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Q.1) What was the theme of Uttar Pradesh’s tableau that won the best tableau award at the Republic Day Parade?
(a) India’s Heritage
(b) Mahakumbh 2025 – Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas
(c) Unity in Diversity
(d) Incredible India
Q.2) Which satellite is the GSLV F-15 rocket carrying (ISRO’s 100th mission)?
(a) NVS-02
(b) INSAT-4A
(c) GSAT-6A
(d) PSLV-C37
Q.3) In collaboration with which state government is the National Conference on Good Governance being held?
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Karnataka
Q.4) Who won the ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year award?
(a) Kamindu Mendis
(b) Yashasvi Jaiswal
(c) Ben Duckett
(d) Rinku Singh
Q.5) Michel Martin has recently been elected the new Prime Minister of which country?
(a) Belgium
(b) Norway
(c) Ireland
(d) Finland
Answers:
Ans.1(b), Uttar Pradesh’s tableau was based on the theme ‘Mahakumbh 2025 – Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas’.
Ans.2(a), The GSLV F-15 rocket is carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite in the 100th mission of ISRO.
Ans.3(b), The National Conference on Good Governance is being held in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat.
Ans.4(a), Kamindu Mendis has been named as the ICC Emerging Men’s Cricketer of the Year. This 25-year old young batsman from Sri Lanka has achieved unique achievements in Test cricket right in the beginning of his career. Kamindu scored eight consecutive half-centuries in his first eight Test matches, becoming the first batsman to achieve the feat.
Ans.5(c), Following the recent Irish parliamentary vote, Micheál Martin has been re-elected as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland for a second term. His nomination received 95 votes in favor and 76 against. Earlier, he had held this post from 2020 to 2022.
