Daily Current Affairs Quiz: May 8 2024

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
The Chinese badminton team confirmed its domination of the sport by winning both the men’s Tomas Cup and the women’s Uber Cup.
The final of the 2024 BWF Thomas and Uber Cup was played in the Chinese city of Chengdu on May 5, 2024.
Thomas and Uber Cup is held every two years and is organised by the world badminton governing body, the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
For the first time since 2012, Chinese badminton has won both the men’s and women’s titles at the world team championships.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
The Mumbai City FC football club defeated Mohun Bagan Bagan Super Giant by 3-1 goals to win the 2023-24 Indian Super League (ISL) final, which was played at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium in Kolkata (West Bengal).
This was Mumbai City FC’s second title.
Incidentally, Mumbai City FC won its first ISL title in 2020-21 by defeating the Mohun Bagan team
The winner of the ISL 2023-24 Mumbai City FC took Rs 6 crore as the prize money, and the runners-up, Mohun Bagan Super Giant, got Rs 3 crore as prize money.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
World no 1 women’s tennis players Iga Swiatek and Andrey Rublev won the women’s and men’s singles titles at the 2024 Madrid Open, respectively.
This was the first Madrid Open title for Iga Swiatek of Poland, while it was the second Madrid Open title for Andrey Rublev.
The Madrid Open Tennis was held in the Spanish capital city of Madrid from 22 April to 5 May 2024.
The Madrid Open was a 1000-event, which means that the winners of the men’s and women’s titles will receive 1000 ranking points.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
The Spanish football club Real Madrid has been crowned the La Liga 2023-24 season title after beating Cadiz 3-0.
In the other match, the Girona football club defeated Barcelona 4-2 to won its 36th La Liga title.
Real Madrid, also known as Los Blancos by its supporters, leads the 2023-24 La Liga season with 87 points.
The Real Madrid team has never been relegated from the top division of the Spanish football league, La Liga.
It has won 36 La Liga titles, 14 European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, and a record eight FIFA Club World championships.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
José Raúl Mulino has won Panama’s presidential election after three of his nearest rivals conceded defeat.
The 64-year-old former security minister has secured nearly 35% of the counted votes, with more than 92% of the votes counted.
Panama has a popularly elected representative form of government.
Under the 1983 constitution, the president is the head of the executive and is directly elected by the people.
A person can be president for only one term in Panama.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Justice (retired) Sanjaya Kumar Mishra was sworn in as the first President of the GST Appellate Tribunal.
Justice (retired) Sanjaya Kumar Mishra has been appointed for a term of four years.
With Justice Mishra’s appointment, the GST Appellate Tribunal is expected to become operational on 1 July 2024.
The GST Appellate Tribunal is an Appellate Authority constituted under the Central Goods and Service Tax Act 2017.
The Goods and Service Tax (GST) was implemented in India on 1 July 2017. It was introduced by the 101 Constitutional Amendment Act 2016.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
The President of India, Draupadi Murmu paid floral tribute to former President Giani Zail Singh on his birth anniversary (May 5, 2024).
He was born as Jarnail Singh but later changed his name to Zail Singh.
Giani Zail Singh served as the seventh President of India from 25 July 1982 to 25 July 1987.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
The Election Commission has invited 75 international visitors from election management bodies of 23 countries under the International Election Visitors Programme (IEVP) during the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2024 in the country.
This also includes members of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).
Its objective is to familiarise foreign management bodies with Indian election processes.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has been appointed as the National Brand Ambassador of UNICEF India.
Kareena Kapoor has been associated with UNICEF India since 2014 and has worked on issues like girls’ education and gender equality.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is set to fly into space for the third time as a pilot in the first crewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Boeing’s Starliner will fly to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Butch Wilmore will travel to the International Space Station with 58-year-old Williams.