CURRENT AFFAIRS

MARATHON
2024
1. Who has been appointed as the first 5. Who has been made the special envoy for
woman Director General of the Central peace in Afghanistan by the United
Industrial Security Force (CISF)? Nations Security Council?
CISF

(a) Anisha Dayal/

(b) Nina Singh/ (a) Narendra Modi/
(c) Vina Dani/ (b) Hamid Karzai/
(d) Anita Deshai/ (c) Joe Biden/
Ans.(b) (d) Shekh Hasina/
2. Who has been appointed as 16th Finance Ans.(b)
Commission Chairman? 6. Who has recently assumed the charge of
'Chief of Material' in the Navy?
(a) N. K. Singh/
(b) Arvind Panagariya/
(c) K.C. Neogy/ (a) B. Shivakumar/
(d) Y.V. Reddy/ (b) Kiran Deshmukh/
Ans.(b) (c) Abhinav Sen Gupta/
3. Who has been appointed as the chief (d) Rakesh bhadauria/
justice of the Allahabad High Court? Ans.(b)
7. Who has been appointed as the new
Director Gen eral of Police in
(a) Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava
Maharashtra?
(b) Justice Sheel Nagu/
(c) Justice Arun Bhansali/
(d) Justice B R Sarangi/ (a) Rashmi Shukla/
Ans.(c) (b) Nina Singh/
4. Who has been elected Janata Dal (United) (c) Rajeev Kumar/
president? (d) Naveen Kumar/
Ans.(a)
(a) Nitish Kumar/
8. Who has been appointed as 16th Finance
(b) Lalan Singh/
Commission Chairman?
(c) KC Tyagi/
(d) Tejashwi Yadav/
Ans.(a)
 (a) N. K. Singh/ 13. Who will succeed Gautam Adani as the
(b) Arvind Panagariya/ Managing Director of Adani Ports and
(c) K.C. Neogy/ Special Economic Zone Ltd ?
(d) Y.V. Reddy/
Ans.(b)
9. Who has been appointed as Director (a) Ashwani Gupta/
(Human Resources) at Indian Oil (b) Karan Adani/
Corporation (IOC)? (c) Vijay Adani/
(IOC) (d) None of the above/
Ans.(b)
(a) Rashmi Govil/ 14. Who has been recently appointed as the
(b) Anil Kumar/ new Managing Director of Nivea India?
(c) Ramesh Sharma/
(d) Priya Singh/
Ans.(a) (a) Karan Singh/
10. Who has recently been appointed as the (b) Neha Sharma/
acting Chairman of the National Legal (c) Geetika Mehta/
Services Authority (NALSA)? (d) Arjun Patel/
(NALSA) Ans.(c)
15. Who has been appointed as the Managing
(a) Sanjeev Khanna/ Director of National Asset Reconstruction
(b) B.R. Gavai/ Company (NARCL)?
(c) Sanjay Kishan Kaul/ (NARCL)
(d) N.V. Ramana/
Ans.(a) (a) Santosh Kumar/
11. Who has been Appointed as Chairman and (b) P. Santhosh/
Managing Director (CMD) of Power Grid (c) Deepak Mohanty/
Corporation? (d) Reena Gupta/
(CMD) Ans.(b)
16. Who has been elected as the president of
(a) Sreekant Kandikuppa/ the All Indi a Rubber Industries
(b) Vivek Srivastava/ Association (AIRIA) ?
(c) Arvind Panagariya/ (AIRIA)
(d) Ravindra Kumar Tyagi/
Ans.(d) (a) Shashi Singh/
12. Who is the co-founder of Flipkart and the (b) Ramesh Kejriwal/
founder of the new e-commerce startup, (c) Zafar Ahmed/
OppDoor? (d) P. Santosh/
Ans.(a)
OppDoor 17. Who has been appointed as the new
(a) Sachin Bansal/ Chairperson of the Federation of
(b) Mukesh Bansal/ Associations in Indian Tourism &
(c) Binny Bansal/ Hospitality (FAITH)?
(d) Kunal Bahl/
Ans.(c) (FAITH)
 (a) Anand Kumar/ 22. Who has been re-elected for the fifth term
(b) Akash Varma/ as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh?
(c) Puneet Chhatwal/
(d) Priya Paul/
Ans.(c) (a) Sheikh Hasina/
18. Who has been appointed as president of (b) Khaleda Zia/
the European Investment Bank? (c) Sheikh Selim/
(d) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman/
Ans.(a)
(a) Nadia Calvino/ 23. Who recently has been appointed as
(b) Werner Hoyer/ Secretary General of BIMSTEC?
(c) Angela denn/
(d) Mario Draghi/
Ans.(a) (a) Tenzin Lekphell/
19. Who has been appointed as the Executive (b) Abdul Motaleb Sarker/
Director (ED) by the Securities and
(c) Indra Mani Pandey/
Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
(d) P. Santosh/
(SEBI)
Ans.(c)
(ED)
24. Who has been appointed as the CEO of
(a) G. Ram Mohan Rao/
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone?
(b) Rashmika Shukla/
(c) Anand Singh/
(d) P. Santhosh/
Ans.(a) (a) Karan Adani/
20. Who has been appointed as Chief (b) Ashwini Gupta/
executive officer and managing director (c) Vijaya Gadde/
of National Investment and Infrastructure (d) Parag Agrawal/
Fund Limited (NIIFL)? Ans.(b)
(NIIFL) 25. Who has been appointed as Additional
Secretary and Direc tor General
(Acquisition) in the Defence Ministry?
(a) Raghuram Iyer/
(b) Sanjiv Aggarwal/
(c) Sanjay Singh/ (a) Samir Kumar Sinha
(d) Adity Puri/
Ans.(b) (b) P. Santhosh/
21. Who has been appointed as Executive (c) Anup Kumar Srivastava
Director of the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) in Manila? (d) Deepak Kumar/
(ADB) Ans.(a)
26. Which Fintech Giant has appointed
(a) Vikas Sheel/ Ritesh Pai as the new CEO of its
(b) Smita Sarangi/ international payments business?
(c) Senthil Pandian C/
(d) Parveen Kumar/
Ans.(a)
 (a) Paytm/
(b) PhonePe/
(c) Google Pay/ (a) 6 Months/
(d) Tata Pay/ (b) 1 Year/
Ans.(b) (c) 2 Years/
27. Who has been appointed as the Indian (d) 3 Years/
ambassador of the World Tr ade Ans.(b)
Organisation (WTO) in Geneva? 31. Who has been elected as the Prime
WTO Minister of Bhutan for a second term?

(a) P Santosh/
(b) Brajendra Navnit/ (a) Namgyel Wangchuck
(c) Senthil Pandian C
(b) Lotay Tshering/
(d) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (c) Dasho Karma Ura/
(d) Tshering Tobgay/
Ans.(c) Ans.(d)
28. Who has be en appointed as Joint 32. Who has been appointed as the Country
Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum & Managing Director for Experian's
Natural Gas? operations in India?

(a) Esha Srivastava/ (a) Manish Jain/

(b) Tanay Kediyal/ (b) Amit Sharma/
(c) Shyam Srinivasan (c) Priya Kapoor/
(d) Rajesh Gupta/
(d) Praphulla Kumar Bharat Ans.(a)
33. Who recently assumed the position of
Ans.(a) Commandant at the I ndian Naval
29. Who has be en appointed as Chief Academy?
Marketing Officer (CMO) and Executive
Vice President by HDFC Securities?
(a) Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty
CMO
(b) Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma
(a) P. Santosh/
(b) Brajendra Navnit/ (c) Admiral Rakesh Kumar
(c) Senthil Pandian C
(d) Commodore Nandini Singh
(d) Puneet Bekal/
Ans.(d) Ans.(a)
30. How long is the additional tenure granted 34. Who has been appointed as the Director
to Michael Debabrata Patra as Deputy General of Naval Operations (DGNO)?
Governor of RBI? (DGNO)
 (a) Vice Admiral AN Pramod 38. Who has recently become the third sitting
judge from the Dalit community in the
(b) Rear Admiral Sanjay kumar Supreme Court?

(c) Admiral Rakesh Kumar

(a) Justice C.T. Ravikumar
(d) Commodore Nand kishore
(b) Justice B.R. Gavai
Ans.(a)
35. Who has been appointed as the managing (c) Justice Prasanna B. Varale
director and chief executive officer of
DCB bank? (d) Justice S. N. Loya
DCB
Ans.(c)
(a) Deepak Mohanty/ 39. Who has been appointed as the chairman
(b) Murali Natrajan/ of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of
(c) Praveen Achuthan Kutty India (TRAI)?
(TRAI)
(d) Dinesh Khara/
Ans.(c) (a) Anil Kumar Lahoti
36. Who has been appointed as the Director
General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)? (b) P. D. Vaghela/
(SSB) (c) S. P. Kochhar/
(d) Anand Kumar/
(a) Daljit Singh Chaudhary Ans.(a)
40. Who has Become Indian Army’s First
(b) Nitin Agarwal/ Female Subedar?
(c) Rahul Rasgotra/
(d) Manoj Yadava/ (a) Puja Dayal/
Ans.(a) (b) Anita Dahiya/
37. Who has recently become the new (c) Sujata Gupta/
Finance Director of NLC India (d) Preeti Rajak/
Limited? Ans.(d)
NLC 41. Who has become the new Chief Minister
of Jharkhand?
(a) Ajit Kumar Saxena
(a) Champai Soren/
(b) Prasanna Kumar Acharya (b) Hemant Soren/
(c) Sibu Soren/
(c) Pankaj Kumar Singh (d) Kalpana Soren/
Ans.(a)
(d) Vikram Dev Dutt/ 42. Who has been appointed as Chief Adviser
Ans.(b) (Cost) in Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance?
 (ADB)

(a) V. Srinivas/ (a) Mio Oka/

(b) A.P Singh/ (b) Takeo Konishi/
(c) Pawan Kumar/ (c) Ashok Lavasa/
(d) Sanjay Dutt Pant/ (d) Rajiv Kumar/
Ans.(c) Ans.(a)
43. In which state 'Justice Ranjana Prakash 47. Who has been named as Managing Director
Desai' has been appointed the chairman and Chief Executive officer of LIC Mutual
of the Uniform Civil Code Committee? Fund?
LIC

(a) Uttar Pradesh/ (a) Ashwani Gupta/

(b) Uttarakhand/ (b) Sanjiv Khanna/
(c) Madhya Pradesh/ (c) Ravi Kumar Jha/
(d) Chhattisgarh/ (d) P. Santhosh/
Ans.(b) Ans.(c)
44. Who recently became the first woman 48. Who has been appointed as the new non-
Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High executive chairman and independent
Court? director of th e Nation al Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI)?
(NPCI)
(a) Justice Ritu Bahri

(b) Justice Ranjana Deshai (a) P. Santosh/

(b) Aditya Pawar/
(c) Justice Indu Malhotra (c) Rakesh Sharma/
(d) Ajay Kumar Choudhary
(d) Justice Dipika Misra
Ans.(d)
Ans.(a) 49. Who has been Appointed As Non-Executive
45. Who has been appointed as the new Part-Time Chairman Of ICICI Bank?
Army Vice Chief? ICICI

