Current Affairs 14th May 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. May 8-9 is observed as the of Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the which war?
A. First World War                  
B. Second World War
C. Indo-China War                   
D. French revolutionary wars
Answer [B] Second World War
2. Which species of frog is the officially largest frog in the world?
A. Goliath frog                         
B. African Bull frog
C. American Bull frog             
D. Cane Toad
Answer [A] Goliath frog
3. Which country is set to create “a line of separation” at the Mt Everest summit to tackle Covid-19 infection?
A. Nepal                                   
B. China
C. India                                    
D. Bangladesh
Answer [B] China
4. The ‘Yazidi’, seen in the news recently, is a minority religious group predominantly found in which country?
A. Sudan                                
B. China
C. Iraq                                     
D. Afghanistan
Answer [C] Iraq
5. Bucharest Nine (B9) is a group of nine countries from which international bloc?
A. G 20                                   
B. European Union
C. Common wealth             
D. NATO
Answer [D] NATO
6. Who became (in May 2021) the 1st woman of Asian heritage to receive the World Food Prize?
A. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted
B. Roshni Nadar Malhotra
C. Melanie Perkins
D. Zhao Yan
Answer [A] Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted
7. Which company received the Green Urja Award 2021 conferred by Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC)?
A. Solar Energy Corporation of India
B. NHPC Limited
C. India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited
D. Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited
Answer [D] Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited
8. NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft that collected rock samples from ____ Asteroid will return to earth by 2023?
A. Vesta                               
B. Ryugu
C. Bennu                             
D. Eros
Answer [C] Bennu
9. Who authored the book “1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness”?
A. Boria Majumdar                   
B. Joy Bhattacharjya
C. Gautam Bhattacharya         
D. Both 1 & 3    
Answer [D] Both 1 & 3
10. Name the autobiography of Arjuna Award winning Table Tennis player Venugopal Chandrasekhar, who passed away in May 2021?
A. My fightback from Death’s Door
B. Ace Against Odds
C. Playing to Win
D. One Life is Not Enough
Answer [A] My fightback from Death’s Door