Quiz February 2024
Q1. Which five new nations are set to join the BRICS bloc alongside the original founding five?
a) Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and UAE
b) Egypt, Ethiopia, Argentina, Iran, and Saudi Arabia
c) Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and Saudi Arabia
d) Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and UAE
Q2. Which aerospace company is collaborating with Tata to establish a final assembly line for helicopters in India?
a) Airbus
b) Boeing
c) Lockheed Martin
d) Embraer
Q3. Who recently became the oldest player to claim the No. 1 spot in the men’s doubles rankings at the age of 43?
a) Rohan Bopanna
b) Leander Paes
c) Mahesh Bhupathi
d) Sania Mirza
Q4. Which company’s subsidiary has recently secured the payment aggregator license from the RBI?
a) Swiggy
b) Uber Eats
c) Zomato
d) FoodPanda
Q5. Which organization has been appointed as the nodal agency for the Pradhan Mantri Suryoday Yojana, with plans to lend Rs 1,20,000 crore for the installation of rooftop solar panels?
a) REC
b) PFC
c) NTPC
d) NHPC
Q6. The Cabinet has approved the establishment of two coal gasification plants in collaboration with Coal India Limited (CIL), GAIL, and BHEL. In which states will these plants be set up?
a) Jharkhand and Bihar
b) Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh
c) West Bengal and Odisha
d) Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh
Q7. Which company collaborated with Reliance Jio to establish a 5G Innovation Lab?
a) Samsung
b) OnePlus India
c) Apple
d) Xiaomi
Q8. Who is the Director General at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) ?
a) Ashutosh Sharma
b) Shekhar C. Mande
c) Dr. (Mrs.) N. Kalaiselvi
d) R. S Nadgauda
Q9. Charba is a popular folk dance of which state ?
a) Jharkhand
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Goa
d) West Bengal
Q10. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) ?
a) Rahul Rasgotra
b) Anish Dayal Singh
c) Nina Singh
d) Vivek Srivastava
Q11. What is the name of the joint air exercise conducted by India, France, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the Arabian Sea?
a) Eagle Strike
b) Aero Falcon
c) Blue Thunder
d) Desert Knight
Q12. When is National Voters’ Day celebrated in India?
a) January 25
b) February 14
c) March 5
d) January 10
Q13. Which country is set to become a NATO member as its membership bid is approved by Turkey’s parliament ?
a) Finland
b) Denmark
c) Norway
d) Sweden
Q14. In which Indian state is the world’s first ‘Black Tiger Safari’ set to be established ?
a) Assam
b) Odisha
c) Uttarakhand
d) Jharkhand
Q15. With which country did India sign the Defence Space Agreement during its Republic Day celebrations ?
a) Germany
b) United States
c) France
d) Russia
Q16. How many times has Nitish Kumar been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar, setting a record ?
a) 6th Time
b) 7th Time
c) 8th Time
d) 9th Time
Q17. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. Prime Minister will also introduce the new website of the Supreme Court. In How many different languages will the new website be available ?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 3
d) 5
Q18. Recently, which Indian Naval vessel was handed over to Vietnam People’s Navy ?
a) INS Kirpan
b) INS Talwar
c) INS Vikrant
d) INS Vikram
Q19. ISRO is jointly developing a nuclear-powered engine along with which institution ?
a) BARC
b) DRDO
c) HAL
d) BHEL
Q20. In which year was the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) established, making it the oldest exchange in Asia ?
a) 1850
b) 1875
c) 1900
d) 1925
Q21. Nature of unemployment in agriculture in India is
a) Seasonal
b) Disguised
c) both ‘ a ‘ and ‘ b ‘
d) None of these
Q22. Where is the Khelo India Winter Games 2024 set to take place?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Ladakh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Arunachal Pradesh
Q23. In the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which neurotechnology company successfully implanted its first brain chip into a human being?
a) Neuralink
b) MindSync
c) CerebroTech
d) SynapticConnect
Q24. Who leads the Sixteenth Finance Commission, which was constituted on December 31, 2023?
