Q.1) Who won the Valero Texas Open title (Golf) 2024?
(a) Akshay Bhatia
(b) Tiger Woods
(c) Rory McIlroy
(d) Michelle Wielder
Q.2) Where was the ‘Sagar Kavach’ exercise organised recently?
(a) Goa
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Odisha
(d) Gujarat
Q.3) In which country will the Clean Energy Investor Forum be organized by IPEF?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Singapore
(d) Malaysia
Q.4) Who will organize ‘Shakti – Festival of Music and Dance’?
(a) Sangeet Natak Academy
(b) Global Music Institute
(c) Swarnabhoomi Music Academy
(d) IIFA
Q.5) Which organization won the prestigious award- 2024 John L “Jack” Swigert, Jr. Award for Space Exploration?
(a) ISRO
(b) ROSCOSMOS
(c) NASA
(d) European Space Agency
Answers-
Ans.1 (a), Indian American golfer Akshay Bhatia performed brilliantly in the play-offs and won the Valero Texas Open title on April 8, 2024.
Ans.2 (b), Recently, a two-day ‘Sagar Kavach’ exercise was organised in the Lakshadweep Islands. All maritime security agencies including Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Marine Police, Fisheries, Customs and other security agencies participated in the exercise.
Ans.3 (c), The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) will organize the Clean Energy Investor Forum in Singapore. IPEF was launched in May 2022 and currently has 14 partners. IPEF Clean Energy Investor Forum is an initiative under IPEF. India is also included in IPEF.
Ans.4 (a), Sangeet Natak Akademi will organise ‘Shakti – Festival of Music and Dance’ from 9 to 17 April at seven different Shaktipeeths across the country. ‘Shakti Utsav’ is starting from Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati. Sangeet Natak Akademi is the National Academy of Performing Arts and an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Ans.5 (a), India’s premier national space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan -3 mission team was awarded the 2024 John L “Jack” Swigert, Jr, Award for Space Exploration by the US-based Space Foundation.