Current Affairs 5th June 2024 : Daily GK Update in English
1. The world's first commercial flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) took place in which year?
(a) 2021
(b) 2022
(c) 2023
(d) 2024
Answers: (c) 2023
2. Which cryptocurrency became the first to be officially recognized as legal tender by a nation?
(a) Bitcoin
(b) Ethereum
(c) Litecoin
(d) El Salvador Coin
Answers: (d) El Salvador Coin
3. The "Shanghai Cooperation Organization" (SCO) is a Eurasian intergovernmental organization. How many member states does it currently have?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 16
Answers: (c) 12
4. The "Double Asteroid Redirection Test" (DART) mission is a collaborative effort between which space agencies?
(a) NASA and ESA
(b) NASA and JAXA
(c) CNSA and Roscosmos
(d) ESA and Roscosmos
Answers: (a) NASA and ESA
5. The monkeypox outbreak has primarily been concentrated in Europe.
(a) South America
(b) Central Africa
(c) Southeast Asia
(d) Europe
Answers: Central Africa
6. The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine mainly centers around the disputed territories of:
(a) Golan Heights
(b) West Bank and Gaza Strip
(c) Sinai Peninsula
(d) Syrian Golan Heights
Answers: (b) West Bank and Gaza Strip
7. Which organization the launch of an initiative to find missing children similar to AMBER alerts?
(a) World Health Organization
(b) International Labour Organization
(c) UNICEF
(d) World Bank
Answers: (c) UNICEF
8. India's economic growth rate for the financial year 2023-24 is estimated to be around:
(a) 6%
(b) 7%
(c) 8%
(d) 9%
Answers: (c) 8%
9. The James Webb Space Telescope captured the deepest and most detailed infrared image of the universe to date, called:
(a) Deep Field South
(b) Cosmic Cliffs
(c) Hubble Deep Field
(d) Carina Nebula
Answers: (b) Cosmic Cliffs
10. The first image of a black hole was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope in:
(a) 2019
(b) 2020
(c) 2021
(d) 2022
Answers: (b) 2020