Current Affairs Quiz – May 05 2021
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1. Indian Army has launched the first Green Solar Energy plant in which state?
a) Mizoram
b) Sikkim
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Telangana
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Answer b) Sikkim. The Indian Army on April 30, 2021, launched the first Green Solar Energy plant in North Sikkim to harness renewable energy for its troops.
2. What is the name of the world’s first Artificial Intelligence ship?
a) Sunflower 40
b) Earth 2030
c) Mayflower 400
d) Seafarer 66
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Answer c) Mayflower 400. Mayflower 400 is the world’s first Artificial Intelligence Ship, built by a team of researchers from the marine research organization ProMare in collaboration with IBM.
3. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has detected Natural Radio Emission from which planet’s Atmosphere?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) Mercury
d) Saturn
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Answer b)Venus. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, during a brief swing by Venus in July 2020, detected a natural radio signal from Venus’ atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 as a solar mission to analyze the Sun.
4. Cabinet has given its approval for strategic disinvestment in which bank?
a) SBI
b) BOI
c) IDBI
d) BOB
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Answer c)IDBI. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on May 5, 2021 gave its approval for the strategic disinvestment and transfer of management control in IDBI Bank Ltd.
5. India has launched a comprehensive partnership on migration and mobility with which nation?
a) UK
b) US
c) Canada
d) France
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Answer a) UK. India and the UK have launched a comprehensive partnership on migration and mobility that aims to facilitate greater opportunities for the mobility of students and professionals between the two countries.
6. World Hand Hygiene Day is observed on_____________.
a) May 01
b) May 02
c) May 04
d) May 05
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Answer d) may 05. The day is organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness among people across the globe about the importance of hand hygiene in warding off many serious infections.
7. International Day of the Midwife is observed on_____________.
a) May 01
b) May 02
c) May 04
d) May 05
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Answer d) May 05. This day is celebrated to recognise the work of midwives and raise awareness about the status of midwives for the essential care they provide to mothers and their newborns.
8. Maria Ressa conferred UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2021, who belongs to___________.
a) Indonesia
b) Philipines
c) Malaysia
d) Singapore
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Answer b) Philipines. The $25,000 prize “recognizes outstanding contributions to the defence or promotion of press freedom especially in the face of danger,” according to UNESCO. The prize was named after Guillermo Cano Isaza, the Colombian journalist.
