13 May Gk Quiz

 1. Who won the leading actor award at the Bafta TV awards 2016?
1) Ben Whishaw (London Spy)
2) Idris Elba (Luther)
3) Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall)
4) Stephen Graham (This is England ’90)
5) None of these

3) Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall)

2. The International Nurses Day is celebrated all over the world to commemorate Florence Nightingale’s birthday every year on
1) 10 May
2) 11 May
3) 12 May
4) 13 May
5) 15 May

3) 12 May

3. Who among the following has been elected as the ICC’s first independent Chairman recently?
1) G Gangaraju
2) Ajay Shirke
3) Rajeev Shukla
4) Anurag Thakur
5) Shashank Manohar

5) Shashank Manohar

4. Who among the following was recently appointed as Additional Solicitor General in Supreme Court?
1) Atma Ram Nadkarni
2) Baldev Raj Mahajan
3) Vijay Bahadur Singh
4) Ranjit Kumar
5) RC AGARWAL

1) Atma Ram Nadkarni

5. Mrugank Paranjape took charge as the new MD and CEO of
1) Bombay Stock Exchange
2) Multi Commodity Exchange
3) National Stock Exchange
4) Calcutta Stock Exchange
5) MCX Stock Exchange

2) Multi Commodity Exchange

6. ________ hosted the 26th World Economic Forum on Africa recently. The theme of this year’s summit was: Connecting Africa’s Resources Through Digital Transformation.
1) Rwanda
2) Uganda
3) Kenya
4) Burundi
5) Tanzania

1) Rwanda

7. Deepak Kumar Gupta has been appointed the Chief Justice of the
1) Rajasthan High Court
2) Tripura High Court
3) Guwahati High Court
4) Chhattisgarh High Court
5) None of these

4) Chhattisgarh High Court

8. _________ launched the country’s first contactless business credit card in association with Jet Airways.
1) HDFC Bank
2) SBI
3) Axis Bank
4) ICICI Bank
5) Federal Bank

4) ICICI Bank

9. Who among the following has been appointed India’s Goodwill Ambassador for Rio Games?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Abhinav Bindra
3) Salman Khan
4) AR Rahman
5) All the above

5) All the above

10. India and Mauritius signed a protocol for amendment of the double taxation avoidance agreement. The full tax rate will kick in from
1) 2016-17
2) 2017-18
3) 2018-19
4) 2019-20
5) 2020-21

4) 2019-20