Today’s Most important Current affairs Questions 2024 : Bhavishya Portal is related to
(a) Pension approval and payment process
(b) What will be the future of India
(c) Related to IPL SET
(d) None
Answer :(a) Pension approval and payment process
The Pension Department has launched an online portal called Bhavishya for government retired people.
This portal has been created to keep track of pension payments and approvals of retired people.
This portal has currently been started in five banks including State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank and Canara Bank.
Question 2: When was International Firefighter’s Day started?
(a)1995
(b)1997
(c)1998
(d)1999
Answer :(d)1999
International Firefighter’s Day is celebrated every year on 4 May. Firefighters Day was started in 1999 when 5 firefighters died during a forest fire in Australia
Question 3: How many SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Gals (2024) are scheduled?
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 17
(d) 19
Answer : (c) 17
The event titled “Localizing the SDGs: Women in Local Governance in India Lead the Way” was organized in New York, USA. The event was organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs:)
are a set of future international development goals.
For Sustainable Development, they are to be achieved by the United Nations in 2015, 2030.
Question 4: Shaksgam Valley is in which state of India?
(a) Himachal
(b) Manipur
(c) Ladakh
(d) Sikkim
Answer : (c) Ladakh
Shaksgam Valley was earlier a part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which was liberated from Pakistan a year after the Indo-China war. In 1963, Pakistan handed it over to China.
China has tried to connect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor from Shaksgam to Gwadar Port. Due to this, India has strongly opposed this action of China.
Question 5: Sanjay Kumar Mishra has recently been appointed to which post?
(a) GSTAT
(b) GST
(c) SGST
(d) none
Answer : (a) GSTAT
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (Acc) has appointed Sanjay Kumar Mishra, former Chief Justice (CJ) of Jharkhand High Court (HC) as the Chairman of Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT).
Sanjay Kumar Mishra’s tenure will be for 4 years or till the age of 70. Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) was constituted in 2019 and is headquartered in New Delhi
Question 6: Recently, NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) has signed its first international agreement with the bank of which country?
(a)Bank of Namibia
(b)Bank of India
(c) Bank of America
(d) Bank of Hindustan
Answer :(a)Bank of Namibia
In May, 2024, the global arm of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) signed its first international agreement with the Bank of Namibia
Question 7: #PlayTruecampaign was recently run by whom?
(a) NADA India
(b) ISRO
(c) ICC
(d) None
Answer :(a) NADA India
Doping control body in sports which was formed in 2015 and is headquartered in New Delhi
In the recent #PlayTruecampaign, India saw participation of more than 12,133 participants.
#PlayTruecampaign was done in memory of WADA’s Play to Play Day, which is organized since 2014 with the aim of promoting healthy sports.
Question 8: Hamida Bano is related to
(a) India’s first female wrestler
(b) The most popular wrestler of the country in the 1940-50s
(c) (a) and (b) both are correct
(d) None
Answer :(c) (a) and (b) both are correct
On 4 May 1954, Indian female wrestler Hamida Bano defeated male wrestler Baba Pehlwan, in whose honor Google introduced a doodle of Hamida Bano
She was born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, so she is also called Amazon of Aligarh
Question 9: Where will the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 be held?
(a) America and West Indies
(b) India and America
(c) America and Africa
(d) None
Answer :(a) America and West Indies
ICC released the official song of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, ‘Out of this World’.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be held in America and West Indies in June 2024