Current Affairs 12th May 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who is the head of the technical group on social stock exchanges (SSEs), set up by SEBI?
A. Harsh Bhanwala                       
B. S Janakiraman
C. Usha Thorat                              
D. Injeti Srinivas
Answer [A] Harsh Bhanwala
2. RBI is set to conduct a special long-term repo operation (SLTRO) of Rs 10,000 crore for which type of banks?
A. Cooperative Banks                 
B. Regional Rural Banks
C. Small Finance Banks               
D. Payment Banks
Answer [C] Small Finance Banks 
3. WHO approves emergency use of Sinopharm vaccine, developed by which country?
A. China                                         
B. Russia
C. India                                          
D. Israel
Answer [A] China
4. Kabasura Kudineer, which was included in Ministry of Ayush distribution campaign, is a medicine from which system of medicine?
A. Ayurveda                               
B. Siddha
C. Homeopathy                         
D. Unani
Answer [B] Siddha
5. Which country has classified the Indian COVID variant as Variant of Concern (VOC)?
A. Australia                        
B. UK
C. China                              
D. Russia
Answer [B] UK
6. BioNTech plans to set up a regional headquarters and build a new manufacturing site for its vaccines based on messenger RNA technology (mRNA) in which country?
A. Indonesia                          
B. Laos
C. Singapore                          
D. Thailand
Answer [C] Singapore
7. In May 2021, which of the following has entered into a licensing agreement with Eli Lilly to expand access to Covid-19 treatment in India?
A. Lupin Limited                   
B. Sun Pharma
C. Cipla Limited                    
D. All 1, 2 and 3
Answer [D] All 1, 2 and 3
8. Which of the following is offering its Payment Gateway services at 0% transaction fees to all registered NGOs across the country?
A. Paytm                              
B. Jio
C. PhonePe                         
D. Freecharge
Answer [A] Paytm
9. V S Suryanarayana passed away in May 2021. He was related to which of the following?
A. DRDO                                
B. All India Radio
C. ISRO                                  
D. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Answer [B] All India Radio
10. In Formula One, who has secured victory at the Spanish Grand Prix in May 2021?
A. Max Verstappen               
B. Valtteri Bottas
C. Lewis Hamilton                 
D. Daniel Ricciardo
Answer [C] Lewis Hamilton