1. Which organization’s FCRA registration was revoked by the Ministry of Home Affairs in India?
A) Save the Children
B) Centre for Policy Research
C) Greenpeace India
D) Amnesty International India
2. India is set to host a year-long festival celebrating which epic?
A) Mahabharata
B) Ramayana
C) Bhagavad Gita
D) Vedas
3. The bull-taming festival ‘Jallikattu’ is associated with which Indian state?
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Andhra Pradesh
4. Who assumed the role of Commandant at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala?
A) Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar
B) Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty
C) Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla
D) Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar
5. The ‘Exercise Sahyog Kaijin’ is a joint exercise between the coast guards of which two countries?
A) India and Sri Lanka
B) India and Japan
C) India and the USA
D) India and Australia
6. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy launched a solar power scheme for the electrification of houses in areas of which groups?
A) Scheduled Tribes
B) Scheduled Castes
C) Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
D) Other Backward Classes
7. Which city hosted the inaugural week of the ‘Year of Connecting the World Through Ramayana’?
A) Lucknow
B) Delhi
C) Ayodhya
D) Varanasi
8. The ‘Year of Connecting the World Through Ramayana’ festival started at which historic site in Delhi?
A) Red Fort
B) Qutub Minar
C) India Gate
D) Purana Qila
9. What is the significance of the Jallikattu festival in Tamil Nadu?
A) It is a harvest festival.
B) It is a new year celebration.
C) It is a religious procession.
D) It is a martial arts competition.
10. The ‘Exercise Sahyog Kaijin’ focused on training to combat what type of maritime pollution?
A) Oil spills
B) Plastic pollution
C) Chemical pollution
D) Biological contamination
11. Which village in Madurai district hosted the first day of Jallikattu in 2024?
A) Alanganallur
B) Palamedu
C) Avaniyapuram
D) Thirunagar
12. The ‘New Solar Power Scheme’ launched by MNRE falls under which programme?
A) PM-KUSUM
B) PM-JANMAN
C) PM-Saubhagya
D) PM-Awas
13. Which city’s coast was the venue for the ‘Exercise Sahyog Kaijin’?
A) Kochi
B) Chennai
C) Mumbai
D) Visakhapatnam
14. The ‘Ramayan’ festival aims to connect the world through the cultural significance of which text?
A) Vedas
B) Upanishads
C) Ramayana
D) Mahabharata
15. The Centre for Policy Research, whose FCRA registration was revoked, was established in which year?
A) 1965
B) 1973
C) 1981
D) 1990
16. The ‘Exercise Sahyog Kaijin’ marks the __ edition of the joint exercise between the Indian and Japanese Coast Guards.
A) 15th
B) 18th
C) 20th
D) 22nd
17. The ‘New Solar Power Scheme’ has an outlay of how many crores for electrification in PVTG areas?
A) 305 crore
B) 415 crore
C) 515 crore
D) 625 crore
18. The ‘Year of Connecting the World Through Ramayana’ festival will traverse through all of the following cities except:
A) Lucknow
B) Ayodhya
C) Varanasi
D) Jaipur
19. The Jallikattu competition is held during which festival in Tamil Nadu?
A) Diwali
B) Pongal
C) Onam
D) Navaratri
20. The ‘Exercise Sahyog Kaijin’ included a simulation of a collision between two vessels resulting in:
A) A fire outbreak
B) A man overboard and an oil spill
C) A pirate attack
D) A toxic gas leak
Answer Keys:
Answer: B) Centre for Policy Research
Answer: B) Ramayana
Answer: C) Tamil Nadu
Answer: B) Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty
Answer: B) India and Japan
Answer: C) Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
Answer: B) Delhi
Answer: D) Purana Qila
Answer: A) It is a harvest festival.
Answer: C) Chemical pollution
Answer: C) Avaniyapuram
Answer: B) PM-JANMAN
Answer: B) Chennai
Answer: C) Ramayana
Answer: B) 1973
Answer: C) 20th
Answer: C) 515 crore
Answer: D) Jaipur
Answer: B) Pongal
Answer: B) A man overboard and an oil spill
