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

1. Which country the world's first ever mission to mine asteroids?

(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) United States
(d) Russia

Answer: (b) Japan

2. Who is the current Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)?

(a) Margaret Chan
(b) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
(c) Gro Harlem Brundtland
(d) Hiroshi Nakajima

Answer: (b) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

3. Which country legalized same-sex marriage?

(a)  India
(b)  Australia
(c)  Chile
(d)  South Africa

Answer: (c)  Chile

4. The erupted volcano in Iceland is named:
(a) Eyjafjallajökull
(b)  Bardarbunga
(c)  Hekla
(d)  Grímsvötn

Answer: (c)  Hekla

5. The first ever female president of Tanzania is:
(a)  Samia Suluhu Hassan
(b)  Aisha Jumwa
(c)  Margaret Kenyatta
(d)  Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Answer: (a)  Samia Suluhu Hassan
 
6. The elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is:
(a)  Mahinda Rajapaksa
(b)  Ranil Wickremesinghe
(c)  Gotabaya Rajapaksa
(d)  Sajith Premadasa

Answer: (b)  Ranil Wickremesinghe

7. The first country to ratify the world's first legally binding treaty on the prevention of pandemics is:
 
(a) United States
(b) United Kingdom
(c) Rwanda
(d) Germany

Answer: (c) Rwanda

8. The discovery of a hidden chamber within the Great Pyramid of Giza was made using what technology?

(a) LiDAR
(b) Radiocarbon dating
(c) X-ray diffraction
(d) Electron microscopy

Answer: (a) LiDAR
 
9. The first country to achieve carbon neutrality is:

(a) Norway
(b) Iceland
(c) Bhutan
(d) Costa Rica

Answer: (c) Bhutan

10. The signing of a historic peace agreement between the governments of Colombia and the last remaining rebel group, the FARC, aims to end a conflict lasting for how many years?

(a) 20 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 50 years

Answer: (c) 40 years