
Question No (5) Asia’s biggest international food and hospitality fair ‘AAHAR 2022’ held in which state?
Answer: New Delhi.
Question No (6) Which two countries have been implement a T+1 stock settlement mechanism in a phased manner?
Answer: India and China.
Question No (7) 9th National Women’s Ice Hockey Championship in 2022 held in which state?
Answer: Himachal Pradesh.
Question No (8) 9th Women National Ice Hockey Championship 2022 was inaugurated at where in India?
Answer: Lahaul And Spiti.
Question No (9) Who inaugurated 11 new government medical colleges in Tamil Nadu in January 2022?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Question No (10) 2022 Women’s Hockey Asia Cup was held in which country?
Answer: Muscat city of Oman.
Question No (11) All-rounder cricketer ‘Chris Morris’ belongs to which country as he announced retirement from all forms of cricket?
Answer: South Africa.
Question No (12) India’s first mobile honey processing van launched at where?
Answer: Ghaziabad.
Question No (13) ‘Gael Monfils’ won women’s singles tennis title at which tournament?
Answer: 2022 Adelaide International 1 tournament.
Question No (14) A Suicide Bomber Army launched by whom?
Answer: Taliban.
Question No (15) Retirement age of which state government employees increased from 60 years to 62 years?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh.
Question No (16) Who launched Unified Presentment Management System (UPMS) in India?
Answer: NPCI Bharat BillPay (NBBL).
Question No (17) Who inaugurated the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Question No (18) Which is Odisha’s first child marriage free district?
Answer: Ganjam.
Question No (19) In which country, violent clashes broke out over a sharp rise in fuel prices?
Answer: Kazakhstan.
Question No (20) ‘Vinay Kumar Tripathi’ appointed as the new Chairman and CEO of the which board?
Answer: Railway Board.
Question No (21) Which country send 5 lakh doses of Covid 19 vaccines to Afghanistan through Iran?
Answer: India.
Question No (22) Niti Aayog has released __ edition of it’s State Health Index for 2019–20?
Answer: Fourth.
Question No (23) ’11th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2021′ won by which team?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh.
Question No (24) ‘World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship 2023’ will be held in which state of India?
Answer: Kerala.
Question No (25) Beating the Retreat ceremony took place on January 29, 2022 in which country?
Answer: India.
Question No (26) Mohammad Hafeez has announced his retirement from international cricket. He belongs to which team?
Answer: Pakistan.
Question No (27) ‘Collarwali’ was a famous tigress recently died. She belonged to which country?
Answer: India.
Question No (28) Who received the ‘Best National Costume Award’ at Mrs World 2022 pageant?
Answer: Navdeep Kaur.
Question No (29) ‘India-assisted social housing units project’ inaugurated by which country in East Africa?
Answer: Mauritius.
Question No (30) Which Indian state Cabinet decided the formation of 13 new districts?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh.
Question No (31) Which Tamil film won ‘Best Film Award’ at the Dhaka International Film Festival 2022?
Answer: Koozhangal.
Question No (32) 2024 Paralympics to be held in which city of Europe?
Answer: Paris.
Question No (33) Who has been awarded the prestigious Genesis Prize 2022?
Answer: Albert Bourla.
Question No (34) Who won a gold medal in the junior tournament at the Moscow Wushu Stars Championship 2022?
Answer: Indian Wushu player Sadia Tariq.
Question No (35) 46th Civil Accounts Day has celebrated on which date in India?
Answer: March 2nd.
Question No (36) ‘National Forensic Science University’ foundation stone laid by whom at Tripura?
Answer: Minister of Home Affairs Shri Amit Shah.
Question No (37) Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed as the brand ambassador of which company?
Answer: Amway India.
Question No (38) ‘World Kidney Day 2022’ celebrated on which date?
Answer: March 10.
Question No (39) Which edition of India-US Military Cooperation Group meeting held in Agra?
Answer: 19th edition.
Question No (40) ‘World Day Against Cyber Censorship’ organized on which date?
Answer: March 12, 2022.
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2021 Current Affairs For Class 8th
Question No (1) Indian government approved how much amount to boost semiconductor and display manufacturing?
Answer: Rs 76,000-crore.
Question No (2) ‘2021 World Handicapped day’ celebrated worldwide on which date?
Answer: December 3rd.
Question No (3) 3-day annual 2nd National Tribal Dance Festival 2021 observed at where?
Answer: Chhattisgarh.
Question No (4) A book titled name “The Origin Story of India’s States” is written by whom?
Answer: Venkataraghavan Subha Srinivasan.
Question No (5) Who address the 76th session of UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) on September 25, 2021?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Question No (6) Which Indian para-shooter clinched the gold medal in the P4 – Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 final at Tokyo Paralympics 2020?
