Current Affairs 25th December 2023 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which country recently approved the use of the world's first mRNA vaccine against Ebola?
(a) Uganda
(b) Nigeria
(c) Democratic Republic of Congo
(d) Liberia
Answer: (a) Uganda
2. Who was elected as the new President of Brazil on December 18th, 2023?
(a) Lula da Silva
(b) Jair Bolsonaro
(c) Ciro Gomes
(d) Simone Tebet
Answer: (a) Lula da Silva
3. The recent deadly winter storm in the United States affected which states the most?
(a) California and Oregon
(b) Montana and Wyoming
(c) New York and Massachusetts
(d) Texas and Louisiana
Answer: (c) New York and Massachusetts
4. The US Congress recently passed a major spending bill worth approximately how much?
(a) $1.4 trillion
(b) $2.8 trillion
(c) $560 billion
(d) $920 billion
Answer: (a) $1.4 trillion
5. Which city in the US was recently ranked as the "happiest city" by a national survey?
(a) Miami, Florida
(b) Honolulu, Hawaii
(c) Austin, Texas
(d) Seattle, Washington
Answer: (c) Austin, Texas
6. The James Webb Space Telescope recently captured stunning images of which celestial object?
(a) The Milky Way galaxy
(b) The Carina Nebula
(c) The Andromeda galaxy
(d) The Pillars of Creation
Answer: (b) The Carina Nebula
7. Which tech company recently announced plans to lay off a significant number of employees?
(a) Amazon
(b) Meta (Facebook)
(c) Apple
(d) Google
Answer: (b) Meta (Facebook)
8. Researchers at MIT made a breakthrough in developing a new type of battery that could last how long on a single charge?
(a) 1 week
(b) 1 month
(c) 1 year
(d) 10 years
Answer: (a) 1 week
9. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified what disease as a global health emergency?
(a) Monkeypox
(b) Measles
(c) Dengue fever
(d) Covid-19 (again)
Answer: (d) Covid-19 (again)
10. Which film won the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival?
(a) "Tori et Lokita" (Brothers and Sister)
(b) "Armageddon Time"
(c) "Tár"
(d) "Triangle of Sadness"
Answer: (a) "Tori et Lokita" (Brothers and Sister)