(a) M.V. Suchindra Kumar (a) Rajiv Kumar/

(b) Sandeep Sinha/
(b) Alok Saxena/ (c) Amit Deshwal/
(c) Arvind Kumar/ (d) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
(d) Upendra Dwivedi/
Ans.(d) Ans.(d)
46. Who has been appointed as the new 50. Who has been appointed as the Director
Country Director for India by the Asian of the Independent Evaluation Office (IEO)
Development Bank (ADB)? of the World Bank's Global Environment
Facility (GEF)?
 (GEF) 55. Who has been named as the new Director
(IEO) General of the National Security Guard
(NSG)?
(a) Ajay Banga/ (NSG)
(b) Anshula Kant/
(c) Geeta Batra/ (a) Daljit Singh Chaudhary
(d) Geeta Gopinath/
Ans.(c) (b) Ajit Doval/
51. Who has been app ointed a s the (c) Rakesh Asthana/
chairperson of the Lokpal? (d) Anil Singh/
Ans.(a)
(a) Justice Dipak Misra/ 56. Who has become the first woman sniper
(b) Justice Ranjan Gogoi/
of the Border Security Force (BSF)?
(c) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
(BSF)
(d) Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar
(a) Suman Kumari/
(b) Priya Singh/
Ans.(d)
52. Who has been appointed as the chairman (c) Anjali Sharma/
of the expert committee for uniform KYC (d) Ritu Gupta/
norms? Ans.(a)
KYC 57. Who has been recently appointed as
Chairman of the National Commission for
(a) T.V. Somanathan/ Scheduled Castes (NCSC) ?
(b) Raghuram Rajan/ (NCSC)
(c) Nirmala Sitharaman/
(d) Arvind Subramanian/ (a) Kishor Makwana/
Ans.(a) (b) Narendra Pal/
53. Who has recently assumed the charge of (c) Rajiv Kumar/
Director (Operations) of National Thermal (d) Arun Goel/
Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)? Ans.(a)
(NTPC) 58. Who has been appointed as the new
Indian Ambassador to Russia?
(a) Rameshwar Kumar/
(b) Ravindra Kumar/
(c) Manoj Sinha/ (a) Vinay Kumar/
(d) Lokesh Muni/ (b) Rajiv Kumar/
Ans.(b) (c) Anil Kumar/
54. Who has been appointed as the new head (d) Sanjay Kumar/
of Parliament security? Ans.(a)
59. Who has been unanimously elected as the
(a) Anant Singh/ new President of the Federation of Indian
(b) Rakesh Asthana/
Export Organisations (FIEO)?
(c) Anurag Agarwal/
(FIEO)
(d) Raghubir Lal/
Ans.(c)
 (a) Rajiv Kumar/ (a) James Marape/
(b) Ashwani Kumar/ (b) Mr L P Hemanth K Srinivasulu
(c) S.N Sen/
(d) Deepak Kushwaha/ (c) Dr. Sanjay B Chordiya
Ans.(b)
60. Who has been appointed as the new (d) None of these/
Managing Director (MD) and Chief Ans.(b)
Executive Officer (CEO) of Axis Capital? 64. Who has received the prestigious MS
(MD) Swaminathan Award for his contributions
(CEO) as a scientist and extension specialist in
the field of agricultural science?
(a) Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

(b) Atul Mehra/

(c) Naveen Jindal/ (a) Chaudhary Charan Singh
(d) Nirmala Sitharaman/
Ans.(b) (b) Thawar Chand Gehlot
61. Who has been app ointed a s the
Democratic Republic of Congo's first (c) Professor B.R. Kamboj
woman Prime Minister?
(d) Arun Sinha/
Ans.(c)
(a) Judith Suminwa Tuluka 65. Which writer has been awarded the 2023
Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar?
(b) Rumy Alqahtani/
(c) Jean-Pierre Bemba
(a) Sreshtha Galpa/
(d) Joseph Kabila/ (b) Sreshtha Mukhopadhyay
Ans.(a)
62. Who has been recently appointed as a (c) Deepak Mohanty/
member of the 16th Finance Commission (d) Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
by the Centre?
Ans.(d)
66. Who has been honored with the Best
(a) Manoj Panda/ Director-Motion Picture Award at the
(b) Rajiv Kumar/ Golden Globes 2024?
(c) N.K. Singh/
(d) Rakesh Mohan/
Ans.(a) (a) Steven Spielberg/
63. Who has Received ‘Man of the Year 2023’ (b) James Cameron/
Award from Home Minister Shri Amit (c) Christopher Nolan/
Shah? (d) Bong Joon-ho/
Ans.(c)
67. According to the Skytrax awards for the 71. Gianni Infantino, President of which
year 2023, which airport was crowned as organization was honored with the Sports
the World's Best Airport? Personality Award in Dubai?

(a) FIFA/
(a) Hamad International Airport (b) ICC/
(c) BCCI/
(b) Changi Airport/ (d) WEF/
(c) Incheon International Airport Ans.(a)
72. Which airports were jointly awarded
(d) Heathrow Airport/ the ‘Best Airport of the Year’at Wings
Ans.(b) India 2024?
68. Which city has achieved top honours in
the 2024 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice
Awards? (a) Kempegowda and Indira Gandhi/

(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and

(a) Paris/ Kempegowda/
(b) Mumbai/ (c) Rajiv Gandhi and Kempegowda
(c) Dubai/
(d) New York/ (d) Dabolim and Kempegowda
Ans.(c)
69. Who has been posthumously honored Ans.(a)
with Tenzing Norgay Award? 73. How many children have been recognized
for outstanding accomplishments in the
Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar
(a) Savita Kanswal/ 2024?
(b) Radheshyam Kanswal

(c) Krushnaa Patil/ (a) 15

(d) Premlata Agarwal/ (b) 16
Ans.(a) (c) 18
70. Who has recently become the first (d) 19
woman to win the Best Environment Ans.(d)
Officer award in the sugar industry? 74. Which organization has been selected for
the Subhash Chandra Bose Aa pda
Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 for its
(a) Sheetal Devi/ outst anding work in Disaster
(b) Deepa Bhandare/ Management?
(c) Rekha Menon/
(d) Antim Panghal/
Ans.(b)
 (a) Indian Red Cross Society

(b) National Disaster Response Force (a) 75 (b) 102

(NDRF)/ (NDRF) (c) 120 (d) 150
(c) 60 Parachute Field Hospital, Uttar Ans.(b)
Pradesh/ 79. Who among the following has been
(d) Disaster Emergency Committee/ honored with the Padma Vibhushan
posthumously?
Ans.(c)
75. Who has been hon ored wit h the
'Honorary Entertainment Makers Awards' (a) Venkaiah Naidu/
at the Joy Awards 2024? (b) Bindeshwar Pathak/
(c) Chiranjeevi/
(d) Vyjayantimala Bali/
(a) Alia Bhatt/ Ans.(b)
(b) Kareena Kapoor/ 80. Who is recognized as India’s first woman
(c) Kriti Senon/ elephant mahout and has been honored
(d) Madhuri Dixit/ with the Padma Shri?
Ans.(a)
76. Who has been posthumously awarded the
country's highest civilian award Bharat (a) Usha Uthup/
Ratna 2024? (b) Kiran Nadar/
(c) Parbati Baruah/
(d) Joshna Chinappad/
(a) Karpoori Thakur/ Ans.(c)
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 81. How many Indian Scientists have been
honored with prestigious UK Prize in
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan London?

(d) Bismillah Khan/

Ans.(a) (a) 3 (b) 4
77. Who won the 'Polly Umergar' award at the (c) 5 (d) 6
BCCI Awards 2024 for the season 2022- Ans.(a)
23? 82. Who have been announced to be honored
with the country's highest civilian honor
Bharat Ratna 2024?
(a) Jasprit Bumrah/
(b) Mohammed Shami/
(c) Shubhman Gill/ (a) Lal Krishna Advani/
(d) Ravichandran Ashwin (b) Karpoori Thakur and Chaudhary
Charan Singh/
Ans.(c) (c) M.S. Swaminathan & PV Narasimha
78. How many President’s Medal for Rao/
Distinguished Service have been announced (d) All of the above/
in the 2024 Republic Day awards? Ans.(d)
83. Which actor has been honored with the 87. Who among the following will be honored
prestigious 'Champions of Change Award' with Bharat Ratna 2024?
for his outstanding humanitarian efforts?

(a) P.V. Narasimha Rao

(a) Shah Rukh Khan/
(b) Sonu Sood/ (b) Chaudhary Charan Singh
(c) Anupam Kher/
(d) Amitabh Bachchan/ (c) M.S. Swaminathan
Ans.(b)
84. Which Indian musician's fusion band (d) All of the above/
'Shakti' won the Best Global Music Album Ans.(d)
award at the Grammy Awards 2024? 88. Which state won the ‘Best State for the
promotion of sport’ a ward at the
Sportstar ACES Awards 2024 ?
ACES
(a) Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir
Hussain/
(a) Haryana/
(b) Shankar Mahadevan and vishal
(b) Uttar Pradesh/
shekhar/
(c) Tamilnadu/
(c) Shankar Ma hadevan and A. R.
(d) Maharashtra/
Rahman/
Ans.(c)
(d) Shankar Mahadevan and Hariharan
89. What is the name of the award introduced
Ans.(a) by the Government of India to honor
85. Who recently received the ‘Lifetime modern influencers and creators?
Achievement’ award from the Sports
Journalists Federation of India and Delhi
Sports Journalists Association?
(a) National Achievers Award

(b) National Innovators Award

(a) Jay Shah/
(b) P.T. Usha/ (c) National Creators Award
(c) M. S. Dhoni/
(d) Marry Kom/ (d) National Influencers Award
Ans.(b)
86. Who has been named 'Outstanding Ans.(c)
Business Woman Of The Year 2023’? 90. At which event did India secure the 9th
GovTech Prize for its pioneering
endeavors in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-
(a) Falguni Nayar/ powered government services?
(b) Dr. Bina Modi/ (AI)
(c) Aditi Gupta/
(d) Vani Kola/
Ans.(b)
 (a) United Nations General Assembly 95. Who won the Best Male Actor award at
Summit/ the Screen Actors Guild Awards?
(b) World Economic Forum Summit

(c) World Government Summit (a) Christopher Nolan/

(b) Robert Downey Jr./
(d) G20 Summit/ (c) Cillian Murphy/
Ans.(c) (d) Da'Vine Joy Randolph/
91. Which bank won Best Technology Bank Ans.(c)
of the Year Award? 96. Which group's founder and chairman
Sunil Bharti Mittal has been awarded
Britain's highest honour?
(a) ICICI Bank/
(b) HDFC Bank/
(c) South Indian Bank (a) Bharti Enterprises

(d) Axis Bank/ (b) Reliance Industries

Ans.(c)
92. Who has been chosen for the 58 th (c) Adani Group/
Jnanpith Award? (d) Wipro Ltd/
Ans.(a)
(a) Gulzar/ 97. Who has been honored as the 'Global Jain
(b) Rambhadracharya/ Peace Ambassador'?
(c) Both a and b/a b
(d) Vidyasagar Maharaj/
Ans.(c) (a) S Jaishankar/
93. Who has been Honoured with France’s (b) Lokesh Muni/
Highest Civilian Award? (c) Vidyasagar Maharaj/
(d) Vijay Hansratnasuri/
Ans.(b)
(a) Narendra Modi/ 98. Tiger Woods has been honoured with
(b) Amit Shah/ which presti gious aw ard for his
(c) Shashi Tharoor/ contributions to golf and philanthropy?
(d) Rahul Gandhi/
Ans.(c)
94. Who recently won the title of Underwater (a) Arnold Palmer Award
Photographer of the Year 2024?
(b) Jack Nicklaus Award

(a) Alex Dawson/ (c) Bob Jones Award/

(b) John Smith/ (d) Sam Snead Award/
(c) Emily White/ Ans.(c)
(d) Sarah Johnson/
Ans.(a)
99. How many awards did the movie (a) Greeshma Kuthar/
"Oppenheimer" win in total at the 2024 (b) Ritika Chopra/
Oscars? (c) A and B/A B
(d) Ananya Bhardwaj/
Ans.(c)
(a) Five/ 104. Who has been honored with Bhutan's
(b) Seven/ 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo' Award?
(c) Ten/
(d) Three/
Ans.(b) (a) Sonam Wangchuck/
100. Who has been awarded the prestigious (b) Narendra Modi/
Erasmus Prize 2024 by the Praemium (c) Droupadi Murmu/
Erasmianum Foundation? (d) Arvind Kejriwal/
Ans.(b)
105. Who has been awarded the prestigious
(a) Arundhati Roy/ 'International Culture Award' for the year
(b) Salman Rushdie/ 2024?
(c) Jhumpa Lahiri/
(d) Amitav Ghosh/
Ans.(d) (a) Professor Meena Charanda
101. Who was honored with the 2024 IAA
Golden Compass Award? (b) Professor Ramesh Kumar
IAA
(c) Professor Priya Singh
(a) N. Chandrasekaran/
(b) Gautam Adani/ (d) Professor Anil Sharma
(c) Azim Premji/
(d) Srinivasan Swamy/ Ans.(a)
Ans.(d) 106. W h o r e c e i v e d t h e p r e s t i g i o u s
102. Who has been awarded the PV Narasimha Ex ch an g e 4Me d i a N e w s Broadcasting
Rao Memorial Award for Philanthropy Awards (ENBA) Lifetime Achievement
Work? Award in 2023?

