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Q1. Canada has just decided to buy a new radar system worth billions of dollars from which country, and will boost military operations in the Arctic region?
(A) China
(B) Russia
(C) Australia
(D) India
(C) Australia
•Prime Minister Carney said that this radar system worth 6 billion Canadian dollars (approximately 4.2 billion US dollars) will provide early warning radar coverage from the Canadian-US border to the Arctic region. This radar will be known as the “Over-the-Horizon Radar”.Q2. Where will Sunita Williams and Butch land on Earth from the International Space Station?
(A) Off the coast of Los Angeles
(B) Off the coast of Chile
(C) Off the coast of Morocco
(D) Off the coast of Florida
(D) Off the coast of Florida
Q3. Where did the Indian Defence Minister meet the Netherlands Defence Minister Ruben Berkelmans?
(A) Dubai
(B) Netherlands
(C) New Delhi
(D) Singapore
(C) New Delhi
Q4. Where was the 10th conference of Raisina Dialogue organized?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) New Delhi
(D) New Delhi
Q5. Where is the seventh meeting between the Central Government and farmers being held on March 19?
(A) Amritsar
(B) Gurugram
(C) New Delhi
(D) Chandigarh
(D) Chandigarh
Q6. Which player holds the record for bowling the fastest ball in IPL history?
(A) Anrich Norkhia
(B) Umran Malik
(C) Lockie Ferguson
(D) Shaun Tait
(D) Shaun Tait
Q7. Which player holds the record for bowling the fastest balls in the history of 2024 IPL?
(A) Mayank Yadav
(B) Anrich Norkhia
(C) Umran Malik
(D) Lockie Ferguson
(A) Mayank Yadav
Q8. How many teams are there in IPL 2025?
(A) 9 teams
(B) 11 teams
(C) 12 teams
(D) 10 teams
(D) 10 teams
•IPL 2025 will start on 22 March. •The first match of IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Eden Gardens. •There will be 10 teams in the IPL 2025 season. •In the IPL 2025 season, matches will be played between 10 teams for 65 days. •A total of 74 matches including the final will be played in the IPL 2025 season.Q9. The Telangana government has presented a budget of about how many lakh crore rupees for the financial year 2025-26?
(A) 6.05 lakh crore
(B) 3.05 lakh crore
(C) 5.05 lakh crore
(D) 4.05 lakh crore
(B) 3.05 lakh crore
•Total expenditure proposed for FY 2025-26 is Rs 3,04,965 crore •Revenue expenditure and capital expenditure have been allocated as Rs 2,26,982 crore and Rs 36,504 crore respectively.Q10. Google’s parent company Alphabet has bought cyber security firm Wiz Inc. for how many billion dollars?
(A) 39 billion dollars
(B) 35 billion dollars
(C) 32 billion dollars
(D) 37 billion dollars
(C) 32 billion dollars
•Google’s parent company Alphabet announced on Tuesday, March 18. •It has decided to buy Wiz Inc., a large New York-based cyber security startup, for $32 billion [Rs 2.7 lakh crore]. •This is the biggest cash deal in Google’s 26-year history. •The company wants to further strengthen its Google Cloud business. •Currently, Amazon and Microsoft dominate this sector.Read Also: