Current Affairs - 8 May to 14 May- 2019
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Question 1 |
The TePe Sigeman & Co International tournament is associated to which of the following sports?
Judo | |
Tennis | |
Swimming | |
Chess |
Question 2 |
Which Indian squash player has won the women’s title at the 2019 Asian Individual Squash Championship?
Anwesha Reddy | |
Dipika Pallikal Karthik | |
Joshna Chinappa | |
Misha Grewal |
Question 3 |
Duti Krushna Panda, who passed away recently, was the veteran politician of which party?
CPI | |
INC | |
BJP | |
BSP |
Question 4 |
What is the theme of the Indian Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale 2019?
Swami Vivekananda & his preaching | |
Hundred and Fifty years of Mahatma Gandhi | |
Tribute to Madam Bhikaji Cama | |
Tribute to Madam Bhikaji Cama |
Question 5 |
Which IIT has tied up with e-Governance Services India Limited to upscale Unnat Bharat Abhiyan?
IIT Delhi | |
IIT Indore | |
IIT Kanpur | |
IIT Bombay |
Question 6 |
Which space agency has revealed that giant asteroid 99942 Apophis is expected to fly close to Earth in a decade?
NASA | |
Roscosmos | |
JAXA | |
CNES |
Question 7 |
Which Indian journalist has won the 2018 ACJ Award for Investigative Journalism in print/online category?
Nilita Vachani | |
Nikita Saxena | |
Neha Dixit | |
Nileena MS |
Question 8 |
INS Vela, which is launched under Indian Navy’s Project-75, is the joint venture of India and which of the following countries?
United States | |
France | |
Germany | |
Russia |
Question 9 |
Bandana, who set a new Guinness World Record on ‘Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual’, is from which country?
India | |
Nepal | |
Sri Lanka | |
Pakistan |
Question 10 |
Which country is the current chair of the 2019 G-7 summit?
France | |
India | |
Chile | |
Australia |
Question 11 |
What is the theme of the 2019 World Asthma Day (WAD)?
Better air better breathing | |
You Can Control Your Asthma | |
Understanding asthma | |
Stop for Asthma |
Question 12 |
Who is the newly appointed Prime Minister of Mali?
Michel Sidibe | |
Malick Coulibaly | |
Boubou Cisse | |
Tiebile Drame |
Question 13 |
Who of the following Indians are among 115 UN personnel staff honoured for sacrifice in line of duty?
Sunny Rajput & Sukhpreet Kaur | |
Prithvi Shaw & Manju Sharma | |
Jitender Kumar & Shikha Garg | |
Jitender Kumar & Shikha Garg |
Question 14 |
‘GRIHA for Existing Day Schools’, which is in news recently, is associated to which of the following issues?
Mid Day Meal | |
Quality Education | |
Environment | |
All of the above |
Question 15 |
INS Ranjit, which is recently decommissioned by Indian Navy, was built by which of the countries?
USSR | |
United States | |
France | |
Germany |
Question 16 |
Who has been elected as the new President of Panama?
Dahirou Dembele | |
Jose Miguel Aleman | |
Ricardo Arias | |
Jose Miguel Aleman |
Question 17 |
Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh High Court?
Subhash Reddy | |
A S Dave | |
PR Ramachandra Menon | |
Hemant Gupta |
Question 18 |
Who has been appointed as new coach of Indian Volleyball Team?
Pryemyslaw Gaszyoski | |
Dragan Mihailovic | |
Valadimir Radosevic | |
Michel Sidibe |
Question 19 |
Who has been bestowed with the 2019 V K Krishna Menon Award?
K Sivan | |
G D Robert Govender | |
Mahendra Chaudhry | |
K G Balakrishnan |
Question 20 |
The book “Game Changer” is the autobiography of which of the following cricketers?
Waqar Younis | |
Javed Miandad | |
Shahid Afridi | |
Imran Khan |
Question 21 |
Which Indian personality has been elected as the member of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)?
Upendra Kushwah | |
Dalveer Bhandari | |
Jagjit Pavadia | |
Nagendra Singh |
Question 22 |
What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Red Cross Day (WRCD)?
#peace | |
#love | |
#humanity | |
#unity |
Question 23 |
Which of the following countries are members of inter-governmental forum Arctic Council?
Canada, Denmark & India | |
Russia, Sweden & United States | |
Russia, India & China | |
France, Iceland & Germany |
Question 24 |
India’s first natural Ice Café is located in which of the following states?
Himchal Pradesh | |
J&K | |
Sikkim | |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Question 25 |
The Desert Storm 2019 has started from which city of Rajasthan?
Bikaner | |
Jaipur | |
Udaipur | |
Barmer |
Question 26 |
Which country’s privately developed rocket ‘Momo-3’ reached outer space?
South Korea | |
France | |
Japan | |
China |
Question 27 |
Dr. NR Madhava Menon, the father of modern Indian Legal Education has passed away. He was from which state?
Karnataka | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Tamil Nadu | |
Kerala |
Question 28 |
What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Thalassaemia Day (WTD)?
Access to Safe & Effective Drugs in Thalassaemia | |
Access to Safe & Effective Drugs in Thalassaemia | |
Enhancing partnership towards patient-centred health systems | |
Universal access to quality thalassaemia healthcare services |
Question 29 |
The researchers at which institute has found a novel function for stress buster serotonin to treat neurological decline?
