Current Affairs 1st January 2025 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Who won the 2024 FIFA Ballon d'Or award?
A) Lionel Messi
B) Cristiano Ronaldo
C) Kylian Mbappé
D) Robert Lewandowski
Answer: C) Kylian Mbappé
2. The 'One Sun, One World, One Grid' initiative was launched by which organization?
A) United Nations
B) International Solar Alliance
C) World Bank
D) European Union
Answer: B) International Solar Alliance
3. Who became the first female President of Brazil in?
A) Dilma Rousseff
B) Marina Silva
C) Marta Suplicy
D) Gleisi Hoffmann
Answer: B) Marina Silva
4. Which Indian cricketer was appointed as the captain of Cricket Australia's team in?
A) Virat Kohli
B) Rohit Sharma
C) Jasprit Bumrah
D) Yashasvi Jaiswal
Answer: C) Jasprit Bumrah
5. What is the name of NASA's new mission to study the Earth's thermosphere launched in?
A) ThermoX
B) AuroraScope
C) TEMPO
D) HelioFocus
Answer: C) TEMPO
6. Which Indian airport was awarded the title of the World's Best Airport in?
A) Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
B) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
C) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
D) Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad
Answer: B) Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
7. Which country agreed to host a 'Global Peace Summit' on Ukraine?
A) Switzerland
B) Maldives
C) Mauritius
D) Singapore
Answer: A) Switzerland
8. The Aral Sea stands at the boundary between which two countries?
A) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
B) Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
C) Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan
D) Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan
Answer: A) Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
9. Which country announced the opening of the first-ever “Space Tourism Park”?
A) United States
B) Russia
C) United Arab Emirates
D) Japan
Answer: C) United Arab Emirates
10. Who became the first woman to be appointed as the head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)?
A) Ursula von der Leyen
B) Inger Andersen
C) Angela Merkel
D) Amina J. Mohammed
Answer: B) Inger Andersen