Current Affairs 15th May 2024 : Daily GK Update in English
1. The International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated on which date?
a) May 22nd
b) March 20th
c) May 22nd
d) April 7th
Answer: c) May 22nd
2. Which company became the first to invest in a large-scale green hydrogen project in India?
a) Reliance
b) Adani
c) Fortescue Metals Group
d) Tata
Answer: c) Fortescue Metals Group
3. What is the name of the newly elected President of the Philippines?
a) Rodrigo Duterte
b) Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
c) Leni Robredo
d) Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Answer: c) Leni Robredo
4. The theme for World Press Freedom Day is:
a) Journalism Under Digital Siege
b) Journalism for Democracy
c) Media Literacy and Fact-Checking
d) Fearless Journalism
Answer: b) Journalism for Democracy
5. The International Space Station is expected to be decommissioned around which year?
a) 2025
b) 2028
c) 2031
d) 2034
Answer: c) 2031
6. The James Webb Space Telescope successfully captured its first ever image of which object?
a) The Sun
b) A Black Hole
c) A Distant Star
d) The Moon
Answer: c) A Distant Star
7. The Paris Agreement, a landmark international treaty on climate change, aims to limit global warming to well below what level in degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels?
a) 1 degree
b) 1.5 degrees
c) 2 degrees
d) 2.5 degrees
Answer: b) 1.5 degrees
8. The first successful double hand transplant in the United States was performed at which medical center?
a) Mayo Clinic
b) Cleveland Clinic
c) Johns Hopkins Medicine
d) Massachusetts General Hospital
b) Cleveland Clinic
Answer: c) Johns Hopkins Medicine
9. What is the name of the next crewed mission to the Moon planned by NASA, scheduled for launch in 2025?
a) Artemis I
b) Artemis II
c) Artemis III
d) Artemis IV
Answer: b) Artemis II
10. The recent discovery of a well-preserved dinosaur embryo nicknamed "Baby Yingliang" belongs to which dinosaur species?
a) Tyrannosaurus Rex
b) Triceratops
c) Oviraptorosaur
d) Stegosaurus
Answer: c) Oviraptorosaur