Current Affairs MCQs - May 17, 2024(English) | Latest Quiz Questions

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1. Where did the Indian Air Force conduct the maiden airdrop test of BHISHM portable hospital?

A) Agra, Uttar Pradesh

B) New Delhi, Delhi

C) Mumbai, Maharashtra

D) Bengaluru, Karnataka

Answer: A) Agra, Uttar Pradesh

2. What is the name of the program under which BHISHM portable cubes have been developed?

A) Project Healthcare

B) Project BHISHM- Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog, Hita, and Maitri

C) Project Medical Response

D) Project Emergency Care

Answer: B) Project BHISHM- Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog, Hita, and Maitri

3. How many casualties can be treated using the BHISHM portable hospital?

A) Up to 100 casualties

B) Up to 200 casualties

C) Up to 50 casualties

D) Up to 500 casualties

Answer: B) Up to 200 casualties

4. What is the name of India's first virtual credit card launched by HDFC Bank?

A) e-Card

B) Virtual Plus

C) PIXEL

D) Digital Card

Answer: C) PIXEL

5. How many days of credit-free period do both PIXEL versions offer?

A) Up to 30 days

B) Up to 40 days

C) Up to 50 days

D) Up to 60 days

Answer: C) Up to 50 days

6. Which company provides the technology for HDFC Bank's PIXEL virtual credit card?

A) Zeta

B) Visa

C) PayZapp

D) Flipkart

Answer: A) Zeta

7. What is Moody's forecast for India's GDP growth in FY25 (2024-25)?

A) 5.5%

B) 6.2%

C) 6.6%

D) 7.1%

Answer: C) 6.6%

8. What is the projected increase in India's GDP growth in FY24 (2023-24) according to Moody's Ratings?

A) 6%

B) 7%

C) 8%

D) 9%

Answer: C) 8%

9. What is a key feature of the GPT-4o large language model?

A) It can only process text inputs

B) It can process text, audio, and image inputs and respond in the same formats

C) It can only respond with text outputs

D) It can only process audio inputs

Answer: B) It can process text, audio, and image inputs and respond in the same formats

10. What is a capability of GPT-4o that is a significant leap from previous models?

A) It can only process text inputs

B) It can view and have conversations about uploaded screenshots, photos, documents, or charts

C) It can only respond with audio outputs

D) It can only process image inputs

Answer: B) It can view and have conversations about uploaded screenshots, photos, documents, or charts

11. Why was Ruskin Bond unable to receive the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in person in 2021?

A) Due to his busy schedule

B) Due to his ill health

C) Due to a personal commitment

D) Due to a change in plans

Answer: B) Due to his ill health

12. What is the significance of the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship?

A) It is given to emerging writers in India

B) It is given to only twenty-one persons at any given time, reserved for ‘the immortals of literature’

C) It is given annually to the best-selling author in India

D) It is given to writers who have written only in English

Answer: B) It is given to only twenty-one persons at any given time, reserved for ‘the immortals of literature’

13. Who launched the World Wildlife Crime Report 2024?

A) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

B) World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

C) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

D) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Answer: A) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

14. What is the main focus of the World Wildlife Crime Report 2024?

A) Trends in legal wildlife trade

B) Trends in illegal trade in wildlife species listed in CITES

C) Conservation efforts for endangered species

D) Impact of climate change on wildlife populations

Answer: B) Trends in illegal trade in wildlife species listed in CITES

15. Which organization released the report "Share of Religious Minorities: A cross country analysis"?

A) Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PM-EAC)

B) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

C) World Bank

D) Pew Research Center

Answer: A) Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PM-EAC)

16. What was the change in the share of Hindu population in India between 1950 and 2015?

A) It increased by 7.82 percent

B) It decreased by 7.82 percent

C) It remained the same

D) It increased by 14.09 percent

Answer: B) It decreased by 7.82 percent

17. What was the global trend observed in the report regarding majority and minority populations?

A) Majority population increasing, minority population decreasing

B) Majority population decreasing, minority population increasing

C) Both majority and minority populations increasing

D) Both majority and minority populations decreasing

Answer: B) Majority population decreasing, minority population increasing

18. Which organization released the report "Share of Religious Minorities: A cross country analysis"?

A) Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PM-EAC)

B) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

C) World Bank

D) Pew Research Center

Answer: A) Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PM-EAC)

19. What was the change in the share of Hindu population in India between 1950 and 2015?

A) It increased by 7.82 percent

B) It decreased by 7.82 percent

C) It remained the same

D) It increased by 14.09 percent

Answer: B) It decreased by 7.82 percent

20. What is the maximum range of the guided multi-launch rocket system 'Fatah-II'?

A) 200 kilometers

B) 300 kilometers

C) 400 kilometers

D) 500 kilometers

Answer: C) 400 kilometers