15th May 

by Dr. Gaurav Garg 

QUIZ 
1. Ju Wenjun is associated with which sport? Chess
2. What is the tagline of Kotak Mahindra bank? Let’s make money simple
3. The Curt Bergfors Foundation announced the launching of which award recently? Food Planet Prize
4. Kelvin Dushnisky was appointed chairman of which organisation recently? World Gold Council
5. What is the name of the first ever transgender in UN delegation? Aisha Mughal
6. Who has been appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of NHPC? Abhay Kumar Singh
7. Who received the SERB Women's Excellence Award-2020? Dr Niti Kumar
8. Who has become the youngest player to win Man of The Match in the T20 World Cup? Shafali Verma
9. Who has won the 2020 McGill Medal for journalistic courage? Rana Ayyub
10. The recently discovered Craspedotropis gretathunbergae is a species of which animal? Snail
11. Which organisation is building 3,000 kilometre-long power grid from Myanmar - Thailand to India? BIMSTEC
12. The Finance Commission set up an expert group on agri exports under whose chairmanship? Sanjiv Puri
13. Panthi dance, is a folk dance of which state? Chhattisgarh
14. Which city hosted the cultural fair “Vasantotsav” under the theme Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat? Gandhinagar
15. Microsoft has announced a partnership with which bank to train differently abled people in the BFSI
sector? SBI
16. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched which campaign to promote transactions
through UPI? UPI Chalega
17. Which national day is celebrated on 15 September? National engineer’s day
18. Heikru Hidongba (Boat Race Festival) belongs to which state? Manipur
19. Who has written the book ‘The RSS: Roadmaps for the 21st Century’? Sunil Ambekar
20. 1st Global Refugee Forum was organised in which city? Geneva

Q1) Arumbavur wood carvings of which state has received the Geographical Indications tag? 
A.Andhra Pradesh B.Uttar Pradesh
C.Tamil Nadu D.Himachal Pradesh

● Thanjavur Netti Works from Tamil Nadu gets a GI tag.

Q2) What is the rank of India in the World Energy Transition Index? 
A.60th B.74th
C.50th D.40th

Q3) Which state has launched a portal named “HOPE - Helping Out People Everywhere” to help unemployed 
youth get jobs? 
A.Assam B.Himachal Pradesh
C.Uttarakhand D.Goa

Q4) The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has launched which song to strengthen India's fight 
against covid-19? 
A.United We Fight B.United By Emotions
C.With Eachother D.We Will Come Stronger

Q5) Which country has developed a ‘iFeel-You’ bracelet for social distancing? 
A.Germany B.United Kingdom
C.Spain D.Italy

Q6) Victoria Falls, which is in news recently, is a waterfall on which River? 

A.Zambezi River B.Tugela River 
C.Marico River D.Komati River

Q7) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, whose birth anniversary was observed on 13th May, was the ______th President of 
India? 
A.Sixth B.Seventh C.Fifth D.Third 

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Q8) Which state government has decided to give a 50 percent subsidy on PPE kits to hospitals? 
A.Madhya Pradesh B.Gujarat 
C.Himachal Pradesh D.Uttar Pradesh  
 
Q9) Which bank has provided one billion emergency assistance loan to India? 
A.World Bank B.New Development Bank 
C.Asian Development Bank D.Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 
 
Q10) Who has become the new Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)? 
A.Aruna Sundararajan B.Poonam Malakondaiah 
C.V. Vidyavathi D.Shantha Sheela Nair 
 
Q11) Which institution has developed Spirulina groundnut Chikki that can provide micronutrients and boost 
immunity? 
A.CFTRI  B.IIFPT 
C.NIFTEM D.CIFE 
 
Q12) Which state will host the 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2021? 
A.Punjab B.Haryana 
C.Maharashtra D.Uttar Pradesh   
 
● Uttar Pradesh Hockey will host 11th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2021. 
● The 2021 Junior Men’s National Championship and Sub Junior Men’s National Championship will be 
hosted by Haryana while the corresponding women’s events will be held in Jharkhand. 
 
Q13) Who among the following has been re-inducted into the National Anti-Doping Agency’s Disciplinary 
Panel? 
A.Jitendra Kumar B.Gaurav Solanki 
C.Manpreet Singh D.Akhil Kumar  
 
Q14) Who is the Director General of the World Trade Organization? 
A.Roberto Azevedo B.Pascal Lamy 
C.José Graziano da Silva D.Qu Dongyu 
 
Q15) Which state government has put a ban on all transfers of Government employees for the current session 
2020-21 till further orders? 
A.Madhya Pradesh B.Himachal Pradesh 
C.Uttar Pradesh D.Rajasthan  
 
Q16) President Ram Nath Kovind has decided to take ______ per cent salary cut for himself to aid the 
government's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic? 
A.20% B.25% 
C.50% D.30% 
 
Q17) Four- times world champion Sebastian Vettel will leave which team at the end of the 2020 Formula One 
season? 
A.Ferrari  B.RedBull 
C.Mercedes D.Renault 
 
Q18) As per the report published in Lancet, what percent of under-five-year deaths in India can be attributed 
to child and maternal malnourishment? 
A.36% B.68% 
C.45% D.53% 
 

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