1. Who inaugurated the first Make-in-India ASTDS Tug named ‘Ocean Grace’?
A) The Prime Minister of India
B) The President of India
C) Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
D) The Chief Minister of Odisha
2. What is the name of the first Make-in-India ASTDS Tug?
A) Ocean Power
B) Ocean Pride
C) Ocean Grace
D) Ocean Glory
3. Which shipyard developed the ‘Ocean Grace’ under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW)?
A) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
B) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
C) Goa Shipyard Limited
D) Cochin Shipyard Limited
4. What is the bollard pull capacity of the tug ‘Ocean Grace’?
A) 40 tonnes
B) 50 tonnes
C) 60 tonnes
D) 70 tonnes
5. The Medical Mobile Unit (MMU) inaugurated along with ‘Ocean Grace’ is part of which initiative?
A) Make-in-India
B) Corporate Social Responsibility
C) Digital India
D) Skill India
6. What does the festival Chapchar Kut celebrate in Mizoram?
A) The beginning of the harvest season
B) The completion of jhum operations
C) The arrival of spring
D) The end of the winter season
7. Which dance is traditionally performed during the Chapchar Kut festival?
A) Bamboo dance
B) Cheraw dance
C) Khuallam dance
D) Chheihlam dance
8. What is the name of the new naval base commissioned by the Indian Navy on Minicoy Island?
A) INS Garuda
B) INS Jatayu
C) INS Dweeprakshak
D) INS Vikrant
9. INS Jatayu is set to enhance the Indian Navy’s capabilities in which region?
A) Bay of Bengal
B) Arabian Sea
C) Indian Ocean Region
D) Andaman Sea
10. Which of the following helicopters has been inducted into the Indian Navy as part of the INAS 334 squadron?
A) CH-47 Chinook
B) AH-64 Apache
C) MH 60R Seahawk
D) UH-60 Black Hawk
11. The MH 60R Seahawk helicopters are primarily meant for which type of warfare?
A) Ground attack
B) Anti-submarine warfare
C) Air superiority
D) Electronic warfare
12. INS Jatayu will operate under the operational control of which Naval Command?
A) Eastern Naval Command
B) Western Naval Command
C) Southern Naval Command
D) Andaman and Nicobar Command
13. Who inaugurated the National Urban Cooperative Finance and Development Corporation Limited (NUCFDC)?
A) The Prime Minister of India
B) The President of India
C) The Home Minister of India
D) The Finance Minister of India
14. What is the primary aim of the NUCFDC?
A) To provide insurance services
B) To modernize and strengthen the Urban Cooperative Banking Sector
C) To issue currency notes
D) To regulate the stock market
15. What certification did the NUCFDC receive from the Reserve Bank of India?
A) Certification to operate as a Commercial Bank
B) Certification to operate as a Payment Bank
C) Certification to operate as a Non-Banking Finance Company
D) Certification to operate as a Public Sector Bank
16. Exercise ‘Samudra Laksamana’ is a joint naval exercise between which two countries?
A) India and Sri Lanka
B) India and Bangladesh
C) India and Malaysia
D) India and Indonesia
17. The naval exercise ‘Samudra Laksamana’ primarily focuses on enhancing interoperability in which regions?
A) South East Asia and Western Pacific
B) North Atlantic and Mediterranean
C) Red Sea and Persian Gulf
D) South China Sea and Indian Ocean
18. ‘Melanochlamys Draupadi’ is a newly discovered species of what?
A) Fish
B) Sea slug
C) Coral
D) Seaweed
19. The ‘Melanochlamys Draupadi’ sea slug was discovered along the coasts of which two Indian states?
A) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
B) Gujarat and Maharashtra
C) West Bengal and Odisha
D) Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
20. What distinctive feature does the ‘Melanochlamys Draupadi’ possess?
A) It has a bright blue stripe along its body.
B) It has a ruby red spot at the hind end.
C) It can change color to blend with coral reefs.
D) It emits bioluminescent light.
Answer Keys:
1. Answer: C) Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
2. Answer: (C) Ocean Grace
3. Answer: D) Cochin Shipyard Limited
4. Answer: C) 60 tonnes
5. Answer: B) Corporate Social Responsibility
6. Answer: B) The completion of jhum operations
7. Answer: B) Cheraw dance
8. Answer: B) INS Jatayu
9. Answer: C) Indian Ocean Region
10. Answer: C) MH 60R Seahawk
11. Answer: B) Anti-submarine warfare
12. Answer: C) Southern Naval Command
13. Answer: C) The Home Minister of India
14. Answer: B) To modernize and strengthen the Urban Cooperative Banking Sector
15. Answer: C) Certification to operate as a Non-Banking Finance Company
16. Answer: C) India and Malaysia
17. Answer: A) South East Asia and Western Pacific
18. Answer: B) Sea slug
19. Answer: C) West Bengal and Odisha
20. Answer: B) It has a ruby red spot at the hind end.
