Current Affairs 26 June 2024
01. Who was re-elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha through a voice vote in contested elections against Kodikunnil Suresh?
(a) Kodikunnil Suresh
(b) Om Birla
(c) Mallikarjun Kharge
(d) Rajnath Singh
02. Who is set to be the next Vice Chief of Army Staff of India? (June 2024)
(a) Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi
(b) Lt Gen Anuj Jagtap
(c) Lt Gen Bikram Singh
(d) Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani
03. Who has been appointed as the CMD of New India Assurance Company in June 2024?
(a) Aathira Varier
(b) Alok Lenka
(c) Girija Subramanian
(d) N.S. Raja Subramani
04. Which ministry has rolled out the Safai Apnao, Bimaari Bhagao (SABB) initiative under SBM-U 2.0?
(a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(b) Ministry of Rural Development
(c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(d) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
05. What is the primary objective of the Sino-French satellite, Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), which was recently launched?
(a) To study climate change on Earth
(b) To detect and study gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)
(c) To monitor space debris
(d) To explore the surface of Mars
06. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI General Insurance, succeeding Kishore Kumar Poludasu?
(a) Naveen Chandra Jha
(b) Kishore Kumar Poludasu
(c) Rajnish Kumar
(d) Arundhati Bhattacharya
07. Who became the first batsman to hit 200 sixes in T20Is?
(a) Chris Gayle
(b) Babar Azam
(c) Jos Buttler
(d) Rohit Sharma
08. Which country has recently been designated as a major non-NATO ally (MNNA) by the United States, enhancing their defence and security cooperation?
(a) South Africa
(b) Nigeria
(c) Kenya
(d) Egypt
09. Which branch of the Indian armed forces has recently received the Medium Range-Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) designed to reduce radar detection by DRDO?
(a) Indian Navy
(b) Indian Army
(c) Indian Air Force
(d) Indian Coast Guard
10. What is the theme of the IAF’s capstone seminar marking the culmination of the No. 3 Warfare & Aerospace Strategy Program (WASP)?
(a) India’s Military Strength and Future Prospects
(b) India’s Strategic Culture and Imperative for Contemporary National Security
(c) Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in India
(d) Modern Warfare and Geo-Political Strategies
| ANSWER KEY | |||
| 01 | B | 06 | A |
| 02 | D | 07 | D |
| 03 | B | 08 | C |
| 04 | D | 09 | A |
| 05 | B | 10 | B |