This is the current affairs of 1 & 2 April 2024. Here are questions and answers of daily current affairs for better preparation of competitive exams for government jobs.
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1. How many people (alive and posthumously) did President Droupadi Murmu honor with the Bharat Ratna Award in March 2024?
a. 7
b. 5
c. 4
d. 3
Answer: b. 5
– Of these, four awards were given posthumously and one award was given to a living person.
1. Chaudhary Charan Singh (posthumously)
2. Narasimha Rao (posthumously)
3. Swaminathan (posthumous)
4. Karpoori Thakur (posthumous)
5. Lal Krishna Advani (alive)
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2. President Droupadi Murmu honored whom (alive and posthumously) with the Bharat Ratna Award in March 2024?
a. PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh
b. Bhagat Singh, Bala Saheb Thackeray and Kanshi Ram
c. Karpoori Thakur, MS Swaminathan and LK Advani
d. both a and c
Answer: d. Both a and c (PV Narasimha Rao, Choudhary Charan Singh, Karpoori Thakur, MS Swaminathan and LK Advani)
– Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the names of five individuals for the Bharat Ratna on February 9, 2024.
– President Draupadi Murmu conferred four awards posthumously on March 30, 2024. – These awards were received by their family members.
Lal Krishna Advani was honored at his home.
– Due to poor health, he couldn’t attend the ceremony.
– Therefore, on March 31, 2024, President Draupadi Murmu honored Lal Krishna Advani, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, with the Bharat Ratna at his residence in Delhi.
– On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, and former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu were also present.
About the five award recipients:
1- Chaudhary Charan Singh was the fifth Prime Minister of the country.
2- Narsimha Rao was the ninth Prime Minister.
3- Swaminathan was an agricultural scientist. (Father of the Green Revolution)
4- Karpoori Thakur was the former Chief Minister of Bihar.
5- Lal Krishna Advani is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
PM Narendra Modi’s Government’s 10th Bharat Ratna:
– This is the tenth Bharat Ratna conferred by the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi since coming to power in 2014.
– A total of 53 individuals have been honored with this award so far.
Chaudhary Charan Singh:
– He was born on December 23, 1902, in a Jat farming family in Nurpur, Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh.
– He participated in the independence movement alongside Mahatma Gandhi.
– He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from April 3, 1967, to April 17, 1968, and again in 1970.
– He served as the Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in 1979 and established NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development).
– He served as the Prime Minister from July 28, 1979, to January 14, 1980.
– He passed away on May 29, 1987.
P.V. Narasimha Rao:
– He was born on June 28, 1921.
– He served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1971 to 1973.
– From June 20, 1991, to May 16, 1996, he served as the 9th Prime Minister of the country.
– He was proficient in 18 languages, including Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Urdu, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Arabic, Persian, Spanish, Bengali, French, German, Greek, and Latin.
– He passed away on December 24, 2004.
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan:
– He was born on August 7, 1925, in Tamil Nadu.
– He was a geneticist known as the father of the Green Revolution in India.
– Under the Green Revolution program, high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice seeds were introduced in fields, transforming India from a food-deficit nation to self-sufficiency.
– He was honored with the Magsaysay Award in 1971, the Albert Einstein World Science Award in 1986, the First World Food Prize in 1987, and the UNESCO Gandhi Gold Medal in 1989.
– He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1967, Padma Bhushan in 1972, and Padma Vibhushan in 1989.
– He passed away on September 28, 2023.
About Bharat Ratna:
– What is it: The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
– Establishment: 1954
– Selection Process: The Prime Minister recommends the name of the awardee to the President. There is no formal selection process for this.
– First Recipients: C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and C. V. Raman.
What does the award include: The awardee receives a certificate of honor and a bronze medal in the shape of a peepal leaf. The medal features a shining platinum sun on one side, with the Bharat Ratna inscription in silver below. On the other side, “Satyameva Jayate” is inscribed along with the Ashoka Pillar.
Protocol:
– The recipient of this honor gets VIP status.
– In the protocol, the honored individual is placed after the President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Speaker of Lok Sabha, Cabinet Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers, Former Presidents, Former Prime Ministers, Former Chief Ministers, and Leaders of Opposition in both Houses of Parliament.
The individuals who receive the Bharat Ratna are entitled to various privileges:
1. They are given the status equivalent to that of a Cabinet Minister.
2. Recipients of the Bharat Ratna are exempted from paying income tax. They can also participate in parliamentary meetings and sessions.
3. They can participate as special guests in the programs of Independence Day and Republic Day.They receive exemptions for air travel, train travel, and bus travel.
4. If they travel to a state, they are given the status of state guests.
5. According to Article 18(1) of the Constitution, awardees are not allowed to use “Bharat Ratna” as a prefix or suffix to their name. However, they can add “Bharat Ratna” or “Bharat Ratna Awardee” to their biographies, visiting cards, letterheads, etc.
6. Those who receive the Bharat Ratna are included in the Warrant of Precedence issued by the government. The Warrant of Precedence is used to determine precedence in government programs.
7. State governments provide facilities to the recipients of the Bharat Ratna in their respective states.
List of 50 people honored with Bharat Ratna
Serial Number – Winner – Year of Award
1. Chakraborty Rajagopalachari – 1954
2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan – 1954
3. Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman – 1954
4. Dr. Bhagwan Das – 1955
5. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya – 1955
6. Jawaharlal Nehru – 1955
7. Govind Ballabh Pant – 1957
8. Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve – 1958
9. Bidhan Chandra Roy – 1961
10. Purushottam Das Tandon – 1961
11. Rajendra Prasad – 1962
12. Zakir Hussain – 1963
13. Pandurang Vaman Kane – 1963
14. Lal Bahadur Shastri (posthumously) – 1966
15. Indira Gandhi – 1971
16. Varahagiri Venkata Giri – 1975
17. Kumaraswamy Kamaraj (posthumous) – 1976
18. Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (Mother Teresa) – 1980
19. Acharya Vinoba Bhave (posthumous) – 1983
20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan- 1987
21. Manidur Gopalan Ramachandran (posthumous) – 1988
22. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (posthumously) – 1990
23. Dr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela – 1990
24. Morarji Ranchodji Desai – 1991
25. Rajiv Gandhi (posthumously) – 1991
26. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (posthumous) – 1991
27. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (posthumous) – 1992
28. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata – 1992
29. Satyajit Ray (posthumous) – 1992
30. Gulzari Lal Nanda (posthumous) – 1997
31. Aruna Asaf Ali (posthumous) – 1997
32. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam – 1997
33. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi – 1998
34. Chidambaram Subramaniam – 1998
35. Jayaprakash Narayan (posthumous) – 1998
36. Professor Amartya Sen – 1999
37. Gopinath Bordoloi (posthumous) – 1999
38. Pandit Ravi Shankar – 1999
39. Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar – 2001
40. Ustad Bismillah Khan – 2001
41. Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi – 2009
42. Prof. CR Rao – 2014
43. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar – 2014
44. Atal Bihari Vajpayee – 2015
45. Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya (Posthumous) – 2015
46. Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumous) – 2019
47. Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika (Posthumous) – 2019
48. Pranab Mukherjee – 2019
49. Karpoori Thakur (posthumously) – 2024
50. Lal Krishna Advani – 2024
51. Chaudhary Charan Singh – 2024
52. PV Narasimha Rao – 2024
53. Dr. MS Swaminathan – 2024
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3. Louis Gossett Jr., the first black Hollywood actor to win an Oscar Award, died on March 29, 2024. In which year did he receive the Oscar Award?
a. 1977
b. 1983
c. 1995
d. 1999
Answer: b. 1983
– He received an Oscar award for the movie “An Officer and a Gentleman.”
– He also received a Golden Globe for his role in the same movie.
– In 1977, he won an Emmy award for the movie “Roots.”
– He worked in many blockbuster films, including “An Officer and a Gentleman” (1982) and “Iron Eagle” (1986).
Louis Gossett Jr.:
– He was an American actor (Hollywood actor).
– He was born on May 27, 1936.
– He passed away on March 29, 2024, in the city of Santa Monica, California.
– He was 87 years old.
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4. In which state of India was the world’s only Om (Om) shaped temple built, which was inaugurated in February 2024?
a. Bihar
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: c. Rajasthan
– According to some news reports, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma inaugurated this temple in February 2024.
About the temple:
– This temple is located in the village of Jadan in Pali district of Rajasthan.
– The temple is a symbol of Lord Shiva.
This four-storey temple is built on 250 acres of land.
– It has 108 rooms.
– The temple houses 1,008 idols of Lord Shiva and 12 Jyotirlingas (12 small Shiva temples).
– It stands at a height of 135 feet.
– It is situated on about 2000 pillars.
– It took 28 years to build the temple.
– The foundation stone of this Shiva temple was laid in the year 1995.
– It is the world’s first temple whose shape is exactly like the symbol of Om (ॐ).
– The consecration/inauguration of the temple was done in February 2024.
– Artificial hills and ponds have been created around the temple.
Rajasthan:
– Capital: Jaipur
– Chief Minister: Bhajan Lal Sharma
– Governor: Kalraj Mishra
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5. Where is the India-Mozambique-Tanzania trilateral exercise (IMT TRILAT 24) held in March 2024?
a. Visakhapatnam (India)
b. Nakala (Mozambique)
c. Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
d. Hambantota (Sri Lanka)
Answer: b. Nakala (Mozambique)
IMT Triumphant 24 Exercise
– Location: Nacala (Mozambique)
– Dates: March 21st to March 28th, 2024
– Second Edition: March 2024
– First Edition: October 2022
– The Indian Navy vessels INS Tir and INS Sujata participated in the exercise.
– The objective of this exercise is to enhance maritime cooperation and interoperability among the navies of the three countries.
– Representatives from all three navies participated in the exercise.
Mozambique:
– Mozambique is a southern African nation.
– Capital: Maputo
– Currency: Mozambican Metical
– President: Filipe Nyusi
Tanzania:
– Tanzania is an East African country.
– Capital: Dodoma
– Currency: Tanzanian Shilling
– President: Samia Suluhu Hassan
India:
– Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
– President: Draupadi Murmu
– Indian Army Chief: General Manoj Pandey
– Indian Navy Chief: Admiral R. Hari Kumar
– Indian Air Force Chief: Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
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6. Which cinema’s famous actor Daniel Balaji passed away on 29 March 2024?
a. Malayalam Cinema
b. Tamil Cinema
c. Bollywood Cinema
d. Bhojpuri Cinema
Answer: b. Tamil Cinema
– He was born on December 2, 1975.
– He passed away on March 29, 2024.
– Daniel Balaji passed away in Chennai due to a heart attack.
– His real name was T.C. Balaji.
– He was 48 years old and hailed from Tamil Nadu.
– He was popular for portraying negative roles in several films.
– He has played roles in movies like Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu, Vada Chennai, and Polladhavan.
– He has also acted in other films, including Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
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7. Which US state approved a law banning the use of social media by children under 14 years of age?
a. Florida
b. California
c. Arizona
d. Alaska
Answer: a. Florida
– Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on March 26.
– This law will be effective from January 1, 2025.
– According to this law, children under the age of 14 will be banned from using social media.
– Parental consent will be required for children aged 14 and 15 to use social media.
– This law instructs social media firms to delete accounts of individuals under 14 years of age.
– This information was obtained from some news reports in March 2024.
Penalties for Breaking the Law:
– According to the law, all social media firms are ordered to activate accounts only after firm age verification and delete accounts of children under 14.
– If a company fails to delete the account of a child under 14, the company will have to pay a compensation of $10,000 to the child.
– Additionally, fines of up to $50,000 can also be imposed.
Impact of Social Media on Children:
– Florida Republican Speaker Paul Renner has considered this bill as his top priority.
– Ultimately, at the age when children’s minds develop, they also develop an addiction to wrong things.
Some Disadvantages of Social Media for Children:
– Social media is so vast that you cannot control where, when, and how much information a child consumes.
– Such situations can lead children to access obscene, harmful, or graphic websites that can influence their thinking process.
– Cyberbullying has also increased significantly through social media.
– Every year, many children become victims of cyberbullying.
– Cyberbullying means using electronic means to intimidate, threaten, or harass others.
Note: Social media also has some benefits.
About Florida:
– Florida is the southeasternmost state in the United States.
– It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Gulf of Mexico on the other.
– It has hundreds of miles of long coastline.
Its capital is Tallahassee.
– Ron DeSantis is the Governor of Florida.
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8. When is the Foundation Day of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) celebrated?
a. 3 April
b. 2 April
c. 1 April
d. 4 April
Answer: c. 1 April
– The establishment of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) took place on April 1, 1935, as per the provisions of the Indian Reserve Bank Act, 1934.
– Its central office was initially established in Kolkata, which was permanently relocated to Mumbai in 1937.
Governor of RBI – Shaktikanta Das.
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9. When is ‘Fool’s Day’ i.e. ‘April Fool’s Day’ celebrated?
a. 1 April
b. 2 April
c. 3 April
d. 4 April
Answer: a. 1 April
– On this day, people play pranks on their friends, relatives, or family members to fool them and celebrate.
– Initially, this day was celebrated only in France and some other European countries, but gradually April Fool’s Day started being observed in countries around the world.
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10. When is World Autism Awareness Day observed?
a. 1 April
b. 2 April
c. 3 April
d. 4 April
Answer: b. 2 April
– Autism is a developmental disorder that affects various areas of childhood development, including speech, social skills, play, and cognitive development.
– World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated worldwide to increase awareness among citizens about people affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder.
– In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day.
– Theme for the year 2024: ‘Empowering Autistic Voices’.
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