DAILY QUIZ-18.04.

2024
1. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently (in April ‘24) inaugurated the Submersible
Platform for Acoustic Characterisation and Evaluation (SPACE), a Testing Hub for Sonar Systems for the Indian Navy?
(a) Navsari, Gujarat
(b) Idukki, Kerala
(c) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
(d) Mandarmani, West Bengal
2. Which country's engineers and scientists created the world's first satellite enabling smartphones to make calls without
mobile towers?
(a) India
(b) Russia
(c) USA
(d) China
3. Who set a new world record for the lowest limbo skating over 25 metres on April 18, 2024?
(a) Manasvi Vishal
(b) Takshvi Vaghani
(c) Ananya Pandey
(d) Yazhini
4. Which company has recently (in April ‘24) launched the omnichannel Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) Fintech App to offer
various financial products on a single digital platform?
(a) Kalaari Capital Limited
(b) Piramal Capital and Housing Finance
(c) Aditya Birla Capital Limited
(d) Reliance Capital Limited
5. Initiative for finding missing pets launched by whom?
(a) Swiggy
(b) Zomato
(c) Jio mart
(d) Amazon
6. India recently signed an agreement with which country to operate a large research hub in New Delhi?
(a) Russia
(b) China
(c) Japan
(d) Indonesia
7. Recently, who has been selected for the Malcolm Adiseshia Award 2023?
(a) Vikas Kumar
(b) Utsa Patnaik
(c) Sushma Sinha
(d) Prabhat Patnaik
8. Dragonfly rotorcraft mission, recently seen in news, is associated with which space organization?
(a) NASA
(b) ISRO
(c) CNSA
(d) JAXA
9. What is the theme of ‘World Heritage Day 2024’?
(a) Discover and Experience Diversity
(b) Heritage Changes
(c) Complex Pasts: Diverse Futures
(d) Heritage and Climate
10. What is ‘Salas y Gomez’, recently seen in the news?
(a) Earth observation satellite
(b) Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
(c) Invasive species found in Great Lakes Region

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(d) Oceanic ridge in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean
11. Who has recently been honored with the prestigious 'John Dirk Gairdner Global Health Award'?
(a) Lokesh Muni
(b) Avantika Vandanpu
(c) Dr. Gagandeep Kang
(d) Vineet Jain
12. Who has recently successfully launched 'Angara- A5 rocket'?
(a) USA
(b) France
(c) Israel
(d) Russia
13. Who is the first Indian pilot recently selected for Blue Origin's space tourism mission 'NS-25'?
(a) Gopi Thotakura
(b) Jagjit Pavadia
(c) Harendra Singh
(d) Manoj Panda
14. With whom will the Indian Army start the joint military exercise 'Dustlik'?
(a) Tajikistan
(b) Uzbekistan
(c) Kyrgyzstan
(d) Turkmenistan
15. Who has recently attacked Israel with hundreds of aerial drones and missiles?
(a) Egypt
(b) Iran
(c) Turkey
(d) Oman
ANSWER
1 b 6 a 11 c
2 d 7 b 12 d
3 b 8 a 13 a
4 c 9 a 14 b
5 a 10 d 15 b

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