Daily Current Affairs 18 May 2022

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Q1) A three-day Utkarsh Mahotsavis being organizedby which centraluniversity?

A. JNU                                                                                                            B. CentralSanskrit University

C. Banaras HinduUniversity                                                                     D. Jamia Millia Islamia

 

Answer: B. Central Sanskrit University

 

Q2) Who has been named the Chairman and Managing Directorof Hindustan PetroleumCorporation Ltd (HPCL)?

A. Dr. Arun Jain                                                                                             B. PrakashPandey

C. Dr. Pushp Kumar Joshi                                                                            D. AnantSharma

 

Answer: C. Dr. Pushp Kumar Joshi

 

Q3)Recently held Defender Europe2022 (DE22) and Swift Response2022 (SR22) exercises are related to which grouping?

A. QUAD                                                                                                       B. NATO

C. European Union                                                                                      D. NordicCountries

 

Answer: B. NATO

 

Q4) What is Mastodon that has been in news recently?

A. A hackinggroup                                                                                      B. A social mediaplatform

C. A new species of bird                                                                             D. A rebel group in Ukraine

 

Answer:B. A social media platform

 

Q5) The Poumai tribe of which state has declared that Poumai inhabited areas will be a Drug-Free Zone?

A. Gujarat                                                                                                      B. Assam

C. Manipur                                                                                                    D. Mizoram

 

Answer:C. Manipur

 

Q6) Gyanvapi Mosqueis in news these days. In whichcity is it located?

A. Lucknow                                                                                                  B. Bhopal

C. Udupi                                                                                                        D. Varanasi

 

Answer: D. Varanasi

 

Q7) Which department recently abolished the network operation and control center(NOCC) charges?

A. Department of Telecommunication                                                    B. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

C. Department of Science and Technology                                             D. Department of Commerce

 

Answer: A. Department of Telecommunication

Q8) Which state launchedthe second phase of the Ladli Laxmischeme (Ladli Laxmischeme-2.0)?

A. Uttar Pradesh                                                                                           B. MadhyaPradesh

C. Rajasthan                                                                                                D. Punjab

 

Answer: B. Madhya Pradesh


Q9) Which companyhas become the first Indiancompany to record annualrevenue of more than a whopping $100 billion?

A. Tata Consumer ProductsLimited                                                         B. RelianceIndustries

C. Patanjali Ayurved Limited                                                                    D. Dabur India Limited

 

Answer: B. Reliance Industries

 

Q10) On which date did the 1857 revoltbegin that PM Modi recentlypaid homage to the martyrsof the revolt?

A. 7th May                                                                                                     B. 8th May

C. 9th May                                                                                                     D. 10th May

 

Answer: D. 10th May


Q11) The Bengali translation of the French novel “Meursault, contre- enquête” (The Meursault Investigation) has won which award?

A. Pulitzer Award                                                                                          B. RollandBook Prize

C. Booker Prize                                                                                             D. Edgar Awards

 

Answer:B. Rolland Book Prize

 

Q12) Which Indian will receive the British Honour ‘MBE’ For His Service During the COVID-19Pandemic?

A. Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy                                                               B. Moovalur Ramamirtham

C. Ashok Row Kavi                                                                                     D. KailashSatyarthi

 

Answer: A. GuruswamyKrishnamoorthy

 

Q13) Rodrigo Chaveshas become the new President of which country?

A. Panama                                                                                                    B. Nicaragua

C. Costa Rica                                                                                               D. Bolivia

 

Answer:C. Costa Rica


Q14) WhichIndian posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize 2022, for “images of COVID’s toll in India”?

A. Amit Dave                                                                                                B. Sana Irshad Mattoo

C. Adnan Abidi                                                                                             D. DanishSiddiqui

 

Answer: D. Danish Siddiqui

 

 Q15) A religious ceremony was recentlyperformed in the ruins of the Martand Sun Temple. In which state/UTis the temple located?

A. Odisha                                                                                                       B. Assam

C. J&K                                                                                                           D. Rajasthan

 

Answer:C. J&K

 

Q16) Whichforce recently felicitated the surviving soldiersof Operation Dudhi?

A. BSF                                                                                                            B. AssamRifles

C. J&K Police                                                                                                D. CRPF

 

Answer:B. Assam Rifles

 

Q17) The world's largest wetland, known as the Pantanal is at the risk of collapse, and is shared by which three countries?

A. Brazil, Venezuela, and Bolivia                                                              B. Brazil,Bolivia, and Paraguay

C. Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay                                                           D. Brazil,Argentina, and Chile

 

Answer:B. Brazil, Bolivia,and Paraguay

 

 

Q18) Which force has inked a MoU with the Association for Voluntary Action (AVA) to curb trafficking activitiesin the country?

A. CISF                                                                                                          B. RPF

C. SSB                                                                                                            D. BSF

 

Answer:B. RPF

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