* The correct answer is Swimming.

Other information:

* Indian Swimmer, Vedaant Madhavan has claimed 5 gold medals for India at the Malaysian Invitational age group Championships 2023 held in Kuala Lumpur.

* He won gold in the 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, and 1500m swimming categories.

* In 2022, he also participated in the 48th Junior National Aquatics Championships and became the first person in India to break the record of the 1500m freestyle by finishing the race within 16:01.73 seconds.

* The correct answer is 'Andhra Pradesh.

Other Information:

* The Andhra Pradesh government has renamed the proposed Bhavanapadu port in the Srikakulam district as Mulapeta port at the request of the locals.

* CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will lay a foundation stone for this nearly Rs 4,000 crore project on April 19, 2023.

* This decision was taken as farmers from Mulapeta and Vishnuchakram villages requested the name change.

* The state govt also issued an order notifying Bhavanapadu Port as Mulapeta Port with the same limits.

* The correct answer is 'Bangladesh.

Other information:

* ADB will provide a loan of USD 230 million to Bangladesh to help the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in the northeastern part of the country affected by devastating floods in May–June 2022.

* The agreement between ADB and the government of Bangladesh was signed in Dhaka.

* The assistance under the Flood Reconstruction Emergency Assistance Project will help in the reconstruction, improvement of resilience, and economic recovery.

* The correct answer is 'Satinder Kumar Lambah'.

Other information:

* The memoir of the late Satinder Kumar Lambah, ‘In Pursuit of Peace: India-Pakistan Relations Under Six Prime Ministers’ was launched by Nina Lambah in New Delhi.

* It was forwarded by former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh.

* Satinder Kumar Lambah had served two tenures in Pakistan as Deputy Chief of Mission and High Commissioner and was Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board.

* He also served as a Special Representative for Afghanistan under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

* The correct answer is 'Odisha'.

Other information:

* The first-ever census of Mangrove Pitta Bird was conducted by the Odisha forest officials in the Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary, Odisha.

* In the first census, Odisha forest officials have sighted 179 mangrove pitta birds.

* The habitats of these beautiful birds are confined to mangrove forest areas in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika and Sundarban in West Bengal.

* Mangrove pitta is a colorful bird that has a black head with a brown crown.

* It is found in mangrove forests where it feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and insects.

* The correct answer is 'Kerala'.

Other information:

* Kerala has become the first state to adopt a water budget in a bid to come up with a solution to water scarcity in certain regions.

* The first phase of the project would cover 94-gram panchayats and 15-block panchayats.

* Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan released Public Water Budget.

* He has also launched the third phase of the Ini Njan Ozhukatte (Let me flow now) project, for the rehabilitation of irrigation networks in the Western Ghats.

* The idea of a water budget was first mooted by the state in 2019.

* The correct answer is 'South Indian Bank'.

Other information:

* South Indian Bank has introduced SIB SEAFARER and SIB PULSE, two flexible saving accounts, for NRI customers.

* SEAFARER:

* Flexibility to maintain a minimum balance of Rs.10,000/- in linked accounts

* No minimum balance is required for the maintenance of the NRI Term Deposit of Rs.2,00,000/- and above

* PULSE:

* Flexibility to maintain a minimum balance of Rs.10,000/- in linked accounts

* NR Term Deposit above Rs.2 Lakh or • RD with minimum monthly installment above Rs.20,000/-

* The correct answer is 'New York'.

Other information:

* According to the World's Wealthiest Cities Report 2023, published by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth, New York City has emerged as the wealthiest city in the world, with 340,000 resident millionaires.

* Tokyo with 290,300 resident millionaires, ranked second, followed by The Bay Area, London, and Singapore.

* While the US has topped the list in the number of wealthy cities, with 10 out of the top 50 cities in the world, followed by China, and Australia.

* The correct answer is 'China'.

Other information:

* According to the UN data, India has surpassed China to become the world's most populous nation with 142.86 crore people. China has a population of 142.57 crore.

* In 2016, China ended its strict "one-child policy", imposed in the 1980s amid overpopulation fears, and started letting couples have three children in 2021.

* According to the UN data, the global population will have hit 8.045 billion by mid-2023.

* Factors Influencing population growth: Fertility rate, Increasing longevity, International migration.

* The correct answer is 'Virat Kohli'.

Other information:

* In the 2023 edition of the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tom Blundell, England wicketkeeper-batter Ben Foakes, India Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur, NZ all-rounder Daryl Mitchell and England pacer Matthew Potts have been named Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year.

* Harmanpreet is first India Women’s cricketer to be named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.

* She was chosen primarily for her ODI century against England at Canterbury.