Current Affairs 18 May 2024

Current Affairs 18 May 2024

01. Who topped Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid athletes according to George Ramsay from CNN?
(a) Lionel Messi 
(b) LeBron James
(c) Cristiano Ronaldo
(d) Roger Federer

02. Who has been appointed as the agency’s new Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officer in May 2024?
(a) Bill Nelson
(b) David backham
(c) Mark Wood
(d) David Salvagnini 

03. Which ministry launched the Swachhata Pakhwada event to promote cleanliness and environmental sustainability?
(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(b) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER)
(c) Ministry of Jal Shakti
(d) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

04. Kanwar Lake, Asia’s largest freshwater oxbow lake, is located in which Indian state?
(a) Bihar
(b) West Bengal
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Odisha

05. Where has the Indian Army established two of the world’s highest tank repair facilities, supporting over 500 tanks and infantry combat vehicles deployed near the China border?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Eastern Ladakh
(d) Arunachal Pradesh

06. Which country became the first in the world to lose all its glaciers?
(a) Venezuela
(b) Iceland
(c) Bolivia
(d) Switzerland

07. Where did the NSG and US Special Operations Forces conduct their joint counter-terror drills for the annual exercise ‘Tarkash’ in 2024
(a) Kolkata
(b) New Delhi
(c) Mumbai
(d) Hyderabad

08. Which organization was honored with the Geospatial World Forum Leadership Award in May 2024 for its exceptional contributions to the geospatial field?
(a) SpaceX
(b) ISRO 
(c) Blue Origin
(d) IN-SPACe

09. Who is leading the Croatian government that was approved by the parliament in May 2024, marking their third term in office?
(a) Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
(b) Zoran Milanovic
(c) Andrej Plenkovic
(d) Bozo Petrov

10. What kind of medal did para-swimmer Binit Roy win at the CITI Para Swimming World Series Championship in Singapore?
(a) Gold Medal
(b) Bronze Medal
(c) Silver Medal
(d) None