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- Which organisation/bank has recently (in March ‘24) partnered with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to organise a National Workshop on Logistics Efficiency Enhancement in New Delhi, Delhi?
1) United Nations Development Programme
2) International Monetary Fund
3) Asian Development Bank
4) World Bank
5) African Development Bank
Answer & Explanation
Answer-4) World Bank
Explanation:
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), has partnered with the World Bank to organise a National Workshop on Logistics Efficiency Enhancement in New Delhi, Delhi.
i. The workshop brought together the logistics sector community to discuss and identify factors affecting logistics performance and areas of improvement.
- Name the programme for Welfare of Animals that has recently (in March ‘24) launched by Anant Ambani, Director on the boards of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Reliance Foundation.
1) SAFI
2) Vantara
3) Dharamsala
4) Pragatti
5) Spaaak
Answer & Explanation
Answer-2) Vantara
Explanation:
Anant Ambani, Director on the boards of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Reliance Foundation, has launched an umbrella initiative called the ‘Vantara’ (Star of the Forests) programme to rescue, treat, care for, and rehabilitate injured, abused, and threatened animals, in India and abroad.
i. The initiative is the first of its kind in India and it aims to construct the world’s largest animal rescue and rehabilitation centre spanning about 3,000 acres within the Green Belt of Reliance’s Jamnagar Refinery Complex in Gujarat.
- According to the ‘Ecowrap’ report by the State Bank of India (SBI) released in March 2024, the GDP growth for Financial Year 2023-24 (FY24) is likely to be within striking distance of ___________.
1) 8.5%
2) 8.2%
3) 8%
4) 8.4%
5) 8.1%
Answer & Explanation
Answer-3) 8%
Explanation:
On March 1, 2024, according to the ‘Ecowrap‘report by the State Bank of India (SBI), the GDP growth for Financial Year 2023-24 (FY24) is likely to be within striking distance of 8%.
The Indian Economy grew 8.4% in Q3FY24.
i. The buoyancy in indirect tax mop-up (32 per cent year-on-year growth), gap between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross Value Added (GVA) growth widened.
- Who was recently (in Feb ‘24) appointed as the part-time Chairman of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd. (TMB)?
1) Ezhil Jothi
2) Nagendra Murthy
3) Niranjan Sankar
4) Chiranjeeviraj
5) S Ravindran
Answer & Explanation
Answer-5) S Ravindran
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the appointment of S Ravindran as the part-time Chairman of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd. (TMB) with effect from 29th February 2024 till 2nd August 2026.
He is currently serving as an Independent Director of TMB.
i. He is also serving as the Independent Director on the boards of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE India); LTIDPL Invit Services; Shriram Finance Ltd; and Bandhan AMC Ltd.
- Which country’s research-sensing and imaging satellite, Pars 1 has recently (in March ‘24) launched by the Soyuz-2.1b rocket of Russia into an orbit 500 km above Earth?
1) Türkiye
2) Iran
3) South Korea
4) Indonesia
5) Kenya
Answer & Explanation
Answer- 2) Iran
Explanation:
Russia launched Pars 1, an Iranian research-sensing and imaging satellite by its Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome launch base of Russia (some 8,000 kilometers(km) east of Moscow) into an orbit 500 km above Earth.
i. Pars 1 will scan Iran’s topography and carry a 15-meter camera, enabling it to send high-resolution images of surface locations from its orbit.
ii. The Pars-1 Satellite was indigenously developed by the Iranian Space Research Institute.It is designed for remote sensing and testing future satellite technologies.
- In which of the following states, Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified a new species of head-shield sea slug ‘Melanochlamys Droupadi’ in March 2024?
1) Odisha
2) West Bengal
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Both 1 & 2
5) Both 1 & 3
Answer & Explanation
Answer-4) Both 1 & 2
Explanation:
Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified a new species of head-shield sea slug ‘Melanochlamys Droupadi’ along the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal.
The species is named after Droupadi Murmu, the 15th President of India.
The discovery was published in the online edition of the molluscan journal ‘Mollusca Research’.
- Which team has recently (in March ‘24) won the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 10?
1) Tamil Thalaivas
2) Bengaluru Bulls
3) Haryana Steelers
4) Gujarat Giants
5) Puneri Paltan
Answer & Explanation
Answer-5) Puneri Paltan
Explanation:
Puneri Paltan won the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Season 10 by defeating the Haryana Steelers in the finals held at the GMC Balayogi Stadium in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana.
It marks Puneri Paltan’s first-ever PKL title win since its first edition in 2014.
i. The title winner, Puneri Paltan, was awarded prize money of Rs 3 crore, and runner-up Haryana Steelers was awarded Rs 1.8 crore.
- In March 2024, Renowned Archaeologist and Padma Shri awardee, Arun Kumar Sharma, passed away.
In which year did he receive the Padma Shri award?
1) 2017
2) 2015
3) 2018
4) 2016
5) 2019
Answer & Explanation
Answer-1) 2017
Explanation:
Renowned Archaeologist and Padma Shri awardee, Arun Kumar Sharma, passed away at the age of 91 in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He was born on 12 November 1933, in Mohandi village near Chandkhuri in Chhattisgarh.
The government of India honoured him with Padma Shri (Others category) in 2017.
Arun Kumar Sharma joined the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), in 1959.
- Name the sports magazine that has recently (in March ‘24) published the coffee table book titled ‘FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023’.
1) Bharatiya Kushti Patrika
2) Sport and Pastime
3) Sportinfo Magazine
4) Sportstar
5) SportsBusiness
Answer & Explanation
Answer-4) Sportstar
Explanation:
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released a coffee table book titled ‘FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023’ published by Sportstar, the sports magazine of The Hindu Group.
i. The 252-page book captured every on-field and off-field moment of the 15th edition of the (Fédération Internationale de Hockey, or International Hockey Federation) FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, which was held from 13th to 29th January 2023 in Bhubaneswar & Rourkela, Odisha.
- When was the 2nd World Seagrass Day 2024 observed across the globe by the United Nations (UN)?
1) 2nd March 2024
2) 29th February 2024
3) 1st March 2024
4) 28th February 2024
5) 27th February 2024
Answer & Explanation
Answer-3) 1st March 2024
Explanation:
The United Nations (UN)’s 2nd World Seagrass Day 2024 was observed across the globe on 1st March 2024 to raise awareness of the significance of seagrasses, emphasising their fundamental role in marine biodiversity, their threats, and their contributions to sustainable development and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The first ever World Seagrass Day was observed on 1st March 2023. Click here to read more
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