GK Current Affairs Quiz: July 20th 2024

Current Affairs Quiz 20th July 2024

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Question 1:

Which entities were merged to form the National Communications Academy (NCA)?

A) NTIPRIT, NICF, and WMTDC

B) NTIPRIT, NCA, and NICF

C) WMTDC, NCA, and NICF

D) NCA, NICF, and NTIPRIT

Question 2:

Which country recently joined the UN Water Convention as the 10th African nation?

A) Ghana

B) Nigeria

C) Ivory Coast

D) Kenya

Question 3:

Which state was recognized as the ‘Best Performing State’ under the PM SVANidhi scheme?

A) Maharashtra

B) Gujarat

C) Madhya Pradesh

D) Assam

Question 4:

Who has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to the United States?

A) Harsh Vardhan Shringla

B) Vinay Kwatra

C) Taranjit Sandhu

D) S. Jaishankar

Question 5:

Who was honored with the Gandhi Mandela Award 2020?

A) Malala Yousafzai

B) Kailash Satyarthi

C) Rigoberta Menchú Tum

D) Leymah Gbowee

Question 6:

Which actor will be the guest of honor at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2024?

A) Shah Rukh Khan

B) Amitabh Bachchan

C) Ram Charan

D) Aamir Khan

Question 7:

Who were named the male and female Players of the Year at the AIFF awards 2024?

A) Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi

B) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Aditi Chauhan

C) Lallianzuala Chhangte and Indumathi Kathiresan

D) Manvir Singh and Sanju Yadav

Question 8:

Which company was awarded the Taxnet 2.0 project by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

A) Reliance Jio

B) Bharti Airtel

C) Vodafone Idea

D) Tata Communications

Question 9:

What issue caused massive outages for Windows 10 users globally?

A) A ransomware attack

B) A malware infection

C) A Crowdstrike update

D) A Windows update

Question 10:

What is celebrated on International Chess Day?

A) The invention of chess

B) The first international chess tournament

C) The impact of chess on global culture and education

D) The founding of FIDE

Question 11:

Which UN-designated day commemorates humanity’s achievements in lunar exploration?

A) World Space Day

B) International Moon Day

C) Lunar Landing Day

D) Apollo Day

Question 12:

What is the main focus of the International Moon Day celebrations?

A) Advancing space tourism

B) Sustainable Moon exploration and utilization

C) Commercial Moon mining

D) Human colonization of the Moon

Question 13:

Which ministry collaborated with the Ministry of AYUSH for improving the health of tribal students?

A) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

B) Ministry of Education

C) Ministry of Tribal Affairs

D) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Question 14:

Which accolade did Assam secure under the PM SVANidhi scheme?

A) Best Performing State

B) Best Innovative Practices Award

C) Best Loan Distribution Award

D) Best Implementation Award

Question 15:

Who was the former Foreign Secretary of India appointed as the new Ambassador to the U.S.?

A) S. Jaishankar

B) Taranjit Sandhu

C) Vinay Kwatra

D) Harsh Vardhan Shringla