Current Affairs 8th June 2024 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Who has been appointed as the new President of the World Bank?
a) KristalinaGeorgieva
b) David Malpass
c) Ajay Banga
d) Jim Yong Kim
Answer: c) Ajay Banga
2. What is the name of the newly discovered exoplanet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope?
a) Kepler-1649 c
b) Proxima Centauri b
c) TRAPPIST-1e
d) LHS 475 b
Answer: d) LHS 475 b
3. Which Indian state the 'Green City' initiative?
a) Maharashtra
b) Karnataka
c) Gujarat
d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: b) Karnataka
4. Which organization won the Nobel Peace Prize?
a) UNICEF
b) Doctors Without Borders
c) World Food Programme
d) International Red Cross
Answer: b) Doctors Without Borders
5. Which film won the Best Picture award at the 2024 Oscars?
a) The Power of the Dog
b) CODA
c) Everything Everywhere All at Once
d) The Fabelmans
Answer: d) TheFabelmans
6. Which state in India a comprehensive healthcare scheme called 'Swasth Bharat'?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Bihar
d) West Bengal
Answer: d) West Bengal
7. Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Italy?
a) Giuseppe Conte
b) MatteoRenzi
c) GiorgiaMeloni
d) Mario Draghi
Answer: c) GiorgiaMeloni
8. Which country signed a defense cooperation agreement with Japan?
a) Australia
b) South Korea
c) India
d) France
Answer: a) Australia
9. Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
a) Colson Whitehead
b) Louise Erdrich
c) Richard Powers
d) Jesmyn Ward
Answer: d) Jesmyn Ward
10. Which country topped the Global Innovation Index 2024?
a) Switzerland
b) Sweden
c) United States
d) Singapore
Answer: a) Switzerland