Daily Current Affairs Quiz: March 15, 2024

March 15, 2024

Consider the following statements:
1. Sahitya Akademi Awards are given to writers in 24 languages.
2. The awards relate to books first published during the ten years immediately preceding the year of the award
3. Sahitya Akademi works as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Education.
4. Besides the 22 languages enumerated in the 8th schedule of Constitution of India, the Akademi has recognised English and Rajasthani.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 1 & 3 only
(C) 3 & 4 only
(D) 1 & 4 only

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ANSWER: D

Consider the following statements:
1. Prime Minister virtually laid the foundation stone of three semiconductor projects worth about Rs 1.25 trillion.
2. Two of the three facilities are located in Gujarat, whereas one is based in Manipur.
3. The semiconductor fabrication facility at the Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) will be country's first commercial semiconductor fab.
4. Nodal Ministry for India Semiconductor Mission is Ministry of Science and Technology.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 1 & 3 only
(C) 3 & 4 only
(D) 1 & 4 only

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ANSWER: B

Consider the following statements:
1. PM-SURAJ portal is launched to provide credit support to small entrepreneurs from marginalised communities.
2. Pobitora wildlife sanctuary is located in Assam.
3. The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the celebration of ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ every year on March
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 2 & 3 only
(C) 1 & 3 only
(D) 1, 2 & 3

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ANSWER: A

Consider the following statements:
1. Nodal Ministry for PM-SURAJ portal is Ministry of Labor and
2. Pobitora wildlife sanctuary has the highest density of the rhino species in the world.
3. Hyderabad was liberated from Nizam's rule in 1948 after a police action namely 'Operation Polo'.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 2 & 3 only
(C) 1 & 3 only
(D) 1, 2 & 3

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ANSWER: B

Consider the following statements:
1. The objective of PM-SURAJ Portal is to provide financial assistance directly to beneficiaries, eliminate middlemen and commissions, and empower marginalised communities economically and socially.
2. The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary was notified by the Assam forest department in March 1998.
3. Operation Polo was conducted under the leadership of Major General J. N. Chaudhuri.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) 1 & 2 only
(B) 2 & 3 only
(C) 1 & 3 only
(D) 1, 2 & 3

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ANSWER: D

Consider the following statements:
1. Bhima Nayak was a prominent leader of the Bhils of Nimar.
2. He actively took part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 against the British.
Which of the following statements is/ are incorrect?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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ANSWER: B

Bhima Nayak sometimes spelled as Bhima Naik, was a resident of Dhaba Bawdi in the Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh.
He was a prominent leader of the Bhils of Nimar.
He took part in the Uprising of 1857 against the British Raj raising an anti-British force by bringing in men from Bhil, Bhilala, Mandoi, and Naik tribes, and collaborated with Tantia Tope.
He deployed his troops on the Bhil-populated Bombay (Mumbai) and Agra Highway between Singhawa and Khull, where they constantly disturbed the British troop movements.
Bhima had an important role in the 1857 Ambagani War.
On the basis of espionage by one of their own men, the British succeeded in arresting him only in 1861 from his jungle hideout.
He was found guilty, sentenced to transportation for life, and sent to Cellular Jail of the Andaman Islands.
He died in the Andaman Islands on 29 December 1876.

Consider the following statements:
1. Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu have been appointed as election commissioners
2. The selection panel for appointment of ECs is led by the Prime Minister and comprising the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and a Union Minister.
Which of the following statements is/ are correct?

(A) 1 only
(B) 2 only
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Neither 1 nor 2

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ANSWER: C

The government notified the appointment of ex-bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as election commissioners.
Prior to the new appointments, Election Commission of India only had Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar.
Mr Sandhu and Mr Kumar are retired IAS officers of the 1988 batch. While Mr Sandhu is from the Uttarakhand cadre of IAS, Mr Kumar is from the Kerala cadre.
Process
- A search committee led by the Law Minister prepares a shortlist.
- Then, a selection panel led by the Prime Minister and comprising the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and a Union Minister makes the final choice.
Issues
- The Supreme Court had in March last year ruled that the panel must have the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India and the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
- But the Centre thereafter brought a law to replace the Chief Justice by a Union Minister.

What is the name of World's first AI software engineer, created by Cognition AI lab?

(A) Kevin
(B) Steven
(C) Nitin
(D) Devin

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ANSWER: D

Devin is a super-smart computer program created by a company called Cognition, a US based applied Artificial Intelligence Lab.
Devin, an AI tool, can write code, debugging, create websites and software, and learn from its mistakes.
It’s designed to assist human engineers, not replace them, and has been successful in real-world jobs.
Devin’s functionality includes thinking ahead, planning complex tasks, learning new technologies.
When given a prompt or instruction, Devin analyzes the request and uses its vast database of knowledge and problem-solving techniques to generate code, design websites, or develop software.

International Day of Action for Rivers is observed on-

(A) March 12th
(B) March 13th
(C) March 14th
(D) March 15th

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ANSWER: C

International Day of Action for Rivers is observed on March 14^th to spread awareness about the importance of rivers and climate change.
This year’s theme is “Water for All”.
The International Day of Action Against Dams and For Rivers, Water and Life was adopted by the participants of the first International Meeting of People Affected by Dams, March 1997 in Curitiba Brazil.
- Representatives from 20 countries decided that the International Day of Action would take place on March 14 – Brazil’s Day of Action Against Large Dams.”

The theme of the 10th edition of International Day of Yoga IDY this year is-

(A) Yoga for Women Empowerment
(B)
(C) Yoga for Health
(D) Yoga for All

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ANSWER: A

Ministry of AYUSH inaugurated the Yoga Mahotsav 2024, celebrating the 100-day countdown to this year’s International Day of Yoga.
International Day of Yoga IDY is observed every year on 21st June.
The theme of the 10th edition of IDY this year is – Yoga for Women Empowerment.
The one-day Yoga Mahotsav-2024 organised covered a range of activities after the inaugural session, including theme-based technical sessions on Empowering Women’s Health through Yoga and Transforming Life through Yoga.