Current Affairs 02 May 2024
01. Who has been appointed as Director in the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)?
(a) Pratima Singh (IRS)
(b) Poonam Kishore Saxena (IRS)
(c) Daya Shankar (IRS)
(d) Shraddha Joshi (IRS)
02. Which country is partnering with NPCI International to develop a UPI-like instant payment system?
(a) Kenya
(b) Namibia
(c) South Africa
(d) Botswana
03. What was the Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection in India for April 2024?
(a) ₹2.25 lakh crore
(b) ₹2.50 lakh crore
(c) ₹2.10 lakh crore
(d) ₹2.86 lakh crore
04. Who has been appointed as the presiding officer of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) for four years in May 2024?
(a) R. M. Lodha
(b) A K Patnaik
(c) P. S. Narasimha
(d) P S Dinesh Kumar
05. What is the name of Zimbabwe’s newest currency introduced to address its money crisis?
(a) ZimDollar
(b) ZiG
(c) ZigMoney
(d) Zimbabwean Euro
06. Which IIT was awarded a patent for its cost-effective inverter?
(a) IIT-Bombay
(b) IIT-Kharagpur
(c) IIT-Delhi
(d) IIT-Patna
07. From which IIT is the Indian startup The ePlane Company incubated?
(a) IIT Madras
(b) IIT Delhi
(c) IIT Bombay
(d) IIT Kharagpur
08. With which country has India conducted a joint security drill in Delhi in May 2024?
(a) United States
(b) Russia
(c) France
(d) Israel
09. Recently, the opposition has reacted as the Supreme Court rejected EVM-VVPAT verification pleas. When was the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) first used in India?
(a) 2008
(b) 1982
(c) 1986
(d) 1999
10. What is the name of China’s third aircraft carrier, which is also the first to be equipped with electromagnetic catapults?
(a) Shandong
(b) Tianjin
(c) Fujian
(d) Liaoning
| ANSWER KEY | |||
| 01 | A | 06 | D |
| 02 | B | 07 | A |
| 03 | C | 08 | D |
| 04 | D | 09 | B |
| 05 | B | 10 | C |