(ENBA)
(a) Mukesh Ambani/
(b) Azim Premji/ (a) Raghav Bahl/
(c) Ratan Tata/ (b) Arnab Goswami/
(d) Anand Mahindra/ (c) Vineet Jain/
Ans.(c) (d) Rajat Sharma/
103. Who has been awarded the Chameli Devi Ans.(c)
Jain Award 2024 for Outstanding Woman 107. Who won the Indian Super League (ISL)
Media Person of the Year? Player of the Month award for February?
(ISL)
 (a) Sunil Chhetri/ (b) Silver/
(b) Madih Talal/ (c) Bronze/
(c) Sandesh Jhingan/ (d) None of these/
(d) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu/ Ans.(b)
Ans.(b) 112. Which count ry’s Dea n Elgar has
108. Who has been recently honored with the announced his retirement f rom
Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award? international cricket?

(a) Lata Mangeshkar/ (a) Australia/

(b) Amitabh Bachchan/ (b) New Zealand/
(c) A. R. Rahman/ (c) South Africa/
(d) Shah Rukh Khan/ (d) West Indies/
Ans.(b) Ans.(c)
109. Which Indian wrestler has been 113. Who won the girls' under-19 title at the
suspended for one year by the National 2023 Scottish Junior Open squash in
Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)? Edinburgh?

NADA
(a) Pooja Dhanda/ (a) Anahat Singh/
(b) Vinesh Phogat/ (b) Joshna Chinappa/
(c) Sakshi Malik/ (c) Dipika Pallikal Karthik
(d) Babita Kumari/
Ans.(a) (d) Janet Vidhi/
110. Which Former Indian cricketer has Ans.(a)
officially joined the Yuvajana Sramika 114. Which Australian batsman has recently
Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) led by announced his retirement from One Day
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan International (ODI) cricket?
Mohan Reddy?
(ODI)
(a) David Warner/
(YSRCP) (b) Steve Smith/
(c) Mitchell Starc/
(a) Ambati Rayudu/ (d) Pat Cummins/
(b) Mrinank Singh/ Ans.(a)
(c) Ramesh Powar/ 115. Who has recently become the first Indian
(d) VVS Laxman/ archer to win the World Archery Award?
Ans.(a)
111. Which medal did Koneru Humpy win at
the World Women Rapid Championships (a) Deepika Kumari/
2023? (b) Sheetal Devi/
(c) Dola Banerjee/
(d) Jyothi Surekha Vennam
(a) Gold/
Ans.(b)
116. Which player has won the title of Puberty 120. In the category of Promotion of Sports
Athlete of the Year 2023 by defeating through Corporate Social Responsibility,
Lionel Messi? which entity has been honored with the
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar?

(a) Virat Kohli/

(b) Subhman Gill/
(c) Surya Kumar Yadav (a) Jain Deemed University, Bengaluru

(d) Rohit Sharma/ (b) Rail Nigam limited

Ans.(a)
117. What was the venue for the 'Beach Games' (c) Odisha Mining Corporate Limited
inaugurated by Union Sports Minister
Anurag Thakur? (d) Tata motors/
Ans.(c)
121. What are the names of the two tiger
(a) Jallandhar Beach/ mascots of the 9th Asian Winter Games?
(b) Marina Beach/
(c) Kovalam Beach/
(d) Ghoghala Beach/ (a) Sinsin and Nini/
Ans.(d) (b) Binbin and Nini/
118. Why has the Board of Control for Cricket (c) Jora and Shera/
in India (BCCI) banned Odisha cricketer (d) Hanuman and Sheru
Sumit Sharma for two years?
(BCCI) Ans.(b)
122. Which sports category did Divyakriti
(a) Match-fixing allegations Singh receive the Arjuna Award for,
maki ng her t he first woman f rom
(b) Violation of team discipline Rajasthan to achieve this honour?

(c) Giving multiple birth certificates/

(d) Drug abuse/ (a) Equestrian/

Ans.(c) (b) Badminton/
119. Who has been appointed as Chief (c) Athletics/
executive officer of Indian Olympic (d) Shooting/
Association? Ans.(a)
123. Which football club has won Spanish
Super Cup 2024?
(a) Raghuram Iyer/
(b) Jay Shah/ (a) Real Madrid/
(c) Sanjay Singh/ (b) Barcelona/
(d) Adity Puri/ (c) Manchester City/
Ans.(a) (d) Liverpool FC/
Ans.(a) (b) Arjun Erigaisi/
124. Which Indian shooter won the gold medal (c) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
in the men's 25 meter standard pistol
event at t he Asian Shooting (d) Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Championship 2024 held in Jakarta?
Ans.(c)
128. Who has become the first ICC appointed
female neutral umpire to officiate in a
(a) Vijayveer Sidhu/ bilateral series?
(b) Anurag Thakur/ ICC
(c) Yogesh Singh/
(d) Manavjit Singh Sandhu (a) Mithali Raj/
(b) Sue Redfern/
Ans.(c) (c) Ellyse Perry/
125. Which state has emerged as the overall (d) Sarah Taylor/
champion at the inaugural Diu Beach Ans.(b)
Games 2024? 129. Which organization has partnered with
the Indian Institute of Technology
Madras to establish the eMobility
(a) Tamil Nadu/ Simulation Lab?
(b) Uttarakhand/
(c) Madhya Pradesh/
(d) Maharashtra/ (a) Amazon/
Ans.(c) (b) Microsoft/
126. Who has been appointed as the Director (c) Altair/
General of Naval Operations (DGNO)? (d) Tesla/
(DGNO) Ans.(c)
130. Where was the 6th edition of the Khelo
(a) Vice Admiral AN Pramod India Youth Games inaugurated?

(b) Rear Admiral Sanjay kumar

(a) Delhi/
(c) Admiral Rakesh Kumar (b) Mumbai/
(c) Chennai/
(d) Commodore Nand kishore (d) Kolkata/
Ans.(c)
Ans.(a) 131. Who claimed the gold medal at the Asian
127. Who has recently Surpassed Viswanathan Marathon Championships 2024 in Hong
Anand to Become India’s Number one Kong?
Chess Player?

(a) Ashvini Jadhav/

(a) Dommaraju Gukesh (b) Jyoti Gawate/
(c) Man Singh/
 (d) Yogesh Dutt/ Ans.(c)
Ans.(c) 136. What is the official mascot for the 2024
132. Which indian player has become the Khelo India Winter Games?
oldest Grand Slam champion recently?

(a) Tiku/
(a) Leander Paes/ (b) Shan/
(b) Mahesh Bhupathi/ (c) Binbin/
(c) Rohan Bopanna/ (d) Shera/
(d) Yuki Bhambri/ Ans.(b)
Ans.(c) 137. Who has been elected as the President of
133. Mary Kom has announced her retirement the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) for the
from boxing, according to International third time?
Boxing Association (IBA) rules up to what (ACC)
age are male and female boxers allowed
to fight in elite level competitions? (a) Jay Shah/
(b) Sourav Ganguly/
IBA (c) Ravi Shastri/
(d) Anil Kumble/
Ans.(a)
(a) 40 (b) 45 138. Who has been selected as torchbearer for
(c) 50 (d) 55 the 2024 Paris Olympics?
Ans.(a)
134. Who won the gold medal in the men's 10m
air rifle shooting event at the ISSF World (a) Abhinav Bindra/
Cup 2024 in Cairo? (b) Neeraj Chopra/
ISSF (c) PV Sindhu/
(d) Lovlina Borgohain/
(a) Sonam Uttam Maskar Ans.(a)
139. What is the new name chosen for the
(b) Divyansh Singh Panwar Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA)
Stadium?
(c) Abhinav Bindra/ (SCA)
(d) Anjum Moudgil/
Ans.(b) (a) Virat Kohli Stadium
135. Who won the gold medal in weightlifting
in the 76 kg category at Khelo India (b) M.S. Dhoni Stadium
Youth Games?
(c) Ravindra Jadeja Stadium

(a) Sayali Wani/ (d) Niranjan Shah Stadium

(b) Grishma Thorat/
(c) Sanjana/ Ans.(d)
(d) Anjana Gupta/
140. Which organization did the Ministry of
Education collaborate with to distribute
footballs? (a) Jacintha Kalyan/
(b) Mithali Raj/
(c) Smriti Mandhana/
(a) UEFA/ (d) Harmanpreet Kaur/
(b) FIFA/ Ans.(a)
(c) IOC/ 145. Which team has emerged as the overall
(d) AFC / winner of the Khelo India Winter Games
Ans.(b) 2024?
141. Which country won the U19 World Cup
2024?
U19 (a) Karnataka/
(a) Australia/ (b) Indian Army/
(b) India/ (c) RPF/
(c) Pakistan/ (d) Maharashtra/
(d) South Africa/ Ans.(b)
Ans.(a) 146. Which country has secured the top spot
142. Who recently stunned reigning World in the ICC World Test Championship
Champion Magnus Carlsen in a Freestyle rankings?
Chess match? ICC

(a) Australia/
(a) Vishwanathan Anand (b) India/
(c) England/
(b) Hikaru Nakamura/ (d) New Zealand/
(c) Dommaraju Gukesh Ans.(b)
147. Which Indian badminton player has
(d) Levon Aronian/ announced his retirement from the
Ans.(c) sport?
143. Who won the ICC Men's 'Player of the
Month' award for the month of January
? (a) Sai Praneeth/
ICC (b) Parupalli Kashyap/
(c) Syed Modi/
(a) Varun Aaron/ (d) Nandu Natekar/
(b) Shamar Joseph/ Ans.(a)
(c) Ravichandran Ashwin 148. Who won the Doubles title at the French
Open badminton tournament in Paris?
(d) Sarfaraz Khan/
Ans.(b)
144. Who has become the first female pitch (a) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag
curator in India, making history in Shetty/
cricket?
 (b) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Lee Jhe- 153. Who has been appointed as the Chef de
Huei/ Mission for the Indian contingent at the
(c) Chirag Shetty and Lee Jhe-Huei/ Paris Olympic Games 2024?

(d) Pullela Gopichand and Satwiksairaj

Rankireddy/ (a) Mary Kom/
(b) PV Sindhu/
Ans.(a) (c) Saina Nehwal/
149. Who has been named the ICC Men's Player (d) Abhinav Bindra/
of the Month for February 2024? Ans.(a)
ICC 154. Who was Rohan Bopanna's partner in
winning the Men's Doubles Title at the
(a) Mohammed Siraj/ Miami Open 2024?
(b) Rohit Sharma/
(c) Shubman Gill/
(d) Yashasvi Jaiswal/ (a) Roger Federer/
Ans.(d) (b) Novak Djokovic/
150. Which team has won the Ranji Trophy (c) Leander Paes/
2024? (d) Matthew Ebden/
Ans.(d)
(a) Vidarbha/ 155. Who were named the Players of the Year
(b) Saurashtra/ for 2023 in the men's and women's
(c) Mumbai/ categories, respectively, at the sixth
(d) Karnataka/ annual Hockey India Awards?
Ans.(c)
151. Who won the men's singles title at the
WTT Feeder Beirut tournament in
Lebanon? (a) Hardik Singh and Salima Tete
WTT
(b) Manpreet Singh and Salima Tete
(a) Sharath Kamal/
(b) G. Sathiyan/ (c) Manpreet Singh and Rani Rampal
(c) Mahesh Kumar/
(d) Harmeet Desai/ (d) Hardik Singh and Rani Rampal
Ans.(b)
152. Who has been named as India's flag bearer Ans.(a)
at the Paris Olympics? 156. Who has become the first male Indian
singles player to win a Masters 1000
match?
(a) Saina Nehwal/
(b) P.V. Sindhu/
(c) Sharath Kamal/ (a) Rohan Bopanna/
(d) Neeraj Chopra/ (b) Leander Paes/
Ans.(c) (c) Sumit Nagal/
(d) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
 (a) Karnataka/
Ans.(c) (b) Kerala/
157. Who has been appointed as the coach of (c) Tamil Nadu/
the Indian Women’s Hockey Team until (d) Andhra Pradesh/
the 2028 Olympics? Ans.(b)
162. How many black tigers (Melanistic Tigers)
have been found exclusively in the
(a) Harendra Singh/ Similipal Tiger Reserve of Odisha as per
(b) Dhanraj Pillay/ Government of India report?
(c) Sardar Singh/
(d) P. R. Sreejesh/
Ans.(a)
158. Which stadium has become the first (a) 5 (b) 8
Indian venue with h ybrid pitch (c) 10 (d) 12
technology? Ans.(c)
163. Which country has Successfully Tested
Advanced Rocket System Fatah-II?
(a) Eden Gardens/ II
(b) Wankhede Stadium/
(c) HPCA Stadium/ (a) Pakistan/
(d) Chinnaswamy Stadium/ (b) Afghanistan/
Ans.(c) (c) Saudi Arabia/
159. Who recently claimed their second (d) Qatar/
Masters golf title? Ans.(a)
164. Which state government is set to
(a) Tiger Woods/ introduce India's firs t submarine
(b) Phil Mickelson/ tourism?
(c) Scottie Scheffler/
(d) Dustin Johnson/
Ans.(c) (a) Odisha/
160. Which Airport of Uttar Pradesh has been (b) Andhra Pradesh/
renamed Maharishi Valmiki Airport? (c) Gujarat/
(d) Maharashtra/
Ans.(c)
(a) Ayodhya/ 165. Recently in which country thousands of
(b) Varanasi/ people have been affected by Cyclone
(c) Gorakhpur/ 'Jasper'?
(d) Jaunpur/
Ans.(a)
161. Which Indian state is home to the Periyar (a) America/
Tiger Reserve where the Brahmanakenda (b) Japan/
fish is found? (c) Australia/
(d) Philippines/
Ans.(c)
166. Which country has approved a substantial (a) Bronze tools/
$3.2 billion grant for Intel's $25 billion (b) Iron tools/
chip plant? (c) Paleolithic quartzite tools

