Current Affairs Quiz: 4th August 2024

1. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), what percentage of the ₹2,000 banknotes that were in circulation on May 19, 2023, had been returned by july 31,2024?

2. Which bank has stated that its RuPay credit cards will now provide National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services?

3. Which Enterprise has acquired Juniper Networks for $14 billion, with approval from the European Commission?

4. With effect from August 1, 2024, European airline Air France-KLM has named Stefan Gumuseli as its new General Manager for the Middle East and India areas. With whom is he succeeding?

5. What percentage Y-o-Y rise is shown in UPI's remarkable growth as its transaction volume surges to $14.44 billion in July 2024?

6. India's Goods and Services Tax (GST) receipts increased by 10.3% in July 2024 compared to the previous year, totaling ₹1.82 trillion (US$ 21.74 billion). Which Deloitte India employee emphasized that slower return rates were a factor in the greater net collection rise of 14.4% as opposed to the 10.3% gross increase?

7. Wiffen became the first Northern Irish athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in 36 years. He won the _________m freestyle final in 7:38.19, setting an Olympic record.

8. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) plans to develop a new greenfield manufacturing plant in Maharashtra with an estimated expenditure of how many crore?

9. What is the amount of money approved by the World Bank for Ethiopia's sustainable growth. It is Ethiopia's first direct budgetary support facility from the World Bank?

10. Anshuman Gaekwad, a legendary cricket player, passes away at age 71 from cancer. He scored two hundreds, the greatest he scored was 201 against which nation in 1983?