Current Affairs 14 May 2024

Current Affairs 14 May 2024

01. Who became the first Indian male wrestler to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics?
(a) Bajrang Punia
(b) Sushil Kumar
(c) Aman Sehrawat
(d) Yogeshwar Dutt

02. Name the planet that has been recently detected by the astronomers as a rocky world with an atmosphere in May 2024.
(a) Kepler-452b
(b) Proxima Centauri X440
(c) TRAPPIST-1e
(d) 55 Cancri e

03. Who has been appointed as the new Defense Minister of Russia, replacing Sergei Shoigu in May 2024?
(a) Sergei Lavrov
(b) Valery Gerasimov
(c) Andrei Belousou
(d) Nikolai Patrushev

04. Who was honored with the Global Excellence Award 2024 for Outstanding Contributions in Education?
(a) Chandrakant Satija
(b) Rajesh Sharma
(c) Priya Patel
(d) Manoj Kumar

05. Who has been appointed as the Head of Key Relations Group at SBI General Insurance in May 2024?
(a) Jaya Tripathi
(b) Mukesh Kumar
(c) Pushan Mahapatra
(d) Neeraj Dhawan

06. Who has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May 2024?
(a) Urjit Patel
(b) R. Lakshmi Kanth Rao
(c) T. Rabi Sankar
(d) Aditi Shankar Jha

07. Who has been appointed as the Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy in May 2024?
(a) Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar
(b) Admiral Karambir Singh
(c) Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla
(d) Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh

08. Under the Drone Didi Yojana, how many women are aimed to be trained in drone operations for agriculture?
(a) 5,000
(b) 10,000
(c) 15,000
(d) 20,000

09. Which Indian company is planning to set up a first-of-its-kind Human-Centric AI Center of Excellence in France?
(a) Tata Consultancy Services
(b) Infosys
(c) Wipro
(d) HCL Technologies Limited

10. Name the two players who secured singles titles at the Poona Club Open 2024 squash tournament.
(a) Diya Yadav and Ravindu Laksiri
(b) Anahat Singh and Diwakar Singh
(c) Urwashi Joshi and Suraj Kumar Chand
(d) Sunita Patel and Shamil Wakeel