Current Affairs Quiz: March 3 & 4, 2024
- Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw released a commemorative postage stamp to celebrate the centenary of the All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF). When was All India Railwaymen’s Federation established?
A) April 24,1924
B) January 25,1920
C) March 30, 1950
D) February19, 1930
E) None of the above
- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with which bank organised a National Workshop on Logistics Efficiency Enhancement in New Delhi?
A) World Bank
B) State Bank of India
C) Asian Development Bank
D) Punjab National Bank
E) None of the above
- Who graced the golden jubilee celebration of Brahma Kumaris, Odisha at Cuttack?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Nirmala Sitharaman
C) Droupadi Murmu
D) Smriti Zubin Irani
E) None of the above
- The government said it has launched a platform, Bharat Startup Ecosystem Registry, to create a comprehensive database with details about all the startup ecosystem stakeholders under one roof across different categories. Who became the first person to register on the platform?
A) Arjun Munda
B) Piyush Goyal
C) Pralhad Joshi
D) Dharmendra Pradhan
E) None of the above
- Prime minister Narendra Modi released the 16th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman- Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme worth how much amount to over nine crore beneficiary farmers from Maharashtra’s Yavatmal?
A) 15,000 crore
B) 21,000 crore
C) 9,000 crore
D) 12000 crore
E) None of the above
- Where did Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launch the National Urban Co-operative Finance and Development Corporation Limited (NUCFDC), the Umbrella organisation for the Urban Cooperative Banks?
A) Pune
B) Lucknow
C) New Delhi
D) Hisar
E) None of the above
- Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister launched multiple women-oriented Entrepreneurial projects at the 9th SHAKTI International Women Entrepreneurs Summit in New Delhi. Who is Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister ?
A) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
B) Narayan Rane
C) Pralhad Joshi
D) Sarbananda Sonowal
E) None of the above
- Who launched the Panjikaran se, Pragati, Unnati – Udyamita se Pragati, and WEP Mentorship Program?
A) Giriraj Singh
B) Narayan Tatu Rane
C) Dharmendra Pradhan
D) Smriti Zubin Irani
E)None of the above
- Taking forward the objective of pursuing global gender equity, the logo and the website of the Alliance for Global Good: Gender Equity and Equality was launched. It is supported by which organisation?
A) International Rescue Committee.
B) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
C) Oxfam Internationa
D) BRAC
E) None of the above
- Which State government is to rejoin the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) scheme in the interests of farmers and to save them from losses caused by natural calamities?
A) Kerala
B) Haryana
C) Telengana
D) Tamil Nadu
E) None of the above
- Chapchar Kut – the biggest festival of Mizoram was celebrated across the state with full traditional fervor and festivities. On which day it is being celebrated every year?
A) Last Saturday of February
B) First Sunday of March
C) First Friday of March
D) First Monday of March
E) None of the above
- Indian with which country’s navy ships conducted joint exercise ‘Samudra Laksamana’ which aims to strengthen bonds and enhance interoperability between the Indian and the other country’s Navy?
A) Malaysia
B) Bhutan
C) China
D) Nepal
E) None of the above
- The maiden three-day International Gita Mahotsav commenced recently. Where had it been Celebrated?
A) Bhutan
B) Nepal
C) Sri Lanka
D) China
E) None of the above
- The Coal India Limited entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which Indian Institute of Managements (IIM), marking a crucial step in multimodal connectivity infrastructure for coal transportation in alignment with the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan 2021?
A) IIM Mumbai
B) IIM Sambalpur
C) IIM Nagpur
D) IIM Shillong
E) Both (A) and (B)
- Union Government in March 2024 released another additional installment of tax devolution of worth how much amount to strengthen hands of State Governments for financing various social welfare measures and infrastructure development schemes?
A) Rs 1,54,133
B) Rs. 1,42,122
C) Rs. 1,43,567
D) Rs. 1,54,487
E) None of the above
- Jana Small Finance Bank has got approval from the Reserve Bank of India to re-appoint whom as its managing director and chief executive officer for three years from March 21, 2024?
A) Tapan Ray
B) Ajay Kanwal
C) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
D) L V Prabhakar
E)None of the above
- In march 2024, how many products from Arunachal Pradesh have obtained the Geographical Indication (GI) tags with the support of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)?
A) 12
B) 10
C) 11
D) 15
E) None of the above
- Iran launched ‘domestically developed’ imaging satellite from which country?
A) Russia
B) Nepal
C) China
D) Myanmar
E) None of the above
- A poetry anthology titled “SOLDIER AND WAR POEM: BEST OF NATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION” was released by Commandant, National Defence Academy Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar in Pune.as part of celebration for how many years?
A) 25
B) 75
C) 50
D) 100
E)None of the above
- National Birth Defect Awareness Month 2024 was officially launched by NITI Aayog Member (Health), Dr. VK Paul. What was the theme for National Birth Defect Awareness Month?
A) Uniting for Peace
B) Inclusive Support for Children with Birth Defects: Breaking Barriers
C) Freedom, Equality, and Justice for All
D) For every child, every right
E) None of the above
- The government has permitted the planting of trees on degraded land parcels for credits. What is the minimum land size for such projects?A) 2 hectares
B) 8 hectares
C) 3 hectares
D) 6 hectares
E) 5 hectares
- In March 2024, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted two flight tests of VSHORADS missile from Integrated Test Range off Odisha’s Chandipur. What does SHO stand for in VSHORADS?
A) Shotput
B) Shotgun
C) Show
D) Short
E) Shock
- Which country defeated India to win the Turkish Women’s Cup 2024 football tournament held at the Gold City Sports Complex in Alanya, Turkey?
A) Estonia
B) Germany
C) Kosovo
D) Fiji
E) Albania coa
- Recently, which of the following global organization sold USD 3.5 billion 5-year global bond, aimed at bolstering its ordinary capital resources and advancing its mission across the Asia-Pacific region?
A) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
B) Asian Development Bank
C) African Development Bank
D) BRICS Bank
E) World Bank
- The central government and the Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance, popularly known as Tipra Motha signed a tripartite agreement with which state government to amicably resolve all issues of indigenous people of that state?
A) Punjab
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Tripura
E) Assam