Current Affairs Quiz: 7 May 2020

Questions Based on Current Affairs 7 May 2020

1. Indian Navy has launched operation “Samudra Setu” to bring back 1000 stranded Indian citizens from which country?
   1) Myanmar
   2) Bangladesh
   3) Sri Lanka
   4) Maldives
   5) Indonesia
   

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2. In association with Piramal foundation which organisation has launched ‘Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan’ campaign.
   1) Finance Commission (FC)
   2) National Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog
   3) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
   4) National Development Council (NDC)
   5) Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB)
   

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3. What is the name of the programme launched by Himachal Pradesh government to educate family members of migrant returnees?
   1) Nigah
   2) Nazi
   3) Sima
   4) Yara
   5) Sindhya
   

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4. As per the report titled “Lost at home”, total number of new internal displacements in 2019 stood at 5million (approx) in India. Which organisation released the report?
   1) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
   2) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
   3) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
   4) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
   5) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
   

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5. With which IIT the Punjab National Bank Housing Finance Limited has signed a MoU to develop reusable PPE kits?
   1) IIT Delhi
   2) IIT Madras
   3) IIT Hyderabad
   4) IIT Ropar
   5) IIT Bombay
   

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6. Name the Indian PSU which signed MoU with NOCCA Robotics (the incubated start-up in IIT Kanpur) to manufacture ventilators for COVID-19 treatment.
   1) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE)
   2) Airports Authority of India (AAI)
   3) Chennai Petroleum Corporation (CPCL)
   4) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
   5) Bharat Dynamics Limited(BDL)
   

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7. Which lab of CSIR has signed MoU with Tata Sons for licensing of ‘KNOWHOW’ related to the development for “FELUDA” rapid diagnosis of COVID-19?
   1) Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
   2) Institute of Microbial Technology
   3) National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
   4) Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
   5) Central Road Research Institute
   

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8. Name the present Economic affairs secretary of India, who has been appointed as director on the central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May 2020.
   1) Tarun Bajaj
   2) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
   3) Rajeev Singh Thakur
   4) Atanu Chakraborty
   5) Rajiv Kumar
   

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9. Name the person who has been re-appointed as the chairman of Parliament’s public accounts committee.
   1) Anto Antony
   2) Abdul Khaleque
   3) Sonia Gandhi
   4) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
   5) Kumbakudi Sudhakaran
   

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10. Who has been appointed as the Director general of Labour Bureau in Ministry of Labour and Employment?
    1) D P S Negi
    2) A B Pandey
    3) A S Mishra
    4) T N Ramakrishnan
    5) B N Nanda
    

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11. Name the IIT professor who has received Young Career Award 2020 in Nano Science and Technology conferred by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
    1) Ajit K Chaturvedi
    2) Nitin Nohria
    3) Saurabh Lodha
    4) T Pradeep
    5) Sangeetha N. Bhatia
    

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12. Which Institute of National importance in India have developed two types of nasal and oral swabs and viral transport medium for COVID-19 testing.
    1) Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute
    2) Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology
    3) National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies
    4) Central Scientific Instruments Organisation
    5) National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resources
    

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13. Tennis player Youssef Hossam was banned from the sport for life by Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU – headquartered at London) recently. He belongs to which country?
    1) Serbia
    2) India
    3) Egypt
    4) Australia
    5) Sweden
    

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14. Name the person who authored the book titled ‘Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil Hero’.
    1) VN Thapar
    2) Neha Dwivedi
    3) Vijaya Gupta
    4) Both 1) and 2)
    5) Both 1) and 3)
    

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15. Former Union Minister Dalit Ezhilmalai who passed away in May 2020 belongs to which Indian state?
    1) Kerala
    2) Tamil Nadu
    3) Karnataka
    4) Andhra Pradesh
    5) Telangana
    

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16. When was International No Diet Day observed annually?
    1) May 6
    2) May 4
    3) May 3
    4) May 1
    5) May 2
    

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17. In accordance with World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the “record-level” ozone hole over which region (that was in news in March 2020) has now closed?
    1) Artic
    2) Antarctic
    3) Pacific
    4) Oceania
    5) Atlantic
    

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18. Name the ministry which has launched the Government Authorisation for Relief Using Drones (GARUD) portal.
    1) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
    2) Ministry of Culture
    3) Ministry of Labour and Employment
    4) Ministry of Science and Technology
    5) Ministry of Civil Aviation
    

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19. Name the Indian state which has launched mobile application ‘CMAPP (Comprehensive Monitoring of Agriculture, Price, and Procurement)’ to monitor farmer needs.
    1) Punjab
    2) Bihar
    3) Odisha
    4) Kerala
    5) Andhra Pradesh
    

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20. Which Indian state has launched ‘Ayush Kavach-Covid’ App?
    1) Uttar Pradesh
    2) Maharashtra
    3) Gujarat
    4) Assam
    5) Goa
    

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STATIC GK based on Current Affairs

1. Lt Gen Raj Shukla has been assumed the command of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) recently.Where is the HQ of ARTRAC located?
   1) Leh
   2) Darjeeling
   3) Shimla
   4) Mussoorie
   5) Balakot
   

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2. Who is the present governor of Himachal Pradesh?
   1) Kalraj Mishra
   2) Kishan Reddy
   3) K Laxman
   4) Bandaru Dattatreya
   5) E S L Narasimhan
   

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3. Who is the present MoS (I/C) of Civil Aviation ministry?
   1) Hardeep Singh Puri
   2) Raj Nath Singh
   3) Narendra Singh Tomar
   4) Anurag Thakur
   5) Ravi Shankar Prasad
   

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4. Where is the HQ of World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) located?
   1) Rome
   2) Budapest
   3) London
   4) Geneva
   5) New York
   

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5. What is the capital and currency of Egypt?
   1) Cairo & Pound
   2) Jerusalem & Rial
   3) Cairo & Rial
   4) Beirut & Pound
   5) Jerusalem & Dollar
   

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