Current Affairs Quiz – 07 May 2019

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1. When is the World Asthma Day observed?
   A) First Tuesday of May
   B) May 7
   C) First Monday of May
   D) May 6
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The World Asthma Day takes place annually on the first Tuesday of May since 1998 by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. The theme for 2019 World Asthma Day is STOP for Asthma
2. Who has been elected as the new President of Panama?
   A) Ricardo Martinelli
   B) Juan Carlos Varela
   C) Mireya Moscoso
   D) Laurentino Cortizo
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: Laurentino Cortizo, member of the Democratic Revolutionary Party, has won the presidential elections of Panama with 33.27% of the vote in support. 
3. The software “ElectionGuard” has been launched by which of these companies for secure and verifiable voting?
   A) Apple
   B) Google
   C) Microsoft
   D) IBM
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Microsoft has launched a software named “ElectionGuard” to help countries ensure secure and verifiable voting. The tool “ElectionGuard” will enable end-to-end verification of elections, open results to third-party organisations for secure validation, and allow individual voters to confirm their votes were correctly counted. 
4. Who among these has recently been honored with the “Presidential Medal of Freedom” the highest civilian honour of US?
   A) Brad Pitt
   B) Tiger Woods
   C) Jennifer Lopez
   D) Jennifer Aniston
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: American Golfer, Tiger Woods has been awarded with US’ highest civilian honour i.e “Presidential Medal of Freedom”.
5. Who has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian Men’s National Volleyball Team?
   A) Anatolii Piddubnyi
   B) Zoran Visic
   C) Harendra Singh
   D) Dragan Mihailovic
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The Volleyball Federation of India has appointed Dragan Mihailovic of Serbia as the head coach of the Indian men’s national team with focus on an Olympic berth in the future. 
6. The laser weapons system ‘Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD)’ has been launched by the Air Force of which country?
   A) United States
   B) India
   C) China
   D) France
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The United States Air Force successfully conducted the test of a laser weapons system called the Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) in April 2019. SHiELD is an Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program which is capable of shooting down multiple missiles in flight. 
7. Stevo Pendarovski has recently won the Presidential elections of which country?
   A) Albania
   B) Serbia
   C) North Macedonia
   D) Bulgaria
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Stevo Pendarovski, of the ruling Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, has won the 2019 Macedonian presidential elections with 51.66 percent vote to become the President-elect of North Macedonia.
8. Seymour Nurse who passed away recently was the former cricket player of which country?
   A) Australia
   B) West Indies
   C) South Africa
   D) New Zealand
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Former West Indies cricketer Seymour Nurse passed away at the age of 85 years. He was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1967 
9. When is the World Athletics Day observed?
   A) May 7
   B) May 6
   C) May 5
   D) May 4
   
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   Option A
   
10. What is the theme of 2019 World Asthma Day?
    A) People have to Control Their Asthma Disease
    B) You Can Control Your Asthma
    C) Allergy and Asthma
    D) STOP for Asthma
    
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    Option D
    

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