Answer: Manish Narwal.
Question No (7) Multinational Military Exercise ‘SHANTIR OGROSENA’ 2021 is scheduled to be held in which country?
Answer: Bangladesh.
Question No (8) Who won Silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games in the Women’s 49kg category?
Answer: Chanu Saikhom Mirabai.
Question No (9) Name the bowler became 2nd Indian fast bowler to play 100 test matches?
Answer: Ishant Sharma.
Question No (10) Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2021 held in which state of India?
Answer: Karnataka.
Question No (11) Name the person appointed as the new President of Confederation of Indian Industry for 2021-22?
Answer: MD and CEO of Tata Steel ‘T V Narendran’.
Question No (12) Critic’s Best Actor award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2021 won by whom?
Answer: Sushant Singh Rajput.
Question No (13) When the ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science’ 2021 celebrated?
Answer: February 11, 2021.
Question No (14) Satishwar Balakrishnan has been appointed as CEO of which Insurance company in India?
Answer: Aegon Life Insurance.
Question No (15) ‘VLCC Femina Miss India World 2020’ won by whom?
Answer: Manasa Varanasi.
Question No (16) Marc Llistosella named as the new MD & CEO of which company?
Answer: Tata Motors Limited.
Question No (17) A report ‘Traffic Crash Injuries and Disabilities: The Burden on Indian Society’ released on February 13, 2021, developed by which International Organization?
Answer: World Bank.
Question No (18) Which Indian state launched ‘Beggar Free Scheme’ for Beggar-Free state?
Answer: Rajasthan State.
Question No (19) World’s first artificial island with the aim to provide clean energy is to be start by which country?
Answer: Denmark.
Question No (20) 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election is scheduled in which months?
Answer: April – May 2021.
Question No (21) Microsoft has launched its new India Development Center (IDC) facility in which city of Uttar Pradesh?
Answer: Noida.
Question No (22) 17-year-old Amit Khatri set the new national U-20 record in the 10000m race walk in how much time?
Answer: 40 minutes 40.97 seconds.
Question No (23) Who became first Woman Sailor from India to qualify for the Olympics?
Answer: Nethra Kumanan.
Question No (24) Name the Indian mathematician who has been named as the winner of the prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize?
Answer: Nikhil Srivastava.
Question No (25) ‘Nomadland’ won which award at the Golden Globe Awards 2021?
Answer: Best Motion Picture – Drama award.
Question No (26) Which is 4th state in the India where a squad of women commandos has been added in the police department?
Answer: Uttarakhand.
Question No (27) S Gopalakrishnan appointed by the Ministry of External Affairs as the next High Commissioner of India to which country?
Answer: Malawi.
Question No (28) Formation of ‘Mukhyamantri Bagayat Vikas Mission’ announced in which Indian state?
Answer: Gujarat.
Question No (29) What is the Union Budget of India as Finance Minister introduced on Feb 1st, 2021?
Answer: Rs. 34.83 lakh crore.
Question No (30) Swami Vivekananda 158th birth anniversary marked on which date in 2021?
Answer: January 12.
Question No (31) Who will be the Chief Guest at the India’s Republic Day Parade 2021?
Answer: No Chief Guest due to Coronavirus Pandemic.
Question No (32) What was the theme of the 4th One Planet Summit 2021?
Answer: Lets act together for nature.
Question No (33) Social network ‘Parlor’ has been removed by Amazon, Apple and Google for what reason?
Answer: Promotion violence in USA.
Question No (34) Who is Deputy Election Commissioner in India?
Answer: Umesh Sinha.
Question No (35) What is India rank in Economic League table 2021?
Answer: 6th.
Question No (36) What is the rank of Mukesh Ambani in Bloomberg Billionaires Index 2021?
Answer: 13th.
Question No (37) Tenure of current Chairman of ISRO has been extended by central government for the period of 1 year. Who is the CEO of ISRO?
Answer: K Sivan.
Question No (38) Who is new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Railway Board in India?
Answer: Suneet Sharma.
Question No (39) Leon Mendonca is the India’s __ chess grandmaster?
Answer: 67th.
Question No (40) When the World Braille Day 2021 celebrated?
Answer: January 4th, 2021.
Question No (41) Which country in Asia developed underwater drones called Sea Wing (Haiyi) glider?
Answer: China.
Question No (42) Who is appointed as Chief Justice of Madras High Court?
Answer: Justice Sanjib Banerjee.
Question No (43) ‘Global Pravasi Rishta app’ launched by which country?
Answer: India.
Question No (44) ‘Covishield’ is a COVID-19 vaccine developed by which research university in UK?
Answer: Oxford University.
