DAILY GK QUIZ 17-19 MAY
[Q] Which country has
received budgetary support of USD 50 million from India in the form of a
rollover of the Treasury Bill (T-Bill) for another year?
(a)
Kenya
(b)
Sri Lanka
(c)
Maldives
(d)
Myanmar
[ANS]
c
[Q] Which country had the
highest number of entries in the 9th edition of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia
list (2024)?
(a)
China
(b)
Singapore
(c)
Indonesia
(d)
India
[ANS]
d
[Q] Who has been named as
Singapore’s new Prime Minister(PM)?
(a)
Succes Masra
(b)
Lawrence Wong
(c)
Alexander Stubb
(d)
Bassirou Faye
[ANS]
b
[Q] Who has been recently
appointed as the Executive Director(ED) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
(a)
R Lakshmi Kanth Rao
(b)
T. Rabi Sankar
(c)
Harun Rashid Khan
(d)
Rakesh Mohan
[ANS]
a
[Q] Which space agency
has planned to build the 1st Railway System on the Moon called ‘Flexible
Levitation on a Track (FLOAT)’?
(a)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(b)
Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities
(c)
Indian Space Research Organisation
(d)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
[ANS]
d
[Q] Who is the author of
the biography of former WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan titled “At
The Wheel of Research: An Exclusive Biography of Dr Soumya Swaminathan”?
(a)
Vijayadevi Rane
(b)
Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda
(c)
Anuradha Mascarenhas
(d)
Mansukh Mandaviya
[ANS]
c
[Q] When was the United
Nations (UN) International Day of Living Together in Peace annually observed
across the globe?
(a)
10th November
(b)
21st September
(c)
24th April
(d)
16th May
[ANS]
d
[Q] Recently, which two
countries have signed an agreement to jointly develop interceptors for
hypersonic missiles?
(a)
United States and Japan
(b)
China and Russia
(c)
India and Japan
(d)
Russia and India
[ANS]
a
[Q] Recently, world’s
highest competition pool has been opened in which country?
(a)
Nepal
(b)
Myanmar
(c)
Bhutan
(d)
Bangladesh
[ANS]
c
[Q] What is the theme of
‘World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2024’?
(a)
Digital technologies for Older Persons and Healthy Ageing
(b)
Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development
(c)
Accelerating digital transformation in challenging times
(d)
Connect 2030: ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
[ANS]
b
[Q] The Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has recently set up India’s maiden pavilion at the
World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition held at __________.
(a)
Berlin, Germany
(b)
London, United Kingdom
(c)
Paris, France
(d)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
[ANS]
d
[Q] Name the indigenously
developed guided Multi-Launch Rocket System (MLRS) that was recently successfully launched by Pakistan.
(a)
Crystal Maze-2
(b)
Astra
(c)
BHISHM
(d)
Fatah-II
[ANS]
d
[Q] When was World AIDS
Vaccine Day/HIV Vaccine Knowledge Day (HVAD) observed across the globe?
(a)
December 1
(b)
March 1
(c)
May 18
(d)
April 7
[ANS]
c
[Q] Which state/UT has
recently launched Disaster Reporting and Information Management System (DRIMS)
for reporting damages during disasters?
(a)
Ladakh
(b)
West Bengal
(c)
Arunachal Pradesh
(d)
Assam
[ANS]
d
