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Q.1) Who has been selected for the Jnanpith award, considered India’s highest literary honour recently?
(a) Arundhati Roy
(b) Vinod Kumar Shukla
(c) Chetan Bhagat
(d) Amish Tripathi
Q.2) What is the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) planning by 2035?
(a) Launch a mission to Mars
(b) Establish a space station
(c) Explore the new planet Jupiter
(d) Develop a new satellite
Q.3) Who won the first sprint race of the 2025 Formula-One season at the Chinese Grand Prix?
(a) Lewis Hamilton
(b) Max Verstappen
(c) Sebastian Vettel
(d) Charles Leclerc
Q.4) Where will the 11th Asian Swimming Championship be hosted?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Bangalore
Q.5) When is the “Epilepsy Awareness Day” celebrated ?
(a) March 26th
(b) Feb 28th
(c) April 14th
(d) March 14th
Answers
Ans.1(b), A famous Hindi poet and writer from Chhattisgarh, Vinod Kumar Shukla, has been selected for the Jnanpith award. This award is considered the country’s highest literary honour. This was announced in New Delhi today. Mr Shukla lives in Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. He was born on January 1, 1947, in Rajnandgaon.
Ans.2(b), Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dr V Narayanan, said that the organisation is working on a mission to take an Indian to the Moon and bring him back safely. He also said that India will have its own space station by 2035.
Ans.3(a), Lewis Hamilton has won the first sprint race of the 2025 Formula-One season at the Chinese Grand Prix sprint in Shanghai
Ans.4(c), India will host the 11th Asian Swimming Championship at the Naranpura Sports Complex in Ahmedabad. The Swimming Federation of India announced that it has received in-principle approval from both the Gujarat government and Asia Aquatics to organize the championship.
Ans.5(a), Epilepsy Awareness Day on March 26th aims to increase the public’s knowledge of a neurological condition affecting nearly 50 million people worldwide