Daily Current Affairs 9 January 2025

1.		Which financial institution recently lifted lending restrictions on Asirvad Micro Finance and DMI Finance?

State Bank of India

NABARD

Reserve Bank of India

Ministry of Finance

2.		Who is currently recognized as the world’s oldest living person?

Tomiko Itooka

Sister Inah Lucas

Jeanne Calment

Misao Okawa

3.		What type of missile is the Abdali SRBM?

Air-to-air missile

Cruise missile

Short-range ballistic missile

Surface-to-air missile

4.		Which companies are collaborating to produce sonobuoys for the Indian Navy?

Bharat Electronics Limited and DRDO

Bharat Dynamics Limited and Ultra Marine

HAL and Lockheed Martin

Larsen & Toubro and Raytheon

5.		What significant achievement was accomplished by IIT-Madras?

Developed India’s first electric aircraft

Commissioned Asia’s largest shallow wave basin

Invented a new semiconductor material

Created the fastest supercomputer in India

6.		Which day commemorates Léon Foucault’s pendulum experiment proving Earth's rotation?

International Astronomy Day

Earth Day

Earth’s Rotation Day

Science Innovation Day

7.		What is tularemia also known as?

Rabbit Fever

Bird Flu

Swine Flu

Lyme Disease

8.		What is the primary objective of Assam’s Gunotsav 2025?

Infrastructure development

Teacher training programs

Quality education assessment

Scholarship distribution

9.		When was NITI Aayog established, replacing the Planning Commission?

January 1, 2014

January 1, 2015

August 15, 2014

November 26, 2015

10.		What is the primary aim of Goa’s ‘Bima Sakhi Yojana’?

Women’s employment in IT

Training women as LIC agents

Providing free health insurance

Promoting women-led entrepreneurship