Current Affairs 22th November 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who was conferred the rank of Honorary General of the Nepali Army?

A) General Dwivedi
B) General Naravane
C) General Rawat
D) General Pande
Answer: A) General Dwivedi

2. The ‘Namo Drone Didi’ scheme aims to empower which group?
A) Farmers
B) Women Self-Help Groups
C) Youth Entrepreneurs
D) Small Businesses
Answer: B) Women Self-Help Groups
3. What is Gastrodia lohitensis, discovered in Arunachal Pradesh?
A) A butterfly species
B) An orchid species
C) A bird species
D) A fish species
Answer: B) An orchid species

4. What is the name of the fifth edition of the India-Vietnam military exercise?
(A) Indo-Viet
(B) VINBAX
(C) VietArm
(D) INDOEX

Answer: (B) VINBAX

5. Who is the new Secretary-General of the United Nations in?
(A) António Guterres
(B) Ban Ki-moon
(C) Kofi Annan
(D) Angela Merkel

Answer: (A) António Guterres

6. Who became the newly elected President of Argentina in?

A) Alberto Fernández
B) Javier Milei
C) Patricia Bullrich
D) Sergio Massa
Answer: B) Javier Milei

7. The European Space Agency launched which Mars rover in?

A) Rosalind Franklin
B) Perseverance
C) Phoenix
D) Orion
Answer: A) Rosalind Franklin

8. What is the IUCN conservation status of the North Atlantic right whale, in the news?
A) Least Concern
B) Vulnerable
C) Endangered
D) Critically Endangered
Answer: D) Critically Endangered

9. Where were the sandstone replicas of the Konark wheel installed?
A) India Gate
B) Red Fort
C) Rashtrapati Bhavan
D) Parliament House
Answer: C) Rashtrapati Bhavan

10. Who was honored with the UNESCO Peace Prize for?
A) Malala Yousafzai
B) Greta Thunberg
C) António Guterres
D) Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Answer: A) Malala Yousafzai