Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 27th May 2019

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1) World Thyroid Day observed on what day?

a) May 20

b) May 22

c) May 23

d) May 25

e) May 27

2) Who became first foreign leader to meet new Japanese emperor?

a) David Cameron

b) Donald Trump

c) Dilma Rousseff

d) François Hollande

e) None of these

3) Name the special product launched by the Corporation Bank for MSME customers?

a) Corp SME Seva

b) Corp SME Suvidha

c) Corp SME Saksham

d) Corp SME Saumya

e) Corp SME Suguna

4) Who receives ‘UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in Healthcare Award’?

a) Baba Ramdev

b) Jaggi Vasudev

c) Acharya Balkrishna

d) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

e) None of these

5) The government has decided to merge the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) to form a NSO. What does NSO stand for?

a) National Settlements Organisation

b) National Semantics Organisation

c) National Statistical Office

d) New Secular Organisation

e) National Statistics Organisation

6) Name the Lieutenant General who assumed, to be head UN peacekeeping operation in South Sudan?

a) Shailesh Tinaikar

b) Shakthi Tinaikar

c) Suresh Tinaikar

d) Sailesh Tinaikar

e) None of these

7) Who among the following has recently been appointed as the Vice President of Badminton Asia Council (BAC)?

a) Pijush Hazarika

b) Siddhartha Bhattacharya

c) Akhil Gogoi

d) Himanta Biswa Sarma

e) None of the above

8) Who has been sworn in the new CM of Sikkim?

a) Prem Singh Golay

b) Ganga Prasad Oli

c) Pawan Kumar Chamling

d) Naveen Patnaik

e) Jagdish Mukhi

9) Justice DN Patel appointed next Chief Justice of which high court?

a) Punjab and HaryanaHigh Court

b) Calcutta High Court

c) High Court of Gujarat

d) Delhi High Court

e) TripuraHigh Court

10) Who became youngest Lok Sabha MP?

a) Sri Devi Murmu

b) Chandrani Murmu

c) Deepika Murmu

d) Nayama Murmu

e) Preethi Murmu

11) Urban 20 Mayors Summit Held in which city?

a) Tokyo

b) Beiging

c) Delhi

d) Mascow

e) Berlin

12) Who won the women’s 10m air rifle event at 2019 ISSF Munich World Cup?

a) Apurvi Chandela

b) Anjum Moudgil

c) Heena Sidhu

d) Manu Bhaker

e) None of these

13) Who won Sekisui Open?

a) Mahesh Mangaonkar

b) Suresh Kumar

c) Alexander Fuller

d) Kristar Frost

e) None of these

14) Who wins Monaco Grand Prix?

a) S. Vettel

b) V. Bottas

c) M. Verstappen

d) P. Gasly

e) L. Hamilton

15) Which team won 2019 Sudirman Cup ?

a) China

b) Pakistan

d) Indonesia

d) Saudi Arabia

e) India

16)  Prem Tinsulanonda who passed away was the Ex-Prime Minister ofwhich country?

a) Malaysia

b) Thailand

c) Vietnam

d) Cambodia

e) Phillipines

Answers:

1) Answer: d)

The World Thyroid Day is celebrated every year on May 25 to promote awareness and understanding of thyroid health and the advances made in treating thyroid diseases. The World Thyroid Day was established in 2008 by the European Thyroid Association and the American Thyroid Association.

2) Answer: b)

Donald Trump became the first foreign leader to meet with Japan’s newly enthroned Emperor Naruhito.

Emperor Naruhito ascended to the throne on May 1, opening what is called the era of “Reiwa,” or “beautiful harmony.”

The US President, who is on a four-day state visit to Japan, was treated to a welcome ceremony full of pomp and pageantry.

3) Answer: b)

Corporation Bank has launched ‘Corp SME Suvidha’, a product for GST-registered MSMEs.

The product has been designed as part of the bank’s efforts to provide best products to MSME sector.

PV Bharathi, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank, launched the product in Mangaluru.

