1. Who launched the “Alliance for Global Good-Gender Equity and Equality” at the World Economic Forum?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Smriti Irani
(c) Klaus Schwab
(d) Hardeep Singh Puri
(e) Mastercard CEO
2. Who exercised the Right to Match, securing the IPL title sponsorship for 2024-2028?
(a) Aditya Birla Group
(b) Reliance Industries
(c) Tata Sons Private Limited
(d) Vivo
(e) BCCI
3. What does SAED stand for in the context of the windfall tax?
(a) Special Additional Excise Duty
(b) Standard Assessment and Excise Division
(c) Strategic Adjustment for Excise Duties
(d) Supplementary Allocation of Excise Duties
(e) Selective Adjustment for Excise Determination
4. Who launched CDSL’s multi-lingual initiatives for investor ease?
(a) RBI Governor
(b) SEBI Chairperson
(c) Finance Minister
(d) NITI Aayog CEO
(e) CDSL Managing Director
5. From what age is the Jeevan Dhara II plan accessible?
(a) 18 years
(b) 29 years
(c) 25 years
(d) 30 years
(e) 20 years
6. Who spearheaded the efforts to secure investments worth Rs 3.53 trillion at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos?
(a) Uday Samant
(b) Gautam Adani
(c) BC Jindal
(d) Eknath Shinde
(e) Uday Kotak
7. Who is the author of the novel “Conversations with Aurangzeb”?
(a) Nandini Krishnan
(b) Charu Nivedita
(c) Shah Krishnan
(d) Charu Krishnan
(e) Mark Krishnan
8. Which two airports were jointly awarded the ‘Best Airport of the Year’ at the Wings India Awards 2024?
(a) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai and Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
(b) Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad
(c) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata and Chennai International Airport
(d) Cochin International Airport and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad
(e) Goa International Airport and Jaipur International Airport
9. Airbus and CSIR-IIP signed an MoU on which topic?
(a) Sustainable aviation fuel
(b) Aerospace engineering collaboration
(c) Passenger aircraft development
(d) Military aviation technology
(e) Space exploration initiatives
10. India and Cuba signed an MoU on cooperation in which field?
(a) Sharing Successful Digital Solutions
(b) Biotechnology research
(c) Cultural exchange programs
(d) Educational partnerships
(e) Tourism promotion
11. What is the significance of January 23 in India?
(a) Parakram Diwas
(b) Republic Day
(c) Independence Day
(d) Gandhi Jayanti
(e) National Youth Day
12. Which states celebrated their statehood day on January 21?
(a) Manipur, Tripura, and Meghalaya
(b) Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland
(c) Goa, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh
(e) Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
13. The 47th International Kolkata Book Fair featured which country as the theme nation?
(a) Japan
(b) France
(c) United Kingdom
(d) Bangladesh
(e) Russia
14. Which Indian state announced the launch of the ‘Digital Seva Setu’ program for rural areas?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Karnataka
15. Who was appointed as the new CEO of the International Cricket Council (ICC)?
(a) Geoff Allardice
(b) Manu Sawhney
(c) Anurag Dahiya
(d) David Richardson
(e) Haroon Lorgat
16. Which city hosted the ‘Global Investor Summit 2024’?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bangalore
(d) Hyderabad
(e) Chennai
17. Who won the ‘Best Actor’ award at the 79th Golden Globe Awards?
(a) Leonardo DiCaprio
(b) Brad Pitt
(c) Tom Hanks
(d) Denzel Washington
(e) Joaquin Phoenix
18. The ‘Green Energy Corridor Phase II’ was inaugurated in which Indian state?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Uttar Pradesh
19. Which country chaired the G20 summit in 2024?
(a) Italy
(b) India
(c) Brazil
(d) Japan
(e) Germany
20. The ‘National Youth Parliament Festival 2024’ was held in which city?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Patna
(c) New Delhi
(d) Bhopal
(e) Kolkata
Answer Keys:
1. (a) Narendra Modi
2. (c) Tata Sons Private Limited
3. (a) Special Additional Excise Duty
4. (c) Finance Minister
5. (d) 30 years
6. (d) Eknath Shinde
7. (d) Charu Krishnan
8. (a) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai and Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
9. (a) Sustainable aviation fuel
10. (a) Sharing Successful Digital Solutions
11. (a) Parakram Diwas
12. (a) Manipur, Tripura, and Meghalaya
13. (c) United Kingdom
14. (c) Gujarat
15. (c) Anurag Dahiya
16. (c) Bangalore
17. (c) Tom Hanks
18. (b) Madhya Pradesh
19. (c) Brazil
20. (c) New Delhi
