Current Affairs 29th May 2023 : Daily GK Update in English

1. ‘City of Dead’ is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in which country?
A. Egypt           
B. USA
C. Greece        
D. Turkey
Answer [A] Egypt
2. ‘Sendai Framework’, which was seen in the news, is associated with which field?
A. Climate Change               
B. Disaster Risk
C. Artificial Intelligence      
D. Finance
Answer [B] Disaster Risk
3.’GAINS’ Startup Challenge was launched by which institution?
A. RBI         
B. GRSE
C. HAL       
D. BARC
Answer [B] GRSE
4. The US signed a defence cooperation agreement with which country?
A. Indonesia         
B. Papua New Guinea
C. Australia           
D. Singapore
Answer [B] Papua New Guinea
5. Scientist have found the first-ever genetic detection of wolf-dog hybridization in which country?
A. China        
B. India
C. Japan       
D. Australia
Answer [B] India
6. In May 2023, the union govt has approved the digital reporting and communication mechanism between banks and the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) to plug defaults on loans of over____.
A. Rs 10 crore               
B. Rs 25 crore
C. Rs 15 crore               
D. Rs 50 crore
Answer [D] Rs 50 crore
7. In May 2023, which of the following banks collaborated with the Manipal Global Academy of BFSI to launch its Future Banker 2.0 programme?
A. ICICI Bank           
B. HDFC Bank
C. Yes Bank             
D. Axis Bank
Answer [B] HDFC Bank
8. In May 2023, The ADB and the Indian government signed a loan agreement of USD 141.12 million for the infrastructural development in three industrial clusters situated in _____.
A. Odisha                
B. Himachal Pradesh
C. Jharkhand        
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer [D] Andhra Pradesh
9. Name the non-life insurance organizations that launched the General Surety Bond Bima (Conditional & Unconditional)’ insurance product for infrastructure projects.
A. ICICI Lombard                    
B. TATA AIG
C. SBI General Insurance      
D. IFFCO Tokio General Insurance
Answer [D] IFFCO Tokio General Insurance
10. In May 2023, which of the following banks has signed an MoU with the IIT Kanpur to provide crucial support to the startups incubated at SIIC?
A. Axis Bank             
B. ICICI Bank
C. Bank of India       
D. Yes Bank
Answer [D] Yes Bank
11. Which of the following bank has adopted the Azure Red Hat OpenShift to transform its next-generation mobile banking applications?
A. Kotak Mahindra Bank          
B. Yes Bank
C. State Bank of India              
D. Axis Bank
Answer [B] Yes Bank
12. In May 2023, ‘Tiger Shark 40’, is a joint naval drill exercise, between Bangladesh and _____.
A. India      
B. Sri Lanka
C. US          
D. Japan
Answer [C] US
13. In May 2023, who among the following will be honoured with the Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema award at the 23rd IIFA Awards?
A. Amitabh Bachchan           
B. Kamal Hasan
C. Rajnikanth                          
D. Chiranjeevi
Answer [B] Kamal Hasan
14. Which of the following airlines has successfully operated India’s first commercial flight on the Pune-Mumbai sectors using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blend?
A. Indigo                
B. SpiceJet
C. Vistara              
D. AirAsia India
Answer [D] AirAsia India
15. According to the published yearly numbers of public sector banks, which of the following banks has emerged as the top performer in terms of loan and deposit growth in percentage terms during 2022-23?
A. State Bank of India           
B. Bank of Maharashtra
C. Central Bank of India       
D. UCO Bank
Answer [B] Bank of Maharashtra
16. Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju informed that India will unveil its new ____ petaflop supercomputer for weather forecasting institutes by the end of 2023
A. 21           
B. 18
C. 20           
D. 17
Answer [B] 18
17. Name the company that has recently (in May ’23) launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) SDK to enable customers of online merchants to make UPI payments directly.
A. PhonePe            
B. Razorpay
C. Mobikwik          
D. Paytm
Answer [D] Paytm
18. Name the personality who has recently (in May ’23) appointed as the caretaker Prime Minister (PM) of Greece.
A. Michail Stasinopoulos             
B. Loannis Sarmas
C. Karolos Papoulias                   
D. Christos Sartzetakis
Answer [B] Loannis Sarmas
19. Who was recently (in May ’23) appointed as the brand ambassador of Realme?
A. Shah Rukh Khan           
B. Akshay Kumar
C. Ranbir Kapoor               
D. Aamir Khan
Answer [A] Shah Rukh Khan
20. Who was recently (in May ’23) appointed as the acting Chief Justice (ACJ) of the Madras High Court (HC)?
A. D Krishnakumar          
B. S Vaidyanathan
C. R Mahadevan             
D. J Nisha Banu
Answer [B] S Vaidyanathan