Weekly Current Affairs - 18 to 24 September 2023

1.		Who won the Man of the Match award in the Asia Cup 2023 final between India and Sri Lanka?

Ishan Kishan

Shubhman Gill

Mohammed Siraj

Kuldeep Yadav

2.		The Truenat test was granted approval for diagnosing which virus in Kerala?

COVID-19

Dengue

Nipah virus (NiV)

Zika virus

3.		The International Cricket Council (ICC) designated which three cities in the United States for hosting the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024?

Dallas, Florida, and New York

Los Angeles, Chicago, and Miami

Boston, Atlanta, and Seattle

Las Vegas, Houston, and Washington, D.C.

4.		Which country surpassed Hong Kong to claim the title of the world’s freest economy, according to a report by the Fraser Institute?

India

Singapore

China

United States

5.		What is the purpose of the Kisan Rin Portal (KRP) in India?

To provide weather information to farmers

To facilitate access to credit services for farmers

To promote agricultural exports

To offer crop insurance to farmers

6.		Who won the Singapore Grand Prix in Formula 1, ending Max Verstappen’s winning streak?

Max Verstappen

Lewis Hamilton

Carlos Sainz

Sebastian Vettel

7.		Which Indian state recently renamed Aurangabad and Osmanabad districts to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv, respectively?

Maharashtra

Assam

Madhya Pradesh

Goa

8.		What has the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently recognized Mithun as?

An endangered species

A food animal

A medicinal plant

An agricultural crop

9.		Which category of the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) is awarded to young scientists under the age of 45?

Vigyan Ratna (VR) Award

Vigyan Shri (VS) Award

Vigyan Yuva-Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (VY-SSB) Award

Vigyan Team (VT) Award

10.		On September 18, the Union Cabinet approved the Women Reservation Bill, which mandates a 33 percent reservation for women in:

Lok Sabha only

State assemblies only

Both Lok Sabha and state assemblies

Rajya Sabha only