Current Affairs 11th January 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which country recently launched its first quantum computer, "Zuchongzhi-2"?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Japan
(d) South Korea
Answer: (a) China
2. The World Series of Baseball 2023 was won by:
(a) New York Yankees
(b) Houston Astros
(c) Los Angeles Dodgers
(d) Atlanta Braves
Answer: (c) Los Angeles Dodgers
3. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 was awarded to:
(a) Salman Rushdie
(b) Margaret Atwood
(c) Annie Ernaux
(d) Haruki Murakami
Answer: (c) Annie Ernaux
4. The new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, appointed in September 2023, is:
(a) Rishi Sunak
(b) Liz Truss
(c) Keir Starmer
(d) Boris Johnson
Answer: (b) Liz Truss
5. The upcoming G20 summit will be held in:
(a) Indonesia
(b) India
(c) France
(d) Germany
Answer: (d) Germany
6. The recent controversy surrounding Elon Musk and Twitter is related to:
(a) his potential ownership of the platform
(b) his tweets about Dogecoin
(c) his firing of Twitter employees
(d) his plans to colonize Mars
Answer: (a) his potential ownership of the platform
7. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine began in:
(a) February 2022
(b) March 2022
(c) April 2022
(d) May 2022
Answer: (a) February 2022
8. The recent outbreak of monkeypox is a cause for concern due to:
(a) its high mortality rate
(b) its potential for human-to-human transmission
(c) its lack of effective treatment
(d) all of the above
Answer: (d) all of the above
9. The COP28 climate change conference will be held in:
(a) November 2023
(b) December 2023
(c) January 2024
(d) February 2024
Answer: (b) December 2023
10. The recent launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed stunning new images of:
(a) the Earth
(b) the Moon
(c) distant galaxies
(d) Mars
Answer: (c) distant galaxies