Today Current Affairs Quiz: 11 July 2024- NATO Summit 2024

Current Affairs for UPSC: Jagran Josh presents Daily Current Affairs Quiz for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams. In today’s session, get briefings about the important topics given in Q&A formats such as World Population Day 2024, NATO Summit 2024, Colombo Security Conclave etc.

1. Who has become the new member of the regional security group Colombo Security Conclave?

(a) Bhutan

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Pakistan

(d) Iran

2. Where was the NATO summit held recently?

(a) Paris

(b) Ankara

(c) Washington

(d) London

3. When is World Population Day celebrated every year?

(a) 09 July

(b) 10 July

(c) 11 July

(d) 12 July

4. Who inaugurated a new filing counter in the Supreme Court?

(a) Amit Shah

(b) DY Chandrachud

(c) Rajnath Singh

(d) Anurag Thakur

5. Who has been recently appointed as the Commandant of Army Hospital?

(a) Abhinav Singh

(b) Shankar Narayan

(c) Gurpreet Mann

(d) None of these

Answer:-

1. Bangladesh

Regional security group Colombo Security Conclave has recently officially included Bangladesh as the fifth member country of the group. Earlier this group included India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Maldives. The Colombo Security Conclave was established in the year 2020.   

2. (c) Washington

Recently the summit of the military alliance NATO was organised in Washington, America. Ukraine's membership was discussed in detail in this conference. It also considered providing a minimum of 40 billion euros ($43.28 billion) in military aid to Ukraine within the next year. NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states.   

3. (c) 11 July

World Population Day is celebrated every year on 11 July. World Population Day was established by the United Nations and was first celebrated in 1989. The idea was inspired by the world population reaching five billion on 11 July 1987. The theme of World Population Day 2024 is “Leave no one behind, count everyone”.

4. (b) DY Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud inaugurated a new filing counter at the Supreme Court in New Delhi. It is a multi-facility centre established under the Access to Justice Mission of the Supreme Court. Also, CJI Chandrachud welcomed Brazilian judge Justice Antonio Benjamin and called him a great friend of India.

5. (b) Shankar Narayan

Lieutenant General Shankar Narayan has recently taken over as the Commandant of Army Hospital (R&R) - the apex hospital of the Armed Forces Medical Services. He is an alumnus of 1982 ('U') batch. Lt Gen Shankar did post-doctoral sub-specialisation in neonatology from New Delhi and trained in paediatric liver transplantation at King's College Hospital, London.