Current Affairs 23 May 2024
01. Who became the oldest Indian woman to conquer Mount Everest at age 55?
(a) Sangeeta Bahl
(b) Jyoti Ratre
(c) Anshu Jamsenpa
(d) Premlata Agarwal
02. Who recently became the youngest Indian to summit Mt. Everest from the Nepal side at the age of 16?
(a) Kaamya Karthikeyan
(b) Sneha Rajput
(c) Malavath Poorna
(d) Rita Thyagarajan
03. Which country recently became the 99th member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
(a) Panama
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) Cambodia
04. Which two countries have been confirmed as hosts for the 2026 and 2029 AFC Women’s Asian Cup?
(a) Jordan and Saudi Arabia
(b) Australia and Uzbekistan
(c) Japan and South Korea
(d) China and Thailand
05. Which state’s recognition was announced by Ireland, Spain, and Norway in May 2024?
(a) Palestine
(b) Catalonia
(c) Kosovo
(d) Taiwan
06. Where was the FABEXA Fabric Sourcing Expo 2024 inaugurated?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Gandhinagar
(c) Delhi
(d) Jaipur
07. Where is the University of Tokyo’s newly inaugurated Atacama Observatory (TAO) located?
(a) Mauna Kea, Hawaii
(b) La Palma, Canary Islands
(c) Cerro Chajnantor, Chile
(d) Santiago, Chile
08. Who recently set a new world record in the Women’s 40kg Clean & Jerk category and won gold at the 2024 IWF World Youth Championships?
(a) Lawren Estrada
(b) Fatma Kolcak
(c) Jyoshna Sabar
(d) Preetismita Bhoi
09. Who was awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024 for groundbreaking discoveries in variable astronomical objects?
(a) Peter Sarnak
(b) Stuart Orkin
(c) Shrinivas R Kulkarni
(d) Abhijeet Chavda
10. Which English football club set a new record by winning four consecutive Premier League titles as of the 2023-24 season?
(a) Liverpool
(b) Arsenal
(c) Manchester United
(d) Manchester City
| ANSWER KEY | |||
| 01 | B | 06 | B |
| 02 | A | 07 | C |
| 03 | C | 08 | D |
| 04 | B | 09 | C |
| 05 | A | 10 | D |