GK Current Affairs Quiz: May 25, 2017

Ans. B

Mumbai, home to 31,700 people per square kilometer, has been ranked second in the list of world’s most crowded cities, released by World Economic Forum.

Ans. A

SBI has launched a national hackathon for developers, startups and students to come up with innovative ideas and solutions for the banking sector.

Ans. C

Pushpa Kamal Daha has resigned recently. He was elected as the 39th prime minister of Nepal after forging alliance with the Nepali Congress

Ans. D

HCL is going to host Asian Junior Tennis Championship 2017.Players from 11 countries in the region are participating in the Championship.

Ans. D

PV Bhaskar, Ash Lilani, and GS Sundararajan have joined the board as independent directors.Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma will act as a non-executive chairman, and Paytm Payments Bank CEO Renu Satti will serve as a director on the bank’s board.

Ans. C

The Indian Navy and the Singapore Navy have concluded a week-long bilateral military exercise in the South China Sea, during which they conducted a series of advanced naval warfare drills, including air defence exercises and gunnery live-firings.The Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise 2017 (SIMBEX-17) concluded on May,24,2017. There was a display of Singapore’s F-15SG fighter jets. This year’s exercise is the 24th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise held since 1994.

Ans. B

In the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US in the environmental engineering category, an Indian student has won the award for his project on bio degradation of pesticides. Prashant Ranganathan, a 12th grader from Jamshedpur, and other 20 high school students from various parts of India, participated in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Ans. C

Indian cricket team has retained its top position in the latest ICC Test rankings with 123 points.The Indian has retained their top position in ICC Test ranking with 123 points- a clear six-point lead over second-placed South Africa.

Ans. D

The southern states of Karnataka, Kerala and TN have commenced an elephant census.

Ans. A

In the WMO Executive Committee meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland,the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) officially launched the state of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) from the middle of 2017.