May 18 - Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Dear champions, Welcome to the Daily Current Affairs Quiz "May 18". Your total score and the points you scored will be displayed at the end of the Quiz or after the time out.

1. International Museum day is observed on which date?

a) May 23

b) May 16

c) May 20

d) May 18

e) May 22

2. World AIDS Vaccine day is observed on May 18. What is the theme of this day?

a) Ending HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice

b) Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility

c) My Health, My Right

d) Hands up for #HIV Prevention

e) Know your Status

3. Politician Shivraj Singh Lodhi passes away. What is the Constituency of him?

a) Amethi, Uttar Pradesh

b) Haridwar, Uttarakhand

c) Cuttak, Odisha

d) Nagpur, Maharashtra

e) Damoh, Madhya Pradesh

4. Tamil Laureate Ki. Rajanarayanan passes away. Which year he won Sahithya Academy Award for his novel?

a) 1991

b) 1993

c) 1975

d) 1985

e) 2003

5. Who ranked third in the list of Bloomberg Billionaires Index?

a) Jeff Bezos

b) Bernard Arnault

c) Elon Musk

d) Bill Gates

e) Tim Cook

6. Edelweiss General insurance has launched industry first digital offering named IPOS (Integrated Partner On-boarding Solution).Who is the MD and CEO of Edelweiss General Insurance?

a) Atul Kumar Goel

b) Amit Ghosh

c) Rahul Tripathi

d) Shanai Ghosh

e) AS Rajeev

7. The book titled “Republic of Hindutva: How the Sangh is Reshaping Indian Democracy” is authored by whom?

a) Vikram Seth

b) Anita Desai

c) Amitav Ghosh

d) Badri Narayanan

e) AS Rajeev

8. IEA released a report “Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector” is a pathway for additional Solar PV of how many Gigawatt Energy by 2030?

a) 650 GW

b) 630 GW

c) 550 GW

d) 600 GW

e) 400 GW

9. Eminent Journalist Anjan Bandyopadhay passes away. He belongs to which state?

a) Maharashtra

b) Gujarat

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Arunachal Pradesh

e) West Bengal

10. Where is the Headquarter of IEA?

a) Lausanne, Switzerland

b) Geneva, Switzerland

c) Paris, France

d) Gurugram, Haryana

e) New York, USA

11. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd partners with which company to deploy two undersea cable systems?

a) SubCom

b) Crayon Data

c) Fractal Analytics

d) Flytxt

e) Gramener

12. India-Asia-Xpress System connect India with which country will complete the service by mid-2023?

a) Seychelles

b) Bangladesh

c) Indonesia

d) Malaysia

e) Singapore

13. When Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd found?

a) 2012

b) 2005

c) 1999

d) 2007

e) 2002

14. T-Hub partners with how many new leading companies to help its startups during pandemic?

a) 5

b) 9

c) 10

d) 7

e) 12

15. Bihar launched which App for home isolation tracking Covid patients?

a) Covid Finder

b) HIT Covid

c) COVAX

d) COWIN

e) Covid Track

16. World Economic Forum Cancelled Special Annual meeting in which country in the view of Covid-19 Pandemic?

a) Germany

b) India

c) Singapore

d) US

e) Russia

17. Tribal Affairs Ministry and Microsoft partners for digital transformation of Tribal schools. Under this Program how many Eklavya Model Residential Schools are adopted by Microsoft?

a) 250

b) 225

c) 245

d) 100

e) 180

18. Delhi Government announces how much amount per month for Orphaned Children whose parents are died due to Covid-19 Pandemic?

a) Rs.3250

b) Rs.3000

c) Rs.1000

d) Rs.2500

e) Rs.5000

19. Who is the CEO of Telangana based T-Hub?

a) Devendra Singh Rawat

b) Mahesh Kumar

c) Pravin Kumar Purwar

d) Gopal Vittal

e) Ravi Narayan

20. RBl has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs.1 Lakh on Priyadarshini Mahila Nagari Sahakari Bank Limited. Where is the Headquarter of this bank?

a) Amaravati, Maharashtra

b) Akola, Maharashtra

c) Nagpur, Maharashtra

d) Mumbai, Maharashtra

e) Beed, Maharashtra