MOST IMPORTANT COMPETITIVE EXAM CURRENT AFFAIR FOR MAY 2019

1.Who has launched a recurring payment service for merchants?

(A) PayPal
(B) Google Pay
(C) Paytm
(D) Chase Bank

Answer:Paytm

2. Name the Indian Football player who has recommended for 2019 Arjuna Award.

(A) Subrata Pal
(B) Sunil Chhetri
(C) Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
(D) Udanta Singh

Answer:Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

3.Which economic corridor was excluded from the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) recently?

(A) China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC)
(B) Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor
(C) Nepal-China-India Economic Corridor(NCIEC)
(D) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

Answer:Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor

4.Name the Organisation, which has recently released the 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR).

(A) International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
(B) Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)
(C) International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(D) World Food Programme

Answer:International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

5.President Ram Nath Kovind appointed whom as the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court?

(A) Mohammad Rafiq
(B) Abhay Shreeniwas Oka
(C) Raghvendra Singh Chauhan
(D) Vijay Kumar Bist

Answer:Abhay Shreeniwas Oka

6. Name the Indian athlete who has included in World Relays team.

(A) Dutee Chand
(B) Hima Das
(C) Swapna Barman
(D) Arpinder Singh

Answer:Hima Das

7.According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), what is the position of India in the world's military spender in 2018?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4

Answer:4

8.Where did the 11th India-Iran Joint Consular Committee Meeting held?

(A) Pune
(B) Ahmedabad
(C) New Delhi
(D) Kolkata

Answer:New Delhi

9.Name the country which has raised a complaint at the World Trade Organization about India's duties on mobile phones?

(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) US
(D) Malaysia

Answer: Japan

10.16th May is celebrated as the Statehood Day of this state.

(A) Kerala
(B) Goa
(C) Sikkim
(D) Rajasthan

Answer:Sikkim

11. Who is appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Nauru?

(A) Suresh Sharma
(B) Nitish Yadav
(C) Padmaja
(D) Vivek Rajan

Answer:Padmaja

12.Name the Nepali who Scales Mt Everest for 23rd Time.

(A) Jamling Tenzing Norgay
(B) Ang Dorje
(C) Phurba Tashi
(D) Kami Rita

Answer: Kami Rita

13.2023 Asian Cup Football tournament will be hosted by;

(A) China
(B) India
(C) South Korea
(D) Philippines

Answer:China

14.NMCG, HCL Foundation, and INTACH inked MoU for Rudraksha Plantation in which state?

(A) Chhattisgarh
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Uttarakhand
(D) Rajasthan

Answer:Uttarakhand

15.Which scheme of the West Bengal government has won the 2019 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) award in Capacity Building category?

(A) Sabooj Sathi
(B) Kanyashree
(C) Utkarsh Bangla
(D) Rupashree Prakalpa

Answer:Utkarsh Bangla

16.The first Destination Bank to launch debit card based e-mandates On NPCs E-Mandate API Platform.

(A) Syndicate Bank
(B) IDBI Bank
(C) RBL Bank
(D) Kotak Mahindra Bank

Answer: Kotak Mahindra Bank

17.Who has distributed a special kit SAECKs to investigate sexual assault cases?

(A) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(B) Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(C) Ministry of Home Affairs
(D) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Answer:Ministry of Home Affairs

18.Which of the following institute ranked 12th in APAC?

(A) Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
(B) Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
(C) Indian Institute of Management, Indore
(D) Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata

Answer:Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

19. Which armed force started online registration of women for recruitment?

(A) Indian Navy
(B) Indian Air Force
(C) Indian Army
(D) Indian Coast GuarD

Answer:Indian Army

20. Which of the following country has launched the pilot tests for the world's first malaria vaccine "RTS-S"?

(A) Malawi
(B) Ghana
(C) Kenya
(D) Zimbabwe

Answer: Malawi