Daily Current Affairs 5th February 2024

Q.1. Which Indian state is home to the first species in the Agasthyagama genus, Agasthyagama beddomii, according to prior reports?
ANS. Tamil Nadu
Q.2. Citing it as a danger and resulting in strained ties, which regional organization did the military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger withdraw from?
ANS. ECOWAS
Q.3. What day is International Zebra Day celebrated every year?
ANS. January 31
Q.4. Where in India did the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Limited (NCCF) introduce the 50 mobile vans that would subsidize the ‘Bharat’ brand of pulses, which includes chana dal, in an effort to control food inflation and stabilize prices?
ANS. Tamil Nadu
Q.5. What percentage of import duties on parts used in the manufacture of mobile phones has been reduced by the Indian government?
ANS. 10%
Q.6. Who wrote the report “The Indian Economy: A Review” that evaluated India’s ten-year economic trajectory?
ANS. V Anantha Nageswaran
Q.7. At the ISSF World Cup in Cairo, which event did Rhythm Sangwan and Ujjwal Malik win gold in?
ANS. 10m air pistol mixed team
Q.8. Which Indian state is home to the 5,500 km of national and state highways where the “Sadak Surakhya Force” (SSF) has been deployed to improve road safety?
ANS. Punjab
Q.9. How did India place out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) evaluation for 2023?
ANS. 93rd
Q.10. The Sixteenth Finance Commission was established on December 31, 2023, and its head is who?
ANS. Arvind Panagariya
Q.11. Which neurotechnology company successfully implanted its first brain chip into a human person in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs)?
ANS. Neuralink
Q.12. Which state in India did NTPC Green Energy Ltd. (NGEL), an NTPC subsidiary, sign a Rs 80,000 crore Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purpose of spearheading green hydrogen projects?
ANS. Maharashtra
Q.13. What does SARVATRA mean in terms of the defense capabilities of the Indian Army?
ANS. Mobile Bridging System
Q.14. Where will the 2024 Khelo India Winter Games be held?
ANS. Ladakh
Q.15. Which nation is the native country of Carter Dallas, the two-year-old who became the youngest person to reach the base camp of Mount Everest?
ANS. Scotland