16. What country’s ruling military junta appointed Rimtalba Ouedraogo as the new Prime Minister?
A) Mali
B) Burkina Faso
C) Sudan
D) Niger
Answer: B) Burkina Faso
17. What Guinness World Record did Dubai achieve?
A) Largest gold bar
B) Tallest building
C) Largest diamond
D) Longest man-made island
Answer: A) Largest gold bar
18. Where is the National Maritime Heritage Complex being developed?
A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) Lothal
D) Visakhapatnam
Answer: C) Lothal
19. Who won the 2024 Golden Globe nomination for Best Director?
A) Payal Kapadia
B) Sanjay Leela Bhansali
C) Ritesh Batra
D) Mira Nair
Answer: A) Payal Kapadia
20. Who launched the book Dalai Lama’s Secret to Happiness?
A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
B) Dr. Dinesh Shahra
C) Dr. Amartya Sen
D) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Answer: B) Dr. Dinesh Shahra
21. What project did India declare as its 57th Tiger Reserve?
A) Rajaji Reserve
B) Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary
C) Periyar Tiger Reserve
D) Ranthambore Reserve
Answer: B) Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary
22. What was the word of the year 2024, according to Merriam-Webster?
A) Polarization
B) Sustainability
C) Climate
D) Resilience
Answer: A) Polarization
23. Which Indian team completed a 410-meter Hyperloop test track?
A) IIT Bombay
B) IIT Delhi
C) IIT Kanpur
D) IIT Madras
Answer: D) IIT Madras
24. Which film won India the Transforming Society Short Film award at GSFA 2024?
A) Laapataa Ladies
B) GOBUK
C) The Kumbaya Story
D) Tumbbad
Answer: C) The Kumbaya Story
25. What was the significant theme of the 10th World Ayurveda Congress 2024?
A) Integrating Ayurveda with AI
B) Digital Health
C) Ayurveda for All
D) Ayurveda Tourism
Answer: B) Digital Health
26. Which country hosted the 20th Asian Women’s Handball Championship?
A) South Korea
B) Japan
C) China
D) India
Answer: B) Japan
27. Who made history as the youngest Indian to defeat a chess Grandmaster?
A) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
B) Aarit Kapil
C) Nihal Sarin
D) D. Gukesh
Answer: B) Aarit Kapil
28. Which state’s sex ratio at birth fell to 882 females per 1000 males in 2024?
A) Bihar
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
Answer: A) Bihar
29. What milestone has India’s atomic power capacity reached by 2024?
A) 5,000 MW
B) 8,081 MW
C) 7,500 MW
D) 10,000 MW
Answer: B) 8,081 MW
30. What is the 2024 host country for FIFA Men’s World Cup?
A) Spain, Portugal, Morocco
B) Argentina, Brazil, Chile
C) Saudi Arabia
D) South Africa
Answer: A) Spain, Portugal, Morocco