4) Answer: c)

Patanjali Ayurved Limited’s Managing Director, Acharya Balkrishna received the ‘UNSDG 10 Most Influential People in Healthcare Award’ on behalf of Patanjali Group of Institutions in Geneva

Patanjali Ayurved is a company producing range Ayurvedic medicinal and personal care products, among other consumer items. Popular yoga guru Baba Ramdev co-founded the company along with Balkshrina

5) Answer: c)

The Statistics and Programme Implementation has decided to merge the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) into National Statistical Office (NSO) in a major restructuring move.

According to the order, Statistical Wing, comprising the NSO with constituents as the CSO and the NSSO, to be an integral part of the main ministry.

The NSSO conducts large-scale surveys and brings out reports on health, education, household expenditure and other social and economic indicators. The NSSO and the CSO were functioning independently.

6) Answer: a)

United Nations, The commandant of the Indian Army Infantry School, Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, has been appointed the commander of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the second biggest peacekeeping operation.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced that Tinaikar will succeed Lieutenant General Frank Kamanzi of Rwanda who will complete his assignment.

The mission was created in 2011 when South Sudan gained independence from Sudan. Sixty-seven peacekeepers have died while serving in the mission.

7) Answer: d)

The Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Himanta Biswa Sarma has been elected as the vice-president of Badminton Asia Council.

BAC president Anton Subowo also appointed BAI secretary (tournaments) Omar Rashid as the  deputy chairman of Badminton Asia’s development.

8) Answer: a)

Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad has invited the Sikkim Karantikari Morcha (SKM) President and leader of latislative party Prem Singh Golay to form the New Government in the state.

Prem Singh Golay will take oath as New Chief Minister of Sikkim along with his council of ministers at Palzor Stadium in Gangtok.

SKM Party defeated the SDF party who ruled the state for 25 years under it’s leader Pawan Chamling as longest service Chief Minister in Sikkim.

9) Answer: d)

The Central Government has cleared the appointment of Justice DN Patel as the next Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

The appointment was made pursuant to a Collegium resolution passed earlier this month. The resolution was passed in view of the impending retirement of current Chief Justice Rajendra Menon in June this year.

10) Answer: b)

BJD’s Chandrani Murmu became the youngest ever Lok Sabha MP.

The 25 year old B-Tech Graduate won the reserved Keonjhar, Odisha’s seat by defeating a two time MP from BJP Ananta Nayak.

The Keonjhar Lok Sabja seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.

11) Answer: a)

The 2019 Urban 20 Summit was hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, led by Governor Yuriko Koike from 21-22 May 2019.

The Urban 20 Mayors Summit takes place one month ahead of the G20 Summit.

The U20 cities convey their joint recommendations in a form of a Communique, to the G20 Chair, to be presented to the G20 Leaders during the Summit.

The 2019 G20 Summit will be the fourteenth meeting of Group of Twenty and will be held on 28–29 June 2019 in Osaka, Japan.

It will be the first-ever G20 summit to be hosted in Japan.

12) Answer: a)

Apurvi Chandela from India won the 10m Air Rifle Women’s Final at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Munich.

Luyao Wang from the Republic of China took the Silver medal, scoring 631.9 points in qualification and 250.8 in the final.

Another of China’s shooters, Hong Xu, won the Bronze medal with a qualification of 630.8 points and 229.4 in the final.

The two Tokyo 2020 Olympic Quota places went to Laura-Georgeta Coman from Romania and Eszter Meszaros from Hungary.

13) Answer: a)

India’s Mahesh Mangaonkar defeated Spain’s Bernat Jaume, in the final to clinch the Sekisui Open title for the second time in his career in Kriens, Switzerland.

This was Mahesh’s eighth PSA title.

He had won the corresponding title for the first time in 2016.

14) Answer: e)

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won his Monaco Grand Prix title.

Valterri Bottas and Vettel finished with second and third respectively.

15) Answer: a)

China won the badminton world mixed-team championship, Sudirman Cup 2019 in Nanning today. They beat Japan in men’s doubles, women’s singles and men’s singles to clinch the title for an 11th time.

In the latest Men’ singles match Shi Yuqi stunned world champion Kento Momota  15-21, 21-5,21-11. Japan have never won the Sudirman Cup

16) Answer: b)

Thailand’s former prime minister and the country’s long time top royal adviser Prem Tinsulanonda has passed away

He was former army general and served as prime minister from 1980 to 1988

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