Q.1. Who will inaugurate the National Conference of Enforcement Chiefs of State and Central GST formations?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Nirmala Sitharaman
(d) Rajnath Singh
Q.2. Who launched the ADITI scheme to promote innovations in defence technologies?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Rajnath Singh
(d) A.K.Antony
Q.3. Where was the UAE’s first Hindu stone temple inaugurated?
(a) Dubai
(b) Kuwait
(c) Abu Dhabi
(d) Sharjah
Q.4. Who is the newly-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan?
(a) Shehbaz Sharif
(b) Nawaz Sharif
(c) Imran Khan
(d) Asad Umar
Q.5 Which Indian teams (both men & women) recently qualified for the Olympics for the first time based on world rankings?
(a) Cricket teams
(b) Football teams
(c)Table tennis teams
(d) Basketball teams
Q.6. What is the theme of the National Youth Parliament Festival being organized by the Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry?
(a) Parliament Chalo desh badlo
(b) Young minds to bring a change
(c) Young Voices: Engage and Empower for Nation’s Transformation
(d) Young guns for Vikshit Bharat
Answers-
Ans.1 (c), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will inaugurate National Conference of Enforcement Chiefs of State and Central GST formations in New Delhi.
Ans.2 (c), Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX (ADITI) scheme to promote innovations in critical and strategic defence technologies, during DefConnect 2024 in New Delhi on March 04, 2024. Under the scheme, start-ups are eligible to receive grant-in-aid of up to Rs 25 crore for their research, development, and innovation endeavours in defence technology.
Ans.3 (c), The UAE’s first Hindu temple stone temple at, Abu Dhabi, the temple was inaugurated by PM Modi on February 14 2024.
Ans.4 (a), Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he is the the consensus candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) for the PM post.
Ans.5 (c), The Indian men’s and women’s table tennis teams made history today as both the teams qualified for the Olympics for the first ever time on the basis of world rankings. The Indian men, 15th in the world team rankings, and the Indian women ranked 13th, secured the quotas based on the latest rankings for March.
Ans.6 (c) Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry will organise the finals of the National Youth Parliament Festival in the Central Hall of the Parliament in New Delhi today. The valedictory function will be held on the 6th of this month. The National Youth Parliament is being organised this year based on the theme of ‘Young Voices: Engage and Empower for Nation’s Transformation’. The National Youth Parliament Festival is being organised from the 9th of February to the 6th of March across the country.
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