Daily Current Affairs 29 and 30 March 2024

1.		What was the percentage increase (provisional) witnessed in the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) in February 2024 compared to the same month in 2023?

7.2%

5.5%

6.7%

4.9%

2.		Which bank has acquired Sonata Finance Private Limited (Sonata)?

Bank of Maharashtra

Axis Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank

HDFC Bank

3.		Who has been appointed as the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of the Bank of Maharashtra?

G S Raut

Kamal Kishore

M K Seth

Nidhu Saxena

4.		Who is chairing the annual Army Commanders’ Conference for the year 2024?

General Manoj Pande

Col. Kamal Kishore

Gr. Capt. N Saxena

Commodore M K Shah

5.		Where has the world’s largest single-location copper manufacturing plant been started by the Adani Group?

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

6.		Where was the 900-year-old Kannada inscription dating back to the Kalyana Chalukya dynasty discovered?

Gangapuram, Mahabubnagar district

Jadan, Pali district

Mundra, Gujarat

Jadcherla mandal, Mahabubnagar district

7.		Whose book titled "Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI" has been shortlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction?

Camila Caram

Kamal Kishore

PR Sreejesh

Madhumita Murgia

8.		Which company has announced a strategic partnership with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to establish a nationwide network of 5,000 public charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) by the end of 2024?

Tata Motors

Reliance Industries

Adani Group

Kotak Mahindra Bank

9.		Who have been appointed as the co-chairs of the FIH Athletes Committee by the International Hockey Federation (FIH)?

PR Sreejesh and Camila Caram

N K Saxena and Kamal Niranjan

M K Rajesh and G K Seth

Mohammad Yousuf Wani and N. Kotiswar Singh

10.		Who has acquired a 26% stake in a power project owned by Adani’s company in Madhya Pradesh?

Tata Motors

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Axis Bank

Reliance Industries