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Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 1 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 1. The United Kingdom (UK) has overtaken _____ to 14. Recently (June 2024), Prime Minister Narendra Modi become India’s fourth-largest export market in May inaugurated the new campus of Nalanda University at 2024. Rajgir, Bihar. The ruins of Nalanda were declared a UN Answer: China Heritage Site in which year? 2. Who has been named the new Chairman of Bharti AXA Answer: 2016 Life Insurance Company? 15. What is the rank of India in the Sustainable Answer: Akhil Gupta Development Report 2024? 3. Who has gained the top position in the ‘Celebrity Brand Answer: 109th Valuation Report 2023’? 16. The Union Government has recently (June 2024) Answer: Virat Kohli approved the proposal of which state government to 4. In June 2024, Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the rename the Joshimath tehsil as Jyotirmath, and men’s javelin throw competition at the World Athletics Kosiyakutoli tehsil as Pargana Shri Kainchi Dham? Continental Gold Tour with a throw of ______. Answer: Uttarakhand Answer: 85.97 meters 17. Which Union Ministry of India has introduced an e-flow 5. Identify the state of India from the given options that (Environmental Flow) ecological monitoring system? will establish the world’s first conservation and Answer: Ministry of Jal Shakti breeding centre for Asian king vultures or red-headed vultures. 18. Name the state of India that has recently (June 2024) Answer: Uttar Pradesh won the “1st Rank” award for highest wind power installed capacity. 6. Who has become the first Indian to be conferred the Answer: Gujarat prestigious ‘Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award’ of South Africa for his contribution to films? 19. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has Answer: Vinod Ganatra estimated India’s gross domestic product (GDP) to grow at _____ in the financial year 2024-25. 7. What is the total outlay approved by the Union Cabinet Answer: 8.0% for the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) scheme for offshore wind energy projects? 20. Name the state of India that has recently (June 2024) Answer: Rs.7453 crore launched a Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina (MMNM) scheme to promote girl education and to end child 8. Name the Indian chess player who has won the Stepan marriage in the state. Avagyan Memorial 2024 crown in Armenia. Answer: Arjun Erigaisi Answer: Assam 9. National Reading Day is observed annually across India 21. Which Institute has been designated by the World on 19 June to commemorate the death anniversary of Health Organization (WHO) as a WHO Collaborating which Indian personality? Centre (CC) for "Fundamental and Literary Research in Answer: P N Panicker Traditional Medicine" (CC IND-177)? Answer: National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage 10. Noted politician Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, who passed away in June 2024, served as the Governor of which state? Answer: Odisha 11. According to the 2024 Mercer's Cost of Living survey, which Indian city is the most expensive city for expats? Answer: Mumbai 12. Name the payments bank that has recently (June 2024) collaborated with Ria Money Transfer to offer unique remittance services across rural India. Answer: India Post Payments Bank 13. Which organization has won the “Risk Manager of the Year Award 2024”? Answer: RBI 2 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 22. Who has been given the V. Shantaram Lifetime 36. Which credit rating agency affirmed the Baa3 ratings on Achievement Award in 2024? three Indian public sector banks including Bank of Answer: Subbiah Nallamuthu Baroda (BOB), Canara Bank, and Punjab National Bank (PNB)? 23. Which festival in Odisha is similar to the Ambubachi Answer: Moody's Mela of Assam? Answer: Raja Parba 37. PNB MetLife India Insurance has named ________ as the MD & CEO. 24. What is the theme of World Refuge Day 2024? Answer: Sameer Bansal Answer: Solidarity with Refugees Peter Pellegrini became the new President of _____ in June 2024. 38. According to SEBI, what will be the proposed threshold Answer: Slovakia for the Basic Services Demat Account (BSDA)? Answer: Rs 10 lakh 26. India-IORA Cruise Tourism Conference organized in which city in June 2024? 39. Which edition of the bilateral Japan–India Maritime Answer: New Delhi Exercise 2024 (JIMEX 24) was held in June 2024? Answer: Eighth 27. Who won the FIDE World Junior Girls’ Chess Championship in 2024? 40. Which Indian tennis player won the men's singles title Answer: Divya Deshmukh at the Heilbronn Neckarcup 2024 ATP Challenger Tennis tournament? 28. Which entity has recently (June 2024) announced to Answer: Sumit Nagal support the training of two lakh students in India in cloud computing, data science, artificial intelligence 41. Name the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) that has launched the UAV/UAS/Drone Acceleration and (AI), and other emerging technologies? Networking (UDAAN) program to boost drone startups Answer: Oracle in India. 29. Which city hosted the International Tourism Fair to Answer: IIT Kanpur promote global tourism, sustainable development, and 42. Priyanka Jarkiholi won from which constituency and cultural exchange? created history as the youngest tribal woman to enter Answer: Kathmandu Parliament from an unreserved seat in Karnataka since 30. Indian musician Rajeev Taranath has passed away in Independence? June 2024. He was instrumental in playing which Answer: Chikkodi musical instrument? 43. Prem Singh Tamang has been sworn in as the Chief Answer: Sarod Minister of Sikkim for the _______ time. 31. The National Commission for Indian System of Answer: Second Medicine (NCISM) observed its _____ Foundation Day in 44. What is the total provision in the Interim Budget 2024- 2024. 25 for devolution of taxes to states? Answer: fourth foundation Answer: Rs. 12,19,783 crore 32. What is the growth rate of India's Index of Industrial 45. World Accreditation Day is observed annually on which Production (IIP) in April 2024? date? Answer: 5.0% Answer: 9th June 33. In June 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended 46. Who has been named the EY World Entrepreneur of the annual G7 summit held in Italy. This summit marked The Year 2024? the _____ anniversary of the G7 group. Answer: Vellayan Subbiah Answer: 50th 47. Which country secured a non-permanent seat on the 34. Which lender has recently (June 2024) introduced the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the Asia- ‘SME Digital Business Loans’? Pacific region for the term 2025-26? Answer: State Bank of India Answer: Pakistan 35. NEC Corporation India has been selected as the System 48. Which five major global players have launched a Integrator (SI) for PFRDA-TRACE by the Pension Fund Biopharmaceutical Alliance in response to drug supply Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA). What shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic? is the duration of the contract? Answer: South Korea, India, the United States, Japan, Answer: 6 years and the European Union 3 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 49. In June 2024, the Nagi and Nakti Bird Sanctuaries 60. What is the theme of the 3rd Indian Analytical Congress recognised as wetlands of international importance (IAC)? under the Ramsar Convention. Both sanctuaries are Answer: Role of Science and Technology in Green located in which state of India? Transitions Answer: Bihar 61. Which entity launched the world’s first EV Battery 50. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has Passport? granted its approval for the merger of Vistara with Air Answer: Volvo Cars India. What percentage of the stake will Tata Sons 62. Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has Private Limited hold in the merged entity of Vistara and developed an innovative Fire Rescue Assistant drone? Air India? Answer: IIT Dharwad Answer: 73.38% 63. Which Indian shipyard company will build a Research 51. World Oceans Day is observed annually on which date? Vessel for DRDO in Rs.500 crore deal? Answer: 8th June Answer: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers 52. Who has been awarded with Dilip Bose Award for 64. What is the theme of World Food Safety Day for the year lifetime achievement by the All-India Tennis 2024? Association (AITA)? Answer: Food Safety: prepare for the unexpected Answer: Nar Singh and Rohini Lokhande 65. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has planned to sell a 10 53. Which Indian state police has secured the first position percent stake in Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company. in the country in blocking mobile numbers involved in What is the current stake held by PNB in Canara HSBC cybercrime? Life Insurance Company? Answer: Haryana Answer: 23% 54. Which constituency has recorded the highest votes for 66. Who is the MD & CEO of Edelweiss Life Insurance NOTA (None of the Above) in the Lok Sabha elections in Company? 2024? Answer: Sumit Rai Answer: Indore 67. In June 2024, NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL) 55. Nakshatra Sabha’ is India's first-of-its-kind astro- collaborated with the Central Reserve Bank of which tourism campaign that aims to promote astro-tourism. country to enable a UPI-like real-time payment system? It was held in which city? Answer: Peru Answer: Mussoorie 68. Which company has received approval from the 56. Which country became India's third-largest export Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to acquire a 70% stake in market in the fiscal year 2023–24? Kotak Mahindra General Insurance? Answer: The Netherlands Answer: Zurich Insurance Company 57. India has participated in the World Summit on the 69. Real Madrid has won the UEFA Champions League Information Society (WSIS + 20) Forum High-Level 2023/24 title for the _____ time. Event 2024 held in __________ (place). Answer: 15th Answer: Geneva, Switzerland 70. Which is the first Indian steel company to manufacture 58. Under which program, the Centre for Development of & market a Zinc-Magnesium-Aluminium alloy-coated Advanced Computing, Kolkata in collaboration with steel product domestically? TeXMIN, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, and industry Answer: JSW Steel partner J M Envirolab Private Limited has developed an outdoor air quality monitoring system, ‘AQ-AIMS’, to 71. Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), in monitor environmental pollutants? collaboration with the Defense Research and Answer: National Programme on Electronics and ICT Development Organization (DRDO), has established a applications in Agriculture and Environme DRDO-Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA CoE) on its campus? 59. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Answer: IIT Kanpur Technology (MeitY), Government of India, hosted the National Stakeholder Workshop on Safe, Trusted, and 72. Name the country that has launched the ‘BIMReN’ Ethical AI in collaboration with which organization in initiative to enable PhD students from BIMSTEC June 2024? countries to conduct doctoral research. Answer: UNESCO Answer: India 4 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 73. Which country hosted the multi-national exercise Red 87. Which public sector undertaking (PSU) has been Flag 24? awarded ‘The Economic Times HR World Future Ready Answer: United States of America Organization Award 2024-25’? Answer: NHPC Limited 74. In the Taiwan Athletics Open 2024, the Indian athletes bagged a total of 7 medals including _______ golds, ______ 88. The theme of the 2024 International Day of UN silvers, and _______ bronze medals. Peacekeepers is ________. Answer: 7 medals including 3 golds, 3 silvers, and 1 Answer: Fit for the future, building better together bronze medals 89. Where has GAIL (India) Limited's first green hydrogen 75. Who is India's first woman Permanent Representative plant become operational? to the United Nations? Answer: Vijaipur, Madhya Pradesh Answer: Ruchira Kamboj 90. Who has won the F1 Monaco Grand Prix 2024? 76. Who has been appointed the new chair of the 12- Answer: Charles Leclerc member Gender Sensitization and Internal Complaints 91. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won their third Indian Committee recently (June 2024) reconstituted by the Premier League (IPL) title by beating SunRisers Supreme Court of India? Hyderabad (SRH) in the final of the 17th IPL match Answer: Justice Hima Kohli played at which stadium? Answer: M A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Tamil 77. TIME magazine has named Reliance Industries Limited Nadu (RIL) as one of the World’s 100 Most Influential Companies. RIL secured a spot in the list under which 92. World Hunger Day is observed annually on which date? category? Answer: 28th May Answer: Titans 93. Allamaye Halina has recently (May 2024) been sworn 78. Who won the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee? in as the new Prime Minister of which country? Answer: Bruhat Soma Answer: Chad 79. Which institute has been awarded the Nelson Mandela 94. The Cyber Security Conclave has recently (May 2024) Award for Health Promotion for 2024? been organized by CSC and United Service Institution in Answer: National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro which city to strengthen cyber security? Sciences (NIMHANS) Answer: New Delhi 80. According to the latest data released by the Controller 95. When is the World Football Day observed every year? General of Accounts (CGA), the government's fiscal Answer: 25th May deficit for 2023-24 stood at _____ of the GDP (Gross 96. Which asset management company has introduced the Domestic Product). industry's first sonic identity ‘The Sound of Freedom’? Answer: 5.63% Answer: Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited 81. Which country has launched its first space agency and 97. Name the small finance bank that has recently (May plans to make a Mars landing by 2045? 2024) inked a bancassurance collaboration agreement Answer: South Korea with SBI General Insurance to facilitate the sale of non- life insurance products. 82. Which city hosted the International Procurement and Answer: Jana Small Finance Bank Supply Chain Conference 2024? Answer: Mumbai 98. What is the theme of World Thyroid Day 2024? Answer: Non-Communicable Diseases 83. World Milk Day is observed annually on which date? Answer: 1st June 99. Which International Airport has been awarded the zero waste to landfill (ZWL) accolade by the Confederation 84. Adani Ports has inked a concession agreement with the of Indian Industry (CII-ITC) Centre of Excellence for Tanzania Ports Authority to operate and manage Sustainable Development? Container Terminal 2 at the Dar es Salaam Port, Answer: Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Tanzania. What is the duration of the agreement? Answer: 30 years 100. Name the Indian personality who has been awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024. 85. ‘PRAGATI-2024’ is associated with _________. Answer: Srinivas R. Kulkarni Answer: Pharmaceuticals and Ayurveda 101. A 16-year-old ________ has become the youngest Indian 86. Who has been honoured with the 2023 UN Military mountaineer to scale the world’s highest peak Mount Gender Advocate of the Year Award? Everest from the Nepal side. Answer: Major Radhika Sen Answer: Kaamya Karthikeyan 5 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 102. What are the names of the AI anchors launched by 114. Sirbaz Khan has recently (May 2024) scaled the world's Doordarshan Kisan (DD Kisan), which has become the tallest peak, Mt. Everest, without using supplementary first government TV channel in India to launch two AI oxygen. He hails from which country? anchors? Answer: Pakistan Answer: AI Krish and AI Bhoomi 115. Which food delivery platform has recently (May 2024) 103. Delhi has been named as the highest-ranked Indian city collaborated with SHIELD, a device-first risk AI in the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index 2024. What platform, to enhance its fraud prevention and detection is its rank in the index? capabilities? Answer: 350th Answer: Swiggy 104. In May 2024, the UN Convention to Combat 116. The theme of International Day for Biological Diversity Desertification (UNCCD) released the Global Land 2024 is ______. Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Answer: Be part of the Plan Pastoralists. As per the report, up to what percent of rangelands are degraded? 117. What is the name of India’s first premium fuel exported Answer: 50% by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) to Sri Lanka? 105. Which state of India celebrates the Saga Dawa festival Answer: XP100 annually? 118. Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of Answer: Sikkim IndiaFirst Life Insurance? 106. Where is the first Asian Relay Championships held? Answer: Rushabh Gandhi Answer: Bangkok 119. Which entity has recently (May 2024) signed a 107. Which country has become the 99th member of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SIDBI to International Solar Alliance (ISA)? support helicopter financing in India? Answer: Spain Answer: Airbus Helicopters 108. In May 2024, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Anil 120. Which insurance company has launched India’s first Chauhan attended ‘Exercise Cyber Suraksha – 2024’ Satellite In-Orbit Third-Party Liability Insurance and underscored the importance of strengthening policy? India’s cyber defense capabilities. The exercise was Answer: Tata AIG General Insurance Company conducted by _______. Answer: Defence Cyber Agency 121. Porter, a logistics services platform, has become the ______ unicorn in India in 2024. 109. Which entity has acquired the AI-powered women’s Answer: Third wellness platform SocialBoat to develop AI for wearables? 122. Name the operation that has recently (May 2024) been Answer: Noise launched by Uttarakhand Police to ensure decorum 110. In May 2024, the All-India Institute of Ayurveda (A ), during Kedarnath Yatra 2024. New Delhi organized a grand event to commemorate Answer: Operation Maryada the 10th edition of International Day of Yoga, 2024. 123. Name the country that has become the first to What is the theme of the event? completely lose all its glaciers. Answer: Yoga for women empowerment Answer: Venezuela 111. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 124. Nayara Energy has planned to invest Rs.600 crore to set (POWERGRID) has been awarded the ATD BEST up two ethanol plants in India to meet its sustainable Awards 2024 for its strategic approach to talent goals. These plants will be set up in which state? development driving business results. This is the ____ Answer: Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh time POWERGRID has been honoured with the ATD BEST Award. 125. The book “At The Wheel of Research” explains the Answer: Third journey of Dr Soumya Swaminathan, the inaugural Chief 112. Who won the 2024 Casablanca Chess Variant Scientist at the World Health Organization who served tournament? during the COVID-19 pandemic. Who is the author of Answer: Magnus Carlsen this book? Answer: Anuradha Mascarenhas 113. German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann have been named the winner of the 126. Which agency has been awarded the Geospatial World International Booker Prize 2024 for the book titled Forum (GWF) Leadership Award for public policy: ‘_______.’ enabling industry development? Answer: Kairos Answer: IN-SPACe 6 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 127. Which government department has introduced the 140. Which country has won the 30th Sultan Azlan Shah 'Sangam: Digital Twin' initiative in May 2024? Hockey Trophy by defeating Pakistan? Answer: Department of Telecommunications Answer: Japan 128. The third meeting of the Eminent Persons’ Group (EPG) 141. Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has finished on the future direction of BIMSTEC was held in ______ second with a best throw of ________ at the Doha (country) in May 2024. Diamond League 2024. Answer: Bangladesh Answer: 88.36m 129. Sunil Chhetri has announced his retirement from 142. Indian writer and poet Surjit Patar has passed away in international football. In which year did he receive the May 2024. In which year did he receive the Padma Shri Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award? award? Answer: 2021 Answer: 2012 130. Lawrence Wong has been elected as the new Prime 143. India and Iran have signed a long-term contract for the Minister of which country in May 2024? operation of the Shahid Beheshti Port terminal at Answer: Singapore Chabahar in Iran. Which company will invest USD120 million in port development? 131. Under which operation the Trishakti Corps of the Answer: India Ports Global Limited Indian Army has provided essential assistance and healthcare to remote communities in Naga and 144. Which entity will set up a Global Artificial Intelligence Rangrang villages of North Sikkim? (AI) Centre of Excellence in Paris? Answer: Operation Sadbhavana Answer: Tata Consultancy Services 132. According to a report titled ‘Asia Pacific Data Center 145. Setu has launched India’s first Large Language Model Trends Q1 2024’, India became the country with the (LLM) specifically designed for the banking, financial highest data center capacity in the Asia-Pacific region, services, and insurance (BFSI) sector. What is the name surpassing major nations like Australia, Hong Kong of this model? SAR, Japan, Singapore, and Korea, with a total capacity Answer: Sesame of _____. 146. Which lender, in collaboration with Atal Innovation Answer: 950 MW Mission, has allocated Rs 19.6 crore in grants to support 133. Which country has introduced the world’s first high- 170 social startups in FY24? speed 6G prototype device? Answer: HDFC Bank Answer: Japan 147. Under which initiative Thomas Cook India has 134. Who has been awarded the Global Excellence Award introduced video KYC for its retail foreign exchange 2024 for outstanding contribution to education? customers for a safe digital transaction? Answer: Chandrakant Satija Answer: Ab Forex Ghar Baithe 135. International Day of Light is observed annually on 148. Where is the Asia Open Pickleball Championships 2024 which date? organized? Answer: 16th May Answer: Vietnam 136. Who received the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in May 149. As per the report “Global Electricity Review 2024”, 2024? India surpassed _______ to become the world’s third- Answer: Ruskin Bond largest producer of solar power in 2023. Answer: Japan 137. In the Times Higher Education- Young University Rankings 2024, which university has emerged as the 150. How many medals has the Indian boxing team bagged highest-ranking Indian university with a rank of 81? at the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC) Asian U-22 Answer: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and Youth Boxing Championships 2024? Answer: 43 medals 138. In May 2024, Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane released a commemorative Rs 250 coin on the occasion 151. Which state of India has launched the ‘Pirul Lao-Paise of the 250th anniversary of the foundation of which Pao’ campaign to combat the raging forest fire? shipyard company? Answer: Uttarakhand Answer: Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited 152. Which country’s ambassador to India along with 139. What is the theme of International Nurses Day 2024? Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated the Answer: Our Nurses. Our Future. The economic power Kohima Peace Memorial and Eco Park in May 2024? of care Answer: Japan 7 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 153. A report titled ‘Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving 164. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed stricter Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System’ is released measures for project financing. Under the draft by which organization? regulations, lenders would be required to allocate ______ Answer: World Bank of the total loan amount as general provisions for existing and new loans in the construction phase. 154. As per the recently published World Migration Report Answer: 5% 2024, India received over USD 111 billion in remittances in 2022, becoming the 1st country to cross 165. In May 2024, the _______ ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ the USD 100 billion mark. Which country is the 2nd Meeting (AISOM) was held in New Delhi. largest recipient of remittances in the world? Answer: 26th Answer: Mexico 166. Which state of India has introduced ‘Nakshatra Sabha’, India’s first Astro tourism campaign? 155. The Indian Army’s Kharga Corps has recently (May Answer: Uttarakhand 2024) conducted a three-day joint military exercise Gagan Strike-II with the Indian Air Force (IAF) in which 167. What is the theme of World Asthma Day 2024? state? Answer: Asthma Education Empowers Answer: Punjab 168. World Laughter Day is observed annually on the first 156. The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of _______ of May. Chemicals and Fertilizers, has launched the MEDITECH Answer: Sunday STACKATHON 2024 in collaboration with which 169. Which logistic platform has collaborated with India company? Post to enhance last-mile delivery services for e- Answer: Confederation of Indian Industry commerce products of Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) startups, small and medium businesses (SMBs), and 157. Which trading platform has secured the prestigious MSMEs? title of Best Trading Platform in India for the second Answer: Fship consecutive year? Answer: QuantPower 170. What is the name of India’s first indigenously-built bomber unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)? 158. Noted Urdu writer Salam Bin Razzaq has passed away Answer: FWD-200B in May 2024. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Urdu in which year? 171. Which team won the 2024 BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Answer: 2004 titles? Answer: Chinese badminton team 159. Name the country that has recently (May 2024) 172. In May 2024, India and which country agreed to an introduced ‘Victoria Shi’, the world’s 1st AI diplomat. early conclusion of the Local Currency Settlement Answer: Ukraine System Agreement to strengthen bilateral economic 160. Which IIT Madras incubated startup has launched ties? India's first indigenous high-performance Answer: Nigeria microcontroller chip? 173. The Japanese team won the 2024 Men’s AFC U-23 Asian Answer: Mindgrove Technologies Cup title after defeating which nation? 161. ISRO has recently (May 2024) conducted the first Answer: Uzbekistan ignition trial for SCE-200 (semi-cryogenic engine-200) at the semi-cryo integrated engine test facility (SIET) located in the ISRO propulsion complex (IPRC) in _________. Answer: Mahendragiri 162. Researchers have discovered the world’s deepest blue hole named Taam Ja’ Blue Hole (TJBH) in which country? Answer: Mexico 163. The Indian Army and the Indian Air Force have planned to jointly deploy MQ-9B Predator drones made by the United States of America (USA) at which air base? Answer: Sarsawa & Gorakhpur 8 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 174. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and 187. The Ministry of Mines has signed a Memorandum of Development (OECD), in its latest report, “Economic Understanding (MoU) with which Foundation to Outlook,” has increased its economic growth rate enhance the knowledge base of the critical minerals forecast for the Indian economy for 2024-25 to ____ processing industry in India? from 6.2% estimated earlier. Answer: Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation Answer: 6.6% 188. Who has been awarded the Lacchu Maharaj Award for the year 2024? 175. Indian wildlife biologist, Purnima Devi Barman, has Answer: Pandit Rajendra Gangani been conferred with the Whitley Gold Award 2024. She is from which state? 189. Which financial institution has introduced the ‘Climate Answer: Assam Strategy 2030’ for green financing? Answer: NABARD 176. Hitesh Kumar Sethia has been appointed as the MD & CEO of _____for 3 years. 190. Recently (April 2024), NABARD collaborated with which organization to establish a system for faster Answer: Jio Financial Services processing of agricultural loans? 177. Name the country that has recently (May 2024) Answer: Reserve Bank Innovation Hub launched sea trials for the Fujian, its third and most 191. In 2024 April, which company has launched India’s first advanced aircraft carrier. upgradable ATM that can be transformed into a high- Answer: China performance Cash Recycling Machine (CRM) at any 178. TacticAI, an AI assistant for football tactics, is developed point of time? Answer: Hitachi Payment Services by which entity? Answer: DeepMind 192. Which country has recently (April 2024) introduced a new drone “Kamikaze” which is similar to Russia’s 179. The year 2024 marks which anniversary of World Press Lancet drone? Freedom Day? Answer: Iran Answer: 31st 193. Which Indian port has received approval from the 180. Jeremiah Manele has become the new Prime Minister of Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways to operate which country? as India's first transshipment port? Answer: Solomon Islands Answer: Vizhinjam Port 181. Who has won the 9th edition of the Oxford Bookstore 194. Who has received the 2024 Cambridge Dedicated Book Cover Prize (2024)? Teacher Awards for the Middle East and North Africa Answer: Bhavi Mehta (MENA)? Answer: Gina Justus 182. India’s services exports will increase to USD 800 billion 195. World Veterinary Day is celebrated annually on the last by 2030 from USD 340 billion in 2023, making the ________ of April. external sector resilient to supply-side shocks and Answer: Saturday reducing rupee volatility. This is according to ______. Answer: Goldman Sachs report 196. As per the report released by the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India’s services exports 183. The Indian Army and Punit Balan Group have jointly grew by ____ to USD 345 billion in the calendar year developed India’s first Constitution Park in which city? 2023 (January-December) despite global economic Answer: Pune uncertainties. Answer: 11.4% 184. India will host the Badminton World Junior Championships 2025 in which city? 197. In April 2024, SJVN Limited inaugurated India’s first Answer: Guwahati multi-purpose green hydrogen pilot project in which state? 185. Which economic think tank has estimated that India's Answer: Himachal Pradesh GDP growth could exceed 7% in 2024-25 due to 198. Which country hosted the first International Rainbow positive monsoon forecast and global outlook? Tourism Conference in April 2024? Answer: National Council of Applied Economic Answer: Nepal Research 199. Which organization has recently (April 2024) 186. Name the Indian personality who has been awarded the developed the lightest Bullet Proof Jacket in the country prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 2024. for protection against the highest Level 6 threat? Answer: Alok Shukla Answer: DRDO 9 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 200. In April 2024, which company launched ‘Phi-3-min’, a 214. Ashok Leyland has signed Memorandum of lightweight artificial intelligence model? Understanding (MOU) with which bank for financing Answer: Microsoft dealers under the bank's dealer finance program? Answer: South Indian Bank 201. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Heavenly Islands of Goa’? 215. Which entity has been renamed as ‘Bandhan Life’ by Answer: P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Bandhan Financial Holdings Limited? Answer: Aegon Life Insurance 202. In April 2024, Razorpay launched its own Unified 216. Which entity has released the annual publication titled Payments Interface (UPI) infrastructure named ‘UPI 'Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’ Outlook 2022- switch’ in collaboration with which payments bank? 23'? Answer: Airtel Payments Bank Answer: Reserve Bank of India 203. Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has 217. In April 2024, Indian Navy conducted which exercise on developed a 3D-printed dummy ballot unit to enhance East Coast under the Operational Control of The Flag voter awareness and engagement? Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Answer: IIT Guwahati Command? Answer: Poorvi Lehar 204. Which nation has appointed 'Colonel Edison Napyo' as its first defence advisor to India? 218. Which Indian Institute of Technology has launched Answer: Papua New Guinea India's first medical devices calibration facility on wheels under its 'Anaivarukkum Initiative'? 205. Name the entity that has received the Achievement Answer: IIT Madras Award for Creating Social Development and Impact at 219. Which nation has officially joined as the 38th member the 15th Edition of the Vishwakarma Awards, hosted by of Naitonal Aeronautics and Space Administration's the Construction Industry Development Council "Artemis Accords"? (CIDC). Answer: Sweden Answer: Puravankara Limited 220. Which airport is named as the World's Best Airport 206. What is the theme of World Immunization Week 2024? 2024 in the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2024 held in Answer: Humanly Possible: Immunization for All Germany? Answer: Hamad International Airport 207. India has set a target to achieve debris-free space missions by which year? 221. India and Russia have signed an agreement on strategic Answer: 2030 cooperation and joint actions. This agreement was formalized during the Indo-Russian Education Summit 208. The 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award is given held in which city? to ________. Answer: New Delhi Answer: Mohammed Salem 222. A unique Iron Age Megalithic site, named 209. Who has been awarded the KISS (Kalinga Institute of 'Devarlabanda Mula ' has been found near Bandala Social Sciences) Humanitarian Award 2021? village. Bandala village is found in which Indian Answer: Ratan Tata state/UT? Answer: Telangana 210. Recently (April 2024), the National Skill Development 223. Which financial institution has agreed to acquire a 9% Corporation (NSDC) joined hands with which shareholding in Belgian insurer Ageas from China's organization to provide vocational training to Fosun Group for about 730 million Euros? marginalized communities? Answer: BNP Paribas Answer: ISKCON 224. As per the State Bank of India Economic Research 211. Which country has started the first-ever Hindi radio Department report, the total amount of deposits in broadcast? senior citizen accounts increased by _______, to Rs 34 Answer: Kuwait lakh crore at end of December 2023 from Rs 13 lakh crore in 2018. 212. Which tribe celebrates the “Seng Khihlang” Festival? Answer: 150% Answer: Khasi 225. Which public sector bank has recently (in April 2024) 213. Which entity has partnered with National Payments signed an agreement with India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation of India to introduce its credit services on Corporation to provide mortgage guarantee-backed the Unified Payment Interface? home loan products in the affordable housing segment? Answer: Amazon Answer: Bank of India 10 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 226. The United Nations Trade and Development projected 239. In April 2024, which lender carried out a Credit Default that Indian economy's growth momentum will most Swap (CDS) trade worth Rs.25 crore with Standard likely decelerate in 2024 to ________ against the 6.7% Chartered Bank India? growth recorded in the previous year. Answer: State Bank of India Answer: 6.5% 240. Name the public sector lender that has recently (in 227. The report titled "Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: April 2024) inked a Memorandum of Understanding Ending Inequalities in Sexual and Reproductive Health (MoU) with Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Rights" projects that India's population is expected (SINE) & IIT Bombay to provide financial support to to reach to 1.44 billion leaving China behind. The report startups. is released by which institution? Answer: Canara Bank Answer: UNFPA 241. India's household debt levels have reached a record 228. The Indian Army's Trishakti Corps conducted a training high of 40 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in exercise of Anti-Tank Guided Missile at super-high- December 2023 (Q3FY24). This is according to a report altitude area of 17,000 feet in which state? issued by _________ (financial company). Answer: Sikkim Answer: Motilal Oswal 242. In April 2024, Citroen became the first multinational 229. World Liver Day is observed annually on which date? car manufacturer in India to export domestically made Answer: 19th April electric vehicles to the international market. Citroen is 230. The first international workshop on ‘Emerging the company of which country? Technologies & Challenges for Exoskeleton’ has been Answer: France organised by which organisation? 243. ________ has been designated as the Nodal Centre for the Answer: DRDO ‘Space Science and Technology Awareness Training 231. World Voice Day is observed annually on which date? (START) programme by the Indian Space Research Answer: 16th April Organization (ISRO). Answer: Gujarat Council on Science and Technology 232. Noted Carnatic Musician KG Jayan died at the age of 89 in Kerala. He won India's 4th highest civilian award in 244. Who has won the 51st National Women’s Carrom which year in the field of art? Championship 2024 title? Answer: 2019 Answer: Rashmi Kumari 233. Which scientific journal has recently (in April 2024) 245. Name the Indian personality that has recently (in April published the paper documenting the discovery of the 2024) been awarded the “Sagar Samman Varun Award” by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways new species "Impatiens neo-uncinata" in the (MoPSW) for outstanding and sustained contributions Agasthyamala biosphere reserve? to the Indian maritime sector. Answer: Phytotaxa Answer: Dhirendra Kumar Sanyal 234. Which organization has developed a light weight 246. The Girl Child Empowerment Mission (GEM) is a Carbon-Carbon (C-C) nozzle for rocket engine? flagship initiative of __________. Answer: ISRO Answer: NTPC Limited 235. Which entity has launched SKT105E, India's first locally 247. Who has become the first Indian monk to be honoured manufactured Electric Mining Truck? with the American President’s Gold Volunteer Service Answer: Sany India award in April 2024? 236. Who won the Asian Badminton Championship 2024 Answer: Lokesh Muni titles for men and women respectively? 248. Which organization has been honoured with the 2024 Answer: Jonatan Christie and Wang Zhi Yi John L “Jack” Swigert, Jr Award for Space Exploration? 237. In April 2024, DRDO & ___________ conducted successful Answer: ISRO trials of indigenous Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided 249. The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Missile Weapon System. (IPEF) will host the first Clean Economy Investor Forum Answer: Indian Army in which country in June 2024? Answer: Singapore 238. In April 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare introduced a digital platform named ‘___________’ 250. Name the poet that has won the World Literary Prize to disburse subsidies to horticulture farmers under the from the World Organization of Writers (WOW) for Cluster Development Programme. his/her contributions to the world of literature. Answer: CDP-SURAKSHA Answer: Mamta G. Sagar 11 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 251. Recently (in April 2024), the "Experimental Licence 265. Which FMCG company has launched the health-tech Module for 100 5G Labs" launched at which Indian app ‘NutriPlus’ to democratize health monitoring in the Institute of Technology (IIT)? country? Answer: IIT Madras Answer: Britannia 252. Which is the first private company in India to launch a 266. Name the country that has unveiled the world’s most sub metre resolution satellite “TSAT-1A”? powerful laser, which is based on the inventions of 2018 Answer: Tata Advanced Systems Nobel Physics Prize winners Gerard Mourou and Donna 253. As per a report titled 'Synchronising Energy Transitions Strickland. Towards Possible Net Zero for India: Affordable and Answer: Romania Clean Energy for All' released by the Atomic Energy 267. Which country has hosted the 19th Meeting of Commission (AEC), India aims to increase its nuclear Secretaries of the Security Council of the Shanghai power production to 1 lakh MW by which year? Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in April 2024? Answer: 2047 Answer: Kazakhstan 254. India has secured the rights to operate a second 268. The theme for the World Health Day 2024 is _______. overseas port ‘Sittwe’ after the Shahid Beheshti Port, Answer: My health, my right Chabahar of Iran. This port is located in which country? Answer: Myanmar 269. Which company has emerged as the top-performing 255. Which organization has released a report titled as large cap on the Nifty 50 in FY24? ‘Space: The $1.8 Trillion Opportunity for Global Answer: Bajaj Auto Economic Growth’? 270. On 1st April 2024, AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB) Answer: World Economic Forum amalgamated with which of the small finance bank? 256. Which football club has won its maiden I-League title in Answer: Fincare Small Finance Bank 2024? 271. 'Gagan Shakti-2024' has been organized at which place? Answer: Mohammedan Sporting Answer: Pokhran, Rajasthan 257. Who penned a book titled ‘The Idea of Democracy’? 272. Microsoft has partnered with OpenAI for an artificial Answer: Sam Pitroda intelligence supercomputer called "_______" which will 258. Star Health Insurance has recently (April 2024) launch in 2028. collaborated with which UPI app to provide ‘Star Answer: Stargate Comprehensive Insurance Policy’? Answer: PhonePe 273. As per the RBI data, the total number of credit cards issued by banks in India surpassed the 100 million 259. Who has won the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix mark in February 2024, with an addition of 1.1 million 2024? cards from the previous month. Which lender is the Answer: Max Verstappen leader in credit card issuance? 260. The ‘Sitars’ and ‘Tanpuras’ of Miraj have been awarded Answer: HDFC Bank the Geographical Indication (GI) tags. Miraj is located in 274. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has observed its _____ which state of India? anniversary on 1st April 2024. Answer: Maharashtra Answer: 90th 261. Which organization has developed the “Akashteer Air 275. ________ has decided to set up a Digital India Trust Defence System”? Agency (DIGITA) as a new tool to combat cybercrime. Answer: Bharat Electronics Limited Answer: Reserve Bank of India 262. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd. (NCDFI)? 276. Judith Suminwa Tuluka has become the first female Answer: Meenesh Shah Prime Minister of which country? Answer: Democratic Republic of Congo 263. Bindyarani Devi, who won a bronze medal at the IWF World Cup 2024 held in Phuket, Thailand, is associated 277. Which entity has been given the SKOCH ESG Award with which sports? 2024 in the ‘Renewable Energy Financing’ category? Answer: Weightlifting Answer: REC Limited 264. Name the country that has been selected to chair the UN 278. India has agreed to help which country in promoting Commission on the Status of Women. research and education in the Sanskrit language? Answer: Saudi Arabia Answer: Nepal 12 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 279. How many medals has India won in the Youth World 292. Where is the world’s largest single-location copper Boxing Cup 2024 held in Montenegro? Answer: 26 manufacturing plant located? medals (5 gold, 9 silver and 12 bronze) Answer: Mundra, Gujarat 280. Which country hosted the International Children’s 293. According to the report Brand Finance Insurance 2024, Book Day in 2024? which insurance company has emerged as the strongest Answer: Japan insurance brand globally? Answer: Life Insurance Corporation of India 281. Which Indian shipyard company has signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to supply 294. Israeli American author and psychologist, Daniel turbines, auxiliaries, and other tools worth Rs 1,173.42 Kahneman, who passed away in March 2024, won the crore? Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in which Answer: Cochin Shipyard Limited year? 282. Which state’s ‘Matabari Pera’ and ‘Pachra’ have been Answer: 2002 awarded with the Geographical Indication (GI) tag in 295. Kannada writer Dr Gurulinga Kapse passed away in April 2024? March 2024. He won the Sahitya Akademi Translation Answer: Tripura Prize in which year? 283. Which Indian hockey player has been awarded the Answer: 2021 Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award at the 296. Which organization has released a report titled 2023 Hockey India Awards? “Unicorn 2.0: Adding the next trillion”? Answer: Ashok Kumar Answer: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 284. What is the name of the global network launched by the 297. In March 2024, the International Labour Organization World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure timely, (ILO) and Institute for Human Development (IHD) detection, monitoring, and assessment of jointly released the India Employment Report 2024. As coronaviruses of public health importance? per the report, India’s youth accounts for almost ____ of Answer: CoViNet the unemployed workforce in India. 285. The advanced version of Tejas ‘Mark 1A’ has been Answer: 83 percent designed by _______. 298. A report titled ‘Global Trade Update’ states that services Answer: Aeronautical Development Agency exports from India rose by 14% in 2023, while goods 286. IIT Madras has hosted the prestigious _____ Shaastra export declined by 6%. This report is published by Rapid FIDE Rated Chess Tournament in 2024. which organization? Answer: 6th Answer: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 287. Who has been awarded the prestigious Times Power Icon 2024 Award by the Times Group? 299. Who has won the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2024 Answer: Vijay Jain Title? Answer: Carlos Sainz 288. Who has been elected as the new Chairman of Automotive Tyre Manufacturers' Association (ATMA)? 300. Who has won the women’s singles title at the WTT Answer: Arnab Banerjee Feeder Beirut II 2024? Answer: Sreeja Akula 289. Which Indian institute of Management (IIM) has joined hands with Europe’s Starburst Aerospace to boost the 301. Star Housing Finance has recently (March 2024) aerospace, new space, and defence (ASD) industry in entered into a co-lending arrangement with which India? financial entity to lend to economically weaker sections Answer: IIM Mumbai (EWS) and low-income group (LIG) at more affordable rates? 290. Tata Passenger Electric Mobility (TPEM) has tied up Answer: Tata Capital Housing Finance with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to establish a nationwide network of how many public 302. Who has been elected as the Chairman of Indian Banks’ charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) by the end Association (IBA) for 2023-24? of 2024? Answer: M V Rao Answer: 5000 303. Akmus Drugs and Pharmaceutical Limited has recently 291. What is the name of India’s first AI-based film directed (March 2024) developed a new India’s first room- by Sam Bhattacharjee? temperature stable indigenous drug for which disease? Answer: IRAH Answer: Sickle cell disease 13 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 304. World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) is observed annually on 317. Who has been selected by the Financial Services 24th March. What is the theme of WTD 2024? Institutions Bureau (FSIB) as the Chairman and Answer: Yes! We can end TB! Managing Director (CMD) of the New India Assurance Company? 305. Name the sports personality that has won the men’s Answer: Girija Subramanian singles title at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Feeder Beirut 2024. 318. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently imposed Answer: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (March 2024) a monetary penalty of ______ on Bandhan Bank Ltd. for non-compliance with certain directions 306. Which airline has been named as the “Airline of the on ‘Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits) Year” at the 2024 Air Transport Awards? Directions, 2016’. Answer: IndiGo Answer: Rs.29.55 lakh 307. Earth Hour is observed annually on the last ______ of 319. Which entity has become India’s second Unicorn of March. 2024? Answer: Saturday Answer: Perfios 308. In March 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received 320. Srinagar has hosted the first-ever Formula 4 car racing the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo' award. This award is the demonstration event on the banks of which lake? highest civilian award of which country? Answer: Dal lake Answer: Bhutan 321. Who has won the 2024 Women's Premier League 309. The second edition of IMT TRILAT (Tri Lateral Exercise) (WPL) title after defeating Delhi Capitals (DC)? has been conducted between India and which two Answer: Royal Challengers Bangalore countries? Answer: Mozambique and Tanzania 322. Who has recently (March 2024) been awarded the prestigious PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award for 310. Who has been elected as the President of the Indian outstanding philanthropic contributions? Steel Association (ISA) in March 2024? Answer: Ratan Tata Answer: Naveen Jindal 323. Who has been selected for the Sangita Kalanidhi Award 311. Recently (March 2024), the ____ edition of the Shanghai of the Music Academy for 2024? Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Startup Forum has Answer: T M Krishna been organized in New Delhi. Answer: 10th 324. Exercise 'Tiger Triumph - 24' has been organized between India and which country in March 2024? 312. Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has Answer: USA developed an indigenous electric standing wheelchair named ‘NeoStand’? 325. India’s first integrated Oil Palm Processing Unit has Answer: IIT Madras started commercial operation in which state? Answer: Arunachal Pradesh 313. Name the operation that has recently (March 2024) been launched by India to evacuate Indian Nationals 326. Recently (March 2024), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh from Haiti to the Dominican Republic. inaugurated Indian Navy's first independent Answer: Operation Indravati headquarters 'Nausena Bhawan' in which place? Answer: Delhi 314. What is the name of the portal launched by the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and the Ministry of 327. Where is the Global Spirituality Conference organized? Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for the Answer: Hyderabad Universal Acceptance (UA) Day in March 2024? 328. Max India has inked a Memorandum of Understanding Answer: BhashaNet (MoU) with which institute to develop offerings 315. World Water Day is observed annually on which date? tailored specifically for the senior demographic? Answer: 22nd August Answer: IIT Delhi 316. Which payments bank has teamed up with Noise and 329. Which state’s cabinet has recently (March 2024) Mastercard to launch “A New Way to Pay” to approved to rename Ahmednagar district as Ahilya revolutionize contactless payments by redefining and Nagar after the 18th-century Maratha queen Ahilyabai making them more accessible to a wider user base? Holkar? Answer: Airtel Payments Bank Answer: Maharashtra 14 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 330. In March 2024, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh 343. The Government of India initiated a scheme worth approved a proposal for the expansion of the National Rs.340 crore, through the Bureau of Indian Standards Cadet Corps (NCC) with the addition of ________ cadet (BIS), for upgradation and strengthening of the vacancies. laboratory network in the country. BIS works under Answer: 3 lakh which ministry? Answer: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public 331. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Prasar Bharati? Distribution Answer: Navneet Kumar Sehgal 344. As per the latest news, North India’s first Government 332. Which entity has agreed to buy the 13.01% stake Homoeopathic College will be built in ________. owned by Paramount Global in Viacom18 Media for Rs Answer: Jammu and Kashmir 4,286 crore? 345. A maritime security exercise “Sea Defenders-2024” has Answer: Reliance Industries been conducted between Indian Coast Guard and 333. India has been ranked 134 out of 193 countries on the ________. UN Human Development Index (HDI) 2022 with an HDI Answer: United States Coast Guard value of ______. 346. Coal India Limited (CIL) has recently (March 2024) Answer: 0.644 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 334. Who has won the Formula One Saudi Arabian Grand Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited Prix 2024? (RRVUNL) for exploration and execution of _______ Answer: Max Verstappen capacity power projects. Answer: 4100 MW 335. Which cricket team has won the Ranji Trophy 2023-24 title? 347. How much monthly financial assistance will be Answer: Mumbai cricket team provided under the "Mahtari Vandan Yojana" in Chhattisgarh? 336. Annabel Sutherland has been named the ICC Women’s Answer: Rs. 1,000 Player of the Month Award for February 2024. She is from which country? 348. Identify the state from the given options that has signed Answer: Australia a letter of intent (LoI) with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to set up a centre for artificial intelligence (AI) in 337. Mohammad Mustafa has been elected as the new Prime the state. Minister of ________. Answer: Palestine Answer: Karnataka 338. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and 349. Sela Tunnel, seen in news recently (March 2024), Managing Director (CMD) of Northern Coalfields connects which Indian states? Limited (NCL) in March 2024? Answer: Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Answer: B Sairam 350. Nagaland has recently (March 2024) inked a 339. National Vaccination Day is observed annually on which Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which date? bank for promoting and advancing the successful Answer: 16th March implementation of the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) initiative within the state? 340. Identify the central public sector enterprise that will Answer: Yes Bank develop a 200 MW capacity Solar Power Project to be set up in the 1,125 MW RE Park of Gujarat State 351. As per the SEBI (REIT) (Amendment) Regulations Electricity Corporation Ltd. (GSECL) at Khavda. 2024, Small and Medium Real Estate Investment Trusts Answer: NHPC Limited (SM REITs) are allowed to gather funds starting from _______ by issuing units to a minimum of 200 investors. 341. In March 2024, the Union Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Answer: Rs.50 crore Waterways approved the development of 10 waterways projects on the Brahmaputra River in Assam. What is 352. Which country has become the 97th member of the total financial outlay approved for this project? International Solar Alliance (ISA)? Answer: Rs.645 crore Answer: Panama 342. Which nation has become the 32nd member of the 353. India’s first FutureLABS center at C-DAC has been North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? launched in which city? Answer: Sweden Answer: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 15 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 354. World Consumer Rights Day is observed annually on 366. Minister of Tribal Affairs, Agriculture and Farmers 15th March. The theme of the World Consumer Rights Welfare Arjun Munda has recently (March 2024) Day 2024 is ________. inaugurated the three-day “National dairy Mela and Answer: Fair and responsible AI for consumers Agricultural Exhibition” in which state? 355. Who has assumed the charge of Chairman of National Answer: Jharkhand Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)? 367. In March 2024, Tata Power Solar Systems Limited Answer: Kishor Makwana (TPSSL) renewed its partnership with which lender to 356. Who has been nominated as the 12th nominated provide financing solutions for residential customers, Member of Parliament (MP) in the Upper House of in-line with the Government’s PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Parliament (Rajya Sabha) by President of India, Yojana? Droupadi Murmu? Answer: Union Bank of India Answer: Sudha Murty 368. Which lender launched the ‘Smart Choice Gold Loan’ for 357. The first edition of the “Biannual Naval Commanders’ customers in March 2024? Conference 2024” has been held, recently (March Answer: Kotak Mahindra Bank 2024). The inaugural session of the Conference was held onboard the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. INS 369. Which company has recently (March 2024) received Vikramaditya is a modified ______ aircraft carrier. the final authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India Answer: Kiev class (RBI) to operate as a payment aggregator for its 358. INS Tir, the lead ship of First Training Squadron (1TS) payment gateway brand, “CCAvenue”? participated in Exercise “Cutlass Express - 24 (CE – 24)”, Answer: Infibeam Avenues which was held in _________. 370. Alok Rungta has been appointed as the Managing Answer: Seychelles Director and Chief Executive Officer of which life 359. The Jharkhand state government has launched the insurance house? Jharkhand Widow Remarriage Promotion Scheme Answer: Future Generali India Life Insurance 2024. Under this scheme, the government has decided to provide how much rupees to those widows who want 371. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has to remarriage? unveiled its first skill development initiative “Project Answer: Rs.2 lakh Odiserv” in Sambalpur, Odisha in collaboration with ________. 360. As per the recent amendment, the Government of India, Answer: Bajaj Finserv in consultation with the Election Commission of India (ECI), has increased the minimum age for senior 372. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently (March citizens eligible for postal ballot voting from 80 years to 2024) inaugurated India's first underwater metro train ________. service in Kolkata. The metro tunnel has been built Answer: 85 years under which river? 361. Who has been appointed as the President of Paralympic Answer: Hooghly River Committee of India (PCI)? 373. Recently (March 2024), Himachal Pradesh Chief Answer: Devendra Jhajharia Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu announced the "Indira 362. Who has been honoured with the United States Golf Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojna.” The Association (USGA)’s prestigious Bob Jones Award? scheme provides a monthly stipend of Rs.1,500 to Answer: Tiger Woods women aged between ________. 363. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the Answer: 18 to 60 ‘Chola’ building at Naval War College in which state? 374. India’s 1st Dolphin Research Centre is based in which Answer: Goa city? 364. India celebrated the ______ anniversary of Central Answer: Patna Industrial Security Force (CISF) Raising Day in the year 2024. 375. Who has become the first woman sniper in the Border Answer: 55th Security Force (BSF)? Answer: Suman Kumari 365. __________ and _________ have assumed charge as Election Commissioners in the Election Commission of India 376. Which country has become the first country in the (ECI). world to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution? Answer: Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Gyanesh Kumar Answer: France 16 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 377. Which public sector undertaking has bagged a power 388. Who has been honoured with ‘India-UK Achievers’ plant engineering, procurement, and construction awards in March 2024? (EPC) order of over Rs 9,500 crore from NTPC Limited Answer: Zoya Akhtar and Asma Khan in March 2024? 389. In March 2024, Ministry of Panchayati Raj organized Answer: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) the Two-Day Regional Conference on Strengthening of 378. Name the state government that has recently (March PESA in which city? 2024) launched the “Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyami Vikas Answer: Ranchi Abhiyan (MYUVA)” to nurture entrepreneurship among 390. Recently (March 2024), the Defence Ministry signed a the state's youth. contract for the procurement of BrahMos missiles with Answer: Uttar Pradesh BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) at a cost of 379. India’s unemployment rate has declined to how much ________. percent in 2023 from 3.6 percent in 2022, as per the Answer: Rs.19,518.65 crore latest employment-unemployment indicators report 391. Which Indian Naval Ship has participated in the third released by the National Statistical Office (NSO)? edition of Exercise Samudra Laksamana off Answer: 3.1 percent Visakhapatnam? Answer: INS Kiltan 380. Recently (March 2024), Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Dr Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated 392. NPCI International Payments has signed a how many centres of Central Institute of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET) country’s Eurobank S.A. to enhance cross-border UPI established across India? payments? Answer: Three Answer: Greece 381. Which University has topped the medal tally of the 393. Name the automobile company that has joined hands Khelo India University Games 2023 with a total of 71 with Union Bank of India for dealer financing solutions. medals? Answer: Maruti Suzuki Answer: Chandigarh University 394. Which fintech company has introduced a new feature 382. In March 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its platform, ‘Pocket UPI’ to facilitate payments inaugurated India’s first indigenous Prototype Fast without linking to bank account? Breeder Reactor (PFBR) (500 MWe) in which state? Answer: MobiKwik Answer: Tamil Nadu 395. Who has been awarded the Maharashtra Bhushan 383. Bengali translation ‘Staliner Divan’, authored by Award 2024? _________, has won the Romain Rolland Book Prize 2024. Answer: Pradeep Mahajan Answer: Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee 396. Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan? 384. The Swachhata Green Leaf Rating (SGLR) initiative has Answer: Shehbaz Sharif been introduced by the Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation in collaboration with which Union 397. In March 2024, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Ministry of India? inaugurated the 60T bollard pull tug named ‘Ocean Answer: Ministry of Tourism Grace’ and the Medical Mobile Unit (MMU). The Ocean Grace is the first make in India ASTDS Tug developed by 385. As per the latest data from the World Poverty Clock, the which company? number of people living in extreme poverty in India has Answer: Cochin Shipyard Limited decreased to approximately _____ in 2024 from 4.69 crore in 2022. 398. In March 2024, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Answer: 3.44 crore inaugurated the National Urban Cooperative Finance and Development Corporation Limited (NUCFDC) in 386. Which team has won Season 10 of the Pro Kabaddi which city? League? Answer: New Delhi Answer: Puneri Paltan 399. The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of 387. Name the country that has successfully launched the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) with "Pars-I" remote sensing and imaging satellite into orbit headquarters in India. How much one-time budgetary from Russia. support has been approved for this purpose? Answer: Iran Answer: Rs.150 crore 17 www.bankersadda.com | Adda247 App  Practice Questions Capsule for NIACL AO Exam 2024 400. ________ has become the first Spanish-speaking nation to 412. Name the Indian economist that has been appointed as officially recognize the Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) or the new Director of the Independent Evaluation Office Indian Pharma standards? (IEO) of the World Bank’s Global Environment Facility Answer: Nicaragua (GEF). Answer: Geeta Batra 401. 'Tawi Festival' is observed annually in __________. Answer: Jammu & Kashmir 413. In the BWF Para Badminton World Championships 2024, India won _____ gold, _______ silver, and ______ 402. The Ministry of Jal Shakti has signed an agreement with bronze medals. 12 technical education institutions for basin Answer: 3;4;11 management of how many rivers? Answer: Six 414. Feleti Teo has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which country in February 2024? 403. Coal India Limited (CIL) and which entity have inked a Answer: Tuvalu 415. Adani Defence has inaugurated joint venture agreement (JVA) to set up an ammonium India’s first ammunition and missile manufacturing nitrate plant through surface coal gasification (SCG) complex in which place? technology route? Answer: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Answer: BHEL 416. The world’s third-largest mosque has been inaugurated 404. Who has been appointed as the CEO of the World Gold in which country? Council for India? Answer: Algeria Answer: Sachin Jain 417. National Science Day is observed annually on 28th 405. World Wildlife Day (WWD) is observed annually on February. What is the theme of National Science Day which date? 2024? Answer: 3rd March Answer: Indigenous Technology for Viksit Bharat 406. Reliance Foundation has introduced an innovative 418. Which Union Ministry of India has launched the animal rescue, conservation, and rehabilitation ‘NaViGa