December 2024 GK-2

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  1. 4. The Nazca Lines, ancient geoglyphs in which country have seen a surge in discoveries thanks to AI technology. A recent study utilized drones and AI to analyze over 600 sq km of the Nazca Pampa, leading to the identification of 303 new geoglyphs in just six months.
  2. 7. Who created Bitcoin
  3. 10. Which word has been selected as Oxford Word of the Year 2024?
  4. 13. Capital of Bhutan
  5. 14. What is the name of the newly declared district in Uttar Pradesh for the management of the 2025 Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj?
  6. 17. Current speaker of Lok Sabha
  7. 18. ISRO's which satellite caught a never-before-seen nuclear explosion in the Andromeda Galaxy, our closest large galactic neighbour.
  8. 19. Vadhavan greenfield port has been developed in which state?
  9. 21. Currency of Bangladesh
  10. 22. Justin Trudeau is the PM of which country
  11. 24. Who won the women’s singles title at the Syed Modi International Badminton Tournament 2024?(Use last name)
  12. 25. Legislators in which country's lower house of Parliament have decisively endorsed a marriage equality bill, marking a historic step towards becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to legalize equal marriage rights for all people
  13. 26. What is the primary scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
  14. 27. The ___ Temple, located in Delhi, India, is a Bahá’í shrine dedicated in December 1986
  15. 28. Recently, Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary has been declared as 8th Tiger Reserve of which state?
  16. 31. Which company of Elon Musk unveiled brain-computer chip technology
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  1. 1. Women's reservation will come into effect after which exercise is undertaken and will continue for 15 years
  2. 2. UNESCO has recognized ____ as a top destination for heritage tourism
  3. 3. Lord Jagannath is primarily associated with ___, a city in the Indian state of Odisha. The Jagannath Temple in ____ is one of the Char Dham pilgrimage sites and is famous for the annual Rath Yatra, where the deities are paraded on massive chariots.
  4. 5. Which country has started work on a “floating” train which would be faster than a commercial passenger aircraft at 1,000 kmph.
  5. 6. Which group launched new electric SUVs, the BE 6e and XEV 9e
  6. 8. Which Indian site is a UNESCO World Heritage Site list?
  7. 9. Which country won the Men’s Hockey Junior Asia Cup 2024 title in Muscat, Oman?
  8. 11. India is looking to replace steel crash barriers on highways with which material, to make them safer while bringing down overall construction cost
  9. 12. Name of the longest cable-stayed bridge in India
  10. 13. Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913?(Use 2nd name)
  11. 15. Google has chosen which city to establish its safety engineering centre.It is the first centre in the Asia-Pacific region and 5th worldwide.
  12. 16. New CM of Maharashtra(Use 2nd name)
  13. 18. What is the name of the Public Distribution System (PDS) Supply Chain optimization tool launched by government of India?
  14. 20. Bashar al-Assad was the head of which country ?
  15. 23. Vande Mataram is composed in which language?
  16. 29. Which country passed landmark order banning social media for kids under 16s.
  17. 30. India ranked ____ globally in billionaire count in 2024, with 185 billionaires.