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Which Indian state has officially declared Kaji Nemu as the 'State Fruit'?
a) Kerala
b) Assam
c) Maharashtra
d) Karnataka
Who is the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand after Hemant Soren's resignation?
A) Champai Soren
B) Mahua Majhi
C) Babulal Marandi
D) Raghubar Das
• Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan accepted the resignation of Hemant Soren
• Hemant Soren was arrested by the Electorate Directorate in connection with a
money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.
• He has challenged his arrest in the Jharkhand High Court.
• Champai Soren was Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s (JMM) senior leader and a five-time MLA from
Seraikela
Which Indian state's Assembly recently became the first in independent India to pass the Uniform Civil
Code?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Kerala
• The Bill imposes common rules for all communities — except Scheduled Tribes — on marriage,
divorce, inheritances, and live-in relationships.
• Although Goa is governed by a UCC (Portuguese Civil Code), the Assembly did not pass any law. The
code was retained after its liberation in 1961.
Who has recently become the first Indian citizen to receive an Honorary
Knighthood from United Kingdom's King Charles III?
a. Azim Premji
b. Mukesh Ambani
c. Ratan Tata
d. Sunil Bharti Mittal
• The 58th Jnanpith award for 2023 is conferred to distinguished writers from
two languages: Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya and
renowned Urdu writer Shri Gulzar.
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• It is the second time the award is being given for Sanskrit and the fifth time for Urdu
• Eminent Sanskrit poet Satya Vrat Shastri was the first to receive Jnanpith Award for the year 2006
for Sanskrit in 2009
When did the 12th edition of the MILAN naval exercise take place in Visakhapatnam?
a) 19th Feb to 27th Feb 2024
b) 22nd Feb to 27th Feb 2024
c) 19th March to 25th March 2024
d) 17th Feb to 2nd March 2024
• MILAN 24 (Multilateral Naval Exercise- 2024) at Visakhapatnam from 19th February to 27th
February 2024.
• Theme: “Forging Naval Alliances for a Secure Maritime Future”
• MILAN is a biennial multilateral naval exercise, was initiated by the Indian Navy in 1995.
What medal did the Indian women's team win at the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024?
a) Silver Medal
b) Bronze Medal
c) Gold Medal
d) None
• The Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 was held from February 13 to 18 in Shah Alam,
Malaysia.
• Led by PV Sindhu and youngster Anmol Kharb, the Indian women’s team won a historic gold medal
at the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 after beating Thailand’
• This was India's first-ever gold medal at the Badminton Asia Team Championships.
Who recently took the oath as the 34th Chief Justice of the High Court of
Karnataka?
a. Justice N.V Anjaria
b. Justice Anurag Kumar
c. Justice Indira Banerjee
d. Justice Arun Mishra
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Who recently assumed the charge as the Vice Chief of the Indian Army?
a. Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi
b. Lieutenant General Vikram Singh
c. Lieutenant General Rajeev Chopra
d. Lieutenant General Anil Chauhan
Where is the world's first Vedic clock installed to showcase time according to the traditional Indian
Panchang?
a) New Delhi
b) Ujjain
c) Varanasi
d) Jaipur
• The world's first Vedic clock, designed to showcase time according to the
ancient Indian traditional Panchang, has been installed in Madhya
Pradesh's Ujjain district .
• The Vedic clock stands tall on an 85-foot tower within Ujjain's Jantar
Mantar, adjacent to the Government Jiwaji Observatory
Where did the 16th edition of the India-Sri-Lanka-Maldives trilateral exercise "Dosti" take place?
A) Colombo
B) Dhaka
C) Malé
D) New Delhi
• 16th edition of the trilateral exercise "Dosti" involving India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka, with
Bangladesh participating as an observer, took place in the Male, Maldives from February 22 to 25,
2024.
• The ‘Dosti’ drill started in 1991 as a bilateral exercise by the coast guards of India and the Maldives.
• Sri Lanka joined it in 2012.
Recently, Which two countries were placed on the Financial Action Task Force "grey list" ?
a) Namibia and Gibraltar
b) Namibia and Kenya
c) Uganda and Barbados
d) Kenya and Saudi Arabia
• UAE, Barbados, Gibraltar and Uganda were removed from grey list
• FATF is an inter-governmental policy-making and standard-setting body dedicated to combating
money laundering and terrorist financing.
