Current Affairs 25 June 2024
01. Who has been appointed as the new Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha? (as of June 2024)
(a) Mallikarjun Kharge
(b) Jagat Prakash Nadda
(c) Piyush Goyal
(d) Ramesh Pokhriyal
02. Which Indian city recently earned the ‘World Craft City’ tag from the World Craft Council?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Srinagar
(c) Malappuram
(d) Mysore
03. Which state government recently announced that ministers will now have to pay their own income tax instead of the state bearing the burden?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Uttar Pradesh
04. Who has been appointed as the vice chancellor of Universal AI University, India’s first AI-dedicated institution?
(a) Simon Mak
(b) Tarundeep Singh Anand
(c) Dr. R. M. Chitnis
(d) Rahul Vishwanath Karad
05. In which Indian regions were two new plant species, Dendrophthoe longensis and Petrocosmea arunachalense, recently discovered?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya
(b) Tripura and Manipur
(c) West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar
(d) Andaman and Nicobar and Arunachal Pradesh
06. Who won the Halle Open in 2024?
(a) Hubert Hurkacz
(b) Jannik Sinner
(c) Rafael Nadal
(d) Novak Djokovic
07. Who won the Berlin Open in 2024?
(a) Coco Gauff
(b) Anna Kalinskaya
(c) Jessica Pegula
(d) Jannik Sinner
08. What is the long-term objective of ISRO with the Pushpak RLV program?
(a) To create a manned spacecraft for lunar missions
(b) To establish a space station
(c) To develop a Mars rover
(d) To reduce the cost of launching satellites into orbit
09. Who launched the National STOP Diarrhoea Campaign 2024 in India?
(a) JP Nadda
(b) Narendra Modi
(c) Amit Shah
(d) Rajnath Singh
10. Which trophy did Tommy Paul win at the Cinch Championships in 2024?
(a) Wimbledon
(b) Queen’s Club
(c) French Open
(d) US Open
| ANSWER KEY | |||
| 01 | B | 06 | B |
| 02 | B | 07 | C |
| 03 | A | 08 | D |
| 04 | A | 09 | A |
| 05 | D | 10 | B |
Who has been appointed as the new Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha? (as of June 2024)