1. Recently, which player won the Women’s singles title at the Australian Open, 2024?

(a) Ankita Raina

(b) Aryna Sabalenka
(c) Zheng Qinwen
(d) Barbora Krejcikova
2. Recently the book 'Ek Samandar, Mere Andar' was published, by whom is it written?
(a) Ajit Doval
(b) Anil Chauhan
(c) Amitabh Ghosh
(d) Sanjeev Joshi
3. Which airport has recently been given the status of International Airport by the
Government of India
(a) Dibrugarh Airport
(b) Birsa Munda Airport
(c) Surat Airport
(d) Jorhat Airport
4. Where is the New Delhi World Book Fair 2024 being held?
(a) Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
(b) India Expo Centre, Greater Noida
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi
(d) Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi
5. Who is referred to as the “Father of India’s Green Revolution” ?
(a) Chaudhary Charan Singh
(b) P V Narasimha Rao
(c) Dr. MS Swaminatha
(d) Norman Borlaug
6. Who is the chairman of the 'One Nation One Election' committee?
(a) Ram Nath Kovind
(b) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(c) Dr. Manmohan Singh
 (d) Amitabh Kant
7. When would Sri Lanka commemorate its National Day?
(a) February 4
(b) February 6
(c) February 3
(d) February 2
8. Which ministry initiated the "SUFALAM: Start-Up Forum for Aspiring Leaders and
Mentors Startup Conclave 2024"?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Finance
(c) Ministry of MSME
(d) Ministry of Food Processing
9. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman submitted a White Paper to Parliament.Which
prime minister's tenure was mentioned in the paper?
(a) Charan Singh
(b) Manmohan Singh
(c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(d) Inder Kumar Gujral
10. Where was the statue of India's first Chief of Defense Staff, late General Bipin Rawat,
unveiled?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Varanasi
(c) Haridwar
(d) Dehradun
11. Recently 'Kazi Nemu' has been recognized as the state fruit of which state?
(a) Assam
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Nagaland
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
12. ‘Dakshin Bharat Sanskritik Kendra’, recently seen in the news, was established in
which city of India?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Chennai
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Kochi
13. Which state has become the first north-eastern state in India to achieve 100%
saturation of Har Ghar Jal under Jal Jeevan Mission?
(a) Assam
(b) Manipur
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Sikkim
14. When was OpenAI established?
(a) 2014
(b) 2020
(c) 2015
(d) 2012
15. Which state government has launched the ‘Van Mitra’ scheme to encourage community
participation in tree-planting activities in non-forest areas?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Punjab
(d) Haryana
16. Recently, the Election Commission of India started the ‘Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye’
campaign with which ministry?
(a) Ministry of Education
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs
(c) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(d) Ministry of Defence
17. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) approved the acquisition of over how many
BrahMos Extended Range (ER) supersonic cruise missiles for the deployment on Indian
Navy warships?
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 400
18. The Indian government has created 'Kisan e-Mitra', a voice-based AI chatbot that
allows farmers to ask questions in their own language and receive real-time responses.
How many languages does 'Kisan e-Mitra' support?
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 10
19. Which country has become the new member of the military alliance NATO?
(a) Brazil
(b) UAE
(c) Albania
(d) Sweden
20. Whom did President Draupadi Murmu recently nominate to Rajya Sabha?
(a) Uday Kotak
(b) Ajay Sinha
(c) Sudha Murthy
(d) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
21. Operation Kamdhenu, recently seen in the news, is launched by which state/UT to
curb cattle smuggling?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Delhi
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
22. In which state did PM Modi inaugurate India's first underwater metro?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Karnataka
