First in India 2024/ Current affairs 2024
1. Where has India’s Largest and first of its kind mobility exhibition ‘India Mobility Global Expo 2024’ been organized?
Ans: Bharat Mandapam (New Delhi)
(facts: Bharat Mobility Global Expo is an automobile expo hosted by industry associations.
Objective- To represent India’s capabilities across the entire mobility and automotive value chains.
Target- To export approximately 30% of two-wheelers produced in India by 2030.)
2. Where was First BIMSTEC Aquatics Championship inaugurated by Anurag Singh Thakur?
Ans: New Delhi
(Facts: Venue- Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex (New Delhi) A total of three sports events, swimming, water polo and driving events are being organized in the championship.)
3. Which state’s Private news channel has launched India’s first regional Artificial Intelligence (AI) news anchor ‘Lisa’?
Ans: Odisha
4. ‘Social Audit Advisory Body (SAAB)’ in January 2024 where was the first meeting held?
Ans: New Delhi
(Facts: Event- Dr. Ambedkar International Centre (New Delhi)
Objective- To guide the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE) in institutionalizing social audit in its various schemes.)
5. India and which country have organized the first meeting of ‘Joint Defense Cooperation committee (JDCC)’ to increase defense cooperation?
Ans: Kigali (Rwanda)
(Facts: Event- February 2024 Kigali (Rwanda)
Objective- To discuss opportunities for enhancing defense cooperation between the two countries. Various aspects including training cooperation, joint military exercises and defense industrial cooperation were also discussed in detail.)
6. Who has become the first Indian sailor to qualify for two Olympics?
Ans: Vishnu Saravanan (Yachting )
7. Which has become the first state of India to complete 100 percent ‘rail electrification’?
Ans: Haryana
8. In which state has the session of ‘International Small Tea Holders Confederation’ been organized for the first time?
Ans: Guwahati (Assam)
(Facts: Edition-25th
In this session it was decided that the headquarters of International Tea Smallholders Confederation (CITs) would be shifted from China to India.)
9. Where was India’s first ‘Online Gaming Academy’ established?
Ans: Madhya Pradesh
(Facts- This Sports Academy is established with the aim of promoting sports represented in the Asian Games and Olympics.)
10. Which has become the first constitution literate district of India?
Ans: Kollam (Kerala)
11. India’s first ‘Under sea road tunnel’ was built in which city?
Ans: Mumbai
12. Which state has become the first to map accident- prone sites on a ‘navigation platform’?
Ans: Punjab
(Facts: All 784 crash marked as ‘black spot’ on Punjab Navigation System Maples App, Becomes the first Indian state to conduct comprehensive mapping of potential areas.
Navigation System Maps App, has been developed by MapMyIndia)
13. Where will ‘Beach Side Startup Fest (Emerge-2024)’ be organized for the first time in India?
Ans: Mangaluru (Karnataka)
(Facts: Venue- Mangaluru (Karnataka)
Leadership- International Federation of Inventors Associations (IFIA)
Objective- To promote and nurture emerging startups.)
14. In which state has Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy laid the foundation stone of the country’s first ‘Digital National Museum’?
Ans: Hyderabad (Telangana)
15. Where was India’s first ‘Solar Energy City’ inaugurated?
Ans: Sanchi (Madhya Pradesh)
(Solar energy is energy obtained directly from the Sun
Sanchi is known for the World Heritage Monument site, a total of 8 MW electricity will be produced here from solar energy.)
16. Who become the first ‘Transwoman Traveling Ticket Examiner’ of Southern Railway?
Ans: Sindhu Ganapathy
17. Who has become the first woman to skydive from 21,500 feet near ‘Mount Everest’?
Ans: Sheetal Mahajan (Maharashtra)
18. Which become India’s first ‘Open Defecation Free (ODF Plus)’ district?
Ans: Wayanad (Kerala)
(ODF Plus village means a village where there is complete ban on open defecation and there is at least one community toilet in the Gram Panchayat.)
19. NCERT launched India’s first national assessment regulator is ?
Ans PARAKH
(Facts: Goal- To establish norms, standards and guidelines for student assessment and evaluation for all recognized school boards in the country.
PARAKH- Performance assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development.)
20. India’s first woman ‘Adjutant Commander (ADC)’ ?
Ans: Manisha Padhi
(Facts: IAF squadron Leader Manisha Padhi from Odisha has been appointed as India’s first woman Adjutant Commander (ADC).
Mizoram Governor Dr. Hari Babu Kambanpati has appointed her as ADC.)
21. Which has become the first state of the North-East to implement ‘Old Pension Scheme (OPS)’?
Ans: Sikkim
(Facts: Announcement- By Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has reinstated the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for state government employees appointed on or after April 1, 2006.
Importance- Employees appointed on or before 31 March 1990 will get benefits under Sikkim Service Pension Rules, 1990.)
22. In which city has Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Presided over the meeting of the ‘First Inland Waterways Development Council’?
Ans: Kolkata (West Bengal)
23. The Country’s First and largest survey ship ‘INS Sandhyak’, has been included in the Indian Navy. It was built by whom?
Ans: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (Kolkata)
(Facts: Inauguration- By Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh
Objective- To obtain information about the oceans and to protect the security of the country as well as other countries.)
24. India’s first clean food street ‘Prasadam’ has been unveiled in which state?
Ans: Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
(Facts: Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the country’s first healthy and clean food street
Objective- To connect common citizens across the country with pure and safe local and traditional food.)
25. Which Indian has been conferred with France’s highest civilian award ‘Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur 2024’?
Ans : Shashi Tharoor
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