Current Affairs Quiz: March 14, 2024
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- The semiconductor fabrication facility at the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) will be established by which company?
A) Dynamatic Technologies
B) Tata Electronics Private Limited
C) Bharat Electronics Ltd
D) Alpha Design Technologies
E) None of the above
- India signed protocol for establishment of its first bilateral institutional mechanism with which country on trade and commerce?
A) Colombia
B) Dominican Republic
C) Venezuela
D) Curaçao
E) None of the above
- The Bharat SaaS Yatra, an initiative to celebrate and nurture India’s Software as a Service (SaaS) sector, commenced its journey from Bhubaneswar. The Yatra will traverse through how many cities across the country?
A) 15
B) 20
C) 10
D) 25
E) None of the above
- The Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) with which institute has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on geospatial technology and artificial intelligence (AI) in rural development?
A) IIT Kanpur
B) IIT BHU
C) IIT Delhi
D) IIT Bhilai
E) None of the above
- The National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) in India and the Information Technology Institute (ITI) in Egypt signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance workforce skills, promote employment opportunities, address skills gaps, and foster international cooperation. Who is National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology’s Director General?A) Tapan Deka
B) Subodh Jaiswal
C) MM Tripathi
D) Dinkar Gupta
E)None of the above
- At which C-DAC, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, inaugurated India’s first Future LABS center?
A) Hyderabad
B) Bengaluru
C) Thiruvananthapuram
D) Mohali
E) None of the above
- The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), hosted the 1st ‘Blue Talks’ meeting. The meeting was co-partnered by the Embassy of France and Embassy of Costa Rica in India. This meeting is a forerunner to the upcoming High-Level Event on Ocean Action (HLEOA) event ‘Immersed in Change’ scheduled to be held in which month of 2024?
A) June
B) August
C) March
D) September
E) None of the above
- Enrolment under PMFBY increased by how much percent in current year 2023-24?
A) 30%
B) 27%
C) 35%
D) 20%
E) None of the above
- Which state Cabinet made it mandatory to include the name of the mother in all government documents such as Aadhaar and PAN cards which will be implemented in May 2023-24?
A) Maharashtra
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Kerala
D) Karnataka
E) None of the above
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and UNICEF have committed for nearly what amount to eliminate cervical cancer?
A) $480 million
B) $720 million
C) $590 million
D) $300 million
E) None of the above
- Bank of Baroda (BoB) announced the launch of the bob Earth Green Term Deposit Scheme with how much percent interest rates?
A) 5.5%
B) 7.5%
C) 3.4%
D) 5.8%
E)None of the above
- Aurionpro Solutions announced a significant order win from which bank for the license, implementation and support of iCashpro+, its next-gen cash management and transaction banking platform?A) State Bank of India
B) Punjab National Bank
C) Bank of Maharashtra
D) Bank of Baroda
E) None of the above
- Which company has partnered with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to provide authoritative information on voting processes for the upcoming general elections?
A) Apple
B) Meta
C) Google
D) Infosys
E) None of the above
- Development bank SIDBI has secured approval from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for its first anchored project, Avaana Sustainability Fund (ASF), valued at $120 million. Where is the headquarters of Green Climate Fund located?
A) Brussels, Belgium
B) Incheon, South Korea
C) Zurich, Switzerland
D) Beijing, China
E) California, USA
- L&T Finance Holdings Ltd (LTFH) has signed a financing pact with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for $125 million to support financing in rural and peri-urban areas in India, particularly women borrowers. At least what percent of the funds will be allocated to women borrowers?
A) 25%
B) 40%
C) 70%
D) 35%
E) None of the above
- The government has set a target to have how many Janaushadhi Kendras across the country by March 31, 2026?
A) 35000
B) 25,000
C) 15000
D) 30000
E) None of the above
- In which state Tata Power Solar Systems Limited (TPSSL), a subsidiary of Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), completed India’s largest Solar and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) project?
A) Jharkhand
B) Odisha
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Uttar Pradesh
- Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in India declined to what percent in April-December?
A) 12%
B) 13%
C) 8%
D) 11%
E) None of the above
- Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen eased to victory in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix despite the turmoil surrounding his Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. He set an F1 record of how many consecutive wins in last season(2023)?
A) 13
B) 10
C) 11
D) 17
E) None of the above
- The Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has appointed whom as its new Director General?A) N K Singh
B) Deepak Ballani
C) Manoj Pande
D) R. Hari Kumar
E) None of the above
- Who assumed position of Executive Director at Indian Overseas Bank in March 2024?
A) Dhanaraj T
B) Shri Tapan RayC) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
D) L V Prabhakar
E) None of the above
- Airtel Payments Bank announced the appointment of whom as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in March 2024?
A) Charanjit Attra
B) Anuj Bansal
C) Srinivasan Vaidyanathan
D) Anindya Banerjee
E) None of the above
- Which Senior IPS officer was inducted as a Deputy Inspector General in the CBI, according to a Union personnel ministry order?
A) D. Roopa
B) Shivdeep Lande
C) Sarah Sharma
D) Sanjukta Parashar
E) None of the above
- The semiconductor fabrication facility at the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) will be established by which company?