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Current Affairs and General Knowledge May 7 – 2021

Latest Current Affairs and General Knowledge May 7 – 2021

1.Which state launched ‘Auro Scholarship Programme’ of Sri Aurobindo Society for all the students of the state?

A) Tripura
B) Assam
C) Kerala
D) Nagaland

Ans: Tripura

2.Recently Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced year long celebrations to Mark birth centenary of which filmmaker?

A) Rajesh Khanna
B) Satyam Kushwaha
C) Satyajit Ray
D) Priyadarshan

Ans: Satyajit Ray

3.As per Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, government has set a target of road construction of worth how much amount in next two years?

A) 15 lakh cr
B) 22 lakh cr
C) 25 lakh cr
D) 30 lakh cr

Ans: 15 lakh cr

4.Which country will join the United States, Canada, Norway, and Qatar in forming ‘Net Zero Producers Forum’ for oil and gas producers?

A) UAE
B) Iran
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Israel

Ans: Saudi Arabia

5.Who participated in the G-7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in London through video conference from India?

A) Amit Shah
B) Narendra Modi
C) Smriti Irani
D) S Jaishankar

Ans: S Jaishankar

6.How much amount has been committed by Citibank to support COVID-19 relief measures in India?

A) ₹130 cr
B) ₹150 cr
C) ₹100 cr
D) ₹200 cr

Ans: ₹200 cr

7.Who won the World Snooker Championship 2021?

A) Mark Selby
B) Shaun Murphy
C) Stephen Hendry
D) Jack Ryder

Ans: Mark Selby

8.Who has been appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR)?

A) Vikas Singroul
B) Anurag Kumar
C) Govindan Rangarajan
D) Raman Meenakshi Sundaram

Ans: Raman Meenakshi Sundaram

9.Recently former Union Minister and RLD chief passed away.Name him?

A) Raghav Chaddha
B) Sanjay Singh
C) Ajit Singh
D) Sharad Pawar

Ans: Ajit Singh

10.Recently one of India’s renowned cricket statistician passed away ,Name him?

A) Dinar Gupta
B) Sanjay Sharma
C) Lokesh Singh
D) Amrish Tiwari

Ans: Dinar Gupta

11.Recently Vivek Yadav Passed away,He was related to the which sports?

A) Football
B) hockey
C) Cricket
D) Kabaddi

Ans: Cricket

12.Recently Chandro Tomar passed away.She was related to which sports?

A) Cricket
B) Javelin
C) Hockey
D) Shooting

Ans: Shooting

13.Recently On the occasion of filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray’s 100 birth anniversary,how many books were released?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Ans: 2

14.When is International No Diet Day observed?

A) May 7
B) May 4
C) May 5
D) May 6

Ans: May 6

15.What is the theme of this year’s World Asthma Day?

A) Inititive for Asthma
B) STOP for Ashthma
C) Enough Asthma Deaths
D) Uncovering Asthma Misconceptions

Ans: Uncovering Asthma Misconceptions

16.According to UN Study, Online share of retail sales jumps to how much percent amid lockdowns?

A) 21%
B) 22%
C) 19%
D) 20%

Ans: 19%

17.Recently S&P Global Ratings has slashed India’s GDP to how much percent for FY22?

A) 8.0%
B) 8.5%
C) 9.5%
D) 9.8%

Ans: 9.8%

18.Which company has partnered with the Indian government to roll out a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app in India, which will help people identify places nearby to get vaccinated?

A) Google
B) Microsoft
C) Facebook
D) Amazon

Ans: Facebook

19.Which company has partnered with not-for-profit organisation, Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) to launch a community COVID-19 vaccination drive and set up COVID care centres?

A) Apple Inc
B) Amazon
C) Samsung
D) PepsiCo

Ans: PepsiCo

20.Who clinched the gold medal in the 45kg category at the Asian Weightlifting Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan?

A) Vikas Singh
B) Ganesh Mali
C) Sukhna Dey
D) Jhilli Dalabehera

Ans: Jhilli Dalabehera