Friday, May 8, 2020

Current Affairs Quiz: May 7, 2020

  1. Which state government launched the Ayush Kavach app that will provide health-related tips and information about ayurvedic medicines to people during the coronavirus crisis?
    A)Uttar Pradesh
    B)Bihar
    C)Assam
    D)Telangana



  2. In which state, India’s first Covid-19 test bus was launched?
    A)Bihar
    B)Maharashtra
    C)Uttar Pradesh
    D)Odisha



  3. Which state launched Birsa Harit Gram Yojana (BHGY), Neelambar Pitambar JAL Sammridhi Yojana (NPJSY) and Veer Sahid Poto Ho Khel Vikas Scheme (VSPHKVS) to add jobs in the rural economy?
    A)Karnataka
    B)Bihar
    C)Jharkhand
    D)Uttar Pradesh



  4. Recently Indian Navy launched which operation to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas?
    A)Samudra Setu
    B)Thrissur
    C)Arogya Setu
    D)Suraksha Setu



  5. Who headed the panel formed by IRDAI to draft standard professional indemnity policy for insurance intermediaries?
    A)Surbhi Goel
    B)Kasturi Sengupta
    C)Umesh Rathod
    D)Yegnapriya Bharat



  6. DBS Bank has projected India’s GDP for FY21 to how much percent?
    A)1.5%
    B)1.4%
    C)1.1%
    D)1%



  7. Who was appointed as new managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Max Bupa Health Insurance?
    A)RK Chaturvedi
    B)Ashish Mehta
    C)TN Malhotra
    D)Krishnan Ramachandran



  8. Who has been reappointed as chairperson of the Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC)?
    A)Harish Mehta
    B)Manoharan Singh
    C)Om Birla
    D)Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury



  9. Which Indian American was nominated as a representative to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank’s lending arm?
    A)Ashok Micheal Pinto
    B)Abhilash Joseph
    C)Tanu Dhusia
    D)Thomas Pinto



  10. Who has received the Young Career Award in Nano Science and Technology for the year 2020 instituted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India?
    A)Amit Dubey
    B)Vikas Chaturvedi
    C)Saurabh Lodha
    D)Anurag Singh



  11. Who shared the 2020 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for forest sector’ for 3-PG (Physiological Principles Predicting Growth), a model to predict forest growth in a changing climate?
    A)Joseph J Landsberg
    B)Richard H Waring
    C)Nicholas C Coops
    D)All of these



  12. Who was awarded the commemorative World War II medal marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany by Russia?
    A)Kim Jong Un
    B)Lee Ching
    C)Xi Zinping
    D)Sheikh Hasina



  13. Recently which state government launched an exit app for people from other states who are stranded in the state due to the lockdown and want to return to their native place?
    A)Bihar
    B)Madhya Pradesh
    C)Uttar Pradesh
    D)WestBengal



  14. What is the theme of this year’s World Aasthma Day?
    A)Enough Asthma Deaths
    B)Hold your breath
    C)Stop for Asthma
    D)Prevention of Asthma



  15. What is the theme of this year’s International Midwife Day?
    A)Midwives Education
    B)Midwives Celebrate the Rights
    C)Midwives: Defenders of Women's Rights
    D)Midwives with women: celebrate, demonstrate, mobilise, unite ‘ our time is NOW



    16. STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
  16. Where is the HQ of IRDAI?
    A)Ahmedabad
    B)Chennai
    C)Mumbai
    D)Hyderabad



  17. Where is the HQ of DBS Bank?
    A)Japan
    B)Singapore
    C)Thailand
    D)HongKong



  18. Where is the HQ of Max Bupa Health Insurance?
    A)NewDelhi
    B)Mumbai
    C)Kolkata
    D)Chennai



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