DAILY GK QUIZ 24-27 MAR

 DAILY GK QUIZ 24-27 MAR

[Q] ________ became the 1st Indian state to launch the State Water Resources Information Systems dashboard.

(a) Gujarat

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Haryana

(d) Rajasthan

[ANS] d

 

[Q] In Which city, Exercise Tiger Triumph – 24, the 3rd edition of the Bilateral Tri-Service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Amphibious Exercise between India and the United States of America (USA) was conducted in March 2024?

(a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

(b) Rajkot, Gujarat

(c) Mahad, Maharashtra

(d) Baindur, Karnataka

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the operation that has   launched by the Government of India (GoI) to evacuate stranded Indians in Haiti.

(a) Operation Ganga

(b) Operation Randori Behak

(c) Operation Indravati

(d) Operation Rakshak I

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who has recently   took charge as President of the Indian Steel Association (ISA)?

(a) Aditya Mittal

(b) Naveen Jindal

(c) Jatinder Mehra

(d) Kumar Mangalam Birla

[ANS] b

 

[Q] In which city, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has   conducted the “Pushpak” – Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV-LEX-02)?

(a) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

(b) Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

(c) Chitradurga, Karnataka

(d) Mahendragiri, Odisha

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Name the personality who has been recently  selected as India’s flag bearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics?

(a) Achanta Sharath Kamal

(b) Shiva Keshavan

(c) Gagan Narang

(d) Ramanathan Krishnan

[ANS] a

 

[Q] What was the theme of the United Nations (UN) International Day of Forests (IDF) 2024 that was observed across the globe on 21st March 2024?

(a) Forests and Health

(b)  Forests and Sustainable Production and Consumption

(c)  Forest restoration: the path to recovery and welfare

(d) Forests and Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World

[ANS] d

 

[Q] What was the theme of the World Puppetry Day 2024 that was observed across the globe on 21st March 2024?

(a) The Climate

(b) The Call of the Forest

(c) The Sea

(d) Together for peace

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who is set to become Ireland’s youngest ever prime minister?

(a) Leo Varadkar

(b) Simon Harris

(c) Micheál Martin

(d) Mary Lou McDonald

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the chairperson of the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) for a two-year term starting from April 1, 2024?

(a) Mariam Mammen Mathew

(b) Tanmay Maheshwari

(c) Puneet Gupt

(d) Puneet Jain

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who has been honoured with the Aviation Week Laureates Award?

(a) NASA

(b) ESA

(c) ISRO

(d) Roscosmos

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Dachigam National Park, recently seen in the news, is located in which state/UT?

(a) Jammu and Kashmir

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Gujarat

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Gulaal Gota, recently seen in the news, is a traditional festival of which city?

(a) Jaipur, Rajasthan

(b) Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

(c) Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

(d) Surat, Gujarat

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which country recently performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human?

(a) US

(b) UK

(c) India

(d) Russia

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the Indian who has been elected as the Co-Chairman of the Digital Innovation Board of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

(a) Doreen Bogdan-Martin

(b) Neeraj Mittal

(c) AprajitaSharrma

(d) NK Goyal

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the 1st global resolution on Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Which country proposed the nonbinding resolution?

(a) China

(b) France

(c) Russia

(d) United States of America

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the personality who was awarded with Abel Prize 2024 for Mathematics.

(a) Michel Pierre Talagrand

(b) Luis Caffarelli

(c) Dennis Sullivan

(d) Avi Wigderson

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who has been recently named as the Prime Minister (PM) of Portugal?

(a) Antonio Costa

(b) Pedro Nuno Santos

(c) Joao Galamba

(d) Luis Filipe Montenegro Cardoso de Morais Esteves

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the personality who has recently won the men’s singles title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Feeder Beirut 2024 held in Lebanon?

(a) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

(b) Manav Vikas Thakkar

(c) Manush Shah

(d) Manish Sharma

[ANS] a

 

[Q] What was the theme of the United Nations (UN) World Meteorological Day (WMD) 2024, observed across the globe on 23rd March 2024?

(a) The Ocean, Our Climate and weather

(b) Climate and Water

(c) The Future of Weather, Climate and Water across Generations

(d) At the Frontline of Climate Action

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who has been authorized by RBI to implement the interoperable net banking payment system?

(a) NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd.

(b) RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

(c) Individual banks

(d) Payment aggregators

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who is the newly appointed Prime Minister of Portugal?

(a) Antonio Costa

(b) Andre Ventura

(c) Pedro Nuno Santos

(d) Luis Montenegro

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary, recently seen in the news, is located in which state?

(a) Telangana

(b) Tamil Nadu

(c) Gujarat

(d) Karnataka

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Recently, the Election Commission of India launched which app to facilitate easier voting for persons above 85 years of age and PWDs with 40%?

(a) Madad App

(b) Sankalp App

(c) Saksham App

(d) Kavach App

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What is the primary objective of Smart Meter National Programme (SMNP), recently seen in the news?

(a) To replace India’s 25 crore conventional meters with smart meters

(b) To improve water distribution efficiency

(c) To promote renewable energy sources

(d) To reduce pollution from power plants

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Recently, where was the 148th Inter Parliamentary Union meeting held?

(a) Paris, France

(b) Washington DC, United States

(c) Geneva, Switzerland

(d) Vienna, Austria

[ANS] c