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10. 
Which country has approved the sale of 31 MQ-9B 
armed drones to India at a cost of $3.99 billion? 
 
(A)  Italy 
(B)  USA 
(C)  Australia 
(D)  Japan 
 
(B)  USA 
 
11. 
Which of the following organisations has launched the 
GHAR (GO Home and Re-Unite) portal? 
 
(A)  Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) 
 
 
(B)  National Commission for Women (NCW) 
(C)  National Commission for Protection of Child Rights 
 
(NCPCR) 
 
(D)  National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child 
 
Development (NIPCCD) 
 
(C) NCPCR 
 
12. 
The C- CARES portal has been launched for: 
 
(A)  Child Growth 
(B)  Coal Sector 
 
(C)  Consumer Protection 
(D)  Cancer Cure 
 
 
(B)  Coal Sector 
 
13. 
Which actor has launched a political party named 
‘Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam’? 
 
(A)  Ajith Kumar 
(B)  Joseph Vijay 
 
(C)  Suriya 
(D)  Rajinikanth 
 
 
(B)  Joseph Vijay 
 
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam is a political party in the 
Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of 
Puducherry. It is founded by actor-turned-politician 
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, popularly known as 
Thalapathy Vijay on 2 February 2024. 
 
14. 
On January 31, 2024, the RBI imposed major business 
restrictions on which of the following payment bank? 
 
(A)  Airtel Payment Bank 
(B)  Jio Payment Bank 
 
(C)  Paytm Payments Bank (D)  Fino Payments Bank 
 
 
(C)  Paytm Payments Bank 
 
 
15. 
Who has been appointed as the new chairman of 
TRAI? 
 
(A)  Anil Kumar Lahoti 
(B)  Pramod Agrawal 
 
(C)  Nitin Gupta 
(D)  Rajnish Kumar 
 
 
(A)  Anil Kumar Lahoti 
 
 
 
16. 
Champai Soren has been sworn in as the: 
 
(A)  10th chief minister of Jharkhand 
 
(B)  11th chief minister of Jharkhand 
 
(C)  12th chief minister of Jharkhand 
 
(D)  13th chief minister of Jharkhand 
 
 
(C)  12th chief minister of Jharkhand 
 
 
17. 
Indian Navy has declared 2024 as: 
 
(A)  Year of Naval Superpower 
 
(B)  Year of Anti-Piracy 
 
(C)  Year of Sustainable Marine Life 
 
(D)  Year of Naval Civilians 
 
 
(D)  Year of Naval Civilians 
 
18. 
At which of the following iconic places, India formally 
launched the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on 2nd 
February 2024? 
 
(A)  Angkor Wat 
(B)  Eiffel Tower 
 
(C)  Burj Khalifa 
(D)  Statue of Liberty 
 
 
(B)  Eiffel Tower 
 
France wants to offer Indian tourists visiting the famous 
Eiffel Tower in Paris the option to pay using UPI. On 2 
February 2024, NPCI and Lyra officially debuted UPI at 
the famous Eiffel Tower. 
 
19. 
Under the scheme of sugar subsidy for Antyodya Anna 
Yojna (AAY) families, how much sugar subsidy the 
government gives to AAY families? 
 
(A)  Rs.15.50 per kg per month 
 
(B)  Rs.17.50 per kg per month 
 
(C)  Rs.18.50 per kg per month 
 
(D)  Rs. 20.50 per kg per month 
 
 
(C)  Rs.18.50 per kg per month 
 
 
20. 
Which one of the following countries is the partner 
country of 37th Surajkund International crafts fair 
held in Haryana? 
 
(A)  South Africa 
(B)  Nigeria 
 
(C)  Mozambique 
(D)  Tanzania 
 
 
(D)  Tanzania 
 
The 
President 
of 
India, 
Smt 
Droupadi 
Murmu 
inaugurated the 37th Surajkund International Crafts 
Mela at Surajkund, Haryana. Tanzania is the partner 
country while Gujarat is the theme state for this year. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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21. 
The Uniform Civil Code bill of the Uttarakhand 
government is based on a draft submitted by: 
 
(A)  Justice Sanjiv Khanna committee 
 
(B)  Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai committee 
 
(C)  Justice K. V. Vishwanathan committee 
 
(D) Justice Indira Banerjee committee 
 
 
(B) 
 
The State’s UCC is based on a draft submitted by a 
committee formed by the Uttarakhand government 
under the chairmanship of retired Supreme Court judge 
Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. 
 
22. 
Which state’s Cabinet has approved the creation of 
two more districts namely; ‘Keyi Panyor’ and ‘Bichom’? 
 
(A)  Arunachal Pradesh 
(B)  Mizoram 
 
(C)  Tripura 
(D)  Assam 
 
 
(A)  Arunachal Pradesh 
 
23. 
Which state Government has decided to introduce 
‘Chief Minister Vayoshree Yojana’? 
 
(A)  Maharashtra 
(B)  Uttar Pradesh 
 
(C)  Gujarat 
(D)  Karnataka 
 
 
(A)  Maharashtra 
 
24. 
Recently, which astronaut has broken the world 
record for the most cumulative time spent in space? 
 
(A)  Dmitry Petelin 
(B)  Oleg Kononenko  
 
(C)  Sergey Prokopyev 
(D)  Aleksey Ovchinin 
 
 
(B)  Oleg Kononenko 
 
Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has set a new 
world record for the most cumulative time spent in 
space, surpassing Gennady Padalka. He spent over 878 
days and 12 hours outside the Earth's atmosphere, 
totalling nearly two and a half years. 
 
