Category: Current Affairs May 2024

Correct Answer: B. USA And West Indies

It will be played in the West Indies and the United States throughout June, with all of Australia’s matches taking place in the Caribbean. USA and West Indies: Six Caribbean countries – Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, St Lucia, Guyana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Barbados – will host the T20 World Cup 2024 matches.

Correct Answer: C. May 31 – June 2

The IISS Shangri-La Dialogue is Asia’s premier defense summit. It’s a unique meeting where ministers debate the region’s most pressing security challenges, engage in important bilateral talks, and come up with fresh approaches together. The 2024 event took place in Singapore on 31 May–2 June.

Correct Answer: C. Beijing Declaration

The conference adopted three important outcome documents, which are the Beijing Declaration, the Forum Action Plan for 2024-2026, and the China-Arab States Joint Statement on the Palestinian Issue. 

Correct Answer: B. Donald Trump

Donald J. Trump was convicted on Thursday of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign, capping an extraordinary trial that tested the resilience of the American justice system and transformed the former commander in chief into a felon.

Correct Answer: A. Fit for the future, building better together

The 2024 theme ‘Fit for the future, building better together’ encapsulates the spirit of progress and collective action towards creating a world that is more equitable, just, and sustainable for all.

Correct Answer: C. Beijing, China

On May 29, 2024, the 19th Senior Officials’ Meeting and the 8th Senior Official Level Strategic Political Dialogue of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) were held in Beijing.

Correct Answer: D. 20 teams

The ninth edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will feature a record number of teams, with 20 different sides represented in a tournament co-hosted by the USA and West Indies between June 1-29.

Correct Answer: C. French

The French parliament on Tuesday suspended a ‘left-wing’ lawmaker for two weeks. The lawmaker held up a Palestinian flag, during a ‘heated debate’ over whether France should recognize Palestinian statehood. Sebastien Delogu, a member of parliament representing the radical-left ‘France Unbowed’ (LFI) party (from the southern city of Marseille), stood up with the flag during questions to the government. The speaker of the house, ‘Yael Braun-Pivet’ denounced what she termed as his unacceptable behavior. Lawmakers then voted to suspend him for two weeks and cut his parliamentary allowance by half, for two months.

Correct Answer: D. Geneva

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2024 was held in Geneva, Switzerland from May 27–31, 2024. The event was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and other UN organizations. The WSIS is a UN-sponsored summit that focuses on information, communication, and the information society. The first two phases of the summit took place in Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. Since 2006, the WSIS Forum has been held annually in Geneva around World Information Society Day on May 17th.