Q.1) Who are the astronaut-designates selected for India’s Gaganyaan Mission?
(A) Rakesh Sharma, Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams, Neil Armstrong
(B) Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan, Angad Pratap, Shubhanshu Shukla
(C) Buzz Aldrin, Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong
(D) Valentina Tereshkova, Alexey Leonov, Sally Ride, Michael Collins
Q.2) Which ministries signed a MoU for the nutritional improvement in adolescent girls through Ayurveda Interventions?
(A) Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture
(B) Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Finance
(C) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Defence
(D) Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Women and Child Development
Q.3) What is the theme of the News 9 Global Summit addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
(A) India: Poised for the Big Leap
(B) Global Unity for Peace
(C) Digital Transformation in Today’s World
(D) Space Exploration and Beyond
Q.4) Who addressed the 35th Convocation of the Indian College of Physicians and the APICON 2024 conference as Chief Guest?
(A) Narendra Modi
(B) Rajnath Singh
(C) Dr. Jitendra Singh
(D) Anurag Thakur
Q.5) Which legendary singer’s demise did Prime Minister Narendra Modi express deep grief recently?
(A) Kishore Kumar
(B) Pankaj Udhas
(C) Lata Mangeshkar
(D) Mukesh
Q.6) Where is the Startup Mahakumbh event being organized?
(A) Pune
(B) New Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Bangalore
Answers-
Ans-1. B, Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla are the astronaut-designates for India’s Gaganyaan Mission.
Ans-2. D, The Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Women and Child Development signed a MoU for nutritional improvement in adolescent girls through Ayurveda Interventions.
Ans-3. A, The theme of the News 9 Global Summit was ‘India: Poised for the Big Leap’ as addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at News 9 Global Summit in New.
Ans-4. C, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh addressed the 35th Convocation ceremony of the prestigious Indian College of Physicians and 79th Annual Conference of the Association of Physicians in India (APICON 2024) in New Delhi, as its Chief Guest.
Ans-5. B, The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the demise of legendary singer, Pankaj Udhas. Recalling his various interactions with Pankaj Udhas,Ans-6. B, Startup Mahakumbh, a pioneering startup event is being organised by ASSOCHAM, NASSCOM, Bootstrap Incubation & Advisory Foundation, TiE and Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA), and supported by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The event is expected to be a first-of-its-kind event in terms of magnitude, scale, and impact, and is scheduled to be organised from March 18-20, 2024, at the iconic Bharat Mandapam and Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.