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)  Mumbai, Bengaluru and Gurugram 
▪ 
PitchBook unveiled its global Venture Capital 
ecosystem rankings for 2024. 
▪ 
Three Indian cities have featured among the top 50 
startup cities globally, with Mumbai at 32nd place, 
Bengaluru at 34th, and Gurugram at 48th. 
 
112. Mrugavani National Park, which was recently in the 
news, is located in: 
 
(A)  Telangana 
(B)  Tamil Nadu 
 
(C)  Karnataka 
(D)  Andhra Pradesh 
 
 
(A)  Telangana 
 
Mrugavani National Park extent reduced by 22% to 
280.29 hectares, sparking controversy over survey 
techniques and environmental impact. Mrugavani 
National Park is a national park located in Hyderabad, 
Telangana State, India. 
 
113. Which country has become the 99th member of the 
International Solar Alliance? 
 
(A)  Germany 
(B)  Norway 
 
(C)  Netherlands 
(D)  Spain 
 
 
(D)  Spain 
 
114. Which of the following PSUs secured the 3rd rank 
globally at the ATD BEST Awards 2024? 
 
(A)  ONGC 
(B)  POWERGRID 
 
(C)  SAIL 
(D)  NTPC 
 
 
(D)  NTPC 
 
115. UN General Assembly proclaimed 24 May as the 
International Day of the Markhor. The Markhor is- 
 
(A) Wild Sheep 
(B) Mountain Deer 
 
(C) Wild Goat 
(D) Mountain Cat 
 
 
(C) wild goat 
 
The UN General Assembly proclaimed 24 May the 
International Day of the Markhor. The Markhor is the 
largest wild goat in the world. Markhors live in the 
Himalayan 
Mountain 
Range. 
They 
range 
across 
northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkestan. 
 
116. Who created history by becoming the first Indian to 
win the Best Actress Award at the 77th Cannes film 
Festival in France? 
 
(A)  Divya Prabha 
(B)  Kani Kusruti 
 
(C)  Payal Kapadia 
(D)  Anasuya Sengupta 
 
(D)  Anasuya Sengupta 
 
India's Anasuya Sengupta has created history in the 77th 
Cannes Film Festival. The actor has received the Best 
Actress Award in the Un Certain Regard segment at the 
Cannes Film Festival 2024. With this, Sengupta became 
the first Indian actress to win this award. She has 
received this award for the film The Shameless. 
 
117. In May 2024, WIPO member states adopted the first 
WIPO Treaty to address the interface between which 
areas? 
 
(A)  Patent laws and international trade 
 
(B)  Copyright laws and digital media 
 
(C) Intellectual 
property, 
genetic 
resources, 
and 
traditional knowledge 
 
(D)  Trademark laws and branding 
 
 
(C) 
 
In May 2024, WIPO member states adopted the first 
WIPO Treaty to address the interface between 
intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional 
knowledge which is also the first WIPO Treaty to include 
provisions specifically for Indigenous Peoples as well as 
local communities. 
 
118. Which airport has made history by becoming the first 
airport in India to achieve the Zero Waste to Landfill 
(ZWL) accolade? 
 
(A)  Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport 
 
(B)  Indira Gandhi International Airport 
 
(C)  Kempegowda International Airport 
 
(D)  Thiruvananthapuram International Airport 
 
 
(D)  Thiruvananthapuram International Airport 
 
119. With reference to the Gangetic dolphin population 
estimate by Wildlife Institute of India, consider the 
following statements: 
 
1.  Currently, about 4,000 dolphins are present in the 
 
Ganga and its tributaries. 
 
2.  Bihar hosts more than half of the total number 
 
of Gangetic dolphins found in India. 
 
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 
 
(A)  1 only 
(B)  2 only 
 
(C)  1 and 2 both 
(D)  Neither 1 nor 2 
 
 
(A)  1 only 
 
According to the Wildlife Institute of India, there are now 
over 4000 Gangetic dolphins in the Gangetic River basin, 
with more than 2000 in Uttar Pradesh, mainly in the 
Chambal River. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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120. Where is the highest astronomical observatory in the 
world located? 
 
(A)  The Himalayas, India 
(B) Mauna Kea, Hawaii 
 
(C)  Atacama Desert, Chile 
(D)  The Alps, Switzerland 
 
 
(C)  Atacama Desert, Chile 
 
At an altitude of 5,640 meters, the University of Tokyo 
Atacama Observatory (TAO), built on the summit of a 
desert mountain in northern Chile, is the highest 
astronomical observatory in the world. 
 
121. Who has become India’s youngest and world’s second 
youngest to scale Mount Everest from the Nepal side? 
 
(A)  Ashish Singh 
 
 
(B)  Muthamilselvi Narayanan 
 
(C)  Kaamya Karthikeyan 
 
 
(D)  Suvidha Kadlag 
 
 
(C)  Kaamya Karthikeyan 
 
At just 16, Kaamya Karthikeyan became the youngest 
Indian and the second-youngest girl, globally, to summit 
Mount Everest from the Nepal side. 
 
122. Who represented India in the official ceremony in 
Tehran on May 22 to condole the demise of Iranian 
President Ebrahim Raisi? 
 
(A)  President Droupadi Murmu 
 
(B)  Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar 
 
(C)  External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar 
 
(D)  Minister of State for External Affairs V. 
Muraleedharan 
 
 
(B)  Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar 
 
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar represented India in 
the official ceremony in Tehran on May 22 to condole the 
demise of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister 
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other Iranian officials in a 
helicopter crash on May 19. 
 
123. Who became the first Asian to be awarded the Pierre 
Angénieux Tribute Award at the 77th Cannes Film 
Festival? 
 
(A)  Santosh Sivan 
(B)  Anil Mehta 
 
(C)  Ravi Varman 
(D)  Ravi K. Chandran  
 
 
(A)  Santosh Sivan 
 
124. The first pre-monsoon tropical cyclone in the Bay of 
Bengal in 2024 'Remal' was named by which country? 
 
(A)  Oman 
(B)  Saudi Arabia 
 
(C)  Qatar 
(D)  United Arab Emirates 
 
(A)  Oman 
 
The name 'Remal' in the list of tropical cyclones is given 
by Oman. 'Remal,' meaning 'sand' in Arabic. 
 
125. Recently, which fruit has become a symbol of the 
Palestinian resistance against the Israeli occupation? 
 
(A)  Strawberry 
(B)  Olives  
 
(C)  Pineapple 
(D)  Watermelon 
 
 
(D)  Watermelon 
 
126. Which of the following has launched AI Krish and AI 
Bhoomi? 
 
(A)  All India Radio 
(B)  ICAR  
 
(C)  Doordarshan Kisan 
(D)  FAO 
 
 
(C)  Doordarshan Kisan 
 
Doordarshan Kisan has launched two AI anchors (AI 
Krish and AI Bhoomi). These news anchors are a 
computer, which are exactly like a human, or rather, 
these can work like a human. They can read news 24 
hours and 365 days without stopping or getting tired. 
 
127. The Zero Debris Charter, signed by twelve nations to 
achieve debris-neutrality in space by 2030, is an 
initiative of which organization? 
 
(A)  NASA 
 
(B)  European Space Agency (ESA) 
 
(C)  United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs  
 
(D)  International Space Station (ISS) 
 
 
(B)  European Space Agency (ESA) 
▪ 
 
Twelve nations have signed the Zero Debris Charter 
at the ESA/EU Space Council recently, solidifying 
their commitment to the long-term sustainability of 
human activities in Earth orbit. It aims to achieve 
debris-neutrality in space by 2030. 
▪ 
 
It is an initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA) 
unveiled at the ESA Space Summit in Seville meeting 
in November 2023. 
 
128. Who was honored with the prestigious 2023 United 
Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award? 
 
(A)  Major Suman Gawani 
(B)  Major Anjali Sharma 
 
(C)  Major Radhika Sen 
(D)  Major Neha Gupta 
 
 
(C)  Major Radhika Sen 
 
Major Radhika Sen is the second Indian peacekeeper to 
receive the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year 
award, following Major Suman Gawani, who was a co-
recipient in 2019. India has a long history of supporting 
female peacekeeping and was the first country to send 
an all-female contingent to a UN force, in Liberia in 2007. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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129. Match the following: 
 
a. Jyoti Ratre 
1. First woman in the world 
 
 
 
 
to climb Mount Everest  
 
 
 
 
thrice in the same season 
 
b. Purnima Shrestha 
2. India's youngest and  
 
 
 
world's second youngest 
 
 
 
to scale Mount Everest. 
 
c. 
Satyadeep Gupta 
3. Oldest Indian woman to 
 
 
 
conquer Mount Everest. 
 
d. Kaamya Karthikeyan 4. First person to scale Mt. 
 
 
 
Everest and Mt. Lhotse  
 
 
 
twice in a single season. 
 
 
a 
b 
c 
d 
 
(A)  3 
1 
4 
2  
 
(B)  3 
1 
2 
4 
 
(C)  4 
2 
3 
1  
 
(D)  3 
2 
4 
1 
 
 
 
(A) 
 
130. Which of the following organizations has released the 
Cost Inflation Index (CII)? 
 
(A)  Reserve Bank of India 
 
(B)  Ministry of Commerce and Industry 
 
(C)  Central Statistical Office 
 
(D)  Central Board of Direct Taxes 
 
 
(D)  Central Board of Direct Taxes 
 
The CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) releases the CII 
annually to help calculate the indexed acquisition cost 
for assets sold during the financial year. The Cost 
Inflation Index (CII) for the financial year 2024-25 is 363. 
 
131. National Archives of India undertook first ov

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