1. Which committee, constituted by the central government, on implementing yoga in universities, submitted its report recently?
Ans: H.R. Nagendra Committee
2. Who was elected as the first independent chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC)?
Ans: Shashank Manohar
3. Enda Kenny was reelected as the prime minister of which country?
Ans: Ireland
4. Who was appointed as the new Chief of the Naval Staff?
Ans: Vice Admiral Sunil Lamba
5. Who has recently resigned as the President of UEFA (Union of European Football Associations)?
Ans: Michel Platini
6. Who is the newly appointed Additional Solicitor General of India?
Ans: Atma Ram Nadkarni
7. Name India's Advanced Air Defence Interceptor Missile, test fired recently.
Ans: Aswin
8. Who was appointed as the first female Secretary General of FIFA?
Ans: Fatma Samoura
9. Name the Indian who has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the FIFA Governance Committee.
Ans: Justice Mukul Mudgal
10. Who won the men's singles tennis title in the Madrid Open?
Ans: Novak Djokovic
Simona Halep won the women's singles title.
11. Who are the newly appointed judges of the Supreme Court of India?
Ans: Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and L. Nageshwar Rao
12. Which national awards were conferred to 35 nurses from across the country, on May 12, the International Nurses Day?
Ans: Florence Nightingale Award
13. International Day of Families was observed on.
Ans: May 15
14. Which South Korean writer won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize?
Ans: Han Kang
15. National Technology Day was observed on.
Ans: May 11
World Migratory Day was observed on May 10
16. Rodrigo Duterte won the Presidential election in which Asian country?
Ans: Philippines
17. Who was reappointed as ICC Cricket Committee Chairman?
Ans: Anil Kumble
18. Which fighter planes were recently decommissioned by the Indian Navy?
Ans: Sea Harriers
19. Who was appointed as the chief of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security?
Ans: Kumar Rajesh Chandra
20. Who won the men's and the women's tennis titles in the Rome Masters (Italian Open)?
Ans: Andy Murray and Serena Williams
Additional Solicitor General acts as law officer to advice the Central government on various legal matters. Solicitor General and Additional Solicitors General assist the government's top legal adviser Attorney General.
ICC Cricket Committee is representative of all stakeholders in the game of cricket including players, umpires and the media. Ibis empowered to make recommendations on cricket playing issues to the Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) and the ICC Board. Rahul Dravid was recently appointed as a member of the committee as one of the current player representatives. Ravi Shastri is a member of the committee as the media representative.
