Current Affairs 28 May 2021 Quiz
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- Recently Union Cabinet has approved the opening of a new Consulate General of India in which country?
A) Vietnam
B) SriLanka
C) Thailand
D) Maldives
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Option D
Explanation: The Union Cabinet has approved the opening of a new Consulate General of India in Addu City, Maldives in 2021. India and Maldives share ethnic, linguistic, cultural, religious and commercial links steeped in antiquity.
- Recently Union Cabinet has granted ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) entered into by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and which other institutite with various foreign countries and Organisations?
A) ICSE
B) ICSI
C) ISC
D) IFCI
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Option B
Explanation: The Union Cabinet has granted ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) entered into by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India with various foreign countries and Organisations.
- Recently three Common Incubation Facility Centres were set up in which state?
A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) Uttarakhand
C) Assam
D) WestBengal
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Option A
Explanation: In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, establishment of three Common Incubation Facility Centres worth Rs. 7.81 crore at Anantnag, Baramulla and Jammu has been sanctioned by the Government of India.
- Which ministry has decided to set up a National Mission on the use of Biomass in coal based thermal power plants?
A) Ministry of Rural Development
B) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
C) Ministry of Power
D) Ministry of Defence
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Option C
Explanation: The Power Ministry has decided to set up a National Mission on the use of Biomass in coal based thermal power plants.
- The pension Assets Under Management (AUM), under Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, PFRDA has recently crossed how much Mark?
A) 6 lakh cr
B) 7 lakh cr
C) 8.5 lakh cr
D) 10 lakh cr
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Option A
Explanation: The pension Assets Under Management (AUM), under Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, PFRDA has crossed six lakh crore rupees.
- NPCI partnered with PayCore to help merchants accept contactless payments.PayCore is based in which country?
A) France
B) USA
C) Spain
D) Turkey
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Option D
Explanation: The National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) announced it has onboarded Turkey’s global payment solutions company PayCore as one of the certified partners for RuPay SoftPOS to drive cashless payments across the country.
- As per SBI report Ecowrap, country’s GDP is likely to grow at how much percent in the fourth quarter of 2020-21?
A) 1.3%
B) 1.5%
C) 1.7%
D) 1.9%
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Option A
Explanation: The country’s GDP is likely to grow at 1.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2020-21 and may see a contraction of around 7.3 per cent for the full financial year, according to an SBI research report ‘Ecowrap’.
- Recently Abhishek Sethi and Prateek Behera, graduates from IIM-A and BITS Pilani, respectively, have launched a USD one million fund to support and invest in startups.Name it?
A) gradCapital
B) Upgrad
C) SkillUp
D) GradUp
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Option A
Explanation: Abhishek Sethi and Prateek Behera, graduates from IIM-A and BITS Pilani, respectively, have launched a USD one million fund to support and invest in startups founded by college students.
- Barclays has pegged India’s economic growth for fiscal 2021-22 (FY22) at how much percent?
A) 8.5%
B) 7.2%
C) 7.5%
D) 7.7%
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Option D
Explanation: Barclays has pegged India’s economic growth for fiscal 2021-22 (FY22) – as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) – at 7.7 per cent in the bear-case scenario, if the country is hit by the third wave of the Covid pandemic going ahead.
- Which company to buy James Bond owner MGM for 8.45 billion dollars?
A) Amazon
B) Disney
C) Netflix
D) Apple
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Option A
Explanation: Amazon.com Inc said that it is buying MGM, the fabled US movie studio home to the James Bond franchise, for 8.45 billion US Dollars.
- Who was appointed as new director of Central Bureau of Investigation?
A) Prateek Jaiswal
B) Sumant Khare
C) YC Modi
D) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal
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Option D
Explanation: IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal took charge as director of the CBI, officials said.
- Recently President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned from their post after arrest,They were former President and PM of which country?
A) Mali
B) Vietnam
C) Congo
D) Kenya
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Option A
Explanation: Mali’s interim President and Prime Minister resigned, two days after they were arrested by the military.
