1. Which instrument began its five-year survey to map the universe and study dark energy in May 2021?
A) Hubble Space Telescope
B) James Webb Space Telescope
C) Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)
D) Chandra X-ray Observatory
2. India’s first military-grade geospatial satellite TSAT-1A was launched by which company?
A) ISRO
B) Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL)
C) Bharat Electronics Limited
D) Reliance Defence
3. NASA’s WB-57 jets are set to chase which rare celestial event for scientific studies?
A) Halley’s Comet
B) The Transit of Venus
C) A Total Solar Eclipse
D) The Passing of Comet NEOWISE
4. OpenAI introduced a new AI model capable of replicating any voice. What is it called?
A) Voice Mimic
B) SoundGen
C) Voice Engine
D) Echo AI
5. What is the ‘juice jacking scam’ recently warned about by CERT-In?
A) A type of phishing attack via email
B) Misuse of public USB charging ports
C) A new malware affecting smartphones
D) An online credit card fraud
6. Which country developed the world’s most powerful laser as part of the ELI project?
A) USA
B) China
C) Romania
D) Germany
7. The Chandrayaan-3 mission, aiming to explore an uncharted lunar region, is a project of which country?
A) USA
B) Russia
C) India
D) China
8. Which mission successfully grabbed samples from the Asteroid Bennu?
A) Hayabusa2
B) OSIRIS-REx
C) New Horizons
D) Voyager 2
9. The ‘10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024’ list is published by which organization?
A) NASA
B) European Space Agency
C) MIT Technology Review
D) World Economic Forum
10. Which vaccine is being tested by Oxford University researchers for a virus currently lacking an approved vaccine?
A) Ebola
B) Zika
C) Nipah
D) Marburg
11. Which city hosted the ‘International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials’ in January 2024?
A) Tokyo
B) New Delhi
C) Sydney
D) Berlin
12. The ‘Green Energy Corridor Phase-II’ was launched in which Indian state?
A) Gujarat
B) Rajasthan
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
13. Which country’s parliament passed the ‘Climate Emergency Act’ in January 2024?
A) Canada
B) France
C) Germany
D) Australia
14. The ‘World Future Energy Summit’ in 2024 was held in which city?
A) Abu Dhabi
B) Paris
C) New York
D) Tokyo
15. Who won the ‘Man Booker Prize’ for literature in 2024?
A) Margaret Atwood
B) Kazuo Ishiguro
C) Arundhati Roy
D) Zadie Smith
16. The ‘Global Cybersecurity Index’ ranked which country first in 2024?
A) USA
B) Singapore
C) Finland
D) Estonia
17. Which Indian state launched the ‘Digital Panchayat’ initiative?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Himachal Pradesh
18. On which day is Kokborok Day celebrated?
A) January 15
B) January 19
C) January 21
D) January 25
19. Which state in India has introduced the ‘Mahatari Vandana Yojana 2024’?
A) Bihar
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) West Bengal
20. The first ‘Mother-Milk Bank’ in Punjab was established in which city?
A) Ludhiana
B) Amritsar
C) Mohali
D) Patiala
21. Which language was recently included as India’s 9th classical language?
A) Sanskrit
B) Tamil
C) Persian
D) Kannada
22. Who took over as the Chief of Staff Officer for Operations at the Eastern Naval Command headquarters?
A) Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta
B) Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan
C) Rear Admiral Shantanu Jha
D) Rear Admiral Tarun Sobti
23. Which Indian state announced new guidelines for coaching centers to balance education and welfare?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Delhi
24. In which city was India’s first Graphene Centre and IoT CoE launched?
A) Bengaluru
B) Hyderabad
C) Kochi
D) Chennai
25. The Union Fisheries Minister inaugurated an artificial reef project in which location to boost fish population?
A) Goa
B) Vizhinjam
C) Mangalore
D) Visakhapatnam
Answer Keys:
1. Answer: C) Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)
2. Answer: B) Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL)
3. Answer: C) A Total Solar Eclipse
4. Answer: C) Voice Engine
5. Answer: B) Misuse of public USB charging ports
6. Answer: C) Romania
7. Answer: C) India
8. Answer: B) OSIRIS-REx
9. Answer: C) MIT Technology Review
10. Answer: C) Nipah
11. Answer: B) New Delhi
12. Answer: B) Rajasthan
13. Answer: D) Australia
14. Answer: A) Abu Dhabi
15. Answer: C) Arundhati Roy
16. Answer: B) Singapore
17. Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh
18. Answer: B) January 19
19. Answer: B) Chhattisgarh
20. Answer: C) Mohali
21. Answer: C) Persian
22. Answer: C) Rear Admiral Shantanu Jha
23. Answer: D) Delhi
24. Answer: C) Kochi
25. Answer: B) Vizhinjam
