DAILY GK QUIZ: 23 - 27 MAY

 DAILY GK QUIZ: 23 - 27 MAY 

[Q] Which country recently conducted the 4th edition of the Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) along with India in the Northern Bay of Bengal?

(a) France

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Singapore

(d) Indonesia

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which airway recently got the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) nod to resume commercial flight operations after being grounded since 2019?

(a) Jet Airways

(b) Go First

(c) Vistara

(d) IndiGo

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Name the personality from Kenya who recently received the first Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2022.

(a) Rachel Abraham Joseph

(b) Anna Qabale Duba

(c) LincyPadicala Joseph

(d) Florence Nightingale

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Anthony Norman Albanese was appointed as the new Prime Minister (PM) of which country?

(a) Austria

(b) Belgium

(c) Spain

(d) Australia

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Who was recently reappointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Paytm?

(a) Rahul Chari

(b) BinnyBansal

(c) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

(d) Sameer Nigam

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Who was recently reappointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infosys for a period of 5 years?

(a) Nandan M. Nilekani

(b) ChitraNayak

(c) D. Sundaram

(d) Salil Parekh

[ANS] d

 

[Q] The Anti-Terrorism Day 2022 was observed across India on 21st May 2022 to mark the death anniversary of Whom?

(a) Rajiv Gandhi

(b) Mahatma Gandhi

(c) Indira Gandhi

(d) Bhagat Singh

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which state government will launch India’s first state-owned over-the-top (OTT) platform named “CSpace” in November 2022?

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Telangana

(c) Karnataka

(d) Kerala

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has sworn in as president of which country?

(a) East Timor

(b) Malaysia

(c) Indonesia

(d) Papua New Guinea

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Who has led Indian delegation at World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in may 2022

(a) K Rajaraman

(b) Piyush Goyal

(c) V M Kwatra

(d) Harsh VardhanShringla

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Which of the following IIT has collaborated with Indian Railways to develop India’s first indigenous hyperloop?

(a) IIT Madras

(b) IIT Kharagpur

(c) IIT Palakkad

(d) IIT Pune

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which of the following has been crowned 2021/22 Premier League champions recently?

(a) Real Madrid

(b) Cheslea

(c) Manchester City

(d) Paris-Saint-German

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which of the following state has launched ‘Sambhav’ portal for disposal of public grievances related to energy?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Odisha

(d) Bihar

[ANS] a

 

[Q] Which of the following has awarded and honoured by WHO for their ‘outstanding’ contribution to advancing global health, demonstrated leadership and commitment to regional health issues?

(a) AIIMS

(b) ASHA Workers

(c) GAVI Group

(d) Serum Institute

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who will be the new lieutenant governor of Delhi?

(a) Vinai Kumar Saxena

(b) Sanjeev Dixit

(c) Manish Takkar

(d) Vinod Ram Sharma

[ANS] a

 

[Q] World Turtle Day is observed on _____ every year by American Tortoise Rescue.

(a) May 21

(b) May 22

(c) May 23

(d) May 24

[ANS] c

 

[Q] The Union Ministry of Ayush has confirmed the observance of the 8th International Day of Yoga (IDY) at ______.

(a) Mysuru

(b) Dehradun

(c) Surat

(d) Mumbai

[ANS] a

 

[Q] the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the 8th edition of SwachhSurvekshan 2023 (SS 202(c) under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 with the Theme of ______.

(a) Valuing cleanliness

(b) Plastic Waste-free India

(c) Clean India

(d) Waste to Wealth

[ANS] d

 

[Q] Which company recently surpassed Apple Inc. to become the world’s most valuable company?

(a) Tesla, Inc

(b) Saudi Aramco

(c) Alphabet Inc.

(d) Amazon

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who was recently elected as the Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a 5-year term?

(a) QU Dongyu

(b) TedrosAdhanomGhebreyesus

(c) KristalinaGeorgieva

(d) Margaret Chan

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who authored the book, Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure?

(a) Kiran Desai

(b) Vikram Seth

(c) SudhaMurty

(d) Ruskin Bond

[ANS] d

 

[Q] What is the theme of World Thyroid Day 2022 that was observed around the globe on 25th May 2022?

(a) Thyroid and Brave

(b) It’s not you. It’s your thyroid

(c) Thyroid and Communication

(d) Mother-Baby Iodine

[ANS] c

 

[Q] Which state has become the first Indian state to roll out drone in healthcare sector?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Bihar

[ANS] b

 

[Q] Who among the following has been appointed as chairperson of Committee B at 75th World Health Assembly?

(a) Rajesh Bhushan

(b) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

(c) Vivek Kumar

(d) PN Vasudevan

[ANS] a

 

[Q] The third edition of Indian Navy and _________ Bilateral Exercise ‘Bongosagar’ commenced.

(a) US Navy

(b) Sri Lanka Navy

(c) Bangladesh Navy

(d) Russian Navy

[ANS] c

 

[Q] What is the rank of India in World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021?

(a) 51st

(b) 52nd

(c) 53rd

(d) 54th

[ANS] d

 

[Q] A supercomputer named Param Porul was inaugurated at NIT ________ under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).

(a) Calicut

(b) Warangal

(c) Surathkal

(d) Tiruchirappalli

[ANS] d

 

[Q] What is the rank of India in World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA) has released the World Air Powers Ranking of 2022?

(a) 1st

(b) 2nd

(c) 3rd

(d) 4th

[ANS] c