(d) Agricultural tools/

(a) America/ Ans.(c)
(b) China/ 171. Which city was ranked as the best Indian
(c) Germany/ city for women in inclusivity and support
(d) Israel/ for working women in 2023?
Ans.(d)
167. In which city has the 12th Divya Kala
Mela-2023 been organized?
(a) Chennai/
(b) Bengaluru/
(a) Delhi/ (c) Delhi/
(b) Surat/ (d) Hyderabad/
(c) Mumbai/ Ans.(a)
(d) Bengaluru/ 172. Which city topped the list of the most
Ans.(b) polluted cities in India in 2023 according
168. At which place has the country's first to the report by Centre for Research on
Sainik School for girls been inaugurated? Energy and Clean Air (CREA)?
CREA

(a) Agra/
(b) Gorakhpur/ (a) Begusarai/
(c) Bahraich/ (b) Greater Noida/
(d) Vrindavan/ (c) Byrnihat/
Ans.(d) (d) New Delhi/
169. Recently, which state has achieved the Ans.(c)
Guinness World Record for collective 173. In the latest Swachh Survekshan results,
Suryanamaskar at 108 places which city emerged as the joint winner
simultaneously? for the top rank along with Surat?

(a) Gujarat/ (a) Navi Mumbai/

(b) Madhya Pradesh/ (b) Saswad/
(c) Uttar Pradesh/ (c) Indore/
(d) Rajasthan/ (d) Varanasi/
Ans.(a) Ans.(c)
170. What type of tools were discovered in the 174. In which Indian city was 'Prasadam,' the
Mulugu district during the archaeological country's first hygienic food street,
revelation? inaugurated by Union Health Minister Dr.
Mansukh Mandaviya?
 Ans.(c)
179. What is the inspiration behind the design
and theme of the Kashi Ropeway in
(a) Indore/ Varanasi?
(b) Ujjain/
(c) Ayodhya/
(d) Varanasi/ (a) Buddhism/
Ans.(b) (b) Lord Shiva/
175. In which Indian state was the Malkangiri (c) Mughal Architecture
Airport recently inaugurated?
(d) Hindu Mythology

(a) Assam/ Ans.(b)

(b) West Bengal/ 180. Which city will host the 19th Centre of
(c) Mizoram/ the WEF’s Fourth Industrial Revolution
(d) Odisha/ Network (4IR)?
Ans.(d) WEF
176. What is the length of Atal Setu, making (4IR)
it India's longest bridge built on the sea? (a) Mumbai/
(b) Bengaluru/
(c) Hyderabad/
(a) 15.4 km/ (d) Delhi/
(b) 18.9 km/ Ans.(c)
(c) 21.8 km/ 181. Where is the 9th Pakke Paga Hornbill
(d) 25.5 km/ Festival (PPHF) celebrated?
Ans.(c) PPHF
177. In which state has Pench Tiger Reserve
achieved the status of India's first Dark (a) Nagaland/
Sky Park? (b) Mizoram/
(c) Arunachal Pradesh/
(d) Assam/
(a) Madhya Pradesh/ Ans.(c)
(b) Rajasthan/ 182. In which city has a solar-powered boat
(c) Maharashtra/ been launched for the first time in India?
(d) Karnataka/
Ans.(c)
178. Which Nation al Highw ay has been (a) Haridwar/
selected for the inauguration of first steel (b) Varanasi/
slag road? (c) Patna/
(d) Ayodhya/
Ans.(d)
(a) NH-7/ 183. What is the innovative feature introduced
(b) NH-42/ at the Ayodhya Ram Temple for the deity
(c) NH-66/ Ram Lalla?
(d) NH-8/
 (b) Sambhal/
(c) Rae Bareli/
(a) Digital Art Installation (d) Gorakhpur/
Ans.(b)
(b) Solar-Powered "Surya Tilak" 188. What is the total length of Sudarshan
Setu, making it India's longest cable-
(c) Water Fountain/ stayed bridge?
(d) Wind Chimes/
Ans.(b)
184. Who laid the foundation stone for the (a) 1.5 km/
'Ayush Diksha' center in Bhubaneswar? (b) 1.82 km/
(c) 2.32 km/
(d) 3.05 km/
(a) Narendra Modi/ Ans.(c)
(b) Sarbananda Sonowal 189. Where was the digital exhibition "Subhash
Abhinandan" held?
(c) Rajnath Singh/
(d) Amit Shah/
Ans.(b) (a) Mumbai/
185. What is the name of the statue (b) Kolkata/
inaugurated by Chief Minister YS (c) New Delhi/
Jagan Mohan Reddy in Vijayawada? (d) Chennai/
Ans.(c)
190. Where was the 25th edition of Flora Expo
(a) Statue of Equality 2024 organized?

(b) Statue of Social Justice

(a) Pokhara/
(c) Statue of Unity/ (b) Bhaktapur/
(d) Statue of Liberty/ (c) Lalitpur/
Ans.(b) (d) Kathmandu/
186. Where was the Divya Kala Mela 2024 Ans.(d)
inaugurated? 191. With which country has India signed an
agreement for Kudankulam nuclear plant
(a) Kolkata/ units?
(b) Jaipur/
(c) Agartala/
(d) Chennai/ (a) America/
Ans.(c) (b) France/
187. In which district of Uttar Pradesh did (c) Russia/
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lay the (d) Israel/
foundation stone of 'Shri Kalki Dham'? Ans.(c)
192. Which space agency has relaunched a
spacecraft to explore an asteroid
(a) Bahraich/
 nicknamed the “God of Chaos” that will 196. With which country has India signed an
make an extremely close flyby of Earth agreement to jointly develop a small
in 2029? satellite?
“God of Chaos”

(a) Maldives/
(a) NASA/ (b) Mauritius/
(b) JAXA/ (c) Myanmar/
(c) CSA/ (d) Madagascard/
(d) ISRO/ Ans.(b)
Ans.(a) 197. What is the name of the scheme under
193. What is the nickname given to the which the Union Women and Child
concerning brain illness spreading among Development Ministry plans to set up
wildlife, particularly deer, in the United 17,000 creches within Anganwadi centres
States? across India?

(a) Mad Deer Disease/

(b) Chronic Wasting Disease (a) Samarthya/
(b) Wadi/
(c) Zombie Deer Disease/ (c) Palna/
(d) Deer pox/ (d) Angan/
Ans.(c) Ans.(c)
194. Which space agency has launched the 198. With which theme was the Government
country’s First X-Ray Polarimeter of India's 2024 calendar released?
Satellite on Jan 1, 2024?

(a) “Hamara Sankalp Viksit India”

(a) ISRO/
(b) JAXA/ (b) “Hamara Sankalp Viksit Bharat”
(c) NASA/
(d) CSA/ (c) “Hamara Sankalp Amrit Bharat”
Ans.(a)
195. What rocket is SpaceX using to launch (d) “Hamara Sankalp V ishwavijayi
the X-37B on its seventh mission? Bharat”/
Ans.(b)
199. Who wrote the song "Banglar Mati Banglar
(a) Falcon 9/ Jal," declared as the State Song by the
(b) Falcon Heavy/ West Bengal government?
(c) Starship/
(d) Atlas V/ V
Ans.(b) (a) Kazi Nazrul Islam

(b) Rabindranath Tagore

 (b) Smriti Irani/
(c) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (c) Jagdeep Dhankhar/
(d) Ram Nath Kovind/
(d) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Ans.(c)
204. In which state was the 82nd Indian History
Ans.(b) Congress organized recently?
200. In which country a postage stamp was
released to commemorate 200 years of
Tamils of Indian origin? (a) Karnataka/
(b) Telangana/
(c) Rajasthan/
(a) Myanmar/ (d) Haryana/
(b) Bangladesh/ Ans.(b)
(c) Bhutan/ 205. Which of the following has become the
(d) Sri Lanka/ first Union Territory to implement PM
Ans.(d) Vishwakarma Yojana?
201. In which st ate has the Central
Government announced the setting up of
Advanced Pediatric Centre? (a) Delhi/
(b) Ladakh/
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(a) Uttar Pradesh/
(b) Bihar/ (d) Chandigarh/
(c) Madhya Pradesh/ Ans.(c)
(d) Rajasthan/ 206. What is the name of the Indian
Ans.(a) government's initiative in the UAE for
202. Who has been appointed as the Director showcasing and storing Indian goods?
General of Fire Service, Civil Defence &
Home Guards under the Ministry of Home
Affairs? (a) Bharat Showcase/
(b) India Store/
(c) Bharat Park/
(d) India Hub/
(a) Dinesh Khara/ Ans.(c)
(b) Nitin Kareer/ 207. Which organization has Indian Railways
(c) Vivek Srivastava/ renewed its MoU with for environmental
(d) Sudhansh Pant/ sustainability?
Ans.(c)
203. Who has been recently appointed as the
ex-officio Chancellor of Pondicherry (a) UNEP/
University? (b) CII/
(c) WFO/
(d) Greenpeace India/
(a) Droupadi Murmu/ Ans.(b)
208. Which program has been launched by the 211. Which ministry organized the training
Ministry of Education to empower program on the Ramsar site Chilka Lake
students with leadership qualities and in Odisha?
provide a unique learning experience?

(a) Ministry of Environment and Forests

(a) PRERANA/ (b) Ministry of Tourism/

(b) SATHI/ (c) Ministry of Rural Development
(c) SIKHO/
(d) SHIKSHA/ (d) Ministry of Culture/
Ans.(a) Ans.(b)
209. How much government investment has 212. Which ministry has proposed a rollover
been announced by Union Minister plan to give every State and Union
Sarbananda Sonowal for the development Territory (UT) an opportunity to showcase
of river cruise tourism and eco-friendly their tableaux within a three-year cycle?
vessels?

(a) Rs 30,000 crore (a) Defence Ministry/

(b) Home Ministry/
(b) Rs 45,000 crore (c) Foreign Ministry/
(d) Culture Ministry/
(c) Rs 60,000 crore Ans.(a)
213. Rural Ministry has Partnered With bank
(d) Rs 75,000 crore for rural self-help groups (SHGs) Loans?
(SHG)
Ans.(c)
210. Which government agency in India hosted (a) ICICI/
the inaugural meeting of the Inland (b) HDFC/
Waterways Development Council (IWDC)? (c) AXIS/
(d) SBI/
(IWDC) Ans.(d)
(a) Ministry of Transportation 214. Who recently assumed the position of
Commandant at the I ndian Naval
(b) Inland Waterways Authority of India/ Academy?

