Current Affairs 13th April 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which country recently launched the TSAT-1A satellite?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Russia
(d) USA
Answer: (b) India
2. 'Milius' is a guided-missile destroyer belonging to the Navy of which country?
(a) France
(b) Japan
(c) USA
(d) UK
Answer: (c) USA
3. India's first 'Farmland price index' was developed by which institution?
(a) NITI Aayog
(b) RBI
(c) SEBI
(d) World Bank
Answer: (a) NITI Aayog
4. In which state is India's first liquid-mirror telescope located?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (c) Rajasthan
5. Which company recently announced launching 'AMBER alerts' to find missing children?
(a) Facebook
(b) Google
(c) Meta
(d) Twitter
Answer: (b) Google
6. Which international summit recently focused on climate change solutions?
(a) G20
(b) BRICS
(c) COP28
(d) WEF
Answer: (c) COP28
7. Which country recently won the Cricket World Cup?
(a) Australia
(b) England
(c) India
(d) South Africa
Answer: (a) Australia
8. What is the name of the new mission to Mars launched by NASA?
(a) Artemis IV
(b) Curiosity 2
(c) Perseverance X
(d) SpaceX Starship
Answer: (c) Perseverance X
9. The headquarters of the International Court of Justice are located in:
(a) Geneva, Switzerland
(b) New York City, USA
(c) The Hague, Netherlands
(d) Vienna, Austria
Answer: (c) The Hague, Netherlands
10. The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to primarily study which part of the electromagnetic spectrum?
(a) Radio waves
(b) Visible light
(c) Infrared radiation
(d) Ultraviolet radiation
Answer: (c) Infrared radiation