DAILY GK QUIZ 1-4 MAY

 DAILY GK QUIZ 1-4 MAY 

[Q] Which company’s Vizhinjam Port in Kerala has been approved by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways (MoPSW) to operate as India’s 1st Transshipment Port?

(a) Mormugao Port Authority

(b) L&T Shipbuilding limited

(c) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority

(d) Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The United Nations (UN)’s 1st International Conference on Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) held under __________ (country’s) Leadership in New York, United States of America (USA).

(a) India

(b) Belgium

(c) Switzerland

(d) Uganda

[ANS] a

 

[Q] The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the interest rate of __________ on Floating Rate Savings Bond (FRSB) 2034.

(a) 3.8%

(b) 6.5%

(c) 4.5%

(d) 8%

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the personality from Asia who has won the 35th Goldman Environmental Prize (2024), also known as Green Nobel Prize.

(a) Teresa Vicente

(b) Marcel Gomes

(c) JadavPayeng

(d) Alok Shukla

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) for a period of 3 years?

(a) Daljit Singh Chaudhary

(b) Nawaf Salam

(c) Mohammad Rihan

(d) Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

[ANS] c

 

[Q] When was the Satellite Technology Day 2024 observed across India?

(a) 19th April

(b) 12th April

(c) 23th August

(d) 4th October

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which key feature enables the Rampage missile to operate effectively in any weather conditions, day or night?

(a) GPS/INS navigation

(b) Supersonic speed

(c) Seekerless precision

(d) Blast fragmentation warhead

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which organization conferred an honorary doctorate upon K.V. Kamath?

(a) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay

(b) Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)

(c) Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore

(d) Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which aircraft fleet has the Rampage missile been successfully integrated into?

(a) Su-30 MKI

(b) Mirage 2000

(c) Rafale

(d) Tejas

[ANS] a

 

[Q] SMART (Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo) system, recently seen in news, is developed by which organization?

(a) DRDO

(b) ISRO

(c) Ministry of Earth Sciences

(d) CSIR

[ANS] a

 

[Q] What is the theme of ‘International Labour Day 2024’?

(a) Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate

(b) All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance

(c) Universal Social Protection to End Child Labor

(d) Resilient Recovery

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Recently, India and Croatia conducted the 11th session of Foreign Office Consultations at which place?

(a) Chennai

(b) Hyderabad

(c) Zagreb

(d)  New Delhi

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Ruang volcano, recently seen in the news due to eruption, is located in which country?

(a) Malaysia

(b) Indonesia

(c) Chile

(d) Ecuador

[ANS] b

 

[Q] The NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) signed a pact with the central bank of ________ (country) to develop a Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-like Payment System.

(a) The United Kingdom

(b) Nepal

(c) Denmark

(d) Namibia

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Name the personality who has won the 9th edition of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2024 for ‘The Book Beautiful’.

(a) Angela Rodel

(b) Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee

(c) Salman Rushdie

(d) Bhavi Mehta

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who has been elected as a New Prime Minister (PM) of Solomon Islands?

(a) BjarniBenediktsson

(b) Vo Thi Anh Xuan

(c) Jeremiah Manele

(d) Peter Pellegrini

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which company/organisation has developed a long-range Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system that was launched from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha?

(a) Defence Research and Development Organisation

(b) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(c) SimranFlowtech Industries

(d) BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the Chess player who has been bestowed with The International Chess Federation (FIDE)’s 84th Grandmaster(GM) Title?

(a) Nihal Sarin

(b) Vaishali Ramesh Babu

(c) SreejaAkula

(d) Koneru Humpy

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who has launched the new book titled ‘Just A Mercenary? : Notes from My Life and Career’?

(a) M.M. Naravane

(b) Lakshmi MurdeshwarPuri

(c) VijayadeviRane

(d) DuvvuriSubbarao

[ANS] d

 

[Q] When was the International Workers’ Day 2024 observed across the globe to advocate for fair wages, better working conditions and labour rights?

(a) 10th December

(b) 1st May

(c) 4th February

(d) 1st March

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Jeremiah Manele has recently been appointed as the Prime Minister of which country?

(a) Maldives

(b) Solomon Islands

(c) Singapore

(d) Namibia

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which country has recently issued its new currency?

(a) South Africa

(b) Zimbabwe

(c) Kenya

(d) Iran

[ANS] b

 

[Q] NPCI International Payments Limited has signed an agreement with which African country for UPI like services?

(a) South Africa

(b) Ghana

(c) Senegal

(d) Namibia

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who has been named as the brand ambassador of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024?

(a) GautamGambhir

(b) Yuvraj Singh

(c) Rahul Dravid

(d) Sachin Tendulkar

[ANS] b