AIIMS, Delhi | |
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai | |
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore | |
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore |
Question 30 |
Pakkamalai Reserve Forests is located in which state?
Tamil Nadu | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Karnataka | |
Kerala |
Question 31 |
Which of the following golfers has been honoured with 2019 US Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Rickie Fowler | |
Phil Mickelson | |
Tiger Woods | |
Justin Rose |
Question 32 |
The team of scientists at CSIR has recently carried out first-ever genetic studies on people of which of the following islands?
Majuli | |
Ross Island | |
Nicobar Islands | |
Lakshadweep |
Question 33 |
What is the theme of the 2019 edition of UN Global Road Safety Week?
Road Security a Goal, Not an Intermission | |
Leadership for road safety | |
Young road users, including young drivers | |
Walk for Road Security |
Question 34 |
Which Indian filmmaker will direct a film on the life of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?
Shyam Benegal | |
Shyam Benegal | |
Shyam Benegal | |
Vishal Bhardwaj |
Question 35 |
Mrinal Mukherjee, who passed away recently, was the renowned actor of which regional cinema?
Odia | |
Bengali | |
Urdu | |
Urdu |
Question 36 |
Baidyanath Mishra, who passed away recently, was the renowned personality of which field?
Economy | |
History | |
Geography | |
Polity |
Question 37 |
Where is the headquarters of IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services)?
Berlin | |
Paris | |
New York | |
Bonn |
Question 38 |
Which Indian city is hosting the World Customs Organisation (WCO) regional custom heads meeting?
Shimla | |
Pune | |
Kochi | |
New Delhi |
Question 39 |
Which union ministry has recently decided to discard its ‘Black List’ of Indian-origin people?
Ministry of External Affairs | |
Ministry of Home Affairs | |
Ministry of Corporate Affairs | |
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
Question 40 |
The 2019 Brahmakalashothsava festival has started in which of the following states?
Maharashtra | |
Karnataka | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Odisha |
Question 41 |
Which Indian personality has been appointed as new SDG Advocate of UN?
Chewang Norphel | |
Sonam Wangchuk | |
Sonam Wangchuk | |
Dia Mirza |
Question 42 |
Thopil Mohammed Meeran, who passed away recently, was the renowned novelist of which language?
Tamil | |
Telugu | |
Kannada | |
Odia |
Question 43 |
Which well-known actor has written the novel “Dopehri”?
Sanjay Dutt | |
Pankaj Kapur | |
Naseeruddin Shah | |
R. Madhavan |
Question 44 |
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is associated to which of the following countries?
Iran, United States and France | |
Russia, UK and China | |
Germany, Iran and United States | |
All of the above |
Question 45 |
Which Indian judge has been appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (CSAT)?
T S Thakur | |
Madan Lokur | |
K S Radhakrishnan | |
Kurian Joseph |
Question 46 |
India’s first UPI Bahi Khata for merchants has been launched by which fintech start-up company?
Paytm | |
BharatPe | |
PhonePe | |
MobiKwik |
Question 47 |
India’s newest pit viper has recently found in which of the following states?
Mizoram | |
Arunachal Pradesh | |
Odisha | |
Sikkim |
Question 48 |
Who has been elected as Vice-President of Geneva-based International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)?
Gautam Adani | |
Ratan Tata | |
Rakesh Sharma | |
Mukesh Ambani |
Question 49 |
Which company has launched the world’s highest-resolution image sensor for smartphones?
Apple | |
Samsung | |
Oppo | |
Vivo |
Question 50 |
Which of the following countries participated in the naval exercise ‘Group Sail’ in the disputed South China Sea?
Japan, Philippines and India | |
Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia | |
Brunei, Philippines and Taiwan | |
Brunei, Philippines and Taiwan |
Question 51 |
Which Indian company has become the official sponsor of the Afghanistan cricket team for the 2019 ICC World Cup?
Dabur | |
Sanchi | |
Amul | |
Hindustan Unilever |
Question 52 |
Which of the following countries has officially become the 2nd country in the world to declare a climate emergency?
Ireland | |
Finland | |
Norway | |
Sweden |
Question 53 |
On which date, the 2019 edition of National Technology Day (NTD) is celebrated in India?
May 13 | |
May 12 | |
May 11 | |
May 10 |
Question 54 |
Y C Deveshwar, who passed away recently, was the noted industry leader of which company?
Infosys | |
ITC | |
Bajaj | |
Grasim |
Question 55 |
Which Indian armed force has decided to observe 2019 as ‘Year of Next of Kin’?
Indian Navy | |
Indian Air Force | |
Indian Army | |
Indian Coast Guard |
Question 56 |
Prof. Kirpal Singh, who passed away recently, was the renowned personality in which field?
History | |
Geography | |
Economics | |
Science |
Question 57 |
The Supreme Court has recently upheld validity of which state government’s law for reservation in promotion and seniority to SC and ST employees?
Kerala | |
Karnataka | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Telangana |
Question 58 |
What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)?
Unifying our Voices for Bird Conservation | |
A Healthy Planet for Migratory Birds and People | |
Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution | |
Energy – make it bird-friendly |
Question 59 |
WHO has partnered with the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to eliminate industrial trans-fat by which year?
2030 | |
2023 | |
2025 | |
2028 |
Question 60 |
Where is the headquarters of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL)?
Raipur | |
Ahmedabad | |
Nagpur | |
Navi Mumbai |
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