Q.1) Who set a new world record in the men’s 50m rifle 3-position event?
(a) Anil Sheoran
(b) Jiri Privratsky
(c) Patrik Jany
(d) Abhinav Bindra
Q.2) Who is selected for the 33rd Saraswati Samman for 2023?
(a) Rajeev Kuswaha
(b) Prabhat Tripathy
(c) Prabha Varma
(d) Mithun Kumar
Q.3) Who broke the 16-year-longstanding Indian national record in the men’s 10,000-metre race?
(a) Gulsharan Singh
(b) Gulveer Singh
(c) Navjot Singh
(d) Karamveer Singh
Q.4) Who has recently been appointed as the new Chairman of Prasar Bharati?
(a) Ashok Khemka
(b) Sonal Goyal
(c) Navneet Kumar Sehgal
(d) Manoj Kumar Sharma
Q.5) Who replaced Vasudha Gupta as the Director General of All India Radio, according to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting?
(a) Mahima Choudhary
(b) Maushami Chakraborty
(c) Mridula Varma
(d) Madhuri Sharma
Answers-
Ans.1 (a), Anil Sheoran who has already qualified for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics set a new world record of 468.4 points in the men’s 50m rifle 3-position event. He broke the world record set by Czech Republic’s Jiri Privratsky. Anil Sheoran won the gold medal while the Czech Republic’s Patrik Jany won the silver medal.
Ans.2 (c), The K K Birla Foundation has selected noted poet and litterateur Prabha Varma for the 33rd Saraswati Samman for 2023 for his novel Roudra Sathwikam.
Ans.3 (b), Gulveer Singh of Uttar Pradesh broke the 16-year-longstanding national record in the men’s 10,000-metre race at the Ten 2024 athletics meet, held in San Juan Capistrano, California, USA, on 17 March 2024. He clocked 27 minutes 41.81 seconds to break the record set by Surendra Singh, who clocked 28 minutes 02.89 seconds in 2008.
Ans.4 (c) Navneet Kumar Sehgal, Retired IAS officer Navneet Kumar Sehgal has been appointed as the new Chairman of Prasar Bharati, the post was vacant for four years. Sehgal replaced A Surya Prakash, whose tenure ended in February 2020. Prasar Bharati is India’s largest public broadcasting agency. It was established in the year 1997.
Ans.5 (b), According to the information given by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Maushami Chakraborty will replace Vasudha Gupta. The ministry released the notification of their appointments on 16 March 2024. Maushami Chakraborty is a 1991 batch Indian Information Service officer.