(c) National Water Development Agency/

(a) Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty
(d) Indian Maritime Administration
(b) Rear Admiral Sanjay Sharma
Ans.(b)
(c) Admiral Rakesh Kumar

(d) Commodore Nandini Singh
Ans.(a)
215. What is the age restriction for student
enrollment in coaching centers under the
new guidelines of the Ministry of
Education?
(a) 15 Years/
(b) 16 Years/
(c) 17 Years/
(d) 18 Years/
Ans.(b)
216. What is the name of the new government
scheme announced by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi to promote rooftop solar
power systems?
(a) Pradhan Mantri Solar Kranti Yojana
(b) Pradhan Mantri Surya Shakti Yojana
(c) Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana
(d) Pradhan Mantri Renewable Energy
Scheme/
Ans.(c)
217. Who has inaugurated the 'Hamara
Samvidhan, Hamara Samman' campaign
to commemorate the 75th Year of India
as a Republic?
(a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(b) President Droupadi Murmu
(c) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
(d) Home Minister Amit Shah
Ans.(c)
218. Who led the Union Cabinet that approved
the signing of the MoU between India and
Oma n in the field of Information
Technology?
(a) Amit Shah/
(b) Rajnath Singh/
(c) Narendra Modi/
(d) Nirmala Sitharaman
Ans.(c)
219. In which city did Health Ministry lay the
foundation stone for the AIIMS Satellite
Centre?
(a) Kanpur/
(b) Noida/
(c) Mumbai/
(d) Hyderabad/
Ans.(a)
220. What is the primary objective of the 'One
Bharat Sari Walkathon' organized by the
Ministry of Textiles in Kota, Rajasthan?
(a) Cultural Exhibition
(b) Fitness Awareness among Women/
(c) Agricultural Awareness
(d) Technology Promotion
Ans.(b)
221. Which ministry has declared 'Indian
Institute of Mass Communication' (IIMC)
as a deemed university?
 (IIMC) (a) Delhi/
(b) Mumbai/
(a) Ministry of Education (c) Varanasi/
(d) Hyderabad/
(b) Ministry of social justice Ans.(d)
225. How many coastal mega ports are
(c) Ministry of human resources outlined in the recent policy update by
the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and
(d) Ministry of communications Waterways?

Ans.(a)
222. Which ministry has launched the Track
Child Portal and the GHAR (GO Home and (a) Six/
Re-Unite) Portal? (b) Seven/
(GO Home (c) Eight/
and Re-Unite) (d) Ten/
(a) Mi nistry o f Health and Family Ans.(a)
Welfare/ 226. Where was the first Digital India Future
(b) Ministry of Education Skills Summit organized by the Ministry
of Electronics and IT?
(c) Ministry of Women and Ch ild
Development/
(d) Ministry of Social Justice and (a) Delhi/
Empowerment/ (b) Mumbai/
(c) Guwahati/
Ans.(c) (d) Kolkata/
223. Which organization has initiated the Ans.(c)
Ramayana Circuit Train? 227. Who has announced the initiative to
provide financial incentives to sports
(a) Uttar Pradesh government winners in the armed forces?

(b) Ministry of Tourism

(c) Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation (IRCTC)
(IRCTC)
(d) Ministry of Culture/
Ans.(c)
224. In which city did Union Culture Minister
G. Kishan Reddy laid the foundation
stone for India's Digital National Museum
of Epigraphy?
(a) Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs/
(b) Ministry of Defence/
(c) Indian Olympic Association
(d) Sports Authority of India
Ans.(b)
228. When will the new three criminal laws
become effective?

(a) 1 July/
 (b) 1 August/
(c) 1 April/
(d) 1 October/
Ans.(a)
229. What is the name of the campaign
launched by the government in higher
educational institutions to encourage
youth participation in voting?
232. What is the theme of the fifth edition of
the “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain”
campaign ?
(a) Save Water, Save Life/
(b) Water for All, All for Water
(c) Nari Shakti se Jal Shakti

(d) Water Conservation: A Collective

(a) 'Youth for Democracy' campaign/
(b) 'Mera Pehla Vote D esh Ke L iye'
campaign/
(c) 'Vote for Change' initiative
(d) 'Empowering the Youth' program/
Responsibility/
Ans.(c)
233. Which company has partnered with the
Election Commission of India (ECI) to
provide authoritative information on
voting processes for the upcoming
general elections?

Ans.(b)
230. Who launched the 'ADITI scheme' aimed (ECI)
at promoting innovations in critical and (a) Google/
strategic defense technologies? (b) Adobe/
(c) Amazon/
(d) Meta/
(a) Narendra Modi/ Ans.(a)
(b) Rajnath Singh/ 234. Under which program was the Namo
(c) Nirmala Sitharaman Drone Didi scheme launched?

(d) Amit Shah/ (a) Skill India/

Ans.(b) (b) Make in India/
231. What is the name of the plat form (c) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
introduced b y the Department of
Telecommunications to report fraud calls (d) Sashakt Nari-Viksit Bharat
and texts?
Ans.(d)
235. Who has directed the Electronics and IT
(a) Suraksha/ Ministry to immediately halt the delivery
(b) Chakshu/ of V iksit Bharat mes saging o ver
(c) Rakshak/ WhatsApp?
(d) Aarogya/
Ans.(b)

(a) Supreme Court/

 (b) Election Commission/
(c) Prime Minister's Office/ (RBI) (PA)
(d) Ministry of Home Affairs/
Ans.(b) (a) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)/
236. Which company has recently become the
first company in India to use chemical (b) Tata Pay/
recycling for circular polymers? (c) Tata Motors/
(d) Tata Steel/
Ans.(b)
240. Which company has developed ‘National
(a) Tata Group/ Single Window System’ to Simplify
(b) Reliance Industries Medical Device Imports?

(c) Adani Enterprises

(a) Wipro/
(d) None of These/ (b) Infosys/
Ans.(b) (c) Tata Consultancy Services
237. Recently, the government has imposed
anti-dumping duty on Gypsum Board & (d) HCL Technologies
Tiles coming from which countries?
Gypsum Ans.(c)
Board & Tiles 241. Which category of electric vehicles did
(a) China and Russia/ Ola Electric secure eligibility for under
(b) China and Qatar/ the government's PLI scheme?
(c) China and Oman/
(d) China and Saudi Arabia
(a) Electric Cars/
Ans.(c) (b) Electric Scooters (e2W)
238. Which Indian conglomerate has partnered (e2W)
with Microsoft and Skymet to address the (c) Electric Bicycles
challenges faced by tobacco farmers?
(d) Electric Buses/
Ans.(b)
242. Which country has launched its first
(a) Tata Group/ homegrown cruise ship Adora Magic City?
(b) ITC/
(c) Mahindra Group/
(d) Reliance Industries (a) America/
(b) Russia/
Ans.(b) (c) China/
239. Which Tata Digital subsidiary has been (d) India/
granted a payment aggregator (PA) license Ans.(c)
by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)? 243. Which Indian Institutes of Technology
(IITs) collaborated on achieving the
 milestone in biotechnology for boosting
camptothecin (CPT) production?
(CPT)
(a) Apollo 11/
(IITs) (b) Artemis-1/
(a) IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi (c) Peregrine-1/
(d) Lunar Rover-1/
(b) IIT Madras and IIT Mandi Ans.(c)
247. What is the name of the initiative
(c) IIT Kharagpur and IIT Kanpur unveiled by Microsoft India to train
Indian developers in AI technologies?
(d) IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati AI

Ans.(b)
244. What is the name of the robotic system (a) AI Insight/
introduced by Stanford University to (b) AI Odyssey/
enhance bimanual mobile manipulation (c) Tech Evolution/
capabilities? (d) Innovation Quest/
Ans.(b)
248. Who has achieved the fastest solo ski
across Antarctica?
(a) Mobile ALOHA/
(b) NanoBot X/
(c) Mobile HOLA/ (a) Harpreet Chandi/
(d) NanoBot Z/ (b) Premlata Agrawal/
Ans.(a) (c) Arunima Sinha/
245. Swedish Scientists Create ‘e-soil’ That (d) Ritu Karidhal/
Accelerates Plant Growth,Which crop Ans.(a)
shows remar kable growth in the 249. Which city topped the list of the most
electrically conductive 'e-soil'? polluted cities in India in 2023 according
to the report by Centre for Research on
Energy and Clean Air (CREA)?
CREA
(a) Wheat/
(b) Corn/
(c) Barley/ (a) Begusarai/
(d) Rice/ (b) Greater Noida/
Ans.(c) (c) Byrnihat/
246. What is the name of the lunar lander that (d) New Delhi/
successfully launched from C ape Ans.(c)
Canaveral for the first American lunar 250. Which country has recently sent a
mission in 51 years? groundbreaking astronomical satellite
named Einstein Probe (EP) to observe
 mysterious transient phenomena in the 254. Which of the following has declared 2024
universe? as the “Year of Technology Absorption”?

(EP)
(a) ISRO/
(a) America/ (b) Indian Army/
(b) Russia/ (c) Indian government
(c) China/
(d) India/ (d) RBI/
Ans.(c) Ans.(b)
251. Which orga nization's scientists 255. Which company has launched the H-IIA
confirmed 2023 as the hottest year ever Rocket carrying Japan's spy satellite?
recorded? H-
IIA
(a) Toyota/
(a) United Nations/ (b) Sony/
(b) World Health Organization (c) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

(c) World Meteorological Organization (d) Honda/

(d) European Union/
Ans.(d)
252. In which Indian city was 'Prasadam,' the
country's first hygienic food street,
inaugurated by Union Health Minister Dr.
Mansukh Mandaviya?
Ans.(c)
256. Scientists from which countries have
participated in India's 43rd Antarctic
expedition?
(a) Australia and Canada

(b) Mauritius and Bangladesh

(a) Indore/ (c) Norway and Denmark

(b) Ujjain/
(c) Ayodhya/ (d) Argentina and Philippines
(d) Varanasi/
Ans.(b) Ans.(b)
253. Which space agency has recently 257. Where was the successful flight test of
successfully tested a fuel cell to generate the New Generation AKASH (AKASH-NG)
electricity in space? missile conducted?
(AKASH-NG)

(a) ISRO/ (a) Pokhran/

(b) NASA/ (b) Chandipur/
(c) JAXA/ (c) Sriharikota/
(d) CSA/ (d) Balasore/
Ans.(a) Ans.(b)
258. Which Indian state is set to have the
'Hydrogen Innovation Valley' established
through the partnership betw een
Hyundai Motor India Ltd and IIT Madras?
(d) 25
Ans.(c)
262. Which coun try Scie ntists have
successfully cloned the first healthy
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatt) called
Retro?

(a) Karnataka/
(b) Maharashtra/ (a) America/
(c) Telangana/ (b) India/
(d) Tamil Nadu/ (c) China/
Ans.(d) (d) Russia/
259. Which institution has developed the Ans.(c)
'Work 4Food' concept to address 263. Where has the National Institute of
mini mum wag e compensations for Pharmaceutical Education and Research
delivery workers? been inaugurated recently?

(a) Guwahati/
(a) IIT Bombay/ (b) Aizawl/
(b) IIT Madras/ (c) Shimla/
(c) IIT Delhi/ (d) Dehradun/
(d) IIT Roorkee/ Ans.(a)
Ans.(c) 264. Which country has conducted the test
260. Where were the tugs named 'Bhishm' and of underwater nuclear weapons
the series of six tugs successfully system, named "Haeil-5-23"?
constructed?

(a) China/
(a) Mumbai Shipyard/ (b) South Korea/
(b) Goa Shipyard/ (c) North Korea/
(c) Titagarh Rail Systems (d) Russia/
Ans.(c)
(d) Chennai Naval Base 265. Where did the Prime Minister narendra
modi inaugurate Boeing's global
Ans.(c) engineering and technology centre
261. How many countries participated in the campus?
India International Science Festival
2024?
(a) Mumbai/
(b) Surat/
(a) 15 (c) Kolkata/
(b) 20 (d) Bengaluru/
(c) 22 Ans.(d)
266. Where was the Centre of Excellence of 270. Whose company Neuralink has implanted
Digital Forensics inaugurated by Union a wireless brain chip in a human for the
Home Minister Amit Shah? first time?

