Daily Current Affairs 1 to 3 January 2024

1.		Who has been appointed as the Director General of Fire Service, Civil Defence & Home Guards under the Ministry of Home Affairs?

Ranjan K. Sen

Vivek Srivastava

D Shivkumar

R. S. Sirohi

2.		Which state in India set a Guinness Record for the largest simultaneous Surya Namaskar performance?

Maharashtra

Gujarat

Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

3.		What is the purpose of electoral bonds in India?

Funding political campaigns

Currency exchange

Corporate investments

Agricultural subsidies

4.		Who will be the next Director (Human Resources) of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)?

Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra

Rashmi Govil

Dong Jun

Arvind Panagariya

5.		What is the primary objective of ISRO's XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite)?

Investigate the polarization of intense X-ray sources in space

Study Earth's climate

Explore distant galaxies

Monitor space debris

6.		What significant change has the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) made regarding bulk deposit limits for large urban co-operative banks (UCBs)?

Increased the limit to ₹2 crore and above

Decreased the limit to ₹50 lakh and above

Abolished bulk deposit limits

Increased the limit to ₹1 crore and above

7.		What was the growth rate in GST collections for December 2023 compared to the same month the previous year?

5%

10.28%

15%

20%

8.		On which day did Australian cricket player David Warner officially announce his retirement from One-Day International (ODI) cricket?

December 31

January 1

January 2

January 3

9.		On which date did DRDO celebrate its 66th Foundation Day in 2024?

December 29

January 1

January 30

January 2

10.		Who is the new defense minister of China?

Li Shangfu

Dong Jun

Xi Jinping

Li Keqiang