Current Affairs Quiz: March 29, 2024
- In which Indian state is Gangapuram, the temple town where the 900-year-old Kannada inscription from the Kalyana Chalukya dynasty was discovered, located?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) Telangana
D) Andhra Pradesh
E) None of the above
- Which entity is responsible for organizing the Annual Army Commanders’ Conference, as conducted in a hybrid format for the year 2024?
A) Indian Army
B) Ministry of Defence
C) Indian Air Force
D) Indian Navy
E) None of the above
- How much stake did Kotak Mahindra Bank acquire in Sonata Finance Private Limited, a microfinance institution?
A) 50%
B) 100%
C) 75%
D) 20%
E) 40%
- Who has been appointed as the managing director & chief executive officer (MD & CEO) of Bank of Maharashtra, effective from 27 March 2024?
A) Deepak Parekh
B) None of these
C) Rakesh Sharma
D) Rajnish Kumar
E) Nidhu Saxena
- Reliance Industries, led by Mukesh Ambani, has acquired a 26 per cent stake in a Madhya Pradesh power project owned by
A) Tata Group
B) Birla Group
C) Gautam Adani
D) Anil Agarwal
E) None of the above
- Collins Obuya, a veteran all-rounder from which country, has announced his retirement from cricket?
A) South Africa
B) Kenya
C) Zimbabwe
D) Uganda
E) None of the above
- Whose autobiography, titled “From A Car Shed To The Corner Room & Beyond,” has been recently released?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Saina Nehwal
C) S. Raman
D) Shah Rukh Khan
E) None of the above
- Who led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation during the bilateral meeting with Armenian counterparts on the sidelines of the 148th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) event in Geneva, Switzerland?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Amit Shah
C) Harivansh Narayan Singh
D) Sushma Swaraj
E) None of the above
- Who signed legislation in Florida prohibiting people under 14 years old from having social media accounts, regardless of parental consent?
A) Joe Biden
B) Ron DeSantis
C) Kamala Harris
D) Donald Trump
E) None of the above
- Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in India?
A) Sadanand Vasant Date
B) Rajeev Kumar
C) Rahul Sharma
D) None of these
E) Piyush Anand
- Which app is being utilized by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to monitor the election process and allow citizens to report violations of the Model Code of Conduct and election expenditures by capturing photos and videos?
A) eVoting
B) PollWatch
C) VoteGuard
D) cVIGIL
E) None of the above
- How much investment has Wipro GE Healthcare announced for manufacturing output and local research and development (R&D) over the next 5 years?
A) $500 million
B) $800 million
C) $600 million
D) $1 billion
E) $1.5 billion
- Which Southeast Asian country’s lawmakers recently approved legislation to officially recognize same-sex marriage, making it the first in the region to guarantee marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples?
A) Indonesia
B) Thailand
C) Malaysia
D) Vietnam
E) None of the above
- Which organization will conduct the Space Science and Technology Awareness Training (START) 2024 programme during April and May?
A) NASA
B) ESA (European Space Agency)
C) ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
D) CNSA (China National Space Administration)
E) None of the above
- For the financial year 2024-25, what is the range of increase in wage rates for MGNREGA workers notified by the Centre?
A) 1-5%
B) 3-10%
C) 6-12%
D) 8-15%
E) None of the above
- In which city has Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) inaugurated its Indian subsidiary?
A) Mumbai
B) Bangalore
C) New Delhi
D) Hyderabad
E) None of the above
- What percentage of the food produced globally in 2022 was estimated to be wasted according to a recent United Nations report?
A) 10%
B) 19%
C) 16%
D) 35%
E) 25%
- India has released the second tranche of how much amount to Bhutan for the development of infrastructure related to the GyalSung Project?
A) Rs 200 crore
B) Rs 300 crore
C) Rs 400 crore
D) Rs 500 crore
E) Rs 800 crore
- Who has been appointed as the Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)?
A) Kamal Kishore
B) Rajiv Kumar
C) Anil Sharma
D) Vikram Singh
E) None of the above
- What percentage stake did SBI Mutual Fund acquire in Savita Oil Technologies, along with the number of shares, at the price of ₹408 per share?
A) 2%
B) 3%
C) 4%
D) 5%
E) 6%
- Which country successfully launched the Yunhai-3 02 satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, marking a significant advancement in atmospheric and space monitoring capabilities?
A) China
B) India
C) United States
D) Russia
E) None of the above
- Who recently passed away at the age of 96, was a writer, recipient of the Central Sahitya Akademi award, and also honored with the Rajyotsava award?
A) Gurulinga Kapse
B) Jnanpith Kapse
C) Santosh Kapse
D) Vinayak Kapse
E) None of the above
- Who recently passed away at the age of 90, was a psychologist known for pioneering theories in behavioral economics, and was awarded a Nobel Prize for his contributions?
A) Daniel Kahneman
B) Amos Tversky
C) Richard Thaler
D) Robert Shiller
E) None of the above
- Which organization has unveiled a publication titled “An Illustrated Guide to the Lepidoptera of India: Taxonomic Procedures, Family Characters, Diversity, and Distribution”?
A) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
B) Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
C) Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)
D) National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
E) None of the above
- Which digital financial services provider in India has launched a first-of-its-kind Downpayment EMI solution, allowing customers to make a partial payment upfront with the remaining amount converted into easy EMIs?
A) Paytm
B) PhonePe
C) PayU
D) Razorpay
E) None of the above