- Who has been conferred with Spain’s top Princess of Asturias Award in the social sciences category?
A) Amitav Ghosh
B) Amit Mistry
C) Nilesh Shah
D) Amartya Kumar Sen
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Option D
Explanation: Indian economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Kumar Sen has been conferred with Spain’s top Princess of Asturias Award in the social sciences category, the Spanish prize foundation announced.
- Which company has won the Gold Award at the 2021 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for ‘Most Valuable Medical Innovation’ under coronavirus disease (Covid-19) response category?
A) Newgen Health
B) JSW health
C) Dr Reddy
D) Spice Health
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Option D
Explanation: SpiceHealth, a healthcare company founded by the promoters of SpiceJet, has won the Gold Award at the 2021 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for ‘Most Valuable Medical Innovation’ under coronavirus disease (Covid-19) response category.
- Recently which cyclone hit coast of Odisha and WestBengal?
A) Amphan
B) Yaas
C) Danny
D) Claudette
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Option B
Explanation: Cyclone ‘Yaas’, packing winds of up to 130-145 kmph, whiplashed the country’s eastern coasts, dumping heavy rain, damaging houses and farmlands, and leaving at least four persons dead – three in Odisha and one in West Bengal — officials said.
- India Set to Get Four Heron Long-endurance Drones from which country?
A) Iran
B) France
C) Israel
D) Japan
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Option C
Explanation: India is expected to acquire four Heron long-endurance drones from Israel on lease in the next few months to primarily crank up its surveillance capabilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.
- which state launched comprehensive online portal on CSR activities ‘Akanksha?
A) Assam
B) Kerala
C) TamilNadu
D) Karnataka
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Option D
Explanation: A portal that provides comprehensive details on all the CSR activities in Karnataka was launched by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in Bengaluru.
- Recently Lee Evans passed away.He was a former sprinter from which country?
A) UK
B) France
C) USA
D) Brazil
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Option C
Explanation: Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics then went onto a life of humanitarian work in support of social justice, died. He was 74.
- Recently HS Doreswamy passed away,He was related to the which field?
A) Politics
B) Actor
C) Author
D) Freedom Fighter
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Option D
Explanation: Freedom fighter and activist HS Doreswamy, who was 103 years old, passed away in Bengaluru.
- Recently former head of Formula 1’s governing body passed away.Name him?
A) Daryl Jim
B) Mike Pompeo
C) Luke Harper
D) Max Mosley
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Option D
Explanation: Max Mosley, the former head of Formula 1’s governing body who went on to become a high-profile privacy campaigner, has died aged 81 from cancer.
- Who is the author of book ‘India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present’?
A) Shivshankar Menon
B) Arjun Munda
C) Nilankar Sen
D) Shiv Narayan Chaudhary
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Option A
Explanation: A book has titled ‘India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present’ is authored by Shivshankar Menon.
- Who is the author of book “Nehru,Tibet and China”?
A) Avtar Singh Bhasin
B) Shivshankar Dubey
C) Amrita Rao
D) Shubhendu Mishra
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Option A
Explanation: A book has titled “Nehru, Tibet and China” authored by Avtar Singh Bhasin.
- When is Vesak Day globally observed?
A) May 26
B) May 27
C) May 28
D) May 25
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Option A
Explanation: Vesak Day 2021 is observed globally on 26 May. Vesak, the Day of Full Moon is the most sacred day to Buddhists all over the world.
STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
- What is the capital of Israel?
A) Jerusalem
B) Kiev
C) Bamako
D) Lausanne
- What is the capital of Mali?
A) Bamako
B) Conarky
C) Niama
D) Accra
- Where is the HQ of Amazon?
A) Washington
B) NewYork
C) London
D) Rome
- Where is the HQ of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority?
A) Mumbai
B) Chennai
C) NewDelhi
D) Kolkata
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