Current Affairs 08 May 2024
01. Which company is set to launch indigenous 4G services across India in August 2024?
(a) Airtel
(b) Jio
(c) BSNL
(d) Vodafone Idea
02. Who has been appointed as Country Manager for India by Visa in May 2024?
(a) Sandeep Ghosh
(b) Ravi Raj
(c) Anshul Krishnan
(d) Sujai Raina
03. Who won the Madrid Open, defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final?
(a) Daniil Medvedev
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Andrey Rublev
(d) Alexander Zverev
04. Who has been appointed as China’s new envoy to India, succeeding Sun Weidong May 2024?
(a) Li Keqiang
(b) Wang Yi
(c) Huang Qifan
(d) Xu Feihong
05. Who did Jeffrey Kushwin defeat to win the boys’ title at the AITA Junior Championship Series tennis?
(a) Anmol Saini
(b) Lakshay Dahiya
(c) Yashwardhan Singh
(d) Aryan Hooda
06. What is the theme for World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day in 2024?
(a) Giving is Caring
(b) Love and Compassion for All
(c) I give with joy, and the joy I give is a reward
(d) Helping Hands Across the World
07. Which classification does the FLiRT Covid variant belong to?
(a) Alpha
(b) Omicron
(c) Gamma
(d) Beta
08. Which athlete won the Men’s High Jump event at the USATF Festival in Tucson, Arizona, USA (May 2024)?
(a) Roberto Vilches
(b) Earnie Sears
(c) Tejaswin Shankar
(d) Sarvesh Kushare
09. Where was the candle wax-powered rocket, SR75, launched?
(a) Australia
(b) US
(c) Germany
(d) China
10. The Polavaram Irrigation Project is located in which state?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Telangana
(d) Kerala
| ANSWER KEY | |||
| 01 | C | 06 | C |
| 02 | D | 07 | B |
| 03 | C | 08 | C |
| 04 | D | 09 | A |
| 05 | A | 10 | B |