Current Affairs 06 July 2024

Current Affairs 06 July 2024

01. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Press Information Bureau in July 2024?
(a) Sheyphali Sharan
(b) Rajesh Malhotra
(c) Dhirendra Ojha
(d) Manish Desai

02. Who appointed as the 15th Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court?
(a) Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi
(b) Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta
(c) Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra
(d) Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi 

03. Who won the Iranian presidential election, securing 53.7% of the votes?
(a) Ebrahim Raisi
(b) Mohsen Rezaei
(c) Saeed Jalili
(d) Masoud Pezeshkian

04. Which city is not among the venues hosting matches for the 133rd Durand Cup?
(a) Jamshedpur
(b) Shillong
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai

05. Who will lead India’s 28-member squad in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
(a) Avinash Sable
(b) Neeraj Chopra
(c) Ajinderpal Singh Toor
(d) Jyothi Yarraji

06. In which state will five and a half crore trees be planted under the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Gujarat
(d) Rajasthan

07. World Zoonoses Day is marked on July 6 every year. In which year on July 6, was the first vaccination against a zoonotic disease successfully administered by Louis Pasteur?
(a) 1885
(b) 1890
(c) 1905
(d) 1860

08. What are the three initiatives announced by the Telangana State Government to promote and decentralize industrial growth?
(a) Renewable energy projects, IT hubs, and financial centers
(b) Pharma clusters, Energy policy, Skill University
(c) Tourism development, Transport infrastructure, Agricultural zones
(d) Educational institutions, Sports facilities, Cultural centers

09. By which year is ISRO planning to have the Indian Space Station (Bharatiya Antariksha Station) ready?
(a) 2025
(b) 2026
(c) 2027
(d) 2028

10. Which city is ranked as the most expensive global city for expats in Mercer’s Cost of Living City rankings 2024?
(a) Zurich, Switzerland
(b) Geneva, Switzerland
(c) Hong Kong
(d) Singapore