1. Mahe, Malvan and Mangrol are the names of which products recently launched?
A. Anti Submarine Warships 🗹
B. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
C. Submarines
D. Intercontinental Missiles
- Mahe, Malvan and Mangrol, the first three ships of Shallow Water Craft (CSL) project were launched recently. The contract for building eight ASW SWC ships was signed between the Ministry of Defence and Cochin Shipyard Limited in 2019.
2. Which state clinched the title of 13th Senior National men’s hockey championship?
A. Tamil Nadu
B. Punjab 🗹
C. Rajasthan
D. Kerala
- Punjab defeated the defending champions Haryana in a penalty shootout to clinch the title in the Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship in Chennai. Punjab skipper and India player Harmanpreet Singh scored for Punjab. Earlier, Tamil Nadu overwhelmed Karnataka 5-3 in penalty shootout to take the bronze medal.
3. MICE industry, which was seen in the news, is associated with which sector?
A. Mines and Minerals
B. Meetings and Conferences 🗹
C. Milk and Meat
D. Medicines and Chemicals
- India’s Union Ministry of Tourism hosted an industry round-table on developing the country as a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) tourism destination in New Delhi. During India’s G20 Presidency, more than 200 meetings have been organized in 56 cities across the country.
4. Scheme for providing Drones to the Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) belongs to which category of scheme?
A. Central Sector Scheme 🗹
B. Core Scheme
C. Centrally Sponsored Scheme
D. State Scheme
- The Union Cabinet has approved Central Sector Scheme for providing Drones to the Women Self Help Groups (SHGs), with an outlay of Rs 1261 Crore for the period from 2024-25 to 2025-26.
- The scheme aims to provide drones to 15,000 selected Women SHGS during the period 2023-24 to 2025-2026 for providing rental services to farmers for agriculture purpose, the scheme seeks to empower women Self Help Groups (SHGS) and bringing new technologies through drone services in agriculture sector.
5. Fast Track Special Court (FTSCS) Scheme was launched in which year?
A. 2013
B. 2017
C. 2015
D. 2019 🗹
- The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of Fast Track Special Court (FTSCs) as, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) from 01.04.2023 to 31.03.2026 with financial implication of Rs. 1952.23 crore (Rs. 1207.24 crore as Central Share and Rs. 744.99 crore as State share). The Central Share is to be funded from Nirbhaya Fund. The Fast Track Special Court (FTSCs) Scheme was launched on 02.10.2019.
6. PM JANMAN scheme, which was launched recently, is associated with which category of people?
A. MSME Owners
B. Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups 🗹
C. Farmers
D. Non-Resident Indians
- Union Cabinet approved a special development mission for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) with a total outlay of over ₹24,104 crore over a three-year period. The scheme will focus on 11 critical interventions through 9 Ministries including Ministry of Tribal Affairs.An amount of Rs. 15,000 crores will be made available to implement the Mission in the next three years under the Development Action Plan for the Scheduled Tribes (DAPST).
7. Which institution launched the Periodic Labour Force Survey?
A. NITI Aayog
B. ILO
C. NSSO 🗹
D. DPIIT
- National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) launched Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Quarterly Bulletin for July – September 2023. As per the report, the unemployment rate in urban areas of the country decreased from 7.2% in July- September 2022 to 6.6% in July-September 2023.
8. Article 280(1) of the Constitutions lays down that the modalities for setting up which institution?
A. Election Commission
B. Finance Commission 🗹
C. Planning Commission
D. NITI Aayog
- The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Terms of Reference for the Sixteenth Finance Commission.
- The 16th Finance Commission’s recommendations, upon the acceptance by the government, would cover the period of five years commencing Ap.1, 2026. Article 280(1) of the Constitutions lays down that the modalities for setting up of a Finance Commission. The Fifteenth Finance Commission was constituted in 2017, whose recommendations are valid up to the financial year 2025-26.
9. Who has been appointed as the Head Coach of Indian cricket team by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
A. Rahul Dravid 🗹
B. Sachin Tendulkar
C. Wasim Akram
D. Mohammad Kaif
- Rahul Dravid has been reappointed as the head Coach of the Indian men’s cricket team till the 2024 T20 World Cup. Paras Mhambrey (bowling coach), Vikram Rathore (batting coach) and T. Dilip (fielding coach) have also been reappointed.
10. Tushar Shelke and Sangeeta, who were seen in the news, is associated with which sports?
A. Chess
B. Archery 🗹
C. Tennis
D. Cricket
- Tushar Shelke and Sangeeta claimed the recurve men and women titles in the National archery championships, Prathamesh Jawkar and World champion Aditi Swami took the men and women top titles in the compound division.
11. Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon, who were seen in the news, is associated with which sports?
A. Chess
B. Shooting 🗹
C. Tennis
D. Cricket
- Angadvir Singh Bajwa and Ganemat Sekhon won the mixed skeet gold for Punjab in the 66th National shooting championship. In the women’s 50-metre rifle 3-position event, Asian Games champion Sift Kaur Samra beat Olympian Anjum Moudgil by 1.9 point for the gold.
12. Which film received the Special Jury or Silver Peacock Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India?
A. Featherweight
B. Kantara 🗹
C. Sarpatta Parambarai
D. A Thursday
- The Special Jury or Silver Peacock Award was given to the Kannada film ‘Kantara’, directed by Rishab Shetty at the 54th International Film Festival of India. Abbas Amini directed ‘Endless Borders’ which bagged the Best Film or the Golden Peacock Award, while the Best Director award went to Stephan Komandarev for the film ‘Blaga’s Lessons’.
13. Lalithambika, who received Top French honours, is the former director of___?
A. DRDO
B. ISRO 🗹
C. BARC
D. CVC
- French ambassador to India honoured Lalithambika, former director, Directorate of the Human Spaceflight Programme of ISRO with Legion d’Honneur. Lalithambika has worked extensively on various ISRO rockets, especially PSLV. Lalithambika is the second ISRO scientist after former ISRO chairman A S Kiran Kumar to be awarded the Legion d’Honneur of France for promoting Indo-French space cooperation.
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