ALL EXAM QUIZ 13.03.2024

Explanation:

• Sudha Murthy has been nominated to Rajya Sabha by President Murmu on Women's Day.
• Sudha Murthy serves as the Chairman of the Murthy Trust and is also the author of several books.
• Murthy is the wife of Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy.
• In 2006, she received the Padma Shri award and the Padma Bhushan award in 2023.
• Murthy started her career as a computer scientist and engineer, becoming the first female engineer to be appointed to Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO).
• The President of India nominates twelve members to the Rajya Sabha for a six-year term in recognition of their contributions to the arts, literature, science, and social services.
• According to the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of India (Articles 4(1) and 80(2)) this power has been provided to the President.

Explanation:

• Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain-2024’ campaign has been launched by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
• The fifth edition of the campaign has been launched under the theme ‘Nari Shakti se Jal Shakti’.
• This campaign will be implemented till the 30th of November, 2024.
• It has been launched to recognize and appreciate the role of women in water management, conservation and sustainability.
• The campaign includes water conservation and rainwater harvesting, enumerating, geo-tagging and inventory of all water bodies.
• The campaign includes setting up of Jal Shakti Kendras in all districts; intensive afforestation; and awareness generation among the masses.
• Its main aim is to establish a powerful connection between the ‘Nari Shakti’ and the sustainable management of water resources.

• Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also launched two books namely, “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: 2019 to 2023” and “101 Water Champions of Jal Jeevan Mission”.

Explanation:

• Nepal’s Fonepay Payment Service and NPCI International Payments signed an agreement.
• The agreement is for cross-border UPI transactions between India and Nepal.
• The agreement will facilitate QR-code-based, person-to merchant (P2M) UPI transactions between India and Nepal.
• In the first phase, Indian consumers will be able to make UPI payments across business stores in Nepal to merchants on the Fonepay Network.
• Fonepay is a Payment System Operator (PSO). It is a subsidiary of the F1Soft Group.
• It is regulated by Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). It is Nepal’s first mobile payment network, which is licensed as a PSO.
• A week ago, NPCI International signed a MoU with Greece-based Eurobank S.A.
• This MoU was signed to streamline cross-border payments between Greece to India using UPI.

Explanation:

• India is now the world’s 2nd largest producer of mobile phones.
• As per India Cellular and Electronics Association, the sector has changed from being 78% import-dependent in 2014 to 97% self-sufficiency.
• Currently, imports account for just 3% of all mobile phones sold in India.
• India’s mobile phone manufacturing is almost at 20 lakh crore rupees.
• In ten years (2014-2024), India produced 2.45 billion mobile phones, against the target of 2.5 billion.

Explanation:

• Krystyna Pyszkova has been crowned Miss World 2023 in Mumbai.
• Krystyna Pyszkova is from Czech Republic. Krystyna Pyszkova has been crowned the 71st Miss World in Mumbai.
• Krystyna Pyszkova competed against contestants from 115 countries.
• Miss World 2022 Karolina Bielawska crowned Krystyna as the 71st Miss World. Karolina Bielawska is from Poland.
• Yasmina Zaytoun was crowned the First Runner-Up. Yasmina Zaytoun is from Lebanon.
• Krystyna Pyszková is a student, volunteer, and international model.
• She previously was crowned Miss Czech Republic 2022.
• She is 2nd woman representing the Czech Republic to win Miss World.

Explanation:

• As per the latest survey of the primate, 7,396 golden langurs in India.
• The Primate Research Centre NE India (PRCNE), Assam Forest Department, Bodoland Territorial Council, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), and Conservation Himalayas have completed the survey in two phases.
• The golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) is found in the Manas Biosphere Reserve and all fragmented forests in the western part of Assam.
• The second phase of the survey was focused on the habitats of golden langurs in the Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, and Dhubri districts of western Assam.
• The survey method is very simple, cost-effective, and robust for arboreal and small-group living primates.
• The survey found 7,720 golden langurs in 706 unique groups and 31 lone males or floating males.
• The population of golden langurs is divided into two major sub-populations.
• The northern population of the primate with the golden sheen is about 5,566 in 534 groups.
• The population of the southern fragments was estimated at 1,830 langurs in 173 groups.
• In the earlier estimation, 6,000 golden langurs were reported in India.

Explanation:

• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty win Doubles title at French Open badminton tournament.
• Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their second French Open Men's doubles Badminton title.
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan in the men's doubles final by 21-11 and 21-17.
• Satwik and Chirag had earlier won the title in 2022.
• Indian pair had finished runners-up in the French Open in 2019 before winning the title in 2022.
• This year, the Indian duo ended in second position at Malaysia Super 1000, and India Super 750.

Explanation:

• Asif Ali Zardari became the 14th president of Pakistan.
• Asif Ali Zardari became Pakistan’s President for the second time by defeating PTI-backed candidate Mahmood Khan Achakzai.
• He will replace Dr Arif Alvi, who stayed for five more months after completing his five-year term in September 2023.
• The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
• Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa administered the oath to Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
• He secured 411 electoral votes in Parliament while Achakzai bagged 181 votes.
• Mr. Zardari served as the 11th president of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013 and he has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018.
• Iskander Ali Mirza was the first president of Pakistan, who assumed office on 23 March 1956.
• The president is the nominal head of the executive and the supreme commander of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

Explanation:

• Devendra Jhajharia has been elected the President of Paralympic Committee of India.
• India’s sports ministry has recently removed the suspension of the Paralympic Committee of India.
• The committee was suspended by the ministry after it failed to conduct elections on time.
• Deepa Malik was the previous president of the committee. Malik assumed charge in 2020.
• The first-ever Para Shooting World Cup in India is being conducted in New Delhi from March 9 to 15.
• 50 countries with almost 500 athletes will be taking part in this event.
• Devendra Jhajharia won two gold medals for India at the Paralympics.
• He won his first Paralympics gold in Athens in 2004. He won the second one in Rio in 2016.
• He also won a silver medal in the Tokyo Paralympics.

Explanation:

A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4