Current Affairs 14th December 2024 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which country will join the EU’s Schengen area on?
(a) Ukraine
(b) Romania and Bulgaria
(c) Serbia
(d) Turkey
Answer: (b) Romania and Bulgaria
2. Who became the youngest World Chess Champion in?
(a) Magnus Carlsen
(b) Ian Nepomniachtchi
(c) Alireza Firouzja
(d) D. Gukesh
Answer: (d) D. Gukesh
3. Which resolution was supported by India at the United Nations General Assembly?
(a) Universal Health Coverage
(b) Ceasefire in Gaza Conflict
(c) Women Empowerment Initiative
(d) Climate Change Mitigation
Answer: (b) Ceasefire in Gaza Conflict
4. What is the name of the scheme introduced by NCDC to support cooperative entrepreneurship among youth?
(a) Yuva Sahakar
(b) Startup India Cooperative
(c) Kisan Uday
(d) Naya Bharat Cooperative
Answer: (a) Yuva Sahakar
5. The Defence Ministry signed a deal worth Rs, 13,500 crores for procuring which fighter aircraft?
(a) Rafale Jets
(b) MiG-29K
(c) HAL Su-30MKI
(d) Tejas Mark-2
Answer: (c) HAL Su-30MKI
6. Which writer was awarded the 34th Vyas Samman?
(a) Ruskin Bond
(b) Suryabala
(c) Amish Tripathi
(d) Arundhati Roy
Answer: (b) Suryabala
7. Which organization has approved a $500 million loan for India’s urban infrastructure projects?
(a) World Bank
(b) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
(c) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(d) New Development Bank
Answer: (b) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
8. Which company successfully implanted its first brain chip into a human?
(a) DeepMind
(b) Neuralink
(c) Waymo
(d) NeuroVigil
Answer: (b) Neuralink
9. Where was the 12th edition of the MILAN naval exercise held?
(a) Kochi
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Visakhapatnam
Answer: (d) Visakhapatnam
10. What is the name of the cyclone that affected parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh?
(a) Cyclone Biparjoy
(b) Cyclone Mandous
(c) Cyclone Aruni
(d) Cyclone Varun
Answer: (c) Cyclone Aruni