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1) What is the theme of World Asthma Day 2019?
a) People have to Control Their Asthma Disease
b) You Can Control Your Asthma
c) Allergy and Asthma
d) STOP for Asthma
e) None of these
2) When is the World Red Cross Day observed every year?
a) May 06
b) May 07
c) May 08
d) First Sunday of May
e) Second Tuesday of May
3) Recently Which Global card payments company, invested USD 1 bn (about Rs 7,000 crore) in India in the next 5 years.
a) Visa
b) Mastercard
c) Rupay
d) Emirates
e) SBI
4) The software “ElectionGuard” has been launched by which of these companies for secure and verifiable voting?
a) Apple
b) Google
c) Microsoft
d) IBM
e) TCS
5) Who among the following has been elected as the new President of Panama?
a) Laurentino Cortizo
b) Mireya Moscoso
c) Juan Carlos Varela
d) Ricardo Martinelli
e) None of these
6) Who has been honored with the “Presidential Medal of Freedom” the highest civilian honour of US?
a) Jennifer Aniston
b) Tiger Woods
c) Brad Pitt
d) Jennifer Lopez
e) None of these
7) The laser weapons system ‘Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD)’ has been launched by the Air Force of which country?
a) United States
b) Russia
c) China
d) Singapore
e) Germany
8) Which city hosted the recently concluded India, Brazil & South Africa (IBSA) Sherpas’ Meeting?
a) Cochin
b) New Delhi
c) Brasilia
d) Rio de Janeiro
e) Cape Town
9) Name the Indian film director who is going to direct Indo-Bangla film on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?
a) Prakash Jha
b) Anurag Kasyap
c) Sanjay Lela Bhansali
d) Mithun Chakraborty
e) Shyam Benegal
10) Name the Singapore based cloud-services provider company that partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to provide access to research opportunities?
a) Deskera
b) Tabera
c) Mouseera
d) Cloudera
e) Spaceera
11) Seymour Nurse who passed away recently was the former cricket player of which country?
a) Australia
b) West Indies
c) South Africa
d) New Zealand
e) England
12) Derek Sippy who was a sportsperson passed away recently. He was a former________ player.
a) Billiards
b) Golf
c) Basketball
d) Football
e) Hockey
Answers :
1) Answer: D)
The World Asthma Day takes place annually on the first Tuesday of May since 1998 by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. The 2019 World Asthma Day was held on May 7. Theme for the year 2019 is “STOP for Asthma”.
2) Answer: C)
World Red Cross Day is observed every year on 8 May to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of the Red Cross. Theme for the year 2019 is “#love” or simply “love” The founder of Red Cross was Henry Dunant as well as the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). He was born in Geneva in 1828. He became the first recipient of 1st Nobel Peace prize.
3) Answer: B)
Mastercard announced a $1 billion investment in India over the next five years aimed at converting India into a vital node in the company’s infrastructure, and also to continue business expansion. About $350 million of the total amount would be invested in setting up a local payments processing center as per the Reserve Bank of India’s mandate to store all payments data locally.
4) Answer: C)
Microsoft has launched a software named “ElectionGuard” to help countries ensure secure and verifiable voting.The tool “ElectionGuard” will enable end-to-end verification of elections, open results to third-party organisations for secure validation, and allow individual voters to confirm their votes were correctly counted. However, it should be noted that “ElectionGuard” is not designed to support internet voting and is aimed at supplementing and improving the paper ballot systems.
5) Answer: A)
The Panama Electoral Tribunal announced that Laurentino Cortizo has won the country’s presidential election.Laurentino Cortizo, the presidential candidate from the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party, has declared his victory, with a narrow gap of 1.93 per cent against Romulo Roux, another candidate.
6) Answer: B)
US President Donald Trump has awarded golfer Tiger Woods the country’s highest civilian honour. Woods was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House, as he became the fourth and youngest golfer to receive the prestigious award.
7) Answer: A)
The US Air Force has successfully used a laser weapons system to shoot down multiple missiles while in flight. The system is designed to eventually be mounted on aircraft to be used to protect the vehicle from attacks. The Air Force Research Laboratory conducted the test at the US Army’s White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The system, called the Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD), was used from the ground, and was used to shoot down “multiple air launched missiles in flight.” SHiELD also not the only laser technology that’s in testing by the US military — the US Army tested a system mounted on an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter last summer, and the US Navy is working with Lockheed Martin on its own systems to install on warships.
8) Answer: A)
India and the United States have agreed to strengthen economic co-operation and bilateral trade by ensuring greater collaboration amongst stakeholders, including government, businesses and entrepreneurs. A bilateral trade meeting was held between the two countries in New Delhi. Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu and US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross co-chaired the meeting.
9) Answer: E)
A feature film on the life and works of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to be jointly produced by India and Bangladesh will be directed by acclaimed filmmaker Shyam Benegal. The meeting focussed on various aspects of making the feature film on the founder of Bangladesh, co-production of which had earlier been announced by the prime ministers of both the countries.
10) Answer: A)
Singapore-headquartered Deskera, a cloud-services provider, partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of south-east Asia and India access to research opportunities.According to the partnership deal, around 100,000 SMEs associated with Deskera will be able to benefit from modern facilities offered by IIT Kanpur for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, and supply chain. IIT Kanpur is well-equipped with cutting-edge capabilities and will provide an additional layer of research to help enterprises in improved decision-making
11) Answer: B)
Former West Indies batsman Seymour Nurse passed away after suffering from a prolonged illness. Nurse has played 29 Test matches for the team between 1960 and 1969. After retiring, he served as a Barbados selector and a team manager.
12) Answer: A)
Former billiards player, coach and administrator Derek Sippy died, following a massive heart attack. He was the Indian team’s coach at recently concluded Asian Under-21 Boys Snooker and Asian Women Snooker tournament in Chandigarh.
