Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020 || 08 May 2020 ||

Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020

08 MAY 2020

(Q.01) In May 2020, which state has announced ₹ 1,610 crore relief package for farmers, MSMEs, handloom weavers, flower growers, washermen, barbers, auto, and taxi drivers among others?

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Karnataka
  3. Kerala
  4. Punjab

Ans. :- (B) Karnataka

 

(Q.02) Who has been appointed as a non-official independent director to the board ​of National Fertilizers Ltd. in May 2020?

  1. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
  2. Pandya Ashwinkumar Balvantray
  3. Rajkiran Rai
  4. Rakesh Sharma

Ans. :- (B) Pandya Ashwinkumar Balvantray

 

(Q.03) Which country is planning to set up the country’s first vaccine production facility in the small southern town of Yeruham?

  1. Russia
  2. Iran
  3. Italy
  4. ​Israel

Ans. :- (D) Israel

 

(Q.04) India will launch its biggest evacuation exercise, ________, that will deploy a raft of civilian aircraft and naval ships to bring back home thousands of Indians stranded in the Gulf and several other countries.

  1. Vande Bharat Mission
  2. Bring Back Mission
  3. Milan Mission
  4. Bhartiya Setu Mission

Ans. :- (A) Vande Bharat Mission

 

(Q.05) In May 2020, the CM of which state has launched an app ‘CMAPP (Comprehensive Monitoring of Agriculture, Price, and Procurement)’?

  1. Kerala
  2. Andhra Pradesh
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Gujarat

Ans. :- (C) Andhra Pradesh

 

(Q.06) Which of the following has purchased Israeli urban mobility startup Moovit for $900 million?

  1. IBM
  2. Asus
  3. Microsoft
  4. Intel

Ans. :- (D) Intel

 

(Q.07) In May 2020, which of the following has withdrawn its membership from the Indian Steel Association owing to various considerations?

  1. JSW Steel
  2. SAIL
  3. Tata Steel
  4. Sunflag Iron

Ans. :- (C) Tata Steel

 

(Q.08) Which country has successfully launched its largest carrier rocket, Long March-5B, which was carrying a new-generation spacecraft?

  1. China
  2. Russia
  3. USA
  4. Japan

Ans. :- (A) China

 

(Q.09) Which of the following will be launching an all-encompassing digital platform, India SME Services Platform?

  1. NABARD
  2. SIDBI
  3. SEBI
  4. RBI

Ans. :- (B) SIDBI

 

(Q.10) Which of the following has launched a chatbot called the IFCN chatbot to curb the spread of misinformation?

  1. YouTube
  2. LinkedIn
  3. WhatsApp
  4. WeChat

Ans. :- (C) WhatsApp

 

(Q.11) Who has been reappointed as chairperson of the Parliament’s public accounts committee (PAC) in May 2020?

  1. Dilip Ghosh
  2. Ghulam Nabi Azad
  3. Somen Mitra
  4. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Ans. :- (D) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

 

(Q.12) Dalit Ezhilmalai passed away in May 2020. He was related to which of the following fields?

  1. Acting
  2. Politics
  3. Journalism
  4. Medicine

Ans. :- (B) Politics

 

(Q.13) At least eight people were killed and hundreds fell sick in a gas leak incident that took place at the LG Polymer plant at Gopalapatnam on the outskirts of ________ in May 2020.

  1. Kanpur
  2. Visakhapatnam
  3. Ranchi
  4. Kolkata

Ans. :- (B) Visakhapatnam

 

(Q.14) In May 2020, who, along with his associate, was killed in an encounter in Beighpora village of Awantipora in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

  1. Majeed Bisati
  2. Abdul Subhan Qureshi
  3. Aijaz Ahmad Bhat
  4. Riyaz Naikoo

Ans. :- (D) Riyaz Naikoo

 

(Q.15) Which country has chosen an American-backed former intelligence chief as the new Prime Minister in May 2020?

  1. Oman
  2. Iraq
  3. Turkey
  4. Egypt

Ans. :- (B) Iraq

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