Current affairs curated for Railway competitive exams.
Answer: Satyajit Ray
The copper plaque handed to every Sahitya Akademi winner was designed by Satyajit Ray — the celebrated Bengali filmmaker was also an accomplished graphic artist and designer.
Answer: 24
Sahitya Akademi awards are given in 24 languages — the 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, plus English and Rajasthani, which the Akademi recognises separately.
Answer: Novel
Devabrat Das won for his Assamese novel Karhi Khelar Sadhu. His win represents the novel category among the four novels recognised in the 2025 Sahitya Akademi Awards.
Answer: Allahabad
Mamta Kalia's memoir Jeete Jee Allahabad centres on Allahabad (now Prayagraj), a city long associated with Hindi literary circles. The book won the 2025 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi.
Answer: Crimson Spring
Navtej Sarna's novel Crimson Spring won the 2025 Sahitya Akademi Award for English. Sarna, a former IFS officer who served as India's Ambassador to the US, had been writing fiction alongside his diplomatic career.
Answer: 16 March 2026
The awards were announced on 16 March 2026, months after the Akademi had to cancel its original December 2025 press conference when the Ministry of Culture asked for a review of the awards process.
Answer: Payroll management system for a company
Customized application software is developed to meet the specific requirements of a particular organization.
Answer: Ctrl + C, then Ctrl + V
Ctrl + C copies the selected file, and Ctrl + V pastes it while leaving the original file unchanged.
Answer: CPU
The Central Processing Unit (CPU) performs calculations and controls all computer operations.
Answer: Business and Commerce
Business organizations widely use computers for accounting, payroll, inventory management and online transactions.
Answer: Microprocessors
Fourth-generation computers are based on microprocessor technology, which began in the early 1970s.
Answer: New Zealand
India defeated New Zealand in the final to win the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
Answer: Sodium bicarbonate
Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃). It is widely used in baking and as an antacid.
Answer: Locomotion and feeding
The water vascular system helps echinoderms in movement, food capture and other physiological functions.
Answer: Matter consists of indivisible atoms.
The discovery of electrons, protons and neutrons proved that atoms are divisible.
Answer: The population growth will slow down and eventually stabilize near the carrying capacity.
In logistic growth, the growth rate decreases as the population approaches the carrying capacity.
Answer: Pascal's law
Pascal's law states that pressure applied to a confined fluid is transmitted equally in all directions, which is the principle behind hydraulic systems.
Answer: Cassandra Kulukundis
Cassandra Kulukundis won the inaugural Best Casting Oscar for One Battle After Another. The Academy had first announced this category in February 2024. It is the first new competitive Oscar category since Best Animated Feature was introduced in 2001.
Answer: Norway
Norway's Sentimental Value, directed by Joachim Trier, won the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. The film also received acting and other nominations that night.
Answer: 16
Sinners received 16 nominations at the 98th Academy Awards, breaking the previous all-time record of 14, which had been held jointly by All About Eve (1951), Titanic (1998) and La La Land (2017). Despite 16 noms, Sinners won four awards.