CURRENT AFFAIRS
04 MAY, 2021 TO 10 MAY, 2021
1. Who
has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Assam?
(a) Gaurav Gogoi
(b) Sarbananda Sonowal
(c) Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
(d) Ranjeet Kumar Dass
Answer:
(c)
2. Who
has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Puducherry?
(a) N. Rangaswamy
(b) Kiran Bedi
(c) V. Narayanasamy
(d) M. K. Stalin
Answer:
(a)
3. Who
has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Kerala?
(a) Oommen Chandy
(b) Ramesh Chennithala
(c) Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
(d) Pinarayi Vijayan
Answer:
(d)
4. Who
has been elected as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
(a) N. Rangaswamy
(b) M. K. Stalin
(c) Edappadi K. Palaniswami
(d) M. K. Alagiri
Answer:
(b)
5. Who
has been elected as the new Chief Minister of West Bengal?
(a) Suvendu Adhikari
(b) Mithun Chakraborty
(c) Mamata Banerjee
(d) Abhishek Banerjee
Answer:
(c)
6. Which
state government has announced Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana for
journalists and declared the journalists as frontline Covid warriors?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Bihar
(c) Tripura
(d) Odisha
Answer:
(d)
7. Under
the Parvat Dhara scheme, which state government has initiated rejuvenation of
water sources and recharging aquifers through the forest department with an
outlay of Rs 20 crore?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Sikkim
Answer:
(b)
8. Who
has become the Prime Minister of Albania for the third consecutive term?
(a) Edi Rama
(b) Lulzim Basha
(c) Ilir Meta
(d) Sali Berisha
Answer:
(a)
9. Who
is the author of the new book titled ‘The Bench’?
(a) Prince Harry
(b) Kate Middleton
(c) Trevor Engelson
(d) Meghan Markle
Answer:
(d)
10. Who
has been appointed as the Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance
Company Limited?
(a) Vibha Padalkar
(b) Mahesh Balasubramanian
(c) Sanjeev Nautiyal
(d) N. S. Kannan
Answer:
(b)
11. Who
has been appointed as Director of the Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR)?
(a) Raman Meenakshi Sundaram
(b) Ashok Kumar Singh
(c) Arunava Pattanayak
(d) Rajesh Prasad
Answer:
(a)
12. Who
has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press
Freedom Prize?
(a) Pia Ranada
(b) Cheche Lazaro
(c) Maria Ressa
(d) Patricia Evangelista
Answer:
(c)
13. Who
will be honoured with the Icon Award at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs)?
(a) Pink
(b) Christina Aguilera
(c) Gwen Stefani
(d) Mya Harrison
Answer:
(a)
14. Who
won the Portuguese Grand Prix 2021?
(a) Max Verstappen
(b) Lewis Hamilton
(c) Valtteri Bottas
(d) Sergio Pérez
Answer:
(b)
15. Who
won the World Snooker Champion 2021?
(a) Shaun Murphy
(b) Stuart Bingham
(c) Kyren Wilson
(d) Mark Selby
Answer:
(d)
16. When
is World Laughter Day observed?
(a) First Sunday of May every year
(b) Second Sunday of May every year
(c) Third Sunday of May every year
(d) Fourth Sunday of May every year
Answer:
(a)
17. When
is World Press Freedom Day observed?
(a) 01 May
(b) 03 May
(c) 05 May
(d) 07 May
Answer:
(b)
18. When
is World Asthma Day observed?
(a) First Tuesday of May every year
(b) Second Tuesday of May every year
(c) Third Tuesday of May every year
(d) Fourth Tuesday of May every year
Answer:
(a)
19. When
is World Hand Hygiene Day observed?
(a) 01 May
(b) 03 May
(c) 05 May
(d) 07 May
Answer:
(c)
20. When
is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day observed?
(a) 02 May
(b) 03 May
(c) 05 May
(d) 08 May
Answer:
(d)
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