Question No (45) ‘Maritime India Summit 2021’ through video mode inaugurated by whom?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Question No (46) When the Bitcoin Cryptocurrency crossed the $30,000 mark for the first time?
Answer: January, 2021.
Question No (47) Which Indian State Government announced to waive entertainment tax for cinemas from January to March 2021?
Answer: Kerala.
Question No (48) Which Indian state launched own packaged drinking water ‘Mission Bhagirath’ in India?
Answer: Telangana.
Question No (49) Which year named as ‘worst year on record’ by UN World Tourism Organization?
Answer: 2020.
Question No (50) Who has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Kazakhstan?
Answer: Ms. Shubhdarshini Tripathi.
Question No (51) Name the Bollywood star appointed as the Global brand ambassador of Levis?
Answer: Deepika Padukone.
Question No (52) In India the ‘Sugamya Bharat App’ has been launched by which ministry?
Answer: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
Question No (53) PV Narasimha Rao 100th birth anniversary was observed on June 28, 2021. He belong to which country?
Answer: India.
Question No (54) Massive galaxy cluster – Abell 370 is located 4.9 billion light-years away from the Earth. Which space agency shared a stunning picture of this galaxy?
Answer: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
Question No (55) Uttar Pradesh has celebrated its foundation day on which date in January 2021?
Answer: January 24, 2021.
Question No (56) ‘World Competitiveness Index 2021’ Topped by which Country in Europe?
Answer: Switzerland.
Question No (57) ‘Advantage India: The Story of Indian Tennis’ is a book written by whom?
Answer: Anindya Dutta.
Question No (58) ‘Stratolaunch Roc’ is the world largest ____ by American company ‘Stratoluanch’?
Answer: Aircraft.
Question No (59) Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced how much funding to help India fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic?
Answer: Rs. 135 crores.
Question No (60) Trojan Asteroid share which planet orbit around the Sun?
Answer: Jupiter.
Question No (61) Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief RKS Bhadauria gifted a Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter to whom while 50 years of defeating Pakistan in the 1971 war?
Answer: Bangladesh Air Force (BAF).
Question No (62) Who officially opened the 32nd Summer Olympic Games in the Tokyo city?
Answer: Emperor Naruhito.
Question No (63) By 2047 which country will be energy independent?
Answer: India.
Question No (64) Which Indian states have taken the top three positions in the Public Affairs Index (PAI 2021)?
Answer: Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
Question No (65) What is interest rate on employees’ provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2020-21 in India?
Answer: 8.5%.
2020 Current Affairs For Class 8th
Question No (1) One rank one pension scheme of armed forces has completed how many years of successful journey?
Answer: 5 years.
Question No (2) Joint coastal security exercise, “Sagar Kavach” held for how many days at Paradip Coast, Odisha?
Answer: Two Days.
Question No (3) Earth observation satellite EOS-01 launched by whom?
Answer: Indian Space Research Organization.
Question No (4) Which company appointed Jagbir Singh as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO)?
Answer: Vodafone Idea (Vi).
Question No (5) To improve the livelihood of the fishing community which state launched Parivarthanam scheme?
Answer: Kerala Government.
Question No (6) In which state of India the ‘1st solar-based water supply project’ launched?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh.
Question No (7) Pakke Tiger Reserve provide Covid-19 insurance to green soldiers launched in which state?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh.
Question No (8) ‘Your Best Day Is Today!’ book written by which famous Bollywood actor?
Answer: Anupam Kher.
Question No (9) Which film is only Indian entry at Tokyo Film Festival?
Answer: ‘Karkhanisanchi Waari’.
Question No (10) Which is India’s longest single-lane motorable suspension bridge?
Answer: Dobra-Chanti Jhula (suspension) bridge.
Question No (11) Airtel Payments Bank partnered with Bharti Axa General Insurance to offer which insurance?
Answer: Car insurance.
Question No (12) Bharti AXA General Insurance company launched #CancerSendsNoNotifications on?
Answer: Social Media.
Question No (13) How much Ganges river is high on biodiversity with Gangetic Dolphins and Otters?
Answer: 49%.
Question No (14) ‘2020 World Science Day for Peace and Development’ observed on which date?
Answer: 10 November.
Question No (15) ‘National Legal service day 2020’ observed on which date?
Answer: 9 November.
Question No (16) ‘National Legal Services Day 2020’ observed on which date?
Answer: 9 November.
Question No (17) US presidential elections 2020 won by whom?
Answer: Joe Biden.
Question No (18) World Urbanism Day 2020 observed on which date?
Answer: 8 November.
Question No (19) International Day of Radiology 2020 observed on which date?
Answer: 8 November.
Question No (20) ’13th Urban Mobility India Conference 2020′ organized on which date?
Answer: November 9, 2020.
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