Daily Current Affairs for All Govt. Exams – 18th’ May ’22 | Free PDF

Q1) Which has become the first state to restore the Old Pension scheme in order to provide assured income to retired employees?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Odisha
3. Chhattisgarh
4. Assam

Q2) Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of REC Ltd., Ministry of Power?

1. Aman Dhiman
2. Rajiv Shukla
3. Aditya Das
4. Vivek Kumar Dewangen

Q3) Named Sky Bridge 721, which country has opened the world’s longest suspension footbridge?

1. Vietnam
2. Denmark
3. Czech Republic
4. Turkey

Q4) Former cricketer, Andrew Symonds passed away recently. Which country did he play for?

1. New Zealand
2. South Africa
3. Australia
4. West Indies

Q5) Anna Qabale Duba is from which country who received the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2022? 

1. Libya
2. Israel
3. Kenya
4. Brazil

Q6) Shreya Singla has won a gold medal at the ongoing Deaflympics 2022 in which sports?

1. Badminton
2. Swimming
3. Boxing
4. Squash

Q7) PM Modi visited which Nepalese city on the occasion of Buddha Purnima where he signs Six MoUs during bilateral talks?

1. Kathmandu
2. Kapilvastu
3. Lumbini
4. Pokhara

Q8) Who has become the first Indian layman to be declared a saint by Pope Francis (Catholic Church) Vatican City?

1. Sivananda Saraswati
2. Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
3. Krishna Pattabhi Jois
4. Devasahayam Pillai

Q9) Sikkim recently celebrated its statehood day on which date?

1. 13^th May
2. 14^th May
3. 15^th May
4. 16^th May

Q10) Working under which project, scientists have recently mapped out more than a million cells across 33 organs in the human body?

1. Human Genome Project
2. Human Mapping Project
3. Human Cell Atlas
4. Human Body Atlas

Q11) Recently, the IMF lifted which currency’s weighting in the Special Drawing Rights currency basket?

1. Euro
2. Yuan
3. Yen
4. Pound

Q12) Which ministry launched the “GatiShakti Sanchar” portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals?

1. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
2. Ministry of Communications
3. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
4. Ministry of Railways

Q13) According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), what can lead to the “dollarisation” of the economy?

1. Inflation
2. Russia-Ukraine War
3. Cryptocurrencies
4. Falling forex reserves

Q14) Recently, which two European nations have shown interest in joining NATO fearing Russia’s aggression?

1. Switzerland & Finland
2. Finland & Sweden
3. Denmark & Norway
4. Estonia & Latvia

Q15) Which project has found that nearly 23% out of 2.1 million Indians have uncontrolled blood pressure?

1. National Hypertension Control Initiative
2. Indian Hypertension Control Initiative
3. International Hypertension Control Initiative
4. Global Hypertension Control Initiative

Q16) Recently, India banned the export of which cereal?

1. Rice
2. Wheat
3. Barley
4. Maize

Q17) International Day of Families is celebrated on 15th May every year. What is the theme for this year?

1. Protection and care
2. Love, Care and Share
3. Families and Urbanization
4. Family Together

Q18) Which organization recently released the ‘Global Land Outlook’ report?

1. FAO
2. UNCCD
3. UNICEF
4. World Bank

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