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Q.1) Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
(a) Madhabi Puri Buch
(b) Tuhin Kanta Pandey
(c) Rajeev Kumar
(d) Pramod Pandey
Q.2) What is celebrated on National Science Day in India?
(a) Discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’
(b) Invention of Zero
(c) Launch of Chandrayaan
(d) Birth of Sir Isaac Newton
Q.3) Where was the Bharat Calling Conference 2025 inaugurated?
(a) Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
(d) Bangalore
Q.4) Who is the President of the European Commission that visited India in February 2025?
(a) Angela Merkel
(b) Emmanuel Macron
(c) Ursula von der Leyen
(d) Theresa May
Q.5) What is the name of the integrated Tri-Service Special Forces exercise conducted by the Indian Air Force?
(a) Exercise Red Flag
(b) Exercise Desert Hunt
(c) Exercise Vayu Shakti
(d) Exercise Cobra Gold
Answers:
Ans.1(b), Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a term of three years. He will succeed Madhabi Puri Buch.
Ans.2(a), National Science Day is being celebrated across the country 28th February. The day is observed every year on the 28th of February to commemorate the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’ by the eminent physicist Sir C.V. Raman.
Ans.3(b), Union Minister of Commerce and Industries Piyush Goyal, today, inaugurated the Bharat Calling Conference 2025 in Mumbai.
Ans.4(c), The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, visited India for two days in the end of February 2025.
Ans.5(b), An integrated Tri-Service Special Forces exercise named Exercise Desert Hunt 2025 was conducted by the Indian Air Force at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 24 to 28 February 2025. The exercise involved elite Para (Special Forces) from the Indian Army, the Marine Commandos from the Indian Navy along with the Garud (Special Forces) from the Indian Air Force, participating together in a simulated combat environment