CURRENT AFFAIRS(01-07-2024) 1 / 10 Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and conservative Saeed Jalili will contest in a rare run-off election in Iran. When was the only other time the country held a run-off for its presidential election? 1985 2021 2017 2005 Out of Iran’s 13 previous presidential elections since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, only one has led to a run-off, which occurred in 2005. Read More 2 / 10 Who was the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha between 2014-2019? D Raja Kanimozhi V Maitreyan Thambi Durai In 2014, in the first term of the Narendra Modi government, the post was accorded to Thambi Durai of the the BJP ally All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Read More 3 / 10 Which water sharing deal between India and Bangladesh is pending for over a decade. Indo-Bangladesh Joint Rivers treaty Teesta water sharing treaty Kushiyara river water sharing treaty Indo Bangladesh Ganga Water treaty Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent remark triggered fresh speculation about the Teesta water sharing treaty with Bangladesh, a key bilateral agreement that has been pending between the two countries for over a decade. Read More 4 / 10 Who is the Janata Dal (United)'s new working president? Ram Nath Thakur Sanjay Jha Khiru Mahto Harivansh Narayan Singh The Janata Dal (United), part of the ruling alliance in Bihar, appointed party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Jha its working president, and passed a resolution demanding special status or a special package for the State. Read More 5 / 10 How is the MGNREGS popularly referred to in Tamil Nadu? Vaelai thittam 200 naal thittam 100 naal thittam 150 naal thittam “I am not against NREGA or 100 naal thittam [which are how the MGNREGS is popularly called], but the authorities should ensure that at the time of cotton-picking, there should be no work under NREGA." Read More 6 / 10 Who is the Indian national record holder in the 3000m steeplechase event? Sumit Kumar Sarvesh Kushare Avinash Sable Tajinderpal Singh Toor Avinash Sable, the national record holder,clocked 8:31.75 to overwrite his own previous meet record of 8:33.19, set five years ago in Lucknow. Read More 7 / 10 India celebrates 'Statistics Day' to honour which famous Indian statistician? C. R. Rao Raj Chandra Bose Prasanta Chandra Mahalonobis V. S. Huzurbazar Mr. Karandikar emphasised the need of “interoperability and linking of databases generated by various agencies” at an event to mark Statistics Day, in honour of the birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalonobis, widely regarded as the Father of Indian Statistics. Read More 8 / 10 Who is the chairperson of the sixteenth Finance Commission? Arvind Panagariya Soumyakanti Ghosh Sudha Rajagopalan Ajay Narayan Jha Sixteenth Finance Commission chairperson Arvind Panagariya on Sunday mooted compiling data generated by all the Finance Commissions in one place, noting that a lot of statistics were generated by the constitutional body appointed every five years, which could come in handy in the future. Read More 9 / 10 Who is the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes? Ravi Agrawal Pravin Kumar Sanjay Kumar Pragya Sahay Saksena The Centre on Saturday appointed Ravi Agrawal as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the top policy-making body of the Income Tax Department. Read More 10 / 10 Who is the player of the series of the T20 World Cup? Jasprit Bumrah Travis Head Rohit Sharma Fazalhaq Farooqi The payer of the Series is Jasprit Bumrah. Read More Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz
