Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2025

1. Which state won the Senior National Men’s Handball Championship 2024 title?
[A] Haryana
[B] Kerala
[C] Punjab
[D] Rajasthan

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2. Scrub Typhus, that was recently seen in news, is caused by which agent?
[A] Virus
[B] Fungus
[C] Bacteria
[D] Protozoa

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3. Who has been honored with the Gangadhar National Award for Poetry 2023?
[A] Nilakantha Diksita
[B] Kudikala Vamsidhar
[C] Prativa Satpathy
[D] Tishani Parmar

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4. Recently, Pallas’s cat has been spotted in which Indian state?
[A] Arunachal Pradesh
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] Assam

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5. Which country has recently witnessed the outbreak of Human metapneumovirus (HMPV)?
[A] Russia
[B] Iran
[C] China
[D] India

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6. Which ministry launched the revamped ‘Baanknet’ e-auction portal?
[A] Ministry of Finance
[B] Ministry of Commerce and Industry
[C] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
[D] Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

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7. What is the name of the digital platform used by CAG to improve transparency and accountability in public spending?
[A] Digital Transparency Toolkit (DTT)
[B] Public Spending Analyzer (PSA)
[C] Open Data Kit (ODK)
[D] None of the Above

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8. Which shipyard has launched two Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs), Amulya and Akshay, for the Indian Coast Guard?
[A] Cochin Shipyard Limited
[B] Hindustan Shipyard Limited
[C] Goa Shipyard Limited
[D] Mazagon Dock Limited

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9. Which institute has recently conducted the first trial blast for the Dozer Push Mining Method?
[A] CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology
[B] CSIR-Central Building Research Institute
[C] CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research
[D] CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory

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10. Which state government launched the Shahid Madho Singh Haath Kharcha Scheme?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Gujarat
[D] Odisha

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