* The correct answer is 'Harsh Jain'.

Other information:

* Harsh Jain, co-founder, and CEO of Dream Sports, has been elected the chairman of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) for 2023-25.

* He has replaced Sanjay Gupta, vice president, and country manager of Google India.

* Rajesh Magow (co-founder and group CEO of MakeMyTrip) was elected as vice chairman, while Satyan Ganjwani (vice chairman of Times Internet) as the treasurer of the association.

* The IAMAI governing council election is held every two years.

* The correct aswer is 'Nepal'.

Other information:

* Nepal celebrates Bhoto Jatra which is a public holiday in Kathmandu Valley.

* This celebration is a part of Rato Machhindranath Jatra which is a month-long chariot procession.

* It originates at Pulchok where chariot made of wood without use of iron nail is created and the procession ends at Jwalakhel.

* In Bhoto Jatra, a "lost & found" bejeweled Nepali vest "bhoto" of Rato Machchindranath is displayed to the public to find its "rightful owner".

* The correct answer is 'Ministry of Rural Development'.

Other information:

* The Union Minister for Rural Development, Giriraj Singh has launched the ‘SAMARTH' Campaign on promote the Digital Transactions in 50000 Gram Panchayats' in Lucknow.

* Implemented by: Ministry of Rural Development

* Aim: To promote Digital Transactions in rural areas, particularly focusing on women

* Minister has lauded the Self-Help Group (SHG)' NPA, which was reduced from 9.58 % in 2013 to below 2%, and urged banks to recognize and outstanding credit performance of SHG Didis and facilitate loans for them.

* The correct answer is '₹25 lakh'.

Other information:

* The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has raised the tax exemption on leave encashment on the retirement of non-government salaried employees from ₹3 lakh to ₹25 lakh, effective from 1 April 2023.

* The relief was announced in the union budget speech in 2023.

* The relief applies to the period of earned leave in the credit of the employee at the time of retirement whether on superannuation or otherwise.

* In the case of government employees, the entire leave encashment amount received is tax-exempt.

* The correct answer is 'Iran'.

Other information:

* Iran has successfully test-launched a ballistic missile with a range of around 2,000-km range.

* The liquid-fuel missile had been named the Kheibar, the latest version of the Khorramshahr.

* The missiles are capable of carrying 1,500 kg of warheads.

* The speed of the high-mobility tactical missile can reach Mach 16 outside the atmosphere and Mach 8 inside the atmosphere.

* Iran capital: Tehran; Currency: Iranian Rial

* The correct answer is 'Goa'.

Other information:

* The officials of the Government of Goa and the Government of Uttarakhand have signed an MoU for enhancing the tourism landscape of both states.

* The MoU was signed in the presence of Rohan Khaunte (Minister for Tourism, Goa) and Pushkar Singh Dhami (CM of Uttarakhand).

* Aim: To promote bilateral cooperation in the travel and tourism sector The signing of this MoU is also aligned with the ‘Dekho Apna Desh’ initiative launched by PM Narendra Modi.

* The correct answer is '75th'.

Other information:

* India's AI supercomputer 'AIRAWAT' has secured the 75th position in the prestigious Top 500 Global Supercomputing List.

* The announcement was made during the 61st edition of the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2023) held in Germany.

* Airawat PSAI, stands as India’s largest and fastest AI supercomputing system, with a remarkable speed of 13,170 teraflops (Rpeak).

* Other Indian supercomputers in the Top 500 list: PARAM Siddhi-AI (131), Pratyush (169), and Mihir (316)

* The correct answer is 'Bank of Maharashtra'.

Other information:

* Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has emerged as the top performer among public sector lenders in terms of loan and deposit growth in percentage terms during 2022-23.

* BoM has also recorded the highest growth in profitability with the bottom line growing almost 126% to Rs 2,602 crore during the year.

* In terms of percentage increase in gross advances, BoM recorded a 29.4% rise in loans at Rs 1,75,120 crore as of March 2023.

* It was followed by Indian Overseas Bank (21.2%) and UCO Bank (21.2%).

* In absolute terms, SBI was nearly 16 times higher at Rs 27,76,802 crore.

* With regard to deposit growth, BoM witnessed a 15.7% rise and mobilized Rs 2,34,083 crore at the end of March 2023.

* BoM retained the top position in terms of garnering low-cost Current Account and Savings Account (CASA) deposits with 53.38 per cent followed by Central Bank of India (50.18 per cent).

* The correct answer is 'Only 1'.

Other information:

* The World Meteorological Congress has approved a new greenhouse gas monitoring initiative to support urgent action to reduce heat-trapping gases which are fuelling temperature increase.

* Aim: To fill critical information gaps and provide an integrated, operational framework

* The framework will bring all space-based and surface-based observing systems, as well as modelling and data assimilation capabilities, under one roof.

* The decision received unanimous support from WMO’s 193 Members.

* It is envisaged that the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch will consist of four main components:

1. A comprehensive sustained, global set of surface-based and satellite-based observations of CO2, CH4 and N2O concentrations, total column amounts, partial column amounts, vertical profiles, and fluxes and of supporting meteorological, oceanic, and terrestrial variables, internationally exchanged as rapidly as possible, pending capabilities and agreements with the system operators;

2. Prior estimates of the GHG emissions based on activity data and process-based models;

3. A set of global high-resolution Earth System models representing GHG cycles;

4. Associated with the models, data assimilation systems that optimally combine the observations with model calculations to generate products of higher accuracy.

* The correct answer is '18'.

Other information:

* During the visit to the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju has informed that India will unveil its new 18 petaflop supercomputer for weather forecasting institutes by the end of 2023.

* The new supercomputer will be bought at a cost of Rs 900 crore.

* NCMRWF will be allocated eight petaflop supercomputing power with the remaining 10 petaflops going to IITM.

* The NCMRWF houses 'Mihir', a 2.8 petaflop supercomputer.