DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2 April 2025

Answer: b) 2, 3, and 4 only

Explanation:

• Statement 1 is incorrect: Lokmanya Tilak was not one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by A.O. Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, and Dinshaw Wacha.
• Statement 2 is correct: Tilak is famous for the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it.”
• Statement 3 is correct: Tilak played a significant role in the establishment of the Deccan Education Society in 1884, promoting modern education in Maharashtra.
• Statement 4 is correct: Tilak’s Home Rule League was active in Maharashtra, Central Provinces, Karnataka, and Berar regions.

Answer: b) To refund embedded central, state, and local duties and taxes on inputs

Explanation: The RoDTEP Scheme aims to refund to the exporters the embedded central, state, and local duties and taxes paid on inputs that have so far not been refunded or rebated.

Answer: c) At the center of the Milky Way galaxy

Explanation: Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is a supermassive black hole located at the center of our spiral galaxy, the Milky Way.

Answer: b) To intercept and accompany the asteroid 99942 Apophis during its close flyby of Earth in 2029

Explanation: The primary goal of RAMSES, a planetary defence mission by the European Space Agency (ESA), is to intercept the asteroid 99942 Apophis and accompany it during its exceptionally close flyby of Earth in 2029.

Answer: c) Development of pharmaceuticals

Explanation: The core competencies of the DMRL include product engineering, process development, surface engineering, design and development of specialty alloys, inter-metallics, ceramics, and composites, and extractive metallurgy of titanium and magnesium. Development of pharmaceuticals is not within their scope.

Answer: b) They live underwater, attached to both natural and manmade substrates.

Explanation: Zebra mussels live underwater, attaching themselves to various natural and manmade substrates such as rocks, wood, plants, native mussels, pipes, docks, boat lifts, swim rafts, moored watercraft, and other debris.