The question answers made from today’s events of current affairs which are useful for the students preparing for competitive exams are given below. The question answers of current affairs of 25 June 2024 are given below.
Q.1 Where was the National Yoga Olympiad 2024 organized?
(a) India
(b) Japan
(c) Shri Lanka
(d) Nepal
Answer :(a) India
The National Yoga Olympiad 2024 was organized to promote yoga in India and connect the younger generation with this ancient knowledge. The event took place from 21 to 23 June 2024 at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Mysore city of Karnataka. More than 15 lakh yoga participants from across the country participated in the Olympiad.
Q.2 Where was the Hemis Festival 2024 organized?
(a) Assam
(b)Ladakh
(c)Meghalaya
(d)Punjab
Answer :(b)Ladakh
The Hemis Festival, also known as Tseshu, is the most important festival of Tibetan Buddhism in Ladakh. The festival celebrates the birth anniversary of Padmasambhava, who is also known as Guru Rinpoche and is considered the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. In 2024, the Hemis Festival was held on June 16 and 17 at Hemis Monastery, a historic monastery located 15 km south of Leh.
Q.3 Which city has become India’s first ‘Literature City’?
(a) Varanasi
(b) Kolkata
(c) Kozhikode
(d) None
Answer :(c) Kozhikode
Kozhikode has been declared the first UNESCO City of Literature in India. It is the first city in India and the second city in South Asia to receive this honour. Kozhikode is the birthplace of the Malayalam language, one of the oldest surviving languages in the world.
Q.4 When was International Olympic Day 2024 celebrated?
(a) 19 June
(b) 29 June
(c) 21 June
(d) 20 June
Answer :(c) 21 June
International Olympic Day is celebrated every year on 23 June. This day commemorates the establishment of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Paris, France in 1894. It also marks the revival of the modern Olympic Games. The International Olympic Day 2024 was celebrated with the theme ‘Let’s go and celebrate’.
Q.5 Dumna Airport is in which state?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Manipur
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer :(d) Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Mohan Yadav announced that Dumna Airport and flyover of Jabalpur will be named after Veerangana Rani Durgavati.
Q.5 Dumna Airport is in which state?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Manipur
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer :(d) Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Mohan Yadav announced that Dumna Airport and flyover of Jabalpur will be named after Veerangana Rani Durgavati.
Q. 6. Will Kerala be named Keralam?
A proposal to change the name of Kerala state to ‘Keralaam’ has been passed in the assembly. The Center had suggested some amendments in the proposal passed in this regard a year ago. After this the new proposal was passed. CM Pinarayi Vijayan said that the use of the name ‘Keralaam’ is common in Malayalam.
Q.7 India’s campaign at the Lagos World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender in Nigeria ended with three gold, one silver, five bronze i.e. a total of 9 medals
Q.8 ‘Tong Putik’ or Mud People’ is celebrated in the Philippines
The Christian community has been celebrating this festival for 188 years.
In honor of St. John the Baptist, the followers gather in the courtyard of the church wearing banana leaves and smearing mud on their bodies. It is believed that doing so improves the paddy crop.
Q.9 NASA scientists will launch an artificial star into Earth’s orbit in ______?
(a) 2030
(b) 2029
(c) 2025
(d) None
Answer :(b) 2029
This lunch box-sized small satellite is a CubeSat. It will be placed in orbit about 35,785 km from Earth. This will enable them to measure the brightness of the object in space more accurately and better understand some of the biggest mysteries of the universe such as dark energy.
Q. 10 ‘Sheshashayi Vishnu’ idol has been discovered recently in which state
(a) Pakistan
(b) Manipur
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Maharashtra
Answer :(d) Maharashtra
Archaeologists found the idol of ‘Sheshashayi Vishnu’ during excavation in Sindkhed Raja of Maharashtra A huge idol of ‘Sheshashayi Vishnu’ has been found in Sindkhed Raja city of Buldhana district of Maharashtra. It is 1.70 meters long and one meter high. Archaeologists of Nagpur region are working on the conservation of Lakhuji Jadhavrao’s chhatri of Hoysala period. Then the wall of the temple was found two and a half meters below.
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