25. 
Who has been ranked first among all the Indians and 
second globally in the Brand Guardianship Index 
2024? 
 
(A)  N Chandrasekaran 
(B) Anish Shah 
 
(C)  Azim Premji 
(D)  Mukesh Ambani 
 
 
(D)  Mukesh Ambani 
 
26. 
The 
Geological 
Institute 
of 
Israel 
uncovered 
underwater Eratosthenes canyon near: 
 
(A)  Turkey 
(B)  Greece 
 
(C)  Lebanon 
(D)  Cyprus 
 
(D)  Cyprus 
 
The Geological Institute of Israel uncovered an 
underwater canyon near Cyprus. The canyon, known as 
Eratosthenes for the underwater mountain it is near.  
 
27. 
Union Culture Minister laid the foundation stone for 
the country’s first digital National Museum of 
Epigraphy at: 
 
(A)  Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad 
 
(B)  Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur 
 
(C)  Victoria Memorial, Kolkata 
 
(D)  National Museum, New Delhi 
 
 
(A)  Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad 
 
 
28. 
Which of the following is correctly matched with 
respect to the three new facilities inaugurated by PM 
Narendra Modi to boost the ISRO's launch capabilities. 
 
a. PSLV Integration Facility 
1. Mahendragiri 
 
b. Semi-cryogenic Integrated  
 
 
Engine & Stage Test facility  2. Thiruvananthapuram  
 
c.  Trisonic Wind Tunnel  
3. Shriharikota  
 
Code: 
 
(A)  a-2 
b-1 
c-3 
 
(B)  a-1 
b-3 
c-2 
 
(C)  a-3 
b-2 
c-1 
 
(D)  a-3 
b-1 
c-2 
 
 
(D)  a-3 
b-1 
c-2 
 
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated three new facilities to 
boost the ISRO's launch capabilities. These include the 
PSLV Integration Facility at the Satish Dhawan Space 
Centre, which will significantly boost launch frequency, 
and the new Semi-cryogenics Integrated Engine and 
stage Test facility at IPRC Mahendragiri, aimed at 
enhancing payload capability. The Trisonic Wind Tunnel 
at VSSC will also be inaugurated to support aerodynamic 
testing for rockets and aircraft during atmospheric 
flight. 
 
 
29. 
Which country has become the 165th and 166th 
member of the WTO respectively? 
 
(A)  Iran, Algeria 
(B)  Sudan, Belarus 
 
(C)  Comoros, Timor Leste 
(D)  Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan 
 
 
(C)  Comoros, Timor Leste 
 
On 26 February 2024, at the 13th Ministerial Conference 
in Abu Dhabi, Comoros and Timor Leste were approved 
to became the 165th and 166th members of the WTO. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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30. 
Recently, the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone 
for the Kulasekarapattinam spaceport in which state? 
 
(A)  Kerala 
(B)  Andhra Pradesh 
 
(C)  Karnataka 
(D)  Tamil Nadu 
 
 
(D)  Tamil Nadu 
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone 
for India’s second spaceport at Kulasekarapattinam (in 
Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district). It will serve as a 
launch pad for smaller satellites and Sriharikota will be 
used for bigger and heavy lunches.  
 
31. 
The Vedic Clock, recently inaugurated by the Prime 
Minister, is named as:  
 
(A)  Vikramaditya Vedic Clock 
 
(B)  Mihira Bhoja Vedic Clock 
 
(C)  Ramanujan Vedic Clock 
 
(D)  Bhaskara Vedic Clock 
 
 
(A)  Vikramaditya Vedic Clock 
 
The world's first Vedic clock- which will display time 
according to ancient Indian traditional panchang- has 
been prepared and installed in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain 
district. 
Prime 
Minister 
Narendra 
Modi 
virtually 
inaugurated the 'Vikramaditya Vedic Clock' installed on 
an 85-foot-high tower constructed at Jantar Mantar in 
the city on March 1.  
 
32. 
Which city hosted the opening ceremony of the Fourth 
Edition of the Khelo India University Games -
Ashtalakshmi 2023 which was held between 19th and 
29th February 2024? 
 
(A)  Mumbai 
(B)  Kolkata 
 
(C)  Bhubaneswar 
(D)  Guwahati 
 
 
(D)  Guwahati 
▪ 
The opening ceremony of the Khelo India University 
Games 2024 was held at the Sarusajai Sports 
Complex in Guwahati.  
▪ 
It was held across the seven north-eastern states of 
the country between 19th and 29th February 2024. 
▪ 
This was the first time that the KIUG was held in 
northeast India.  
▪ 
Assam hosted the majority of the events while 
weightlifting was held in Arunachal Pradesh, archery 
in Tripura, men’s football in Mizoram, men’s boxing 
in S

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