Current Affairs 18th April 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. The theme for International Day of Monuments and Sites 2024 is?
a) Sustainable Heritage
b) Heritage and Climate Change
c) Heritage and Education
d) Heritage and Communities
Answer: b) Heritage and Climate Change
2. Which country its first woman astronaut into space?
a) India
b) United States
c) China
d) Saudi Arabia
Answer: d) Saudi Arabia
3. The Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award was presented to:
a) A R Rahman
b) Amitabh Bachchan
c) Alka Yagnik
d) Shreya Ghoshal
Answer: b) Amitabh Bachchan
4. Which country a program to find missing children similar to the AMBER alert system?
a) India
b) China
c) United States
d) Japan
Answer: a) India
5. The world's first liquid-mirror telescope is located in:
a) California, USA
b) Rajasthan, India
c) Australia
d) South Africa
Answer: b) Rajasthan, India
6. The Paris Agreement aims to combat climate change by:
a) Banning all greenhouse gas emissions
b) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
c) Increasing reliance on fossil fuels
d) None of the above
Answer: b) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
7. The ongoing war in Ukraine has caused a global shortage of:
a) Coffee
b) Wheat
c) Cotton
d) Rubber
Answer: b) Wheat
8. The International Space Station (ISS) is expected to be operational until:
a) 2025
b) 2030
c) 2035
d) 2040
Answer: b) 2030
9. The recent discovery of a new exoplanet potentially capable of supporting life is located in the constellation:
a) Orion
b) Aquarius
c) Lyra
d) Andromeda
Answer: c) Lyra
10. The recent summit between the leaders of the US and China focused on:
a) Trade relations
b) Military cooperation
c) Climate change
d) Space exploration
Answer: c) Climate change