Current Affairs 10th August 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States in?
a) Donald Trump
b) Joe Biden
c) Hillary Clinton
d) Barack Obama

Answer: b) Joe Biden

2. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed to which global pandemic?
a) Ebola
b) Zika
c) COVID-19
d) Swine Flu

Answer: c) COVID-19

3. The largest freshwater lake in the world is:
a) Lake Superior
b) Caspian Sea
c) Lake Victoria
d) Lake Baikal
Answer: b) Caspian Sea

4. Greta Thunberg, a prominent climate activist, is from which country?
a) Sweden
b) Norway
c) Finland
d) Denmark

Answer: a) Sweden

5. Which country is the largest producer of coffee in the world?
a) Brazil
b) Colombia
c) Vietnam
d) Indonesia
Answer: a) Brazil
6. The headquarters of the United Nations is located in which city?
a) Washington D.C., USA
b) London, UK
c) New York City, USA
d) Paris, France

Answer: c) New York City, USA
7. Which river is the longest in the world?
 
a) Nile River
b) Amazon River
c) Yangtze River
d) Mississippi River
Answer: a) Nile River
8. Which Indian state celebrated its 50th formation anniversary in?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Sikkim
d) Mizoram

Answer: c) Sikkim

9. The Nobel Peace Prize for was awarded to:
a) Ales Bialiatski, Memorial, and Center for Civil Liberties
b) Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov
c) David Card, Joshua D. Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens
d) Svante Pääbo

Answer: a) Ales Bialiatski, Memorial, and Center for Civil Liberties
10. The headquarters of the International Court of Justice is located in:
a) The Hague, Netherlands
b) Geneva, Switzerland
c) New York City, USA
d) London, UK
Answer: a) The Hague, Netherlands