Daily Current Affairs 17 January 2024

1.		How many people moved out of multidimensional poverty in India from 2013-14 to 2022-23, according to the NITI Aayog report?

10 million

24.82 crore

50 million

100 million

2.		What is the name of the new campus of the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN) inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

NACIN Academy

Palasamudram Campus

Sri Sathya Sai Campus

Customs and Taxes Institute

3.		Which deadly virus is the University of Oxford conducting human trials for a vaccine against?

Ebola

Zika

Nipah

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

4.		What is the objective of Operation AMRITH launched by Kerala?

Counter-terrorism operation

Combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Disaster relief operation

Counter-narcotics operation

5.		When was the first Union Budget of India presented, and who presented it?

April 1, 1947, by Sir R.K. Shanmugham Chetty

April 7, 1860, by James Wilson

February 1, 2017, by Arun Jaitley

March 31, 1950, by Jawaharlal Nehru

6.		Where is the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) being held?

New York

Davos, Switzerland

Tokyo

London

7.		What is the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation rate in December 2023?

1.5%

0.73%

-0.26%

2.0%

8.		Who inaugurated the 5th Meghalaya Games and stressed the need to support talent from tribal areas?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu

Chief Minister of Meghalaya

Indian Olympic Association President

9.		Who was sworn in as the President of Guatemala on January 15, 2024?

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Bernardo Arévalo

Viola Amherd

Bernard Asbogro

10.		Who became the first active-duty winner of Miss America 2024?

Madison Marsh

Deepa Bhandare

Whitney Marsh

Anthony Anderson