a) Ajay Narayan Jha
b) Annie George Mathew
c) Arvind Panagariya
d) Soumya Kanti Ghosh
Q25. In which Indian state has the ‘Sadak Surakhya Force’ (SSF) been launched to enhance road safety, covering a 5,500 km stretch of national and state highways?
a) Haryana
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Punjab
Q26. Who authored the report titled “The Indian Economy: A Review” assessing India’s economic trajectory over a decade?
a) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
b) Mr. Satyendra Kishore
c) V Anantha Nageswaran
d) Sh. S. Ramakrishnan
Q27. INSAT-3DS, recently launched by ISRO, is what kind of satellite ?
a) Geostationary satellite
b) Meteorological satellite
c) Communication satellite
d) Earth observation satellite
Q28. Which article of the Constitution states that “There shall be a Supreme Court of India” ?
a) Article 124
b) Article 129
c) Article 110
d) Article 112
Q29. Dandass, Jindua and Ludi are the folk dances of which state ?
a) Haryana
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Punjab
Q30. National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) is situated at ____?
a) Bengaluru
b) Hyderabad
c) Aurangabad
d) Guwahati
Q31. Which Indian state has launched the ‘LABHA’ scheme, a 100% state-funded Minimum Support Price initiative for Minor Forest Produce (MFP) ?
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) Karnataka
d) Odisha
Q32. On which date does India commemorate Martyrs’ Day or Shaheed Diwas ?
a) January 15
b) January 30
c) February 14
d) March 5
Q33. Which automaker retained its position as the world’s top-selling automaker in 2023 ?
a) Toyota
b) Honda
c) Ford
d) Volkswagen
Q34. What is the primary purpose of the INSAT-3DS satellite, being launched by ISRO?
a) Astronomical observations and space exploration
b) Weather forecasting and disaster management
c) Communication and broadcasting services
d) Navigation and geospatial mapping h
Q35. Which country is set to conduct the joint military exercise “Sada Tanseeq” with India ?
a) United States
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Oman
d) Iran
Q36. ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN’ exercise, recently seen in the news, is conducted between which two countries ?
a) India & Japan
b) India & Sri Lanka
c) India & Egypt
d) India & Australia
Q37. A cross-border program promoting peaceful cohabitation with tigers in the Sunderbans aims to maintain biodiversity in both India and which country ?
a) Myanmar
b) Bhutan
c) Netherland
d) Bangladesh
Q38. Malta has joined the International Solar Alliance as its 119th member country.Which country co-founded the International Solar Alliance (ISA) with India ?
a) Romania
b) Canada
c) France
d) Australia
Q39. India’s largest defence equipment exhibitionDefense Expois held in which state ?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand
Q40. The Central Excise Department is one of India’s oldest departments, formed during the British Raj in which year ?
a) 1850
b) 1855
c) 1860
d) 1852
Q41. Central Excise Day is observed every year on which day ?
a) 21 February
b) 22 February
c) 23 February
d) 24 February
Q42. The Centre has approved an amendment in the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI policy) allowing how much percent foreign investment in the space sector ?
a) 40%
b) 50%
c) 76%
d) 100%
Q43. Which country recently acquired a significant number of domestically developed reconnaissance and combat drones, showcasing advancements in unmanned aerial vehicle technology ?
a) Russia
b) China
c) United States
d) Iran
Q44. In the global ranking of stock markets by market capitalization, where does India stand currently ?
a) 1st
b) 2nd
c) 4th
d) 6th
Q45. Recently, India sent 40,000 litres of Malathion to which country to counter the threat posed by locusts ?
a) Afghanistan
b) Pakistan
c) Nepal
d) Bhutan
Q46. Nomadic Elephant is a military exercise between India and which country ?
a) Bangladesh
b) Mongolia
c) Sri Lanka
d) France
Q47. A Functional factory to produce C295 military transport aircraft is to be set up in which state ?
a) Gujarat
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu
Q48. Which bank recently achieved the milestone of issuing 20 million active credit cards in India ?
