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Context: The United States is all set to elect the country’s next President in its 2024 general election, scheduled for November 5, 2024.
Background: –
Key takeaways
Step 1: Primaries and Caucuses
Step 2: National Conventions
Step 3: Presidential general election
Step 4 : The electoral college
Source: The Hindu
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Context: Scientists have discovered a fossil of a reptile species called Gondwanax paraisensis in southern Brazil.
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Key takeaways
Source: Indian Express
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Context: BRICS Summit began in Kazan on Tuesday. This is the first summit that will be taking place after the first-ever expansion of BRICS in January this year.
Background: –
Key takeaways
Objectives and Goals:
Key Initiatives:
Source: The Hindu
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Context: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said his government is working on a law to incentivise residents of the state to have more children.
Background:
Key takeaways
Additional Information
Do government policies to boost fertility work ?
What is the way forward to address concerns about population?
Source: Indian Express
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Context: A new study suggests that the Betelgeuse star’s enigmatic brightening and dimming patterns may be caused by an unseen companion star.
Background: –
About Betelgeuse
Source: India Today
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Context: A week after the Union Agriculture Minister decided to assign additional charge of Managing Director, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), to an Agriculture Ministry official, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) entrusted charge of the post to an official of the Ministry of Cooperation.
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Cabinet Committees:
Issues/Challenges of the Cabinet Committees:
Source: Indian Express
Q1.) Which of the following countries is NOT a member of BRICS?
Q2.) Betelgeuse, a star in the constellation Orion, is best described as:
Q3.) Which of the following statements regarding Cabinet Committees in India is/are correct?
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 3 and 4 only
c. 1, 2, and 3 only
d. 2, 3, and 4 only
Comment the answers to the above questions in the comment section below!!
ANSWERS FOR ’ 23rd October 2024 – Daily Practice MCQs’ will be updated along with tomorrow’s Daily Current Affairs
Q.1) – b
Q.2) – b
Q.3) – b