October 2024 GK - 2

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Across
  1. 4. Which country is expected to see the highest increase in energy demand globally over the next decade, as per the World Energy Outlook 2024.
  2. 5. Petra, an archaeological city, is located in which country?
  3. 6. Indo-Turkiye Friendship Association has been launched in which city?
  4. 9. This concept, central to Keynesian economics, relates to the proportional increase, or decrease, in demand that can arise from an injection, or withdrawal, of spending. So a government increase in spending on, say, roadbuilding will mean more jobs for workers who spend their wages on other goods and services, which encourages the employment of more workers, and so on
  5. 12. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award which Nobel Prize to Daron Acemoglu,Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity
  6. 13. A five-judge Constitution Bench of the SC upheld by a 4-1 majority the unique process for granting citizenship to migrants who entered which state until March 24, 1971.
  7. 14. The takeover by the state of private businesses.
  8. 15. Capital of North Korea
  9. 17. Which Indian recently received the IAF World Space Award for the Chandrayaan-3 mission?(Use 2nd name)
  10. 19. Which company launched the ‘Scam se Bacho’ campaign in collaboration with the Indian government to educate citizens on online safety.
  11. 20. A problem that can affect developing countries as they get stuck at a certain level of GDP per person. Such countries can have success in manufacturing low-value goods but then supposedly struggle to develop higher value-added sectors in services or technology.
  12. 21. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal issued an arrest warrant against former PM ______ for her alleged involvement in “crimes against humanity”.
  13. 26. Also known as the bell curve, this describes phenomena where most data points cluster around the average and there are few outliers
  14. 28. India has acquired 31 MQ-9B ______ drones from the US for surveillance and reconnaissance.
  15. 29. What is the name given to the structure used by SpaceX to catch rockets in mid-air?
  16. 30. Which city was the venue of World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2024?
  17. 31. Which city hosted the SCO Summit recently?
Down
  1. 1. India and Canada share a rich history of diplomatic and economic cooperation, but the recent assassination of a ______ separatist in Canada has triggered an extraordinary dispute.
  2. 2. Sana'a is the capital city of which country
  3. 3. An economic system that combines elements of free enterprise and state planning.
  4. 5. Currency of Jordan
  5. 7. India has historically intervened for the Maldives’ security, notably during the 1988 coup attempt called ______ and through joint naval exercises like “Ekuverin” and “Dosti.”
  6. 8. What is the name of world’s first government-funded Multimodal Large Language Model, recently launched by India?
  7. 10. USA to send THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence) defence battery system to which country. A THAAD battery comprises 95 soldiers, six truck-mounted launchers, 48 interceptors (eight per launcher), radar surveillance and radar, and a tactical fire component.
  8. 11. In 2013, ______ and Bangladesh executed an extradition treaty as a strategic measure to address insurgency and terrorism along their shared borders.It was subsequently amended in 2016 to ease the exchange of fugitives wanted by both nations.
  9. 16. An inscription was found while ploughing in Dharanikota village at _______ in Andhra Pradesh. It is written in the Prakrit language and Brahmi characters of the 2nd century C.E.
  10. 18. Which state has bagged the best state award in 5th National Water Awards 2023?
  11. 22. What is the name of the first vessel launched under the two Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) project by the Indian Navy?
  12. 23. Whose name has been recommended as the next Chief Justice of India
  13. 24. Which country along with Myanmar was ranked last in internet freedom in the 2024 ‘Freedom on the Net’ report by Freedom House.This country intensified efforts to isolate its domestic internet from the global network and blocked international website access and imposed heavy fines on VPN users.
  14. 25. Which country's PM accused Indian intelligence agents of involvement in the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent pro-Khalistan activist residing in Canada.
  15. 27. Indian Navy’s second Very Low-Frequency (VLF) radar station was inaugurated in which place of Telangana