Daily Current Affairs - 27 September 2023

1.		What is S&P Global Ratings' growth forecast for India in the current fiscal year?

5%

6%

6.5%

7%

2.		What is "Disease X," and why are health experts concerned about it?

A new strain of COVID-19; it is highly contagious

A mysterious and deadly pathogen; it could surpass the lethality of COVID-19

A rare disease; it has no known treatment

A vaccine-resistant virus; it poses a global threat

3.		What type of aircraft did Defence Minister Rajnath Singh formally introduce into the Indian Air Force (IAF)?

Su-30MKI

C-295

Rafale

Tejas

4.		Why did the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) impose monetary penalties on State Bank of India (SBI), Indian Bank, and Punjab & Sind Bank?

Non-compliance with KYC norms

Violation of loan and advances guidelines

Failure to follow interest rate directives

All of the above

5.		Who has been named as Uniqlo India's Brand Ambassador?

Priyanka Chopra

Shah Rukh Khan

Deepika Padukone

Katrina Kaif

6.		How long had it been since India last won a gold medal in horse riding at the Asian Games before the 2023 victory?

10 years

20 years

30 years

41 years

7.		What is the amount of Amazon's strategic investment in the AI startup Anthropic?

$100 million

$400 million

$1 billion

$4 billion

8.		With which organization did Maruti Suzuki India partner for the 'Khamree Mo Sikkim' outreach program?

Indian Army

Indian Navy

Indian Air Force

Indian Coast Guard

9.		What setback did the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) face in its Chandrayaan-3 mission?

Communication loss with the lunar lander

Technical failure of the rover

Harsh lunar night conditions

Impact with an asteroid

10.		Which Indian state recently experienced a delayed monsoon retreat for the 13th consecutive year?

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra

Punjab