Current Affairs 2th August 2024 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which Indian city has been conferred the World Craft City certificate?
a) Bengaluru
b) Jaipur
c) Kashmir
d) Hyderabad

Answer: c) Kashmir
2. Who has been appointed as the first woman Director General of Medical Services (Army)?
a) Lt Gen Poonam Dhawan
b) Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair
c) Lt Gen Renu Singh
d) Lt Gen Anita Punetha

Answer: b) Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair
3. Which country's historical site has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List despite objections from South Korea?
a) China
b) Japan
c) North Korea
d) Taiwan

Answer: b) Japan
4. Which Indian destinations have been included in TIME Magazine's 'World's Greatest Places of 2024'?
a) Goa, Kerala, and Ladakh
b) Mumbai, Delhi, and Jaipur
c) Varanasi, Hampi, and Khajuraho
d) Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Mizoram
Answer: a) Goa, Kerala, and Ladakh
5. Who won the third medal for India at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
a) Neeraj Chopra
b) PV Sindhu
c) Swapnil Kusale
d) Bajrang Punia
Answer: c) Swapnil Kusale
6. NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd. is set to establish a Green Charcoal plant in which state?
a) Rajasthan
b) Haryana
c) Punjab
d) Uttar Pradesh

Answer: b) Haryana
7. Who has been appointed as the new MD of the National Housing Bank?
a) Sanjay Shukla
b) Rajeev Kumar
c) Ashwini Kumar
d) Sunil Kumar

Answer: a) Sanjay Shukla
8. Which Indian shooter won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics?
a) Abhinav Bindra
b) Swapnil Kusale
c) Vijayveer Sidhu
d) Manu Bhaker
Answer: b) Swapnil Kusale

9. Who has been appointed as the first woman Director General of Medical Services (Army)?
a) Lt Gen Poonam Dhawan
b) Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair
c) Lt Gen Deepika Gandhi
d) Lt Gen Vandana Singh
Answer: b) Lt Gen Sadhna Saxena Nair
10. Which Indian company's executive has joined the Board of Directors of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF)?
 
a) Reliance Industries
b) Tata Sons
c) Infosys
d) Adani Group
Answer: b) Tata Sons