(a) Delhi/ (a) Jeff Bezos/

(b) Mumbai/ (b) Bill Gates/
(c) Gandhinagar/ (c) Elon Musk/
(d) Bengaluru/ (d) Mark Zuckerberg/
Ans.(c) Ans.(c)
267. What is the purpose of the Indian Navy's 271. Which space organization will launch
second Very Low Frequency (V LF) weather satellite INSAT-3DS?
communication transmission station in INSAT-3DS
Telangana?
(a) NASA/
(VLF) (b) ESA/
(a) Weather Monitoring (c) ISRO/
(d) CNSA/
(b) Submarine Communication Ans.(c)
272. With which company did the Maharashtra
(c) Satellite Communication government sign a MoU for utilizing
Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
(d) Air traffic Control (AI)

Ans.(c)
268. What is the name of Bhavish Aggarwal's (a) Meta/
AI start-up that recently became India's (b) Amazon/
first AI unicorn? (c) Google/
AI (d) Microsoft/
AI Ans.(c)
(a) Krutrim/ 273. Which country developed the Jielong-3
(b) Ola AI/ rocket that recently launched nine
(c) Ino Tech/ satellites into orbit?
(d) Ola Tech/
Ans.(a)
269. Which launch vehicle used in the (a) Japan/
execution of the POEM-3 mission? (b) China/
POEM-3 (c) Russia/
(d) Philippines/
(a) PSLV-C58/ Ans.(b)
(b) GSLV-C58/ 274. Which organizations are collaborating to
(c) PSLV-C52/ launch the world's first wooden satellite?
(d) GSLV-C52/
Ans.(a)
 (a) NASA and ESA/ 279. Where has Sea6 Energy launched the
(b) NASA and JAXA/ world's first large-scale mechanized
(c) SpaceX and JAXA tropical seaweed farm?
Sea6
(d) ISRO and NASA/
Ans.(b) (a) Maldives/
275. What is the name of India's first septic (b) Philippines/
tank cleaning robot? (c) Indonesia/
(d) Thailand/
(a) Swachhata Bot/ Ans.(c)
(b) Homosep Atom/ 280. Where was India's first generative AI
(c) CleanTech Pro/ teacher 'Iris' introduced?
(d) RoboSweep/ AI
Ans.(b)
276. How long is the health emergency (a) Maharashtra/
declared by the Peruvian government (b) Delhi/
after Dengue Surge? (c) Kerala/
(d) West Bengal/
Ans.(c)
(a) 60 days/ 281. Which institution has partnered with
(b) 90 days/ Israel Aerospace Industries for applied
(c) 120 days/ research?
(d) 180 days/
Ans.(b)
277. How many previously unknown moons (a) IIT Bombay/
have recently been discovered by (b) IIT Delhi/
astronomers around Uranus and (c) IIT Madras/
Neptune? (d) IIT Kanpur/
Ans.(b)
282. With which institution did the Ministry
(a) One/ of Heavy In dustries and Public
(b) Two/ Enterprises sign a MoU to bo ost
(c) Three/ innovation and advance the automotive
(d) Four/ and EV sector?
Ans.(c)
278. What is the name of the satellite recently
launched by Iran?
(a) IIT Delhi/
(a) Pars-II/ II (b) IIT Bombay/
(b) Farsat/ (c) IIT Roorkee/
(c) Pars-I/ I (d) IIT Madras/
(d) IranSat/ Ans.(c)
Ans.(c) 283. What is the name of Google DeepMind's
latest AI gaming agent?
 Google AI (c) United Arab Emirates

(a) SIMA/ (d) All of the above/

(b) GAMIND/ Ans.(d)
(c) AI-V/ 288. Recently, Queen Margaret II of which
(d) VYOMMITRA/ country has announced to step down?
Ans.(a)
284. Where was the trailer of India's first AI-
based film 'IRAH' unveiled? (a) Germany/
AI 'IRAH' (b) Canada/
(c) Denmark/
(a) New Delhi/ (d) Finland/
(b) Mumbai/ Ans.(c)
(c) Kolkata/ 289. Which country has handed over the
(d) Chennai/ BRICS chairmanship to Russia?
Ans.(b)
285. Which company has launched India's first (a) Brazil/
privately-built sub-metre resolution (b) India/
surveillance satellite? (c) China/
(d) South Africa/
Ans.(a)
(a) Indian Space Research Organisation 290. Where is Adidas establishing its first and
(ISRO)/ (ISRO) only Global Capacity Centre (GCC) in Asia
(b) Reliance Industries Limited outside of China?

(c) Larsen & Toubro Limited

(a) India/
(d) Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL)/ (b) Japan/
(TASL) (c) South Korea/
Ans.(d) (d) Singapore/
286. Which organization is set to launch ESA's Ans.(a)
Solar Study Mission Proba-3? 291. Which sector is targeted to achieve ‘net
zero carbon emission’ through India and
the United States Agency for
(a) NASA/ International Development (USAID)
(b) ISRO/ collaboration?
(c) CNSA/
(d) JAXA/ (USAID)
Ans.(b)
287. Which country has recently accepted an (a) Aviation/
invitation to join BRICS? (b) Maritime/
BRICS (c) Indian Railways/
(d) Automobiles/
(a) Saudi Arabia/ Ans.(c)
(b) Iran/
292. Which country has declared 5 January (d) Britain/
as National Bird Day to raise awareness Ans.(c)
about the significance of birds in the 296. What is the name of UGC’s New Directive
ecosystem? for Ethical Education in India?

(a) Mulya Pravah 2.0/

(a) America/ (b) Ethical Pravah 2.0
(b) Japan/
(c) India/ (c) Naitik Pravah 2.0
(d) Britain/
Ans.(a) (d) Niti Pravah 2.0/
293. Who has been appointed as France's Ans.(a)
youngest-ever Prime Minister and the 297. Which of the following has Launched UPI-
first openly gay official to hold this PayN ow Linkage for Cross-Border
prestigious position? Remi ttances between India and
Singapore?

UPI-PayNow
(a) NPCI/
(a) Emmanuel Macron/ (b) RBI/
(b) Gabriel Attal/ (c) SEBI/
(c) Jean Castex/ (d) IRDA/
(d) Édouard Philippe/ Ans.(a)
Ans.(b) 298. Recently, which country has announced
294. Which country has identified 12 nations to give a special holiday of two hours to
as ‘Countries of Particular Concern’ due the followers of Hindu religion on the
to severe violations of religious freedom? occasion of Pran Pratistha in Ram
temple?

(a) America/
(b) India/ (a) Maldives/
(c) France/ (b) Bangladesh/
(d) Britain/ (c) Mauritius/
Ans.(a) (d) Bhutan/
295. Which country will chair the UNESCO Ans.(c)
World Heritage Committee and host its 299. Why did Papua New Guinea declare a
46th session from July 21 to 31, 2024? State of Emergency?

(a) Natural Disaster/

(b) Pay Dispute-related Riots
(a) America/
(b) France/ (c) Political Unrest/
(c) India/
 (d) Territorial Conflict/
Ans.(b)
300. Which country will host the global peace
summit aimed at resolving the conflict
initiated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
(d) Port Security Unity
Ans.(c)
304. What are the names of the two tiger
mascots of the 9th Asian Winter Games?

(a) Sinsin and Nini/

(a) Switzerland/ (b) Binbin and Nini/
(b) France/ (c) Jora and Shera/
(c) Germany/ (d) Hanuman and Sheru
(d) Britain/
Ans.(a) Ans.(b)
301. Where was the 14 th ministerial level 305. Which country has recently been
meeting of India-USA Joint Trade Policy cautioned by the IMF about the risk of
Forum held recently? "debt distress"?
IMF

(a) Surat/ (a) Maldives/

(b) Mumbai/ (b) Nepal/
(c) Delhi/ (c) Sri Lanka/
(d) Chennai/ (d) Pakistan/
Ans.(c) Ans.(a)
302. According to Forbes, which currency 306. What is the cause of the national
is the most powerful in the world? emergency declared by Trinidad and
Tobago?

(a) Euro/
(b) Kuwaiti Dinar/ (a) Hurricane/
(c) Bahraini Dinar/ (b) Earthquake/
(d) US Dollar/ (c) Offshore Oil Spill/
Ans.(b) (d) Volcanic Eruption/
303. What is the name of the initiative Ans.(c)
launched by the EU to combat drug 307. Which Orthodox Christian country has
smuggling and infiltration at ports? becomes first to legalise same-sex
marriage?

(a) European Security Accord (a) Greece/

(b) Serbia/
(b) Drug Interception Consortium (c) Belgrade/
(d) Croatia/
(c) European Ports Alliance Ans.(a)
308. Which country was recently removed
from the FATF grey list?
 (d) Jaipur/
Ans.(b)
(a) Pakistan/ 313. National Institute of Ayurveda signed an
(b) United Arab Emirates MoU with which country for academic
cooperation in traditional medicine?
(c) Saudi Arabia/
(d) Afghanistan/
Ans.(b)
309. Which compa ny has launched the (a) Bhutan/
'Vantara' (Star of the Forest) programme? (b) Thailand/
(c) Nepal/
(d) Maldives/
(a) Tata Group/ Ans.(b)
(b) Reliance Industries/ 314. Which port in India has been designated
(c) Adani Group/ to be transformed into a Green Hydrogen
(d) Infosys/ Hub?
Ans.(b)
310. Which country has unveiled the world's
third-largest and Africa's largest mosque? (a) Mumbai Port/
(b) Kolkata Port/
(c) Tuticorin Port/
(a) Algeria/ (d) Chennai Port/
(b) Mauritania/ Ans.(c)
(c) Morocco/ 315. Which company is collaborating with
(d) Niger/ Powerchip Taiwan to establish the
Ans.(a) country's first semiconductor fab?
311. Which country is set to repeal the world-
first law banning tobacco sales for future
generations? (a) Reliance Industries/
(b) Infosys/
(c) Tata Group/
(d) Wipro/
(a) Australia/ Ans.(c)
(b) America/ 316. Recently Ghana Parliament Passed Anti-
(c) New Zealand/ LGBTQ Bill,How many African countries
(d) Canada/ criminalize homosexuality?
Ans.(c)
312. Where was the world's first Vedic clock
installed recently?
(a) 10
(b) 20
(a) Delhi/ (c) 31
(b) Ujjain/ (d) 45
(c) Varanasi/ Ans.(c)
317. Which country recently became the first (d) Previously unknown scorpion species/
globally to anchor the right to abortion
within its constitution? Ans.(a)
321. Which country ranked as the happiest in
Asia for the second consecutive year in
2024?
(a) Germany/
(b) United States/
(c) France/ (a) Japan/
(d) Canada/ (b) Singapore/
Ans.(c) (c) South Korea/
318. Which organizations have collaborated (d) Thailand/
for cross-border UPI transactions between Ans.(b)
India and Nepal? 322. Which count ry's gov ernment has
announced the ban on disposable e-
cigarettes or vapes?
(a) NPCI and Nepal Telecom

(b) NPCI and Fonepay/ (a) America/

(c) RBI and Fonepay/ (b) Thailand/
(d) RBI and Nepal Telecom (c) New Zealand/
(d) India/
Ans.(b) Ans.(c)
319. Which European country has formally 323. Who has recently become the first Black
become a new member of the government leader in the UK?
transatlantic military alliance 'NATO'?
(a) Sadiq Khan/
(b) David Lammy/
(a) Germany/ (c) Vaughan Gething/
(b) Sweden/ (d) Diane Abbott/
(c) France/ Ans.(c)
(d) Norway/ 324. What is the name of Sikkim's first railway
Ans.(b) station inaugurated by PM Modi?
320. What recent discovery has researchers
made in Thailand's Kaeng Krachan
National Park? (a) Gangtok Junction/
(b) Siliguri Terminal/
(c) Rangpo Station/
(a) New Scorpion Species with 8 Eyes and (d) Darjeeling Depot/
8 Legs/ Ans.(c)
(b) A rare butterfly species 325. Which state has recently repealed British-
era Muslim marriage law?
(c) A new species of frog
 (a) Bihar/ (c) Gujarat/
(b) Assam/ (d) Rajasthan/
(c) Odisha/ Ans.(c)
(d) West Bengal/ 330. Which state has introduced the "Indira
Ans.(b) Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi
326. Which state has launched Innovative Yojna"?
“Savera” Program for Early Breast Cancer
Detection?
(a) Chhattisgarh/
(b) Telangana/
(a) Punjab/ (c) Himachal Pradesh/
(b) Uttar Pradesh/ (d) Karnataka/
(c) Haryana/ Ans.(c)
(d) Bihar/ 331. Which Indian state government has
Ans.(c) announced the launch of the State Widow
327. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi Remarriage Promotion Scheme?
lay the foundation stone for the second
spaceport of ISRO?
(a) Uttar Pradesh/
(b) Jharkhand/
(a) Bengaluru, Karnataka/ (c) Bihar/
(b) Chennai, Tamil Nadu/ (d) Madhya Pradesh/
(c) Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu Ans.(b)
332. Which state has launched India's first
(d) Hyderabad, Telangana/ government-owned OTT platform?
Ans.(c)
328. Which river flows through Jammu city
and serves as the focal point for the 'Tawi (a) Karnataka/
Festival'? (b) Kerala/
(c) Madhya Pradesh/
(d) Uttar Pradesh/
(a) Jhelum/ Ans.(b)
(b) Chenab/ 333. Which group does the "MYUVA Scheme"
(c) Tawi/ launched by CM Yogi Adityanath in Uttar
(d) Indus/ Pradesh aim to support?
Ans.(c)
329. In which state was the Swaminarayan "MYUVA
Institute of Medical Science and Research
inaugurated by home minister Amit (a) Farmers/
Shah? (b) Young Entrepreneurs/
(c) Women Entrepreneurs

