Current Affairs 18th July 2024 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which country has declared a state of emergency due to severe wildfires?
A) Australia
B) Canada
C) Greece
D) Brazil
Answer: B) Canada
2. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a $3 billion loan for which country?
A) Argentina
B) Pakistan
C) Ukraine
D) Sri Lanka
Answer: D) Sri Lanka
3. Who was awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for their novel "The Night Watchman"?
A) Colson Whitehead
B) Margaret Atwood
C) Louise Erdrich
D) Hilary Mantel
Answer: C) Louise Erdrich
4. Which country became the first to approve lab-grown chicken for sale?
A) USA
B) Singapore
C) Japan
D) Netherlands
Answer: B) Singapore
5. Who won the Wimbledon Men's Singles title in 2024?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Roger Federer
C) Daniil Medvedev
D) Rafael Nadal
Answer: C) Daniil Medvedev
6. Which Indian city has been declared as the 'World Book Capital 2024' by UNESCO?
A) Mumbai
B) New Delhi
C) Kolkata
D) Chennai
Answer: D) Chennai
7. Which organization published the 'Global Economic Outlook' report for 2024?
A) World Bank
B) International Monetary Fund
C) World Economic Forum
D) Asian Development Bank
Answer: B) International Monetary Fund
8. Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature?
A) Salman Rushdie
B) Haruki Murakami
C) Margaret Atwood
D) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Answer: D) Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
9. Which country the creation of a new digital currency, the "e-krona"?
A) Norway
B) Sweden
C) Denmark
D) Finland
Answer: B) Sweden
10. Which Indian author won the 2024 International Booker Prize?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Jhumpa Lahiri
C) Amitav Ghosh
D) Geetanjali Shree
Answer: D) Geetanjali Shree