Daily Current Affairs Quiz: May 16 2024

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
England’s legendary fast bowler James Anderson has announced his retirement from international cricket.
Anderson, who turns 42 in July, made his Test debut against Zimbabwe at Lord’s in 2003.
He has taken 700 wickets, the most by any fast bowler in Test history. Jimmy has 269 wickets to his name in ODIs.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Aman Sehrawat has become the first Indian male wrestler to secure a quota for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Asian champion Sehrawat secured the Paris quota in the men’s 57kg freestyle category at the World Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers in Istanbul, Turkey.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The Senior Nationals Sailing Championship 2024 is being organized at Mumbai Port.
It is being organised by the Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre (INWTC), Mumbai from 12 to 18 May 2024.
Indian Navy Sailing Association (INSA) is also cooperating in this.
82 participants from 10 major sailing clubs across the country have registered for the event.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
India has set up its maiden pavilion at the World Hydrogen Summit and Exhibition 2024.
The Pavilion was set up by the Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, and it was inaugurated by the Secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Bhupinder Singh Bhalla.
The World Hydrogen Summit 2024 is being held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 13-15 May 2024.
The Summit is being attended by 15,000 delegates from around the world.
The World Hydrogen Summit and Exhibition have been organized by the Sustainable Energy Council in partnership with the Netherlands government.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra, and Sahṛdayāloka-Locana of India are among 20 items of the Asia Pacific region which has been included in the 2024 cycle of the “UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register”.
The decision to include Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra, and Sahṛdayāloka-Locana was taken at the 10th General Meeting of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific.
The 10th General Meeting of MOWCAP was hosted by the Mongolian government’s Ministry of Culture, the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO, and the Bangkok Regional Office of UNESCO.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Tamil Nadu’s P Shyaamnikhil became India’s 85th chess Grandmaster(GM).
The 31-year-old chess prodigy, who started his career at the age of eight, finally secured his third and final GM norms at the 2024 Dubai Police Masters Chess Tournament.
R Vaishali was the 84th Indian GM.
P Shyaamnikhil was born in Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu in 1992 and he later shifted to Chennai to pursue his passion in chess.
A male chess player must earn at least a FIDE 2500 Elo rating point in established classical or standard chess and three Grandmaster’s norms in international competition.
For the women chess player, the player has to earn a minimum FIDE 2300 ELO rating points and three women Grandmaster’s norm.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
India and Iran have signed an agreement under which India will operate the strategically important Shahid Beheshti terminal of Chabahar Port of Iran for the next 10 years.
Till now India operated the Shahid Beheshti Port of Chabahar on a short-term contract which was renewed periodically.
This is the first international terminal which will be operated by India.
The agreement was signed in the Iranian capital city of Tehran by the Indian Ports Global Ltd and the Port & Maritime Organisation (PMO) of Iran.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
India and Moldova signed an agreement on visa exemption for diplomatic and official passports.
This agreement permits passport holders from both countries to travel to each other’s nations without a visa.
Diplomatic relations between India and Moldova were established on 20 March 1992.
The agreement was signed between Pawan Kapoor, Secretary, MEA, and Anna Taban, Ambassador of Moldova.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
China has emerged as the largest trading partner of India with $ 118.4 billion two-way commerce in 2023-24.
The bilateral trade between India and the US stood at $ 118.3 billion in 2023-24.
India’s exports to China rose by 8.7% to $ 16.67 billion in the last fiscal.
Imports from the US also grew by 14.7%, from $ 35.55 billion to $ 40.78 billion.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
President Murmu honored Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed with flowers on birthday.
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (13 May 1905 – 11 Feb 1977) was an Indian lawyer and political figure, serving as India’s 5th president (1974-77).
He was Advocate General of Assam (1946), Finance Minister (1957-66), and became a national cabinet minister in 1966, appointed by the then PM Indira Gandhi.
Ahmed is known for imposing the Emergency in August 1975.