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.		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

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

Bank of Maharashtra

Axis Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank

HDFC Bank

4.		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

5.		Which country has attracted the highest foreign funds in Asia in March 2024?

India

China

Japan

South Korea

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.		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

8.		Who will lead the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)?

N K Saxena

Kamal Kishore

Mohammad Yousuf Wani

PR Sreejesh

9.		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

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

Gujarat

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu