Q.1) Where did the Homoeopathy Symposium take place recently (2024)?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Bangalore
(d) Chennai
Q.2) Who has been elected as the next Prime Minister of Iceland?
(a) Bjarni Benediktsson
(b) Stuart Mark
(c) Katrin Jakobsdottir
(d) Simon Harris
Q.3) For which mission the ISRO team was awarded the prestigious ‘John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr.’ Award recently?
(a) Aditya L1 Mission
(b) Chandrayaan-3 mission
(c) Gaganyaan Mission
(d) Mangalyaan Mission
Q.4) How many US dollars will World Athletics award to the gold medal winners in athletics at the Paris Olympics?
(a) US $ 10,000
(b) US$30,000
(c) US$ 40,000
(d) US $ 50,000
Q.5) Which government hospital has become the first government hospital in the country to successfully conduct piezoelectric bone conduction hearing implants?
(a) AIIMS, Delhi
(b) Command Hospital, Pune
(c) NIMHANS, Bangalore
(d) PGIMER, Chandigarh
Answers-
Ans.1 (b), The Homoeopathy Symposium with call for Global Collaboration to Enhance the Efficacy and Acceptance of Homoeopathy Worldwide concluded at New Delhi.
Ans.2 (a), Iceland’s Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has been chosen as the country’s next Prime Minister. Earlier, Katrin Jakobsdottir had resigned from her post to contest the presidential election. Iceland is a Nordic island country located between the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean.
Ans.3 (b), India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission team was recently awarded the prestigious space scholar John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award 2024 (John L ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. Award). The award is named by NASA in honor of John L. It is named after ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr. who flew on the Apollo 13 mission.
Ans.4 (d), World Athletics will award US$50,000 to gold medal winners in athletics at the Paris Olympics. This is the first time that World Athletics has announced prize money for an Olympic sports event. It will be extended to all three medal winners in Los Angeles 2028.
Ans.5 (b), Department of Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) at Command Hospital (Southern Command) in Pune has conducted two piezoelectric Bone Conduction Hearing Implants (BCI) in a 7-year old male child suffering from congenital external and middle ear anomalies with severe degree of hearing loss and one adult with Single Sided Deafness (SSD), becoming the first government hospital across the country to procure and conduct the successful piezoelectric bone conduction hearing implants.