Current Affairs : 25 May to 31 May, 2021 : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) : Assam Jobs Guide

CURRENT AFFAIRS

25 MAY, 2021 TO 31 MAY, 2021

1. Who has topped the Forbes Highest paid Athletes list 2021?

(a) Lionel Messi, Soccer

(b) Roger Federer, Tennis

(c) Conor McGregor, MMA

(d) Cristiano Ronaldo, Soccer

Answer: (c)

2. Who has been ranked top in the Bloomberg Billionaire Index 2021?

(a) Elon Musk

(b) Feff Bezos

(c) Brenard Arnault

(d) Mukesh Ambani

Answer: (b)

3. Which state government has launched an anti-Covid “Sanjeevani Pariyojana” that will provide supervised and quick medical care at home for people, with mild to moderate symptoms of Covid 19, residing in rural areas?

(a) Haryana

(b) Punjab

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Bihar

Answer: (a)

4. Which state government has launched the “Mission Oxygen Self-Reliance” scheme to meet the state’s oxygen needs?

(a) Gujarat

(b) Assam

(c) West Bengal

(d) Maharashtra

Answer: (d)

5. Which state government has announced Chief Minister Vatsalya Yojana for orphaned children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Kerala

(c) Odisha

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (a)

6. Who has been appointed as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo?

(a) Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda

(b) Joseph Ngute

(c) Denis Sassou Nguesso

(d) Anatole Collinet Makosso

Answer: (d)

7. Who has been elected as the President of Syria?

(a) Bashar al-Assad

(b) Hafez al-Assad

(c) Maher al-Assad

(d) Bassel al-Assad

Answer: (a)

8. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Nehru, Tibet and China’?

(a) Arjun Appadurai

(b) Bina Agarwal

(c) Avtar Singh Bhasin

(d) Syed Ahmed

Answer: (c)

9. Who is the author of the book titled ‘‘India and Asian Geopolitics : The Past, Present’?

(a) Shivshankar Menon

(b) Shyam Saran

(c) Nirupama Rao

(d) Brajesh Mishra

Answer: (a)

10. Which bank has announced the launch of a unique facility of linking a UPI (Unified Payments Interface) ID to its digital wallet ’Pockets’, marking a departure from the current practice that demands such IDs be linked with a savings bank account?

(a) HDFC Bank

(b) State Bank of India

(c) ICICI Bank

(d) Punjab National Bank

Answer: (c)

11. Who has been elected as the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH)?

(a) Marc Coudron

(b) Thierry Weil

(c) Fumio Ogura

(d) Narinder Batra

Answer: (d)

12. Who has been announced as the 2021 winner of the Templeton Prize?

(a) Dian Fossey

(b) Sylvia Earle

(c) Hugo van Lawick

(d) Jane Goodall

Answer: (d)

13. Who has been conferred with the ‘2021 Princess of Asturias Award’ by Spain in the social sciences category?

(a) Nabaneeta Dev Sen

(b) Abhijit Banerjee

(c) Amartya Kumar Sen

(d) John Rawls

Answer: (c)

14. Who has been felicitated with the International Eni Award 2020?

(a) C.N.R. Rao

(b) Ajay K. Sood

(c) Udupi Ramachandra Rao

(d) Bernard Raveau

Answer: (a)

15. Who has won the Monaco Grand Prix 2021?

(a) Lewis Hamilton

(b) Max Verstappen

(c) Carlos Sainz Jr.

(d) L. Norris

Answer: (b)

16. Which team won the 2020-21 La Liga title?

(a) Sevilla

(b) Barcelona

(c) Real Madrid

(d) Atletico Madrid

Answer: (d)

17. Who won the 2021 PGA Championship?

(a) Phil Mickelson

(b) Tiger Woods

(c) Jordan Spieth

(d) Rory McIlroy

Answer: (a)

18. When is World Turtle Day observed?

(a) 23 May

(b) 26 May

(c) 29 May

(d) 31 May

Answer: (a)

19. When is World Thyroid Day observed?

(a) 21 May

(b) 23 May

(c) 25 May

(d) 27 May

Answer: (c)

20. When is World Hunger Day observed?

(a) 21 May

(b) 24 May

(c) 25 May

(d) 28 May

Answer: (d)