Current Affairs 16th July 2024 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Google?
A) Sundar Pichai
B) Satya Nadella
C) Parag Agrawal
D) Thomas Kurian
Answer: A) Sundar Pichai
2. Which country has the "Hope Probe" to Mars?
A) USA
B) China
C) UAE
D) India
Answer: C) UAE
3. Which Indian cricketer has retirement from all forms of cricket?
A) MS Dhoni
B) Virat Kohli
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Shikhar Dhawan
Answer: D) Shikhar Dhawan
4. Which Indian state has topped the NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2024?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Gujarat
D) Punjab
Answer: A) Kerala
5. Who is the author of the book "The New World Order"?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Yuval Noah Harari
C) Noam Chomsky
D) Thomas Friedman
Answer: C) Noam Chomsky
6. Who has been elected as the new President of France in 2024?
A) Emmanuel Macron
B) Marine Le Pen
C) François Hollande
D) Nicolas Sarkozy
Answer: A) Emmanuel Macron
7. Which Indian city has been declared the cleanest city in India for the fifth consecutive year?
A) Mysore
B) Indore
C) Surat
D) Bhopal
Answer: B) Indore
8. Who has been awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for Fiction?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Margaret Atwood
C) Salman Rushdie
D) Hilary Mantel
Answer: C) Salman Rushdie
9. Which film won the Best Picture award at the 2024 Academy Awards?
A) Dune: Part Two
B) The Power of the Dog
C) Oppenheimer
D) Avatar: The Way of Water
Answer: C) Oppenheimer
10. Which country has signed a historic peace agreement with Armenia?
A) Azerbaijan
B) Turkey
C) Georgia
D) Iran
Answer: A) Azerbaijan