(d) West Bengal
23. Which state's famous Rupa Tarakasi and Banglar Muslin have been awarded the
Geographical Indication (GI) tag?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Odisha
(c) Gujarat
(d) Telangana
24. What is the highest civilian award of Bhutan conferred to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi recently?
(a) Order of Bhutan
(b) Order of the Dragon
(c) Order of the Druk Gyalpo
(d) Order of the Himalayas
25. Who among the following have been recently appointed as an Election Commissioner
in India?
(a) Umesh Sinha and Gyanesh Kumar
(b) Sukhbir Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar
(c) Sunil Arora and Sukhbir Sandhu
(d) Sushil Chandra and Rajiv Kumar
26. Which state recently became the first in India to implement the Uniform Civil Code
(UCC)?
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Punjab
(d) Maharashtra
27. What is the rank of India in the recently released Global Human Development Index?
 (a) 75
(b) 78
(c) 125
(d) 134
28. Who has been appointed as the new Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance
Commission?
(a) A.S. Rajeev
(b) Rajeev Kumar
(c) Anup Awasthi
(d) Ajay Sinha
29. Who has been selected as the flag bearer for India at Paris Olympics 2024?
(a) Manika Batra
(b) Sharat Kamal
(c) Saurabh Chaudhary
(d) Neeraj Chopra
30. Prabha Varma, a renowned poet, has been selected for the Saraswati Samman in 2023
for his work in which language?
(a) English
(b) Tamil
(c) Malayalam
(d) Telugu
31. What is the name of the operation recently launched by India to evacuate Indian
Nationals from Haiti?
(a) Operation Meghdoot
(b) Operation Shakti
(c) Operation Raahat
(d) Operation Indravati
32. Recently, which organization has launched a new network for coronaviruses, CoViNet?
(a) World Bank
(b) WHO
 (c) WTO
(d) UNICEF
33. Who recently took oath as judicial member of Lokpal?
(a) A.M. Khanvilkar
(b) Alok Sinha
(c) Ritu Raj Awasthi
(d) Ravi Shankar Prasad
34. Recently, which city is being established by the armed forces as the country’s first
India’s first tri-service common defense station?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Hyderabad
35. Which actor has been roped in by the Election Commission of India to urge the
youngsters to vote in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections?
(a) Ayushmann Khurrana
(b) Kartik Aaryan
(c) Shah Rukh Khan
(d) Ranveer Singh
36. Who has recently been appointed as a member of the Economic Advisory Panel by the
World Bank Group?
(a) Amitabh Kant
(b) Rajiv Sinha
(c) Rakesh Mohan
(d) Ajay Mohan Singh
37. Where was the 'Sagar Kavach' exercise organized recently?
(a) Goa
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Odisha
(d) Gujarat
38. Who won the women’s singles title at the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships in
China in April 2024?
(a) P. V. Sindhu
(b) Wang Zhi Yi
(c) Akane Yamaguchi
(d) An Se-young
39. Who became the first human being to run the entire length of the African continent
recently?
(a) Gordon Martin
(b) Daniel Higgins
(c) Russ Cook
(d) Simon Harris
40. Who won the men’s singles title at the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships in China in
April 2024?
(a) Viktor Axelsen
(b) Anthony Ginting
(c) Jonatan Christie
(d) Anders Antonsen
41. Who was recently awarded the title of Grandmaster by the International Chess
Federation?
(a) Koneru Humpy
(b) Vaishali Ramesh Babu
(c) Nihal Sarin
(d) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
42. In which country is the World Energy Congress 2024 being organized?
(a) Switzerland
(b) Netherlands
(c) France
(d) Canada
43. India's first multipurpose (heat and power) green hydrogen pilot project was launched
in which state?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Sikkim
(d) Himachal Pradesh
44. Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Navy?
(a) R K Dhawan
(b) Karambir Singh
(c) Dinesh Kumar Tripathi
(d) R Harikumar

Answer Key 18. (a)

1. (b) 19. (d)
2. (d) 20. (c)
3. (c) 21. (a)
4. (a) 22. (d)
5. (c) 23. (b)
6. (a) 24. (c)
7. (a) 25. (b)
8. (d) 26. (b)
9. (b) 27. (d)
10. (d) 28. (a)
11. (a) 29. (b)
12. (a) 30. (c)
13. (C) 31. (d)
14. (C) 32. (b)
15. (d) 33. (c)
16. (a) 34. (c)
17. (b) 35. (a)
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37. (b)
38. (b)
39. (c)
40. (c)
41. (b)
42. (b)
43. (d)
44. (c)