Current Affairs 27th May 2021 : Daily GK Update in English
1. India’s National Sports Awards includes how many sports awards presented by the President of India?
A. Four
B. Six
C. Eight
D. Ten
Answer [B] Six
2. “Clyde’s Spot”, which was making news recently, is a place located in which planet?
A. Mercury
B. Mars
C. Earth
D. Jupiter
Answer [D] Jupiter
3. What is the expansion of ECMO, used in the Covid-19 treatment?
A. Extracorporeal membrane oxygen
B. Echocardiogram Output
C. Electrophysiology Output
D. Endocrine membrane Oxygen
Answer [A] Extracorporeal membrane oxygen
4. Where is Kuno National Park situated in India?
A. Madhya Pradesh
B. Maharashtra
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Kerala
Answer [A] Madhya Pradesh
5. What is the name of the Ex-Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Padma Shri awardee, who recently passed away?
A. Shanti Pahadia
B. Srikumar Banerjee
C. Dibang Tatak
D. Ram Sarup Lugani
Answer [B] Srikumar Banerjee
6. Which country (in May’21) signed an Agriculture Action Plan with India for cooperation in the agricultural sector for a duration of 3-years?
A. Japan
B. UAE
C. France
D. Israel
Answer [D] Israel
7. Name the foreign payment solution company that became a Certified Partner of ‘RuPay SoftPOS’ by NPCI, in May 2021?
A. Adyen
B. Creditcall
C. PayCore
D. BitPay
Answer [C] PayCore
8. Who recently (in May’21) got elected to the Badminton World Federation(BWF) council for a 4-years term?
A. Narinder Batra
B. Rajeev Shukla
C. Himanta Biswa Sharma
D. Jay Shah
Answer [C] Himanta Biswa Sharma
9. Which state government approved implementation of 3 Welfare projects “Lakshmi Bhandar Project”, Student credit card initiative”, and “Duare Ration”?
A. West Bengal
B. Karnataka
C. Kerala
D. Tamil Nadu
Answer [A] West Bengal
10. How many digits are there in an IFSC code?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 11
D. 13
Answer [C] 11