ALL EXAM QUIZ 02.02.2.2024

Explanation:

• Netherlands defeated India to win the final of the first FIH Hockey 5s Women's World Cup played in Muscat, Oman.
• In the final match, India had to face a 7-2 defeat by the Netherlands.
• Jyoti Chhatri (20th minute) and Rutaja Dadaso Pisal (23rd minute) scored goals for India.
• The Polish women's team finished third in the competition.

Tournament Awards and Honours

• Best Goalkeeper: Marta Kucharska (Poland)
• Best Junior Player - Deepika Soreng (India)
• Top scorer – Teresa Viana (Uruguay) with 19 goals
• Best Player - Noor De Baat (Netherlands)

FIH Hockey 5s Women's World Cup 2024

• The first edition of the FIH Hockey 5s World Cup was held from January 24 to January 27 in Muscat, the capital of Oman.

Teams

• A total of 16 teams participated.

Pool A – Fiji, Malaysia, Netherlands, Oman

Pool B – Australia, South Africa, Ukraine, Zambia

Pool C – India, Namibia, Poland, United States

Pool D – New Zealand, Paraguay, Thailand, Uruguay

Hockey 5-s

• Hockey 5-s is a new and shorter format of hockey played with great speed and high skill.
• In this match which lasts a total 20 minutes, both teams have five players each.
• The playing field for this shorter format is half the size of the regular field.
• As per FIH rules, the turf size of Hockey 5-S will be a maximum of 55 X 42 metres, while the minimum is 40 X 28 meters.

Explanation:

• 69th Filmfare Awards ceremony was held on 27-28 January 2024 in Gandhinagar (Gujarat). The event is hosted by Karan Johar.
• Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor won the Best Actor award in a lead role for the film Animal, while Alia Bhatt won the Best Actress award in a lead role for Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra received the Best Director award for the film 12th Fail.
• Along with this, 12th Fail won the Best Screenplay and Best Film (Popular) awards.
• The film is based on Anurag Pathak's 2019 non-fiction book about the real-life story of the 12th failed IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma.

Winner List

• Best Film (Popular) - 12th Fail
• Best Director - Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
• Best Screenplay - 12th Fail

Explanation:

• Union Minister Bhupender Yadav released the Status Report of Snow Leopards in India.
• During the National Board for Wildlife meeting held in New Delhi, the Status Report of Snow Leopards in India was released.
• The Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI) Program is the first-ever such exercise. The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) was the National Coordinator for this exercise.
• The report shows that 718 Snow leopards are present in India. A total of 241 unique Snow leopards have been photographed.
• 477 Snow leopards have been found in Ladakh while 124 Snow leopards have been found in Uttarakhand.
• The estimated population in different states are as follows: Himachal Pradesh (51), Arunachal Pradesh (36), Sikkim (21), and Jammu and Kashmir (9).
• This assessment covered approximately 120,000 km2 of crucial Snow leopard habitat across the trans-Himalayan region.
• Camera traps were deployed at 1,971 locations for 180,000 trap nights.

Explanation:

• After 38 years of service, INS Nirupak has been decommissioned on 29th January from service at Visakhapatnam.
• This ceremony has been presided over by Vice Admiral Adhir Arora, Chief Hydrographer to the Government of India at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.
• INS Nirupak was commissioned into service on August 14, 1985, by Vice Admiral Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni.
• The ship was under the administrative and operational control of Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Naval Command.
• In the years 1994, 1995, 2005 and 2009, INS Nirupak was awarded the Admiral Jal Cursetji Rolling Trophy for the best survey ship.
• It was involved in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations, including Operation Gambhir (Tsunami Relief) in 2004.
• Its hydrographic survey played a key role in advancing scientific understanding of oceanography.

Explanation:

• Satnam Singh Sandhu has been nominated as Rajya Sabha MP.
• On 30 January, the President has nominated for membership in the Rajya Sabha Satnam Singh Sandhu, a well-known educationist and the son of a farmer.
• In 2001, he began his career with the establishment of the Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) in Landran, Mohali.
• In 2012, he furthered his commitment to education by establishing Chandigarh University.
• Achieved a remarkable position in the QS World Ranking 2023 and ranked first among private universities in Asia.
• Now, Sandhu is Chancellor of Chandigarh University and has emerged as a philanthropist for his contributions to education.
• The President of India nominates twelve members to the Rajya Sabha for a six-year term in recognition of their contributions to the arts, literature, science, and social services.
• According to the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India (Articles 4(1) and 80(2)) this power has been provided to the President.

Explanation:

• Tanmay Agarwal scored the fastest first-class triple century for Hyderabad in a Ranji match, in 147 balls.
• Hyderabad opener Tanmay Agarwal created history as he ended the innings at 529/1 on the first day of the 2023-24 Ranji Trophy match against Arunachal Pradesh at the NFC Cricket Ground in Secunderabad.
• He played an unbeaten inning of 323 runs in 160 balls with the help of 33 fours and 21 sixes at a strike rate of 201.88.
• He became the player with the fourth-best strike rate among all batsmen with at least 200 runs in an innings.
• This is also the best by an Indian batsman in first-class cricket.
• The opening batsman also became the fastest cricketer to reach a triple century in first-class cricket, crossing the mark from 200 to 300 in just 28 balls and reaching the mark in 147 balls.

Explanation:

• India's GDP growth rate has been upgraded by the IMF to 6.7% for the current financial year.
• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for India for the current financial year to 6.7% compared to the previous forecast of 6.3%.
• In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF has raised India's medium-term GDP growth to 6.5% for 2025, 2026, an increase of 20 basis points from its October 2023 forecast.
• The IMF said the results reflected strong public investment and positive labor market outcomes.
• The IMF said India will reduce its current account deficit projection for FY24 to 1.6% of GDP from 1.8%.
• The agency said that India remains the fastest-growing economy among the major economies of the world.
• India's GDP grew by 7.2% in FY23 compared to the previous year.

Explanation:

• India secured the 93rd position in the Global Corruption Index.
• According to the Transparency International report, India ranked 93rd position in the Global Corruption Index with a score of 39.
• More than two-thirds of the 180 ranked countries scored below 50 on the Global Corruption Index.
• The corruption perceptions index uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean.
• In 2023, India's overall score was 39 while in 2022, it was 40. India's rank in 2022 was 85.
• Denmark secured the first position for the sixth consecutive year. Finland and New Zealand secured second and third positions respectively.
• The top 10 countries on the index include Norway (84), Singapore (83), Sweden (82), Switzerland (82), the Netherlands (79), Germany (78), and Luxembourg (78).
•  The global average corruption perceptions index score remains at 43.
• In South Asia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka remain at 133rd and 115th positions respectively.
• Somalia, Venezuela, Syria, South Sudan, and Yemen are in the bottom spots in the ranking.

Explanation:

• NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) has entered into an agreement with the Government of Maharashtra for the development of green hydrogen and derivatives (green ammonia, green methanol) up to 1 million tonne per annum capacity.
• This agreement has been made for the next five years and investment of approximately ₹ 80,000 crore will be made.

Explanation:

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