Current Affairs 16th January 2025 : Daily GK Update in English
 
1. Who has been appointed as the head of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation recently?

a) Shri Krishna Kumar
b) Faiz Ahmed Kidwai
c) Sanjeev Kumar Sharma
d) None of these
Answer: b) Faiz Ahmed Kidwai
 
2. Where did Prime Minister Modi inaugurate Asia's second-largest ISKCON temple?

a) Surat
b) Navi Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) None of these
Answer: b) Navi Mumbai

3. Which private company became the first to have its own constellation of satellites?

a) Lyric
b) Pixxel
c) Orange
d) None of these
Answer: b) Pixxel
4. K. S. Manilal, who passed away, was associated with which field?

a) Journalism
b) Taxonomy
c) Sports
d) Politics
Answer: b) Taxonomy

5. Which institution developed the 'AnemiaPhone' technology to assess iron deficiency?

a) Loughborough University, England
b) Cornell University, United States
c) Banaras Hindu University, India
d) Duke University, United States
Answer: b) Cornell University, United States
6. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

a) Raghuram Rajan
b) Gita Gopinath
c) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
d) Carmen Reinhart
Answer: c) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas

7. What is the name of the Indian Navy’s latest commissioned submarine in?

a) INS Vagir
b) INS Vaghsheer
c) INS Shankul
d) INS Arihant
Answer: b) INS Vaghsheer

8. Who won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in?

a) Austin Butler
b) Leonardo DiCaprio
c) Cillian Murphy
d) Will Smith
Answer: c) Cillian Murphy

9. Who has been awarded the Bharat Ratna in?

a) Narayana Murthy
b) Sachin Tendulkar
c) Asha Bhosle
d) E. Sreedharan
Answer: d) E. Sreedharan

10. Who is the chairperson of the 16th Finance Commission of India constituted in?

a) Arvind Panagariya
b) N.K. Singh
c) Urjit Patel
d) Raghuram Rajan

Answer: a) Arvind Panagariya