• It was established in 1989
• Headquarters: Paris, France.
• India became a member of FATF in 2010.
Who is the author of the book "Dabbling in Diplomacy: Authorised & Otherwise,
Recollections of a Non-Career Diplomat"?
a. Shashi Tharoor
b. Arundhati Roy
c. S.D. Muni
d. Fali S. Nariman
Who is the first woman to hold the position of Chief Justice in Uttarakhand High Court?
a. Justice Bela Trivedi
b. Justice Ruma Pal
c. Justice Indu Malhotra
d. Justice Ritu Bahri
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Who recently assumed the position of CMD (Chairman and Managing Director) in IRCTC?
a) Rakesh Kumar
b) Sanjay Kumar Jain
c) Amitabh Khare
d) Sunit Sharma
• Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC)
What is the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the year 2024-25 according to the recent
monetary policy of RBI?
a) 5%
b) 6%
c) 7%
d) 8%
Who won the Best Global Music Album award at the 66th Annual Grammy 2024?
a. Shakti fusion band
b. The Beach Boys band
c. Sandpipers band
d. Fathy Salama band
Category Winner
Song of the Year Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For? from Barbie
Album of the Year Taylor Swift – Midnights (first person to win this category four times)
Best Global Music Indian musicians Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain’s fusion band
Album ‘Shakti’
Under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, how many units of electricity are provided free to
households every month?
a) 100 units
b) 200 units
c) 300 units
d) 400 units
• PM Modi announces ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’ to boost solar power
• This project will have an investment of over 75000 crore rupees
• aims to light up 1 crore households by providing up to 300 units of free electricity every month to
households which get solar panels installed.
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Who made history by becoming the first woman to receive the GD Birla Award for Scientific Excellence in
2023?
a) Annapurni Subramaniam
b) Dr. Aditi Sen De
c) Nandini Harinath
d) Shanti Pandit
What is the length of the Indo-Myanmar border that India plans to fence?
a. 1000 kilometers
b. 1200 kilometers
c. 1500 kilometers
d. 1643 kilometers
• The project aims to fortify national security and curb illicit activities in the region
• Four northeastern states share a 1,643 km border with Myanmar:, viz. Arunachal Pradesh (520
km), Nagaland (215 km), Manipur (398 km) and Mizoram (510 km).
• Fencing of the border will effectively end the Free Movement Regime (FMR).
Which Indian state has declared Gupteswar Forest in Koraput district as its fourth biodiversity heritage
site?
a) West Bengal
b) Odisha
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
Which university clinched the overall championship at the 4th Khelo India
University Games 2023?
a) Lovely Professional University
b) Guru Nanak Dev University
c) Chandigarh University
d) Jain University
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Which Indian state has announced the establishment of the Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary ?
a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
• The Sanctuary will serve as a protected corridor for the movement of tiger and elephants from the
Western Ghats to the Eastern Ghats.
Who recently became the first Sri Lankan cricketer to score a double century in One Day Internationals
(ODIs)?
a) Dimuth Karunaratne
b) Angelo Mathews
c) Pathum Nissanka
d) Dinesh Chandimal
• Nissanka scored the Sri Lanka's first-ever double century in the ODI
format against Afghanistan in Pallekele.
• He also became the player who now has the highest individual score
in Sri Lanka's ODI history (210*), surpassing the iconic 189 scored by
Sanath Jayasuria against India in 2000.
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What is the mascot for the Khelo India Winter Games 2024?
a) Tiger (Sher-e jungle)
b) Snow Leopard (Sheen-e She)
c) Panda (Dhakad)
d) Polar Bear (Ujjwal)
• It was held in Ladakh for the first time from February 2-6.
• The second portion is scheduled in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir from February 21-25.
• Army stood overall champions, followed by Karnataka and Maharashtra
Which Asian country is placed at the top of the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index
2023?
a. China
b. Malaysia
c. Singapore
d. Japan
• India ranks 93 out of 180 countries in Corruption Perceptions Index 2023.
• India slips 8 places since 2022. India's rank in 2022 was 85.
• Top 3 countries - Denmark at the top, followed by Finland, New Zealand.
