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1) The year 2019 was observed as the which anniversary year of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
a) 142
b) 125
c) 200
d) 158
e) 162
2) The United Nations Global Road Safety Week 2019 was held between __________
a) May 1 – May 6
b) May 6 – May 12
c) May 10 – May 16
d) May 5 – May 11
e) May 7 – May 14
3) Which airways operates world’s first ‘zero waste’ commercial flight?
a) Emirates
b) Jetstar
c) Qantas
d) Singapore Airlines
e) None of these
4) According to the recent reports bank credit grew by what percent in financial year 2018-19 as compared to 10.3% in the previous financial year?
a) 12.3%
b) 13.2%
c) 13.7%
d) 14.3%
e) 14.9%
5) For which bank does the company ‘Talocity’is going to provide its AI-supported “touchless” technology for the bank’s hiring process and human resource (HR) operations?
a) Axis Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
d) Yes Bank
e) ICICI Bank
6) India to soon get its first Apple retail store in which city?
a) New Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai
d) Bangalore
e) Chennai
7) Name the Former SC Judge who has been appointed as the member of Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal.
a) KS Radhakrishnan
b) Justice Katju
c) Dipak Misra
d) Ranjan Gogoi
e) Fathima Beevi
8) Indian Army to commemorate 2019 as _______
a) Year of Courageous Soldiers
b) Year of Soldiers disabled in the Line of Duty.
c) Year of Martyrs of Pulwama
d) Year of Next of Kin
e) None of these
9) Which Indian firm is currently the most valued firm in terms of market capitalization in India?
a) HCL
b) Infosys
c) Reliance Industries
d) TCS
e) Wipro
10) WHO Partnered with IFBA for eliminating industrially produced trans fats by which year?
a) 2020
b) 2021
c) 2022
d) 2023
e) 2025
11) Which company is to be principal sponsor of Afghanistan cricket team at ICC World Cup 2019?
a) Amul
b) Britannia
c) Nestle
d) Havmor
e) Kwality Wall’s
12) Name the renowned Sikh historian and first chronicler of partition passed away recently?
a) Kirpal Singh
b) Ranjit Singh
c) Deep Kaur
d) Sukha Singh
e) Mahtab Singh
13) Baidyanath Mishra was a renowned economist and educationist of which language?
a) Bengali
b) Hindi
c) Malayalam
d) Telugu
e) Odia
Answers:
1) Answer: D)
The 158th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel laureate and icon of Bengali literature, was celebrated across the country on 7th May.He was born on 7 May 1861 in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for ‘Song Offerings,’ the English version of his collection of poems, ‘Gitanjali.’
2) Answer: B)
The Fifth UN Global Road Safety Week will be held from 6-12 May 2019 with theme “Leadership for road safety”. The goal of is to generate a demand from the public for stronger leadership for road safety worldwide. Stronger leadership is needed to advance road safety in countries and communities worldwide and it is key to achieving road safety targets, including SDG target 3.6 to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by 50% by 2020 and SDG target 11.2 to provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all by 2030.
3) Answer: C)
The world’s first ‘zero waste’ commercial flight took to the skies as part of a new initiative from the Australian airline Qantas to cut single-use plastics that end up in landfill.Flying from Sydney to Adelaide, the airline stated that all products and packaging aboard QF739 will either be reused, recycled or disposed of as compost. The Australian carrier stated that it will cut 100 million single-use plastics by the end of next year and eliminate 75 per cent of the airline’s waste by the end of 2021. It Head Quartered in Australia.
4) Answer: B)
Bank credit grew by 13.2% in financial year 2018-19 as compared to 10.3% in the previous financial year, mainly aided by loans to services and retail sector.Deposit growth also gained momentum, growing by 10% as compared to 6.7% a year ago. Credit growth in services sector till the middle of February was 23.7% and in retail sector it was 16.7%. Credit growth in the industry sector was 5.6%.
5) Answer: D)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based HR solutions provider Talocity would provide Yes Bank its AI-supported “touchless” technology for the bank’s hiring process and human resource (HR) operations. In the process of recruitment, candidates are interviewed by an AI bot on a one-way video platform. Talocity’s machine learning and AI capabilities will create personality report of each job applicant.This creates a unique evaluation platform which is effective without any human involvement and helpful in large volume hiring.
6) Answer: C)
India is set to get its first Apple Inc retail store in Mumbai. The company has finalised a list of locations for its retail store. The move comes as the tech giant is trying to establish a strong presence in the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market. However, the final place is not finalized yet.
7) Answer: A)
Former Supreme Court judge, Justice (Retired) KS Radhakrishnan has been appointed as a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, London. He has been appointed to serve as a member of the Tribunal for a four-year term between June 1, 2019, and May 31, 2023. Justice KS Radhakrishnan served as a judge of the Supreme Court between November 2009 and May 2014. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir High Courts.
8) Answer: D)
The Indian Army is commemorating this year as the ‘Year of Next of Kin’ and plans to reach out to the next of kin of battle casualties, ex-servicemen and serving soldiers to inform them of entitled financial benefits, welfare schemes and help resolve pension related problems. Bipin Rawat, Army Chief General in January stated that the army will observe 2019 as the year for the next of kin. Last year, stress was laid on the disabled soldiers, while this year its on the next of kin of the deceased soldiers. It will also seek the involvement of the defence ministry, Nepal Embassy (due to several soldiers being recruited from Nepal), Sainik Boards, banks and welfare agencies such as the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS). The Directorate of Indian Army Veterans will be the nodal agency.
9) Answer: D)
Software services major Tata Consultancy Services reclaimed the status of the country’s most valued firm by market valuation, surpassing Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).RIL’s market valuation dropped to Rs. 7,95,628.55 crore on the BSE. The market capitalisation (m-cap) of TCS stood at Rs. 8,13,779.67 crore, which is Rs. 18,151.12 crore more than that of RIL’s valuation.
10) Answer: D)
Trans fat, also called the worst form of fat in food, responsible for over 5,00,000 deaths globally from coronary heart disease each year, could be eliminated from the industrially produced global food supply by 2023.The WHO has welcomed its partnership with the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to achieve this target.Eliminating industrially produced trans fat is one of the simplest and most effective ways to save lives and create a healthier food supply
11) Answer: A)
Dairy major Amul will be the principal sponsor of the Afghanistan cricket team for the upcoming ICC World Cup hosted by England and Wales. Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets dairy products under Amul brand, exports around Rs. 200 crore worth of products annually to the neighbouring country. This is the third time that Amul is sponsoring a cricket team in the World Cup. Amul’s logo will appear on the leading arm of Afghanistan team playing jerseys as well as on the training kits throughout the World Cup from May 30 to July 14, 2019.
12) Answer: A)
Prof Kirpal Singh, the first chronicler of Partition, who started building an archive in 1954, passed away. He was 95.His journey in Partition’s historiography began in 1953 as a young lecturer at Khalsa College, Amritsar.
13) Answer: E)
Renowned economist Baidyanath Mishra has passed away.Mishra was a known Odia economist and educationist. Mishra had started his career as a lecturer in Ravenshaw University in Cuttack in 1949. He later worked at Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). He was vice-chancellor of OUAT from 1981 to 1985.
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