current affairs Flashcards
Who is the current Prime Minister of India (as of 2024)?
a) Narendra Modi
b) Rahul Gandhi
c) Arvind Kejriwal
d) Amit Shah
a
Which country recently launched the “Artemis I” mission to the moon?
a) China
b) India
c) Russia
d) United States
d
Who is the President of the United States (as of 2024)?
a) Joe Biden
b) Donald Trump
c) Kamala Harris
d) Mike Pence
a
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2023?
a) Abdulrazak Gurnah
b) Annie Ernaux
c) Louise Glück
d) Svetlana Alexievich
b
Which city hosted the G20 Summit in 2023?
a) New Delhi
b) Osaka
c) Buenos Aires
d) Riyadh
a
Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations (as of 2024)?
a) António Guterres
b) Ban Ki-moon
c) Kofi Annan
d) Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
a
Which Indian state recently launched the “Nal Se Jal” scheme?
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Bihar
d
The “COP26” climate summit was held in which city?
a) Paris
b) Glasgow
c) Madrid
d) Tokyo
b
Who is the CEO of Tesla Motors (as of 2024)?
a) Jeff Bezos
b) Tim Cook
c) Sundar Pichai
d) Elon Musk
d
Which country recently passed a law banning single-use plastics by 2025?
a) Canada
b) Germany
c) Japan
d) Australia
a
The “Quad” alliance includes India, United States, Japan, and which other country?
a) Australia
b) Canada
c) South Korea
d) United Kingdom
a
Who is the current Chief Justice of India (as of 2024)?
a) Ranjan Gogoi
b) Sharad Arvind Bobde
c) N.V. Ramana
d) D.Y. Chandrachud
d
Which country is building the “NEOM” mega-city project?
a) United Arab Emirates
b) Qatar
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Kuwait
c
Who won the Best Actor award at the 2023 Oscars?
a) Joaquin Phoenix
b) Leonardo DiCaprio
c) Will Smith
d) Anthony Hopkins
c
Who is the author of the book “A Promised Land”?
a) Barack Obama
b) Michelle Obama
c) Hillary Clinton
d) Joe Biden
a
Which country recently joined NATO as its newest member?
a) Finland
b) Ukraine
c) Georgia
d) Sweden
a
Who is the current Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
a) K. Sivan
b) A.S. Kiran Kumar
c) S. Somanath
d) G. Madhavan Nair
c
Which company was the first to reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion?
a) Amazon
b) Apple
c) Microsoft
d) Google
b
The “New START” treaty is an arms reduction treaty between which two countries?
a) United States and China
b) United States and Russia
c) Russia and China
d) United States and North Korea
b
Who is the current director of the World Health Organization (WHO)?
- a) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
- b) Margaret Chan
- c) Gro Harlem Brundtland
- d) Anders Nordström
a
