1. Which program increased the annual income of street vendors by Rs 23,000 in India?
A) PM-SVANidhi
B) PM-KISAN
C) PM-UDAY
D) PM-JAY
2. Which country’s court released eight former Indian Navy personnel who were earlier sentenced to death?
A) UAE
B) Qatar
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Oman
3. At which location was Neeraj Chopra honoured with a plaque by Switzerland Tourism?
A) Matterhorn
B) Ice Palace on the Jungfrau
C) Swiss National Park
D) Château de Chillon
4. The 2024 World Governments Summit took place in which city?
A) New York
B) Geneva
C) Dubai
D) Tokyo
5. Which country hosted the SAFF Women’s U-19 Championships in 2024?
A) India
B) Bangladesh
C) Nepal
D) Bhutan
6. ‘Vividdhta ka Amrit Mahotsav’ is a festival celebrating the diversity of which country?
A) India
B) Sri Lanka
C) Pakistan
D) Nepal
7. The Brahmaputra River project is associated with which Indian state?
A) Assam
B) West Bengal
C) Bihar
D) Odisha
8. Which states are the Rajya Sabha bills modifying the list of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes related to?
A) Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
B) Maharashtra and Karnataka
C) Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
D) Tamil Nadu and Kerala
9. India’s foreign exchange reserves have been a topic of discussion. As of February 2024, are they:
A) Increasing
B) Decreasing
C) Stable
D) Not disclosed
10. The Centre of Excellence for Nutritional Supplements Testing is being set up in which Indian state?
A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Kerala
11. Which organization declared a significant breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology?
A) NASA
B) CERN
C) ITER
D) ISRO
12. A major cybersecurity conference was held in which European city?
A) Berlin
B) Paris
C) Amsterdam
D) London
13. The ‘Green City Initiative’ was launched by which Asian country?
A) China
B) Japan
C) South Korea
D) India
14. Who won the Best Actor award at the BAFTA 2024?
A) Tom Hanks
B) Idris Elba
C) Daniel Day-Lewis
D) Robert Downey Jr.
15. Which tech giant announced a new quantum computer?
A) Google
B) Apple
C) IBM
D) Microsoft
16. The ‘Clean Oceans Campaign’ is led by which international body?
A) United Nations
B) World Bank
C) Greenpeace
D) WWF
17. A new species of frog was discovered in which rainforest?
A) Amazon
B) Congo
C) Daintree
D) Sundarbans
18. The ‘Global Economic Forum’ in 2024 focused on the economy of which continent?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) South America
19. Which city was named the ‘Cultural Capital of the World’ for 2024?
A) Paris
B) Kyoto
C) Buenos Aires
D) Istanbul
20. The ‘International Year of Glass’ was celebrated by which organization?
A) UNESCO
B) WHO
C) UNICEF
D) WTO
Answer Keys:
1. A) PM-SVANidhi
2. B) Qatar
3. B) Ice Palace on the Jungfrau
4. C) Dubai
5. B) Bangladesh
6. A) India
7. A) Assam
8. A) Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
9. B) Decreasing
10. A) Gujarat
11. C) ITER
12. C) Amsterdam
13. D) India
14. B) Idris Elba
15. C) IBM
16. A) United Nations
17. A) Amazon
18. B) Africa
19. D) Istanbul
20. A) UNESCO