a) ICICI Bank
b) State Bank of India
c) Axis Bank
d) HDFC Bank
Q49. The concept of Economic planning in India is derived from ________.
a) Russia
b) Australia
c) USA
d) UK
Q50. Where was the giant anaconda, the world’s largest ever discovered, found?
a) Amazon Rainforest
b) African Savanna
c) Australian Outback
d) Arctic Tundra
Q51. India’s first ‘Gati Shakti Research Chair’ has been established at which institute ?
a) IIM Ahmedabad
b) IIM Shillong
c) IIT Kanpur
d) IIT Bombay
Q52. Which of the following countries participated in ‘Exercise Dosti’, recently seen in the news ?
a) India, Sri Lanka & Maldives
b) Myanmar, Sri Lanka & Nepal
c) India, Bangladesh & Myanmar
d) Bhutan, Nepal & Myanmar
Q53. Where is ‘Mt Annapurna’ situated ?
a) India
b) Nepal
c) Bangladesh
d) China
Q54. Mana, which has been re-termed as the first Indian village, is located in which state/UT ?
a) Sikkim
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Jammu and Kashmir
Q55. What is income available with a person after deducting for taxes called __________ ?
a) Disposable Income
b) Cash Income
c) Salary
d) General Income
Q56. Recession is ___________.
a) reduction in production and employment for want of sufficient demand for goods
b) rise in the cost of production, especially because of wage increase
c) increase in money supply without a matching increase in production
d) No option is correct
Q57. Which Indian state has registered the largest decline in poverty, according to the NITI Aayog?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
Q58. Arunachal Pradesh achieves 100% saturation in the ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Scheme, becoming the first state in Northeast India, and which rank in the country under the Jal Jeevan Mission ?
a) 9
b) 7
c) 6
d) 10
Q59. The Supreme Court orders an immediate halt to the State Bank of India’s electoral bond issuance. Only political parties registered under which section of the Representation of the People Act of 1951, and those who received at least 1% of the votes cast in the most recent general election to the House of the People ?
a) Section 28A
b) Section 27A
c) Section 26A
d) Section 29A
Q60. Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of …………. Jnanpith Award.
a) 56th
b) 57th
c) 58th
d) 59th
Q61. Which city is hosting the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum ?
a) Geneva
b) Davos
c) Zurich
d) Basel
Q62. What expressway is set to initiate satellite-based tolling in India?
a) Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway
b) Mumbai-Pune Expressway
c) Delhi-Jaipur Expressway
d) Chennai-Bengaluru Expressway
Q63. Which country is NOT part of the Quad alliance?
a) Australia
b) France
c) India
d) Japan
Q64. The purpose of Pink Revolution is ……………?
a) Potato Production
b) Pharmaceuticals Production
c) Horticulture Production
d) Flower Cultivation
Q65. The headquarters of the “Association of South East Nations” (ASEAN) is located at____ ?
a) Dubai, UAE
b) Jakarta, Indonesia
c) Brussels, Belgium
d) California, US
Q66. What is the focus of Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan (PM-JANMAN) ?
a) Urban Development
b) Industrial Growth
c) Socio-economic welfare of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs)
d) Agricultural Modernization
Q67. Which state became the first to launch the roadmap for Viksit Bharat by 2047 ?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
Q68. Which Indian state recently approved a bill to ban ‘magical healing’ practices ?
a) Bihar
b) Assam
c) Kerala
d) Gujarat
Q69. Which country is currently experiencing the weather phenomenon known as the Pineapple Express Storm ?
a) Brazil
b) Australia
c) India
d) United States
Q70. Recently, NASA and which country’s space agency have joined to launch the world’s first wooden satellite?
a) Japan
b) Russia
c) India
d) UK
Q71. Which of these cities is nicknamed as the City of Destiny ?
a) Mumbai
b) Hyderabad
c) Surat
d) Visakhapatnam
Q72. Where is Konark Sun temple located ?
a) Odisha
b) Tripura
c) Punjab
d) West Bengal
Q73. In which province of Pakistan did the drone and missile attacks by Iran take place ?
a) Punjab
b) Sindh
c) Balochistan
d) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Q74. Which state recently passed a resolution for a comprehensive household caste survey ?
a) Kerala
b) TamilNadu
c) Telangana
d) Karnataka
Q75. Which celestial body is the target destination of the Intuitive Mission’s Odysseus spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ?
a) Moon
b) Mars
c) Venus
d) Asteroid
Q76. Which country has been dropped from FATF’s financial crime watch list?
a) Pakistan
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Sri-Lanka
d) United Arab Emirates
Q77. Who made history as India’s first female pitch curator?
a) Radhika Sharma
b) Raj Laxmi Arora
c) S Meghana
d) Jacintha Kalyan
Q78. Which state is the primary host of the fourth edition of the Khelo India University Games ?
a) Karnataka
b) Nagaland
c) Mizoram
d) Assam
Q79. When was National Women’s Day observed ?
a) February 11
b) February 12
c) February 14
d) February 13
Q80. 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
Q81. Pinaka, a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL), was developed by which country ?
a) China
b) UK
c) Russia
d) India
Q82. According to the Global Firepower (GFP) 2024 annual report, what is the rank of India among the world’s most powerful militaries ?
a) 4th
b) 3rd
c) 5th
d) 2nd
Q83. In January 2018, ‘Electoral Bonds’ Scheme was launched. Under this scheme, the electoral bonds will be available at specified branches of _____.
a) Bank of Baroda
b) State Bank of India
c) Punjab National Bank
d) Bank of India
Q84. Who is the only Indian economist to have won the Nobel prize ?
a) Avinash Dixit
b) Amit Mishra
c) Amartya Sen
d) Abhijit Banerjee
Q85. Where will the MILAN 24 exercise be hosted?
a) Chennai
b) Visakhapatnam
c) Mumbai
d) Kochi
Q86. Where will Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the 27th National Youth Festival?
a) Mumbai
b) Nashik
c) Pune
d) Goa
Q87. Bor Tiger Reserve, recently seen in the news, is located in which state ?
a) Maharashtra
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Karnataka
Q88. Kawal Tiger Reserve, which was seen in the news, is located in which state ?
a) Maharashtra
b) Karnataka
c) Telangana
d) Kerala
Q89. FAST Telescope, recently seen in the news, is developed by which country ?
a) Russia
b) USA
c) China
d) India
Q90. What is the name of the satellite recently launched by NASA to survey oceans and atmosphere ?
a) STARS-1
b) ROSAT
c) PACE
d) ASTRO A
Q91. Which state is the primary host of the fourth edition of the Khelo India University Games ?
a) Karnataka
b) Nagaland
c) Mizoram
d) Assam
Q92. Nazool Land, recently seen in the news, is associated with which state?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Haryana
Q93. Recently, UPI payment system has been launched in which two countries ?
a) Sri Lanka and Mauritius
b) Australia and Egypt
c) Chile and Peru
d) Iran and Israel
Q94. “Road to Paris 2024: Championing Clean Sports and Uniting for Anti-Doping” conference is recently hosted by which organization ?
a) National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
b) National Forensics Science University
c) Sports Authority of India
d) National Sports Federations in India
Q95. When was the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) founded ?
a) 1948
b) 1962
c) 1975
d) 1982
Q96. What is the goal for India’s economy by 2047, according to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman ?
a) $10 trillion
b) $20 trillion
c) $30 trillion
d) $40 trillion
Q97. INS Imphal, which is India’s first naval asset named after a city in North East India, is a__ ?
a) Aircraft Carrier
b) Destroyer
c) Submarine
d) Frigate
Q98. Who decides the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for agricultural crops in India ?
a) Ministry of Agriculture
b) NABARD
c) Commission on Agriculture Cost and Price (CACP)
d) Ministry of Commerce
Q99. How many countries are permanent members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 6
d) 9
Q100. The Indian folk dance Karakattam has been originated from which state ?
a) Odisha
b) Kerala
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu
