Current Affairs 18 th May 2016 SBI Insurance Exam

Ques. : 1 ISRO is planning to launch India’s first space shuttle. The present chairman of the Indian space agency is
1) G Madhavan Nair
2) Shailesh Nayak
3) KK Radhakrishnan
4) AS Kiran Kumar
5) None of these
Answer:- 4) AS Kiran Kumar

Ques. : 2 The negotiations for India to join the coveted Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) are soon to start. The NSG has ____ members at present.
1) 14
2) 28
3) 32
4) 42
5) 48
Answer:- 5) 48

Ques. : 3 ________ won the men’s singles title of the 2016 Italian Open tennis tournament.
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Andy Murray
3) Stan Wawrinka
4) Roger Federer
5) Rafael Nadal
Answer:- 2) Andy Murray

Ques. : 4 India shares the longest international boundary line (4,096 km) with which of the following neighbouring countries?
1) Nepal
2) Bangladesh
3) China
4) Pakistan
5) Myanmar
Answer:- 2) Bangladesh

Ques. : 5 The navy of which of the following countries is soon receiving the ship named Zumwalt, its largest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer?
1) China
2) Russia
3) Japan
4) France
5) US
Answer:- 5) US

Ques. : 6 Who among the following won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix F1 championship?
1) Kimi Raikkonen
2) Nico Rosberg
3) Daniel Ricciardo
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) Max Verstappen
Answer:- 5) Max Verstappen

Ques. : 7 The parliament which of the following countries on 11 May passed legislation legalizing same-sex civil unions?
1) Italy
2) Spain
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) Japan
Answer:- 1) Italy

Ques. : 8 Justice Navin Sinha was recently sworn-in as new Chief Justice of
1) Patna High Court
2) Rajasthan High Court
3) Allahabad High Court
4) Karnataka High Court
5) Madras High Court
Answer:- 2) Rajasthan High Court

Ques. : 9 ________ won the women’s single title of the 2016 Italian Open tennis tournament.
1) Madison Keys
2) Victoria Azarenka
3) Serena Williams
4) Venus Williams
5) Petra Kvitova
Answer:- 3) Serena Williams

Ques. : 10 Which of the following teams was crowned 2016 La Liga champion recently?
1) Real Madrid
2) Valencia CF
3) Sevilla FC
4) Barcelona
5) Atletico Madrid
Answer:- 4) Barcelona