• Bottom 3 – Somalia (bottom), Venezuela, Syria
Who has been elected as the New President of International Court of Justice?
a) José Gustavo Guerrero
b) Joan Donoghue
c) Nawaf Salam
d) Julia Sebutinde
• Judge Nawaf Salam of Lebanon is the President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
• The International Court of Justice is composed of 15 judges elected to 9 year terms of office by the
United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council.
• Its official languages are English and French
• Dalveer Bhandari is an Indian judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Which European Union country recently became the first to issue paperless visas?
a) Germany
b) France
c) Italy
d) Spain
Who recently became the first-ever woman Chief Minister of a province in Pakistan?
a) Benazir Bhutto
b) Maryam Nawaz
c) Asma Jahangir
d) Hina Rabbani Khar
• Maryam Nawaz is the daughter of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
• Became the first-ever woman Chief Minister of a province in Pakistan - the Punjab province
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Who was recently sworn in as the Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court?
a) Justice S. Vaidyanathan
b) Justice R. Banumathi
c) Justice P. S. Narasimha
d) Justice Indu Malhotra
Where is the first Regional Centre of Sangeet Natak Akademi set to be established?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Hyderabad
d. Kolkata
Banwarilal Purohit has served as the Governor of which of the following State/s in his career?
1. Punjab
2. Haryana
3. Tamil Nadu
4. Andhra Pradesh
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
a. Only 1
b. Both 1 and 3
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c. Only 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
Which country will host the 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad?
a) India
b) Hungary
c) Russia
d) United Kingdom
• The 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad held in Chennai in 2022
Which of the following the Indian Air Force pilots have been named astronaut designates for the
Gaganyaan space mission?
1. Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair,
2. Group Captain Ajit Krishnan,
3. Group Captain Angad Pratap and
4. Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a. Only 1 and 2
b. Only 3 and 4
c. Only 1
d. All of the above
Which Indian Navy submarine participated in Sri Lanka's 76th Independence Day celebrations?
a. INS Chakra
b. INS Arihant
c. INS Karanj
d. INS Sindhurakshak
• Sri Lanka’s 76th National Independence Day on February 4th, 1948.
• The theme : Let's Build a New Country.
• India has successfully stopped the flow of water from the Ravi River
to Pakistan following the completion of the Shahpur Kandi Barrage,
situated in Pathankot district (Punjab), on the border of Punjab and
J&K, downstream from the existing Ranjit Sagar Dam.
• This development is in line with the Indus Water Treaty signed
between India and Pakistan in 1960, granting India exclusive rights
over the waters of the Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas rivers.
Who was recently sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court?
a) Justice Vijay Bishnoi
b) Justice Anand Kumar
c) Justice Meera Sahai
d) Justice Rajendra Kapoor
What state will be providing interest free loans of Rs. 1 lakh to the youth under the 'Swayam' scheme?
a. Odisha
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Bihar
d. Madhya Pradesh
• Youth in the age group of 18-35 years can take Rs 1 lakh interest-free loans at a time to enhance
their existing business or to start a new business.
• The scheme will be operational for two years
Which state recently became the first in North-East India to achieve 100 percent saturation of Har Ghar
Jal under Jal Jeevan Mission?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Manipur
d) Nagaland
In which state did Prime Minister Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of ISRO's Kulasekarapattinam
spaceport?
a. Maharashtra
b. Karnataka
c. Kerala
d. Tamil Nadu
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Kulasekarapattinam spaceport in
Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district.
• The construction of ISRO’s second satellite launch facility would be completed within two years to
launch SSLVs, (Small Satellite Launch Vehicles)
• The upcoming facility would have the capacity to launch 24 satellites per year.
Which institutions are collaborating to develop India's first indigenously designed 155 mm smart
ammunition?
a) IIT-Delhi and Bharat Forge
b) IISc-Bangalore and DRDO
c) IIT-Madras and Munitions India Limited
d) NIT-Trichy and HAL
• The goal is to achieve a circular error probable (CEP) of 10 meters, compared to the current CEP of
500 meters.
• The smart shell is expected to have a minimum range of 8 km and a maximum range of 38 km
• It aims to increase accuracy and lethality, and achieve indigenization in the defense sector.
Who has recently been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan?
a) Nursultan Nazarbayev
b) Olzhas Bektenov
c) Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
d) Dariga Nazarbayeva