MCQs – Daily CA (24 February)
1. DGCI&S revised the base year of India’s merchandise trade indices to:
A) 2018–19
B) 2020–21
C) 2022–23
D) 2023–24
✅ Answer: C) 2022–23
2. DGCI&S functions under which ministry?
A) Ministry of Finance
B) Ministry of Commerce & Industry
C) Ministry of Statistics
D) NITI Aayog
✅ Answer: B) Ministry of Commerce & Industry
3. “ICICI PF NPS Swasthya Equity Plus” is associated with:
A) Health Insurance
B) Pension & Healthcare Integration
C) Mutual Fund Scheme
D) Digital Banking
✅ Answer: B) Pension & Healthcare Integration
4. The USD 197.67 million guarantee was issued by:
A) IMF
B) MIGA
C) World Trade Organization
D) Asian Development Bank
✅ Answer: B) MIGA
5. MIGA is a part of:
A) United Nations
B) Asian Development Bank
C) World Bank Group
D) OECD
✅ Answer: C) World Bank Group
6. India became the 12th member of which coalition?
A) Quad Tech Alliance
B) Pax Silica Coalition
C) Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
D) BRICS Digital Group
✅ Answer: B) Pax Silica Coalition
7. Pax Silica Coalition primarily focuses on:
A) Climate Change
B) Digital Payments
C) Critical Minerals & Semiconductors
D) Maritime Security
✅ Answer: C) Critical Minerals & Semiconductors
8. Female cheetah Gamini gave birth at:
A) Gir National Park
B) Ranthambore
C) Kuno National Park
D) Bandipur
✅ Answer: C) Kuno National Park
9. The European Legal Gateway Office was established in:
A) Mumbai
B) Bengaluru
C) New Delhi
D) Chennai
✅ Answer: C) New Delhi
10. Slice Small Finance Bank appointed which individual as MD & CEO?
A) Aditya Puri
B) Rajan Bajaj
C) Sashidhar Jagdishan
D) Amitabh Chaudhry
✅ Answer: B) Rajan Bajaj
11. The Strela-10 system tested by the Indian Army belongs to which category?
A) Ballistic Missile
B) VSHORADS
C) Cruise Missile
D) UAV Defence
✅ Answer: B) VSHORADS
12. The Strela-10 live firing exercise took place at:
A) Sriharikota
B) Pokhran
C) Chandipur
D) Leh
✅ Answer: B) Pokhran
13. INS Sudarshini reached which foreign port?
A) Alexandria
B) Safaga
C) Muscat
D) Colombo
✅ Answer: B) Safaga
14. UIDAI launched an AI-based system primarily to improve:
A) Tax Compliance
B) Aadhaar Authentication
C) Digital Currency
D) Cyber Policing
✅ Answer: B) Aadhaar Authentication
15. “Vaidya 2.0” launched by Fractal AI is related to:
A) Defence AI
B) Healthcare Reasoning AI
C) FinTech AI
D) Robotics
✅ Answer: B) Healthcare Reasoning AI
16. Mani Shankar Mukhopadhyay (Shankar) was known for contributions to:
A) Hindi Literature
B) Bengali Literature
C) Political Writing
D) Journalism
✅ Answer: B) Bengali Literature
17. Updated editions of the Constitution were released in which languages?
A) Hindi & English
B) Tamil & Gujarati
C) Bengali & Marathi
D) Kannada & Telugu
✅ Answer: B) Tamil & Gujarati
18. Jagat Prakash Nadda launched which vaccine?
A) MMR
B) BCG
C) Td Vaccine
D) Polio Booster
✅ Answer: C) Td Vaccine
19. India’s largest lithium-ion battery Gigafactory project was secured by:
A) Tata Power
B) Reliance New Energy
C) Waaree Energies
D) Adani Green Energy
✅ Answer: C) Waaree Energies
20. Cash payments at National Highway toll plazas will be discontinued from:
A) March 1, 2026
B) April 1, 2026
C) January 1, 2027
D) July 1, 2026
✅ Answer: B) April 1, 2026
21. L&T’s Vyoma division signed an MoU with which state government?
A) Maharashtra
B) Karnataka
C) Gujarat
D) Tamil Nadu
✅ Answer: C) Gujarat
22. The proposed AI-ready data centre capacity at Dholera SIR is:
A) 100 MW
B) 150 MW
C) 250 MW
D) 500 MW
✅ Answer: C) 250 MW
23. Norway set a record by winning how many gold medals?
A) 12
B) 15
C) 17
D) 20
✅ Answer: C) 17
24. Harmanpreet Kaur created history in:
A) ODI Cricket
B) T20 Cricket
C) Women’s International Cricket
D) Domestic Cricket
✅ Answer: C) Women’s International Cricket
25. Central Excise Day is observed on:
A) February 21
B) February 22
C) February 24
D) February 26
✅ Answer: C) February 24