(a) Maharashtra/ (d) Senior Citizens/

(b) Uttar Pradesh/ Ans.(b)
334. Which state has launched ‘Neengal (b) Trinetra App 2.0/
Nalama’ Scheme to Review (c) UP Crime Tracker/
Implementation of Welfare Programs? (d) UP Watchdog/
Ans.(b)
339. Who led the bench in the Supreme Court
(a) Kerala/ that paused the Allahabad High Court's
(b) Karnataka/ order on the UP Board of Madarsa
(c) Telangana/ Education Act, 2004?
(d) Tamil Nadu/
Ans.(d)
335. Which state's forest department will set
up Olive Ridley hatchery to monitor the (a) Ranjan Gogoi/
weather? (b) Sharad Arvind Bobde/
(c) Dipak Misra/
(d) D.Y. Chandrachud/
(a) Karnataka/ Ans.(d)
(b) Odisha/ 340. Who has been appointed by the Delhi High
(c) Tamilnadu/ Court to head the committee tasked with
(d) Andhra Pradesh/ protecting the forests in the national
Ans.(c) capital?
336. In which city was the Startup Maha
Kumbh organized recently?
(a) Justice Ranjan Gogoi

(a) Mumbai/ (b) Justice Najmi Waziri

(b) Bengaluru/
(c) New Delhi/ (c) Justice Dipak Misra
(d) Kolkata/
Ans.(c) (d) Justice Rohinton Nariman
337. Where will the pilot project for cashless
treatment of road accident victims be Ans.(b)
initially implemented? 341. Which Indian high court recently made a
ruling regarding the necessity of
'kanyadaan' for the solemnization of
(a) Mumbai/ marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act?
(b) New Delhi/
(c) Chandigarh/
(d) Kolkata/
Ans.(c) (a) Delhi High Court
338. What is the name of the digital platform
launched by the Uttar Pradesh Police? (b) Bombay High Court

(c) Madras High Court

(a) Trinetra App 1.0/
 (d) Allahabad High Court (d) Adani Group/
Ans.(c)
Ans.(d) 346. With which country has India
342. Which constituency will Transgender collaborated to further Sanskrit research
Himangi Sakhi contest from in the Lok and education?
Sabha polls?

(a) Myanmar/
(a) Delhi/ (b) Bangladesh/
(b) Mumbai/ (c) Bhutan/
(c) Varanasi/ (d) Nepal/
(d) Kolkata/ Ans.(d)
Ans.(c) 347. Which organization has Meta partnered
343. Which bank became the first private bank with to extend its fact-checking initiative
to open a branch in Lakshadweep? in India?

(a) ICICI Bank/ (a) Reuters/

(b) HDFC Bank/ (b) Associated Press/
(c) Axis Bank/ (c) Press Trust of India/
(d) Kotak Mahindra Bank/ (d) BBC/
Ans.(b) Ans.(c)
344. What initiative is the Kerala Health 348. Which country recently launched eVisa
Department introducing for the outbreak services exclusively for Indian tourists?
investigation and control of infectious
diseases? eVisa
(a) China/
(b) Japan/
(a) CM Health initiative (c) South Korea/
(d) Thailand/
(b) Eco Health initiative Ans.(b)
349. Who inaugurated the new third post office
(c) Health for All initiative in the icy continent of Antarctica near
the South Pole at Bharati Station ?
(d) One Health initiative/
Ans.(d)
345. Which Indian company has become the (a) Narendra Modi/
first to be certified with ASI Performance (b) K. K. Sharma/
Standard? (c) Manmohan Singh/
ASI (d) R.K. Mathur/
Ans.(b)
(a) Tata Group/ 350. Who will be the first woman from India
(b) Reliance Industries/ to represent the country as a jury
(c) Vedanta BALCO/
 member in the upcoming Summer
Olympics in Paris?
(a) 55
(b) 50
(c) 60
(a) Bilquis Mir/ (d) 65
(b) Mary Kom/ Ans.(b)
(c) P. V. Sindhu/ 355. Which Indian state has recently launched
(d) Saina Nehwal/ 200 electric buses, to achieve 100% green
Ans.(a) public transportation system by 2025?
351. Where was the 'Yoga Mahotsav' held to 100%
mark the countdown to the International
Day of Yoga?
(a) Uttar Pradesh/
(b) Assam/
(a) Mumbai/ (c) Maharashtra/
(b) Pune/ (d) Mizoram/
(c) New Delhi/ Ans.(b)
(d) Bengaluru/ 356. Which state governor has unveiled the
Ans.(b) book “Ram Mandir Rashtra Mandir Ak
352. What is the primary issue recently Sajhi V irast” at the Rang Bha wan
addressed by the Jammu and Kashmir Auditorium in Delhi?
High Court regarding Jaffar Ahmad
Parray?

(a) Kerala, Arif Mohammad

(a) Freedom of speech/
(b) Right to assembly/ (b) Delhi ,Anil Baijal
(c) Rule of law/
(d) Right to privacy/ (c) Gujarat,Acharya Dev Vrat
Ans.(c)
353. The statue of 'Ram Lalla' has been made (d) Uttar Pradesh,Anandi Ben Patel
by the famous sculptor Arun Yogiraj of
which state? Ans.(a)
357. The government of which state has
inaugurated the early warning system
(a) Karnataka/ 'Rahat Vani Centre' for Disaster
(b) Telangana/ management?
(c) Tamilnadu/
(d) Andhra Pradesh/
Ans.(a) (a) Uttar Pradesh/
354. What is the new age limit for old age (b) Rajasthan/
pension for enhanced financial assistance (c) Madhya Pradesh/
to tribals and dalits in Jharkhand? (d) Chhattisgarh/
Ans.(a) have completed bachelor's degree or have
358. Recently, which state government has diploma?
imposed a ban on buying agricultural land
by outsiders?
(a) Kerala/
(b) Karnataka/
(a) Gujarat/ (c) Rajasthan/
(b) Uttarakhand/ (d) Telangana/
(c) Uttar Pradesh/ Ans.(b)
(d) Himachal Pradesh/ 363. Which state has become the second state
Ans.(b) in India, after Bihar, to conduct a caste-
359. Recently, Hatti community of which based census?
state has got the status of Scheduled
Tribe?
(a) Andhra Pradesh/
(b) Kerala/
(a) Gujarat/ (c) Telangana/
(b) Uttarakhand/ (d) Chhattisgarh/
(c) Uttar Pradesh/ Ans.(a)
(d) Himachal Pradesh/ 364. Which community in Telangana has been
Ans.(d) dema nding sub-categorization of
360. In which state/UT was a 10th-century Scheduled Castes (SCs)?
inscription found, written in both (SCs)
Kannada and Sanskrit?
(a) Mala/
(b) Yadav/
(a) Kerala/ (c) Madiga/
(b) Maharashtra/ (d) Kamma/
(c) Goa/ Ans.(c)
(d) Lakshadweep/ 365. Which state government has recently
Ans.(c) launched free power scheme "Gruha
361. Which state is the first state to ban the Jyothi"?
sale of alcohol on January 22 on Ayodhya
Ram Mandir Inauguration Day?
(a) Telangana/
(b) Madhya Pradesh/
(a) Chhattisgarh/ (c) Rajasthan/
(b) Assam/ (d) Uttar Pradesh/
(c) Rajasthan/ Ans.(a)
(d) Uttar Pradesh/ 366. How many times has Nitish Kumar been
Ans.(a) sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar?
362. Which state has recently started 'Youth
Fund Scheme' for unemployed youth who
(a) 7 (b) 8
 (c) 9 (d) 10 (b) Maharashtra/
Ans.(c) (c) Uttar Pradesh/
367. Which company has signed a MoU with (d) Odisha/
the Government of Maharashtra for the Ans.(d)
development of Green Hydrogen and 371. In which city was the National Health Fair
renewable energy projects? 2024 organized?

(a) Mumbai/
(a) Maharashtra State Electricity Board/ (b) Delhi/
(c) Kolkata/
(b) NTPC Green Energy Limited (d) Chennai/
Ans.(b)
(c) Mah arashtra Renewable Energy 372. Recently, Governor of which Union
Corporation/ Territory Banwarilal Purohit resigned?
(d) Adani Green Power

Ans.(b) (a) Delhi/

368. Which state's police department has (b) Ladakh/
appointed female cricketer Deepti (c) Chandigarh/
Sharma as DSP? (d) Jammu Kashmir/
Ans.(c)
373. India’s biggest theatre festival Bharat
(a) Bihar/ Rang Mahotsav was organized in which
(b) Uttar Pradesh/ state?
(c) Maharashtra/
(d) Rajasthan/
Ans.(b) (a) Maharashtra/
369. Which state in India has initiated the (b) Goa/
'Road Safety Force' to prevent road (c) Gujarat/
accidents? (d) Kolkata/
Ans.(c)
374. What is the target year set by the state
(a) Maharashtra/ government of Uttarakhand to achieve a
(b) Punjab/ drug-free society?
(c) Karnataka/
(d) Gujarat/
Ans.(b) (a) 2024 (b) 2025
370. Which state's tableau won the first prize (c) 2026 (d) 2027
among the tableaux displayed in the 75th Ans.(b)
Republic Day Parade? 375. Which state government has planned to
introduce internet as a basic right for its
citizens?
(a) Gujarat/
 (HEMS)
(a) Tamilnadu/ (a) Uttar Pradesh/
(b) Kerala/ (b) Uttarakhand/
(c) Uttarakhand/ (c) Himachal Pradesh/
(d) Telangana/ (d) Maharashtra/
Ans.(d) Ans.(b)
376. Which state has launched the Smartcard 380. Which Indian city recently received its
scheme and StartUp Challenge website ? first prototype driverless metro train?

(a) Tamil Nadu/ (a) Mumbai/

(b) Telangana/ (b) Bengaluru/
(c) Karnataka/ (c) Chennai/
(d) Andhra Pradesh/ (d) Delhi/
Ans.(a) Ans.(b)
377. What is the name of the social security 381. Which state has sought amendment to
scheme in Odisha for which the monthly India's Central Wildlife Protection Act
pension amounts have been increased? 1972 to address the human-wildlife
conflict crisis and demand legal reforms?

(a) Indira Gandhi National Old Age

Pension Scheme/
(a) Kerala/
(b) Atal Pension Yojana (b) Maharashtra/
(c) Karnataka/
(c) Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (d) Andhra Pradesh/
Ans.(a)
(d) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana/
382. By whom has the book titled "The Babri
Ans.(c) Masjid Ram Mandir Dilemma" been
378. Which state has officially declared kaji written?
nemu as its 'State Fruit'?

– Madhav Godbole/
(a) Kerala/
(b) Manipur/ 383. Who has released her new a fantasy novel
(c) Karnataka/ 'ZEBA: an accidental superhero'?
(d) Assam/
Ans.(d)
379. Where has India's first Helicopter – Huma Qureshi/
Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) been
launched?
384. Who has recently unveiled an insightful
book titled “Modi: Energising A Green
Future”?
– Bhupender Yadav/
385. Red ant chutney gets GI tag, Red ant
chutney known as "Kai Chutney" is
produced in Mayurbhanj district of which
Indian state?
– Odisha/
386. What is the title of the book launched by
Ranjit Savarkar that challenges the
official version of Mahatma Gandhi's
assassination?
– 'Make Sure Gandhi Is Dead'
387. Who wrote "The Cooking of Books: A
Literary Memoir"?
– Ramachandra Guha/
388. Who is the author of the book "Sculpted
Stones: Mysteries of Mamallapuram"?
– Ashwin Prabhu/
389. Who is the author of the book 'Sacred Cow
and Chicken Manchurian'?
– James Staples/
390. Which author received the Sahitya
Akademi Award for Translation for
translating Mamang Dai’s novel “The
Black Hill” into Tamil?
– Kannaiyan Daksnamurthy
391. What is the focus of William Dalrymple's
recently launched book 'The Golden
Road'?
– Cultural heritage of India
392. Who has been appointed as the official
brand ambassador for football by Sony
Sports Network?
– Kartik Aaryan/
393. Who has been appointed as new brand
ambassador of Hyundai Motor India?
– Deepika Padukone/
394. Who has been appointed as the brand
ambassador for the third season of the
RuPay Prime Volleyball League (PVL)?
RuPay (PVL)
– Hrithik Roshan/
395. Who has been appointed as the brand
ambassador f or 25th Bharat R ang
Mahotsav?
– Vidya Balan/
396. Who has been appointed as the brand
ambassador for Chennai Super Kings
(CSK) for IPL 2024?
(CSK)
– Katrina Kaif/
397. Who has been appointed as the "state
icon" for Punjab by the Chief Electoral
Officer's office?
– Shubman Gill/
398. Who has been become the brand
ambassadors for Trevoc, a luxury real
estate landscape?
– Saif Ali Khan/
399. Who has been appointed as the Brand
Ambassador of SPACE India?
– Sanjana Sanghi/
400. Which state has launched the K-SMART
application to bring all services of local
self-government institutions on a unified
digital platform?
K-
SMART
– Kerala/
401. Who has Launched Tur Dal Procurement
Portal for Farmers?
– Amit Shah/
402. Which state has become the first state in
India to meticulously map all 784
accident black spots using the Mappls
App?
– Punjab/
403. What are the names of the online Portals
Launched unveiled for Street Vendors by
Minister Hardeep Singh Puri?
– PAiSA and SVANidhi/
404. In which city has 'NaMo Neo-Voter
Registration Portal' been launched
recently?
– Delhi/
405. What is the name of the indigenously
developed secure mobile ecosystem by
the Indian Army?
– SAMBHAV/
406. What is the name of the digital Supply
Chain Finance (SCF) platform introduced
by Yes Bank for Micro, Small, and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs)?
(MSMEs)
(SCF)
– SmartFin/
407. What is the purpose of the eSakshi app
launched by the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation?
– Monitor fund flow under MPLAD Scheme
407. Which companies are involved in the 414. Which sector will primarily benefit from
strategic alliance to establish a chip the DigiReady Certification Portal?
packaging and testing facility in India? DigiReady

– Retail and MSMEs/

– Foxconn and HCL Group
415. What is the new name of Paytm E-
commerce after acquired by Bitsila?
408. Which bank has Launched ‘Money2India
(Canada)’ Mobile Banking App?
‘Money2India – Pai Platforms/

– ICICI Bank/ 416. Which portal has been launched to

empower women in STEMM?
409. Which constitutional schedule is referred STEMM
to for the selection of Indian languages
for the 'Anuvadini' app? – SWATI/

417. Which organization has recently

– 8 th
Schedule/ launched the ‘Greening and Restoration
of Wasteland with Agroforestry’ (GROW)
410. Who launched the Nyay Setu unified legal report and portal?
assistance interface?
(GROW)

– Jagdeep Dhankhar/ – NITI Aayog/

411. What is the name of the Indian Army 418. Which Indian payment system has
Indian Army’s Mobile Bridge System recently been linked to UAE's AANI for
crafted by ACE under DRDO? instant payments?
DRDO ACE
AANI
– SARVATRA/ – UPI (Unified Payments Interface)

412. Which state has recently launched the

disaster warning device 'NITISH'? 419. What technology does the 'Sangam:
'NITISH' Digital Twin' initiative utilize for virtual
replication of physical assets?
– Bihar/

413. What is the name of Google's rebranded – IoT/

chatbot?
Google
– Gemini/
420. What is the name of Nepal's payment 426. Joint Military Exercise 'Desert Cyclone
interface that will be integrated with 2024' between India and UAE was held in
India's UPI? which Indian state?

UPI
– Nepal Payment Interface (NPI)
(NPI) – Rajasthan/

421. Which company has launched the Indus 427. What is the name of the maiden bilateral
Appstore, a made-in-India Android app exercise conducted by the Indian Navy
marketplace? and Royal Thai Navy ?

– PhonePe/ – Exercise Ayutthaya/

422. Which portal has been launched for 428. In which state/union territory was
complete automation of newspaper Operation Sarvshakti launched by the
registration and other related processes? Indian Army?

– Press Sewa Portal/ – Jammu Kashmir/

423. Who has launched the Haj Suvidha Mobile 429. Where was the 11th edition of India-
Application in New Delhi? Kyrgyzstan joint military exercise
'Khanjar' held?

– Smriti Irani/
– Himachal Pradesh/
424. Who inaugurated the 60T Bollard Pull Tug
and Medical Mobile Unit (MMU) named 430. At which geographical location did Desert
'Ocean Grace'? Knight exercise take place recently?
60T
(MMU)
– Sarbananda Sonowal/ – Arabian Sea/

425. Who has launched 'Know Your Candidate' 431. What is the name of the inaugural joint
(KYC) mobile applicat ion to know military exercise between the armies of
whether an election candidate has any India and Saudi Arabia?
criminal record in the constituency?

– Sada Tanseeq/

– Election Commissioner/ 432. Vayu Shakti 2024 exercise will be hosted

in Pokhran range of which state?
 439. Where was Exercise 'Samudra Laksamana'
conducted between the Indian and
– Rajasthan/ Malaysian navies?

433. Where was the 12th edition of MILAN naval

exercises held? – Visakhapatnam/
MILAN
440. Where was the joint exercise 'Bharat-
– Visakhapatnam/ Shakti' of the three armies of India held?

434. Which defense missile system debuted

during the Vayushakti Exercise in – Jaisalmer/
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan?
441. What is the primary focus of the 'Agray'
and 'Akshay' ships launched by the Indian
– SAMAR/ Navy?

435. Under which operation has the Railway

Protection Force reunited more than 549 – Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)
children with their families? (ASW)

442. What is the name of the recent joint

– Nanhe Faristey/ military exercise between the Indian
Army and Seychelles Defense Forces?
436. Where was 'Exercise Vayu Shakti-24'
conducted by the Indian Air Force?
– LAMITIYE-2024/

– Pokhran/ 443. Which countries have participated in

Exercise Tiger Triumph 2024?
437. Which city recently hosted the
commencement of the multinational
military exercise 'Shanti Prayas IV'? – India and the USA

IV
– Kathmandu/ 444. What is the name of the operation
launched by the Government of India to
438. Indian naval ship Jatayu will mainly transfer Indians stranded in Haiti to the
operate in which sea? Dominican Republic?

– Arabian Sea/
– Operation Indravati/
445. Which Indian naval vessels participated
in the second edition of the India-
Mozambique-Tanzania (IMT) Tri-Lateral
exercise?
(IMT)
– INS Tir and INS Sujata
446. What is the name of the largest exercise
of Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted at
Pokhran Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer
district?
(IAF)
– Gagan Shakti/
447. Where was the Agni-Prime Missile
successfully flight-tested?
– Odisha/
448. Which two countries recently signed an
agreement to collaborate on developing
tests for advanced artificial intelligence
(AI) models?
– America and Britain/
449. What is the name of the indigenous air
defense system recently inducted by the
Indian Army?
– Akashteer System/
450. Which maritime secu rity agen cies
participated in the 'Sagar Kavach'
exercise?
– Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard
– Marine Police/
– Fisheries and Customs agency
451. What defense system did Israel deploy for
the first time against a suspicious aerial
target near Eilat?
– C-Dome/
452. Where did the Indian Army conduct an
Anti-Tank Guided Mis sile train ing
exercise?
– Sikkim/
453. Who has presented first copy of his book
'Why Bharat Matters' to PM Modi?
– S. Jaishankar/
454. Who has authored of the book 'Sanskriti
ke Ayaam' released by General VK Singh?
– Manorama Mishra/
455. Who has recently written the book named
'Anarkali'?
– Sumant Batra/
456. The book "An Uncommon Love: The Early
Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy,"
authored by whom?
– Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
457. Who has recently written the novel 465. Which renowned author has written a new
"Conversations with Aurangzeb"? book titled 'The Idea of Democracy'?

– Charu Nivedita/ – Sam Pitroda/

458. Who has recently written the book 'Ek 466. Who are the authors of the book "Get Kids
Samandar, Mere Andar'? To Play – An EduSports Toolkit for
Parents & Schools Leaders"?
– Sanjeev Joshi/

459. Who is the author of the book "KASHMIR: – Saumil Majmudar and Vijay
Travels in Paradise on Earth"? Krishnamurthy/

467. Which country has launched world’s first

– Romesh Bhattacharji/ malaria vaccine program for children?

460. Who author ed the book "Maha

Swaapnikudu"? – Cameroon/

– P. Vikram/ 468. Dr. Nitya Anand, who passed away

recently, is known for what?
461. Who has written the book “Doubling in
Diplomacy”?
– India’s first oral contraceptive pill
– S.D. Muni/ ‘Saheli’/

462. Which country is hosting the 45th edition 469. Which age group of girls will be eligible
of the Chess Olympiad? for the free cervical cancer vaccine?

– Hungary/ – 9-14

463. Who is the author of the book "Code 470. Which University has discovered the new
Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI"? virus called obelisks?

– Madhumita Mugiya/ – Stanford University

464. What is the title of Chetan Bhagat's latest

launched book ?
– 11 Rules For Life: Secrets to Level Up
471. Which company has started clinical trials
of the Tuberculosis Vaccine "MTBVAC"?
"MTB.VAC"
– Bharat Biotech/
472. How many percent does the National (WHO)
Statistical Office (NSO) project as the GDP
growth rate for India in the fiscal year – 43
2023-24?
(NSO) 478. Which regulatory body in India granted
final authorization for Juspay, Decentro,
and Zoho to operate as paym ent
– 7.3% aggregators?

473. Which regulatory body has imposed

monetary penalties on Dhanlaxmi Bank,
Punjab and Sind Bank, and ESAF Small
Finance Bank?
– RBI/
474. In which state of India will the 'World
Economic Forum' establish a center based
on 'Health Care and Life Sciences' ?
– Telangana/
475. Which organisation inaugurated solar
power stations at five Egyptian world
heritage sites and museums?
– UNDP/
– RBI/
479. Which organization has approved the
funding for the Sikkim INSPIRES project?
INSPIRES
– World Bank/
480. Which organization has released the
impact assessment report of the Fund of
Funds for Startups (FFS)?
(FFS)
– SIDBI/
481. Which organization has partnered with
the Investor Education and Protection
Fund Authority (IEPFA) to combat
fraudulent schemes and enhance investor
awareness?

476. Which organizations have allocated

grants for sustainable development (IEPFA)
initiatives in Enga Province, Papua New – DBS Bank/
Guinea?
482. What license has Mswipe Technologies
been granted by the Reserve Bank of India
– UNDP and European Union (RBI)?
(RBI) Mswipe
Technologies
477. How many countries have been awarded
the 'malaria-free' certification by the – Payment Aggregator License
World Health Organization (WHO) till
now?
483. Which state government has recently 489. Under the National GI Drive Mission, what
signed an MoU with SIDBI for Startup product from West Bengal recently
Ecosystem? received the Geographical Indication (GI)
tag?
SIDBI
– Bihar/ (GI)
– Kadiyal Sarees/
484. Which state in India has the highest
leopard population according to the NTCA 490. Wancho wood craft of which Indian state
and WII report? has recently received the Geographical
NTCA WII Indication (GI) tag?

– Madhya Pradesh/
– Arunachal Pradesh/
485. Which organization has recently
partnered with UNISED to support the 491. Red ant chutney gets GI tag, Red ant
education of children? chutney known as "Kai Chutney" is
produced in Mayurbhanj district of which
UNISED Indian state?
– REC Limited/

486. Which organization has been awarded the

prestigious SKOCH ESG Award 2024 in
the ' Renewable Energy Financing' – Odisha/
category?
492. Which international organization has
SKOCH ESG introduced medicine codes for Ayurveda,
Siddha, and Unani systems as part of the
– REC Limited/ ICD-11 Module 2?
ICD-11
487. Which organization has unveiled
S.A.R.A.H, a digital health promoter that
uses generic AI for public health? – WHO/
S.A.R.A.H
493. Which state has recently obtained GI tag
AI for dates known as Kachchhi Kharek?
– WHO/

488. With whom is SIDBI partnering to provide – Gujarat/

streamlined micro loans for gig workers?
494. Which is the first fruit from Gujarat to
SIDBI receive the Geographical Indication (GI)
– KarmaLife/ tag?
 (GI)
– Gir Kesar mango/
495. Under which category does the 'Maratha
Military Landscapes' fall for UNESCO
World Heritage Nomination?
– Cultural Property/
496. How many Ramsar sites has Tamil Nadu
secured with the recent additions of
Longwood Shola Reserve Forest and
Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary?
– 16
497.What is the theme for World Wetlands Day
in the year 2024?
– Wetlands and human wellbeing
498. Which state in India has declared the
Gupteswar Forest as the fou rth
Biodiversity-Heritage Site (BHS)?
(BHS)
– Odisha/
499.Which city's Geographical Indications
Registry awarded the GI tag for Silver
Filigree?
– Chennai/
500. What traditional crafts have received the
Geographical Indication (GI) tags in
Majuli from the Indian government?
(GI)
– Majuli m ask ma king and Majuli
manuscript painting/