Current Affairs 18th October 2024 : Daily GK Update in English
1. What is the theme of World Food Day?
a) Healthy Eating
b) Water for All
c) Leave No One Behind
d) Climate Resilience
Answer: c) Leave No One Behind
2. Which country declared a national emergency due to floods?
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Philippines
d) Indonesia
Answer: b) Pakistan
3. Who was re-elected as the President of Brazil in?
a) Jair Bolsonaro
b) Lula da Silva
c) Marina Silva
d) Ciro Gomes
Answer: b) Lula da Silva
4. Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
a) Carolyn Bertozzi
b) Barry Sharpless
c) Emmanuelle Charpentier
d) Katalin Karikó
Answer: d) Katalin Karikó
5. Who is the President of the World Bank as of?
a) Ajay Banga
b) David Malpass
c) Kristalina Georgieva
d) Jim Yong Kim
Answer: a) Ajay Banga
6. Which country topped the Global Innovation Index?
a) Switzerland
b) USA
c) Singapore
d) Germany
Answer: a) Switzerland
7. Which state in India launched a new 'Green Energy Corridor' in?
a) Gita Gopinath
b) Raghuram Rajan
c) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
d) Kenneth Rogoff
Answer: c) Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas
8. Which global sporting event is scheduled to be held in Los Angeles in?
a) FIFA World Cup
b) Summer Olympics
c) Cricket World Cup
d) Rugby World Cup
Answer: b) Summer Olympics
9. Which company has successfully implanted its first brain chip into a human being?
(a) DeepMind
(b) Neuralink
(c) Waymo
(d) NeuroVigil
Answer: (b) Neuralink
10. Which country surpassed Japan as the world’s third-largest economy?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Italy
(d) India
Answer: (b) Germany