Current Affairs 3th January 2025 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which wildlife sanctuary was declared as the eighth Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh in?

a) Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary
b) Panna National Park
c) Bandhavgarh National Park
d) Kanha National Park
Answer: a) Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary

2. Who won the 2024 Ballon d'Or award for football?
 
a) Lionel Messi
b) Erling Haaland
c) Kylian Mbappé
d) Cristiano Ronaldo

Answer: b) Erling Haaland

3.  Which Indian actor received the International Emmy Award for Best Actor?

a) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
b) Manoj Bajpayee
c) Rajkummar Rao
d) Pankaj Tripathi
Answer: b) Manoj Bajpayee

4. Who became the Chief Justice of India in?

a) Justice Uday Umesh Lalit
b) Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud
c) Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
d) Justice Hima Kohli
Answer: c) Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul

5. Which Indian sports team won the Asian Champions Trophy?

a) Men’s Hockey Team
b) Women’s Cricket Team
c) Men’s Football Team
d) Women’s Kabaddi Team
Answer: a) Men’s Hockey Team

6. Who was appointed as the Director-General of UNESCO in?

a) Audrey Azoulay
b) Koïchiro Matsuura
c) Irina Bokova
d) José Manuel Rodríguez
Answer: a) Audrey Azoulay

7. Which Indian scientist was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize?

a) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
b) Dr. Ramesh Joshi
c) Dr. Manjula Sharma
d) Dr. Ankit Agarwal
Answer: d) Dr. Ankit Agarwal

8.  Which organization won the Nobel Prize in Economics 2024 for research on climate economics?

a) IPCC
b) IMF
c) World Bank
d) Stockholm Resilience Centre
Answer: d) Stockholm Resilience Centre

9. Which country emerged as the top-ranking nation in the Global Innovation Index?

a) Switzerland
b) South Korea
c) United States
d) Germany
Answer: a) Switzerland

10. Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in?

a) Ajay Tyagi
b) Madhabi Puri Buch
c) Arun Kumar
d) Ramesh Chand
Answer: b) Madhabi Puri Buch