Daily Top-10 Current Affairs MCQs/News (Oct 24 2023) for CSS

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October 24, 2023: International Current Affairs MCQs News

6. 24 hours, 320 strikes, 436 dead bodies

On a day when Israel`s army reported strikes on at least 320 targets within 24 hours, Gaza`s health ministry said on Monday that at least 436 people had been killed in bombardments over the past 24 hours, while the overall death toll had climbed above 5,000.
In addition, about a dozen trucks carrying desperately needed aid the third convoy in three days arrived inside Gaza from Egypt on Monday through Rafah, even as PM Mohammed Shtayyeh accused Western nations of giving Israel a `licence to kill`

7. Erdogan sends Sweden`s Nato bid to parliament for ratification

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday submitted a bill approving Sweden`s Nato membership bid to parliament for ratification, the presidency said, in a move welcomed by Stockholm that clears the way for it to join the Western defence alliance.
Erdogan pleased his Nato allies at a summit in July by promising to send the legislation to parliament when it reopened on Oct 1, having previously raised objections over Sweden`s alleged harbouring of terrorists

8. US forces targeted in Syria, no casualties

American and allied forces in Syria were targeted on Monday in an attack that did not cause casualties, a US official said, after a group claimed to have launched drones at Washington`s troops.
`An attack against US and coalition forces occurred early this morning in Syria. There were no injuries or damage,` a US defence official said.
The US official did not provide specifics on the attack, but a group calling itself the Islamic Resistance in Iraq said earlier in the day that it had launched drones against American forces at Al-Tanf and Al-Malikiyah in Syria

9. Moon is 4.45bn years old, scientists conclude

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 the last time people walked on the moon US astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan collected about 243 pounds (110.4 kg) of soil and rock samples that were returned to Earth for further study.
A half century later, crystals of the mineral zircon inside a coarse-grained igneous rock fragment collected by Schmitt are giving scientists a deeper understanding about the moon`s formation and the precise age of Earth`s celestial partner

October 24, 2023: Sports Current Affairs MCQs News

10. Pakistan have nowhere to hide after Afghanistan thrashing

This time, Babar Azam had nowhere to hide. The Pakistan captain usually manages to skip post-match press conferences, especially when the team loses a match.
But on Monday, he couldn`t. He shouldn`t have, in fact, after Pakistan fell to their first ever loss to Afghanistan in a one-day international.
To Babar`s horror, it came during the WorldCup; his charges falling to a third successive defeat in the tournament, their odds of finishing in the top four narrowing with each game. There was no avoiding questions, probing ones, that needed answers.