Current Affairs 7th March 2025 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which UK tax is abbreviated as IHT?
A) Income Tax
B) Inheritance Tax
C) Investment Holding Tax
D) International Harmonized Tax
Answer: B) Inheritance Tax
2. The 'One Sun, One World, One Grid' (OSOWOG) initiative is associated with which global organization?
A) United Nations
B) International Solar Alliance
C) World Bank
D) International Energy Agency
Answer: B) International Solar Alliance
3. Who is the author of the book 'The India Story', released in 2025?
A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Bimal Jalan
C) Urjit Patel
D) Shaktikanta Das
Answer: B) Bimal Jalan
4. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in?
A) Louise Glück
B) Abdulrazak Gurnah
C) Annie Ernaux
D) Olga Tokarczuk
Answer: C) Annie Ernaux
5. Which country recently became the 30th member of NATO?
A) Ukraine
B) Georgia
C) North Macedonia
D) Bosnia and Herzegovina
Answer: C) North Macedonia
6. Which technology company became the world's first to achieve a market capitalization of $3 trillion in?
A) Apple
B) Microsoft
C) Amazon
D) Alphabet
Answer: A) Apple
7. Which English composer's 1903-04 work 'Sea Drift' is named after a section of Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass'?
A) Edward Elgar
B) Ralph Vaughan Williams
C) Gustav Holst
D) Frederick Delius
Answer: D) Frederick Delius
8. Who is the founder of Daunt Books, known as 'the man who saved' which bookshop chain?
A) James Daunt; Waterstones
B) Tim Waterstone; WHSmith
C) Jeff Bezos; Amazon Books
D) Barnes & Noble; Borders
Answer: A) James Daunt; Waterstones
9. Which country hosted the 2025 G20 Summit?
A) Brazil
B) Italy
C) South Africa
D) Australia
Answer: C) South Africa
10. Which Indian state recently faced challenges in its cotton industry due to the emergence of whiteflies and pink bollworms, drastically reducing cotton yields?
A) Gujarat
B) Maharashtra
C) Punjab
D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: C) Punjab