Current Affairs 17th May 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. India signed a mobility pact that will allow 42,000 Indians to work, with which country?
A. Italy             
B. Israel
C. USA             
D. Australia
Answer [B] Israel
2. Which space agency has developed the ‘Aeolus Satellite’?
A. JAXA                 
B. ISRO
C. NASA                
D. ESA
Answer [D] ESA
3. Which state launched the ‘State Robotics Framework’?
A. Tamil Nadu         
B. Telangana
C. Odisha                 
D. West Bengal
Answer [B] Telangana
4. Which company has launched ‘Watsonx’ AI and data platform?
A. IBM               
B. Microsoft
C. Google          
D. Apple
Answer [A] IBM
5. Which is the first state to get India’s first pod taxi project?
A. Assam                      
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. West Bengal          
D. Karnataka
Answer [B] Uttar Pradesh
6. Who among the taken oath as the chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on May 16, 2023?
A. Vinay Mittal         
B. Pradeep Kumar Joshi
C. Rajni Razdan        
D. Manoj Soni
Answer [D] Manoj Soni
7. Prraneeth Vuppala, who becomes the 82nd Grandmaster of India, associated with which of the following India states?
A. Andhra Pradesh            
B. Kerala
C. Tamil Nadu                     
D. Telangana
Answer [D] Telangana
8. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI)?
A. Ravneet Kaur                 
B. Ashok Kumar gupta
C. Sangeeta Verma           
D. Sanjay Sood
Answer [A] Ravneet Kaur
9. Name the Sherpa, who has become the second person in the World to climb Mount Everest 26 times?
A. Passang Dawa Sharma          
B. Kami Rita Sherpa
C. Apa Sherpa                             
D. Lhakpa Sherma
Answer [A] Passang Dawa Sharma
10. In May 2023, which of the following organization received approval from the EU’s regulators for the acquisition of gaming firm Activison Bizzard for &69 billion?
A. IBM                   
B. Google
C. Microsoft        
D. Meta
Answer [C] Microsoft