CURRENT AFFAIRS(10-07-2024) 1 / 10 Sreeja Akula, who looks to participate in the upcoming Paris Olympics, will do it in which category? Athletics Shooting Table tennis Wrestling Along with Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula will carry India’s hopes on her shoulders for women’s table tennis at the Paris Olympics. The 25-year-old recently overtook Manika to become India’s top-ranked female paddler in the world ranking charts. Read More 2 / 10 India off-spinner R. Ashwin has become a co-owner of a new team, which was announced on Monday. Which is the sport he is part of? Chess Tennis Hockey Cricket India off-spinner R. Ashwin has become a co-owner of the American Gambits, a new team which will feature in the second edition of Global Chess League, a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and International Chess Federation. Read More 3 / 10 Eleven Ministers were inducted into the Cabinet of Chief Minister Hemant Soren soon after he won the floor test in the Jharkhand Assembly. Who is the Governor of the State? Arif Mohammed Khan C.P. Radhakrishnan Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel Ramesh Bais Six of the Ministers are from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), four from the Congress and one from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to them. Read More 4 / 10 Campaigning ended on Monday for the Assembly byelections to be held on Wednesday in 13 constituencies across seven States. Among them is Dehra. In which State is this constituency located? Himachal Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Madhya Pradesh In Dehra, Kamlesh Thakur, the Congress candidate and wife of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, is contesting against the BJP’s Hoshiyar Singh, one of the three Independents who switched sides from the Congress. Read More 5 / 10 There are two Ministers from the JD(U) who are part of the NDA at the Centre. If one of them is Ramnath Thakur, who is the other one? Jitan Ram Manjhi Chirag Paswan Jayant Chaudhary Rajiv Ranjan Singh The JD(U) also settled for merely two berths in the Council of Ministers and for “inconsequential” portfolios without a murmur of protest. Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh is Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, and Panchayati Raj, and JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Ramnath Thakur is Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. Read More 6 / 10 The Rajiv-Jayawardene Accord between India and Sri Lanka was signed in which year? 1987 1990 1988 1986 When the Rajiv-Jayawardene Accord of July 1987 was signed, the LTTE was not a signatory, but India’s discussions were primarily with the Tigers. Read More 7 / 10 This person, affectionately known as “Bongbong”, is the current President of the Philippines. What is his name? Carlos P. Garcia Joseph Estrada Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Rodrigo Duterte With Ferdinand Marcos Jr., affectionately known as “Bongbong”, at the helm in the Philippines, Manila seems ready to confront China head-on. Read More 8 / 10 Shantha Biotechnics, an Indian biotechnology company was acquired by which multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company? GSK Sanofi Pasteur Merck Pfizer Shanta was acquired by Sanofi Pasteur, Paris, which itself was associated with Merck’s Gardasil in several ways. Read More 9 / 10 Geert Wilders is a right-wing politician in which European country? The Netherlands The U.K. Germany France In Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently scolded her party’s youth wing for giving fascist salutes. Yet, anti-migration views have won strong support from voters who created unexpected election breakthroughs for Geert Wilders in the Netherlands, Nigel Farage of Reform UK in the United Kingdom and the AfD party in Germany. One thing is clear across Europe: the contest for political dominance, between the right, left and centre, could not be more intense. Read More 10 / 10 Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter on July 8, 2016, in south Kashmir. He was the 'commander' of which of the following? Hizbul Mujahideen Jaish-e-Mohammed Lashkar-e-Taiba Al Qaida Five Army soldiers were killed and five injured in an ambush by militants in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. The attack came on the death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen ‘commander’ Burhan Wani, who was killed in an encounter on July 8, 2016, in south Kashmir. Read More Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz
