(1) Three passengers have died and three others have fallen ill following a suspected outbreak of which disease on a Netherlands-based cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean??
A. Dengue Fever
B. Hantavirus
C. Ebola Virus Disease
D. Cholera
(B) Hantavirus
(2) Project Deepak, one of the oldest and most vital units of the Border Roads Organisation, celebrated its 66th Raising Day on May 4, 2026, in which city??
A. Dehradun
B. Shimla
C. Leh
D. Gangtok
(B) Shimla
(3) India secured which rank in the World Press Freedom Index 2026 released by Reporters Without Borders??
A. 142nd
B. 150th
C. 157th
D. 165th
(C) 157th
(4) Colombia and Netherlands jointly held the first conference on moving away from fossil fuels in which city??
A. Bogotá
B. Amsterdam
C. Santa Marta
D. Cartagena
(C) Santa Marta
(5) India has been retained in which category in the USTR Special 301
Report 2026 released by the Office of the United States Trade
Representative??
A. Watch List
B. Priority Watch List
C. Special Monitoring List
D. Restricted Trade List
(B) Priority Watch List
(6) Which of the following journalists won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize??
A. Anand RK and Suparna Sharma
B. Ravish Kumar and Barkha Dutt
C. Rajdeep Sardesai and Faye D'Souza
D. Nidhi Razdan and Anjana Om Kashyap
(A) Anand RK and Suparna Sharma
(7) Which city is set to become India's first pearl farming cluster??
A. Ranchi
B. Dhanbad
C. Jamshedpur
D. Hazaribag
(D) Hazaribag
(8) World Asthma Day 2026 is observed on which date??
A. May 1
B. May 3
C. May5
D. May 7
(C) May5
(9) Who won the Madrid Open 2026 by defeating Alexander Zverev in the
final??
A. Carlos Alcaraz
B. Novak Djokovic
C. Jannik Sinner
D. Daniil Medvedev
(C) Jannik Sinner
(10) In which state is actor and TVK leader Vijay leading in both Perambur and Trichy East constituencies during vote counting??
A. Karnataka
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Kerala
(C) Tamil Nadu
(11) Which country has approved an "ethnic unity' law requiring minorities to learn Mandarin??
A. Japan
B. South Korea
C. China
D. Vietnam
(C) China
(12) Which Indian institution has been included in the top 50 of the Times
Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2026??
A. IIT Delhi
B. IISc Bengaluru
C. Delhi University
D. JNU
(B) IISc Bengaluru
(13) The Indian Army contingent departed to which country for the 2nd edition of bilateral military exercise CINBAX-II??
A. Thailand
B. Vietnam
C. Cambodia
D. Indonesia
(C) Cambodia
(14) Who has been appointed as the President of the National Company Law Tribunal (CLT)??
