Daily Current Affairs 1 October 2023

1.		What is the fiscal deficit of India for the first five months of the 2023-24 financial year?

Rs 1.42 lakh crore

Rs 4.36 lakh crore

Rs 6.42 lakh crore

Rs 10.0 lakh crore

2.		Which global figure's birthday is commemorated as the International Day of Non-Violence?

Nelson Mandela

Winston Churchill

Mahatma Gandhi

Martin Luther King Jr.

3.		Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)?

Partha Sinha

Sudhanshu Vats

Saugata Gupta

K.N. Shanth Kumar

4.		What is the theme of World Habitat Day 2023?

Housing for All

Sustainable Urban Development

Resilient Urban Economies: Cities as Drivers of Growth and Recovery

Building Better Cities

5.		Who unveiled the 15-point winter action plan to combat air pollution in Delhi?

Narendra Modi

Arvind Kejriwal

Amit Shah

Nitin Gadkari

6.		What changes were announced by the Indian government related to its tax policies on the petroleum industry?

Increase in levies on diesel and ATF

Reduction in SAED on domestically produced crude petroleum

Reduction in levies on diesel and increase in SAED on domestically produced crude petroleum

No changes in tax policies

7.		Which sector witnessed the highest growth rate in India's core sector in August 2023?

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Agriculture

Services

8.		Who was awarded the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in Mathematics?

Ruixiang Zhang

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Terence Tao

Andrew Wiles

9.		What is the primary focus of World Habitat Day 2023?

Promoting sustainable transportation

Addressing climate change

Empowering women in urban areas

Resilient urban economies and growth

10.		Who recently took the oath of office and secrecy as a Member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

Dr. Manoj Soni

Saugata Gupta

Dr. Dinesh Dasa

K.N. Shanth Kumar