1. Which country has recently launched the CR450 prototype, the world’s fastest high-speed train?
[A] France
[B] China
[C] Russia
[D] India
[B] China
2. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?
[A] A.P. Maheshwari
[B] Prakash Mishra
[C] O P Singh
[D] Vitul Kumar
[D] Vitul Kumar
3. Which state won the Senior National Men’s Handball Championship 2024 title?
[A] Haryana
[B] Kerala
[C] Punjab
[D] Rajasthan
[B] Kerala
4. Yadgir Fort, which was seen in news, is located in which state?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Gujarat
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Tamil Nadu
[A] Karnataka
5. Vembanad lake, that was recently seen in news, lies in which state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Karnataka
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Tamil Nadu
[A] Kerala
6. Which institution released the report titled “Industry 4.0 adoption and strategic roadmap for Indian manufacturing”?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
[C] Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
[D] Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
[D] Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
7. CPGRAMS platform functions under which department?
[A] Department of Economic Affairs
[B] Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
[C] Department of Commerce
[D] Department of Pension & Pensioner’s Welfare
[B] Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
8. Which traditional Bosnian song was included in UNESCO’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural heritage recently?
[A] Sevdalinka
[B] Ottoman Melody
[C] Kalinka
[D] Yerakina
[A] Sevdalinka
9. Chashma Nuclear Power Plant, which was seen in news, is located in which country?
[A] Pakistan
[B] Nepal
[C] Myanmar
[D] Bangladesh
[A] Pakistan
10. Which state won the Santosh Trophy national football championship title recently?
[A] West Bengal
[B] Kerala
[C] Odisha
[D] Punjab
[A] West Bengal
11. What is the name of the campaign launched by Nepal to end child marriage?
[A] Child Marriage Free Nepal
[B] End Violence Against Children
[C] Preserve a child’s childhood
[D] Viksit Nepal
[A] Child Marriage Free Nepal
12. Which year has been declared the ‘Year of Reforms’ by the Ministry of Defence to modernize the Armed forces?
[A] 2024
[B] 2025
[C] 2026
[B] 2025
13. Who has been honored with the Gangadhar National Award for Poetry 2023?
[A] Nilakantha Diksita
[B] Kudikala Vamsidhar
[C] Prativa Satpathy
[D] Tishani Parmar
[C] Prativa Satpathy
14. Which state became the first to link forest ecosystem with Green GDP?
[A] Haryana
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Chhattisgarh
[D] Bihar
[C] Chhattisgarh
15. Sultanpur National Park is located in which state?
[A] Haryana
[B] Odisha
[C] Bihar
[D] Uttarakhand
[A] Haryana
16. Where was the 24th Rashtriya Vanvasi Krida Pratiyogita (National Sports For Forest Dwellers) held?
[A] Bhopal
[B] Raipur
[C] Ranchi
[D] Bhubaneshwar
[B] Raipur
17. India’s first Coastline-Waders Bird Census has conducted at which place?
[A] Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh
[B] Marine National Park, Jamnagar
[C] Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradesh
[D] Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh
[B] Marine National Park, Jamnagar
18. Which city is the venue of the 31st National Children’s Science Congress?
[A] Bhopal
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Jaipur
[D] Lucknow
[A] Bhopal
19. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) functions under which ministry?
[A] Ministry of Science and Technology
[B] Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change
[C] Ministry of Agriculture
[D] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
[B] Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change
20. Which institute has recently developed bacteria to combat soil pollution and boost agriculture?
[A] IIT Kanpur
[B] IIT Madras
[C] IIT Bombay
[D] IIT Guwahati
[C] IIT Bombay