18 May Gk Quiz

1. ISRO is planning to launch India’s first space shuttle. The present chairman of the Indian space agency is
1) G Madhavan Nair 
2) Shailesh Nayak
3) KK Radhakrishnan 
4) AS Kiran Kumar
5) None of these 

4) AS Kiran Kumar

2. The negotiations for India to join the coveted Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) are soon to start. The NSG has ____ members at present.
1) 14 
2) 28
3) 32 
4) 42
5) 48 

5) 48

3. ________ won the men’s singles title of the 2016 Italian Open tennis tournament.
1) Novak Djokovic 
2) Andy Murray
3) Stan Wawrinka 
4) Roger Federer
5) Rafael Nadal 

2) Andy Murray

4. India shares the longest international boundary line (4,096 km) with which of the following neighbouring countries?
1) Nepal 
2) Bangladesh
3) China 
4) Pakistan
5) Myanmar 

2) Bangladesh

5. The navy of which of the following countries is soon receiving the ship named Zumwalt, its largest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer?
1) China 
2) Russia
3) Japan 
4) France
5) US 

5) US

6. Who among the following won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix F1 championship?
1) Kimi Raikkonen 
2) Nico Rosberg
3) Daniel Ricciardo 
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) Max Verstappen 

5) Max Verstappen

7. The parliament which of the following countries on 11 May passed legislation legalizing same-sex civil unions?
1) Italy 
2) Spain
3) Sweden 
4) Norway
5) Japan 

1) Italy

8. Justice Navin Sinha was recently sworn-in as new Chief Justice of
1) Patna High Court 
2) Rajasthan High Court
3) Allahabad High Court 
4) Karnataka High Court
5) Madras High Court 

2) Rajasthan High Court

9. ________ won the women’s single title of the 2016 Italian Open tennis tournament.
1) Madison Keys 
2) Victoria Azarenka
3) Serena Williams 
4) Venus Williams
5) Petra Kvitova 

3) Serena Williams

10. Which of the following teams was crowned 2016 La Liga champion recently?
1) Real Madrid 
2) Valencia CF
3) Sevilla FC 
4) Barcelona
5) Atletico Madrid 

4) Barcelona