CURRENT AFFAIRS(20-06-2024) 1 / 10 NBA team Boston Celtics won its 18th national championship to overtake which team’s record tally of 17 titles? Golden State Warriors Chicago Bulls San Antonio Spurs Los Angeles Lakers Tatum spearheaded a superb performance at both ends of the floor as Boston pulled clear of its arch-rival Los Angeles Lakers to stand alone with 18 titles. Read More 2 / 10 The oldest modern human burial dates to more than 100,000 years ago, in which country? Lebanon Israel Iran Egypt The oldest intentional modern human burial dates to more than 100,000 years ago, in a cave in Israel. Read More 3 / 10 Which seat did jailed Sheikh Abdul Rashid, aka Engineer Rashid, win from in the 2024 Lok Sabha election? Baramulla Anantnag-Rajouri Udhampur Srinagar The court’s directions came during the hearing of an interim bail plea filed by Mr. Rashid, who won the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir, seeking bail to take oath. Read More 4 / 10 Which State has reported H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in 19 places since April? Andhra Pradesh Kerala Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra The districts of Alappuzha, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, where water bodies, migratory birds, fowls and integrated farms form part of the ecosystem, have reported H5N1 outbreaks in 19 places since April. Read More 5 / 10 North and South Korea are technically at war as the conflict ended in an armistice and not a peace treaty. In which year did the conflict cease? 1956 1960 1953 1964 The two Koreas remain technically at war as the 1950-1953 conflict ended in an armistice and not a peace treaty, with the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) and line of control dividing the peninsula — one of the most heavily mined places in the world. Read More 6 / 10 Who is the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka? G.L. Peiris Ranil Wickremesinghe Ali Sabry Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe Confirming his Indian counterpart’s visit, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told The Hindu on Tuesday that projects that India and Sri Lanka have agreed to jointly implement will be reviewed. Read More 7 / 10 Name the Finnish event in which Neeraj Chopra claimed his maiden gold medal at the event on June 18. Golden Grand Prix Federation Cup Paavo Nurmi Games Rieti Meeting India’s Neeraj Chopra snared his maiden gold medal at the Paavo Nurmi Games here on Tuesday, returning to action in style after being laid low for a month due to a niggle. Read More 8 / 10 Name the West Indies batter who equalled Yuvraj Singh’s record of scoring 36 runs in an over in a T20I game. Shai Hope Rovman Powell Nicholas Pooran Andre Russell Nicholas Pooran and West Indies scored 36 runs off Azmatullah Omarzai’s over (6, 4nb, 5w, 0, 4lb, 4, 6, 6), equalling India’s record set in 2007 by Yuvraj Singh with six sixes against England. Read More 9 / 10 Who is the head of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security? Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu Vikram Dev Dutt Zulfiquar Hasan Sanjeev Kumar Zulfiquar Hasan, Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), told The Hindu that such instances had been on the rise in the past two-and-a-half months. Read More 10 / 10 In which Chhattisgarh city did the shocking attack on three cattle transporters from Uttar Pradesh, all of whom have died, take place? Abhanpur Arang Bhilai Durg Saddam Qureshi, the sole survivor in the mob attack on three cattle transporters from Uttar Pradesh in Chhattisgarh’s Arang earlier this month, died of injuries on Tuesday. Read More Your score isThe average score is 0% 0% Restart quiz
