25 January 2024- Republic Day 2024

Present Affairs for UPSC: Jagran Josh presents Every day Present Affairs Quiz for all devoted college students and readers making ready for numerous aggressive exams. In as we speak’s session, get briefings concerning the necessary matters given in Q&A codecs corresponding to Nationwide Voters’ Day 2024 and so on.

1. Who has develop into the second firm on the planet to cross the market capitalization of Rs 3 trillion?

(a) Microsoft

(b) Apple

(c) TCS

(d) Tesla

2. Who’s the chief visitor of this 12 months’s Republic Day celebrations?

(a) Emmanuel Macron

(b) Joe Biden

(c) Abdel Fatah al-Sisi

(d) Rishi Sunak

3. Which Indian firm has acquired approval for generic medicines from the US well being regulator?

(a) Solar Pharmaceutical

(b) Cipla Restricted

(c) Zydus

(d) Lupine

4. How many individuals will the Central Authorities honor with ‘Jeevan Raksha Padaks’ on Republic Day this 12 months?

(a) 11

(b) 21

(c) 31

(d) 41

5. When is Nationwide Voters’ Day celebrated yearly?

(a) 24 January

(b) 25 January

(c) 26 January

(d) 22 January

6. Who inaugurated the brand new constructing ‘Kaushal Bhawan’ of the Ministry of Talent Growth and Entrepreneurship?

(a) Draupadi Murmu

(b) Amit Shah

(c) Rajnath Singh

(d) S Jaishankar

7. The Union Cupboard has lately authorised the MoU with which nation for cooperation within the data know-how sector?

(a) Oman

(b) Bahrain

(c) Bangladesh

(d) Nepal

Reply:-

1. (a) Microsoft

The market capitalization of the enormous know-how firm Microsoft has crossed $3 trillion. Microsoft is the second firm to the touch this determine after iPhone maker Apple. Presently Apple is probably the most priceless firm on the planet.      

2. (a) Emmanuel Macron

This 12 months, French President Emmanuel Macron is attending the Republic Day celebrations on the trail of responsibility because the chief visitor. That is the sixth time {that a} French chief has been invited because the chief visitor. It’s noteworthy that India is celebrating its seventy fifth Republic Day this 12 months. Final 12 months, Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi attended because the chief visitor.

3. (c) Zydus

Zydus Lifesciences has lately acquired ultimate approval from the US well being regulator ‘USFDA’ for the advertising and marketing of a generic drug associated to postherpetic neuralgia. Underneath this, the corporate will have the ability to produce and market Gabapentin tablets. Zydus is the primary Indian firm to get this proper for Gabapentin tablets.  

4. (c) 31

On this 12 months’s Republic Day, the Central Authorities will honor 31 individuals with ‘Jeevan Raksha Padak’. Three of those individuals are being given this award posthumously. In line with the House Ministry, in these awards, three individuals will likely be honored with ‘Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak’, seven with ‘Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak’ and 21 individuals will likely be honored with ‘Jeevan Raksha Padak’.

5. (b) 25 January

Nationwide Voters’ Day is widely known yearly on 25 January throughout the nation. This present day tells the significance of each vote in a democratic society. This present day was celebrated for the primary time on 25 January 2011 on the event of the 61st anniversary of the institution of the Election Fee. The theme of Nationwide Voters’ Day within the 12 months 2024 is ‘Nothing like voting, I voted for certain’.

6. (a) Draupadi Murmu

President of India Draupadi Murmu inaugurated ‘Kaushal Bhawan’, a brand new constructing of the Ministry of Talent Growth and Entrepreneurship in New Delhi. This new constructing is supplied with state-of-the-art infrastructure. Union Minister of Schooling, Talent Growth and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan was additionally current on this event.   

7. (a) Oman

The Union Cupboard has lately authorised the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gulf nation Oman for cooperation within the subject of data know-how. This MoU has been made for a interval of three years. Underneath this, each ‘G2G’ and ‘B2B’ bilateral cooperation will likely be elevated.   

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