Current Affairs Quiz : May 8, 2017

Q.1) Which of the following two Indian warships have visited Egypt as part of Indian Navy’s overseas deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the west coast of Africa?

a) INS Vishal and INS Mumbai

b) INS Mumbai and INS Vikrant

c) INS Kochi and INS Vikramaditya

d) INS Mumbai and INS Aditya

e) INS Chennai and INS Vikramaditya

Q.2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed an Indian heads of mission meet in________.

a) Mumbai

b) New Delhi

c) Bangalore

d) Hyderabad

e) Jaipur

Q.3) Which State Government signed an MoU with the Ziquitza Health Care to introduce a boat ambulance service in four districts where people face difficulties in getting health service?

a) Goa

b) Maharashtra

c) Gujarat

d) Andhra Pradesh

e) Odissa

Q.4) A five day cultural festival is being organized in Cairo to mark the ______ birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.

a) 157^th

b) 155^th

c) 160^th

d) 154^th

e) 150^th

Q.5) Which of the following military exercises conducted by Jordan and the United States, the seventh largest and most complex exercises so far?

a) Eagle Line

b) Ekuverin

c) Yudh Abhyas

d) Eagle Lion

e) Eager Lion

Q.6) Which of the following has proposed a four-point initiative to overcome differences and deepen relations with India which includes aligning its ‘One Belt One Road’ project with India’s Act East Policy?

a) Iran

b) Mongolia

c) Maldives

d) China

e) Nepal

Q.7) Pro European centrist leader Emmanuel Macron has been elected as President of which country?

a) Poland

b) Netherlands

c) Italy

d) Germany

e) France

Q.8) Who was recently appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Punjab National Bank (PNB)?

a) Ravi Krishan Takkar

b) Animesh Chauhan

c) Sunil Mehta

d) Usha Ananthasubramanian

e) P. S. Jayakumar

Q.9) Which of the following person was awarded with “The Fellowship Award” at the Asian Awards in London?

a) M S Dhoni

b) Sachin Tendulkar

c) Aishwarya Rai

d) Sharukh Khan

e) Amitabh Bachchan

Q.10) Which of the following Indian scientists elected as the fellows of Royal Society, recently?

a) Krishna Chatterjee

b) Yadvinder Malhi

c) Yaduvendar Chatterjee

d) Subhash Khot

e) Only a, b & d

Q.11) World Red Cross day is observed on_____.

a) 12^th April

b) 5^th May

c) 8^th May

d) 9^th May

e) 9^th April

Q.12) Which of the following Chief Minister has unveiled the ‘Olly the turtle’ logo and mascot of the Asian athletics championship to spread awareness about the endangered Olive Ridley turtle?

a)  Nitish Kumar

b) Naveen Patnaik

c) Pema Khandu

d) Sarbananda Sonowal

e) Chandrababu Naidu