Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020 || 13 May 2020 ||

Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020

13 MAY 2020

(Q.01) By mid-May 2020, in which state has the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) claimed more than 13,000 pigs? 

1. Punjab
2. Assam
3. Haryana
4. Gujarat

Ans. :- (B) Assam

(Q.02) Which of the following has unveiled India’s ‘first fully indigenous COVID test kit called DiAGSure nCoV-19 Detection Assay?

1. Biocon
2. GCC Biotech
3. Piramal Healthcare
4. Bharat Serum

Ans. :- (B) GCC Biotech

(Q.03) In May 2020, Deepa Malik has announced her retirement. In which year did she become the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games?

1. 2010
2. 2012
3. 2014
4. 2016

Ans. :- (D) 2016

(Q.04) The civil engineering department of which of the following IITs has designed and developed a PPE doffing unit for Government Chengalpattu Medical College?

1. IIT Bomaby
2. IIT Delhi
3. IIT Roorkee
4. IIT Madras

Ans. :- (D) IIT Madras

(Q.05) Which of the following missions has been launched by India in May 2020 as a part of the government’s outreach initiative towards 5 Island nations in the Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic?

1. Mission Sagar
2. Mission Maitri
3. Mission Aapda
4. Mission Madad

Ans. :- (A) Mission Sagar

(Q.06) With which of the following will Samsung partner to launch the Samsung Pay debit card?

1. LendingClub
2. CommonBond
3. Chase Bank
4. SoFi

Ans. :- (D) SoFi

(Q.07) Which country has named a street after celebrated Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore as a tribute on his 159th birthday?

1. Iran
2. South Africa
3. Israel
4. Oman

Ans. :- (C) Israel

(Q.08) Which of the following corporations has launched Pranavayu programme in May 2020?

1. Bengaluru
2. Visakhapatnam
3. Eluru
4. Ahmedabad

Ans. :- (A) Bengaluru

(Q.09) Betty Wright passed away in May 2020. She was related to which of the following fields?

1. Singing
2. Tennis
3. Medicine
4. Badminton

Ans. :- (A) Singing

(Q.10) Who is among the 17 journalists from 14 countries who are being presented the Deutsche Welle’s Freedom of Speech Award 2020?

1. Ravish Kumar
2. Sudhir Chaudhary
3. Karan Thapar
4. Siddharth Varadarajan

Ans. :- (D) Siddharth Varadarajan

(Q.11) Juvvadi Ratnakar Rao passed away in May 2020. He was related to which of the following fields?

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

Ans. :- (B) Politics

(Q.12) In a record time of how many days has the CSIR – National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) Bangalore developed a Non Invasive BiPAP Ventilator?

1. 24
2. 36
3. 40
4. 48

Ans. :- (B) 36

(Q.13) The Home Minister of which state has launched country’s first-ever ‘FIR Aapke Dwar Yojana’ in May 2020?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Punjab
4. Uttar Pradesh

Ans. :- (A) Madhya Pradesh

(Q.14) In which city, the home deliveries have been mandatorily made cashless from 15 May 2020?

1. Bhopal
2. Chennai
3. Ahmedabad
4. Pune

Ans. :- (C) Ahmedabad

(Q.15) Raja Rangappa Naik passed away in May 2020. He was related to which of the following fields?

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

Ans. :- (B) Politics