Current Affairs 29th May 2021 : Daily GK Update in English

1. What is the name of the panel set up by WHO and partners, to prevent the spread of diseases from animals to humans?
A. One Health Panel                     
B. World Health Panel
C. Zoonotic Diseases Panel          
D. We the World Panel
Answer [A] One Health Panel
2. One-Stop Centres (OSC) is a flagship scheme of which Union Ministry?
A. Ministry of Health and Family Affairs
B. Ministry of Women and Child Development
C. Ministry of Home Affairs
D. Ministry of AYUSH
Answer [B] Ministry of Women and Child Development
3. Which Ministry is associated with the new Social Media Rules notified in 2021?
A. Ministry of Home Affairs
B. Ministry of External Affairs
C. Ministry of Science and Technology
D. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Answer [D] Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
4. Which organization is set to appoint auditors to conduct ‘Forensic audit’ of listed companies?
A. RBI                               
B. SEBI
C. CBI                                
D. Enforcement Directorate
Answer [B] SEBI
5. Who will take over the CEO role on 5 July 2021 replacing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos?
A. MacKenzie Scott                    
B. Sergey Brin
C. Andy Jassy                               
D. Larry Page
Answer [C] Andy Jassy
6. In May 2021, who assumed the office of the President of Ecuador, thereby becoming the country’s first right-wing president in 14 years?
A. Rafael Correa                    
B. Guillermo Lasso
C. Jorge Glas                          
D. Jaime Nebot
Answer [B] Guillermo Lasso
7. In May 2021, Subscribers’ contribution of which of the following has/have built up six lakh crore rupees of pension assets after 13 years?
A. National Pension Scheme
B. Atal Pension Yojana
C. Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
D. Both 1 and 2
Answer [D] Both 1 and 2
8. In May 2021, which state has released Rs100 crores to clear the dues of sugarcane growers for financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21?
A. Haryana                      
B. Gujarat
C. Punjab                         
D. Rajasthan
Answer [C] Punjab
9. In May 2021, which state has hiked the incentive sum given to journalists reporting on the pandemic from Rs3000 to Rs5000?
A. Kerala                       
B. Karnataka
C. Tamil Nadu               
D. Gujarat
Answer [C] Tamil Nadu
10. Who will launch the Ayush Clinical Case Repository portal and the third version of the Ayush Sanjivani App in May 2021?
A. Kiren Rijiju                       
B. Jai Ram Thakur
C. Hardeep Singh Puri        
D. Nitin Gadkari
Answer [A] Kiren Rijiju