Current Affairs 16th March 2024 : Daily GK Update in English
1. International Day of Action for Rivers 2024 held on March 14th, focused on which theme?
(a) The Importance of Rivers for Biodiversity
(b) Rights to Rivers
(c) Water for All
(d) Accelerating Change
Answer: (b) Rights to Rivers
2. India's first 'Farmland price index' was developed by which institution?
(a) World Bank
(b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
(c) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(d) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Answer: (b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
3. 'Sahakar Samridhi Soudha' is a building under construction in which city?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Mumbai
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Hyderabad
Answer: (c) Bengaluru
4. Panna Tiger Reserve is located in which state?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (a) Madhya Pradesh
5. Which company recently announced to launch 'AMBER alerts' to find missing children?
(a) Facebook
(b) Meta (parent company of Facebook)
(c) Twitter
(d) Google
Answer: (b) Meta (parent company of Facebook)
6. India's first liquid-mirror telescope has been commissioned in which state?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Karnataka
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Rajasthan
Answer: (d) Rajasthan
7. Who is the current Chief Information Commissioner of India?
(a) Sudhir Bhargava
(b) Heeralal Samariya
(c) Aruna Roy
(d) Wajahat Habibullah
Answer: (b) Heeralal Samariya
8. How many people from Andhra Pradesh received Padmashri awards in 2023?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7
Answer: (d) 7
9. Which country recently launched a new space station called "Tiangong-3"?
(a) United States
(b) Russia
(c) China
(d) Japan
Answer: (c) China
10. The theme for International Women's Day 2024 was?
(a) #BreakTheBias (Used in 2022)
(b) #EmbraceEquity
(c) #ChallengeforChange
(d) #WomenInLeadership
Answer: (b) #EmbraceEquity