Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2020

11. Which state has topped the country in micro-irrigation coverage in the financial year 2019-20?

[A] Punjab
[B] Rajasthan
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Gujarat

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12. What is the brand name of the rapid antibody diagnostic kit for COVID-19, developed by the state-owned enterprise, HLL Lifecare Limited?

[A] TestSure
[B] MakeSure
[C] CheckSure
[D] CovidSure

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13. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has partnered with which international organisation to promote a digital campaign on Social Distancing, for Self Help Groups (SHGs)?
[A] ILO
[B] UNICEF
[C] UNESCO
[D] World Bank

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14. What is the name of the campaign launched by the Ministry of HRD, for crowd sourcing of ideas to improve online education ecosystem of India?
[A] Bharat Padhe Online
[B] Bharat Idea Online
[C] Bharat Shiksha Online
[D] India Studies Online

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15. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given approval to plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatment to Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST). The institution is located in which state?

[A] Telangana
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Kerala
[D] Karnataka

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16. As per the recent notification from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which industry has been exempted from the lockdown?

[A] Coal Mining
[B] Fishing and Aquaculture
[C] Textile
[D] Automobile

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17. Former CMD of National Housing Bank, RV Verma has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of AU Small Finance Bank. Which is the headquarters of AU Small Finance Bank?

[A] New Delhi
[B] Jaipur
[C] Bengaluru
[D] Kochi

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18. National Safe Motherhood Day is celebrated on April 11. Which scheme was launched in 2011, to encourage institutional deliveries?

[A] Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram
[B] Janani Suraksha Yojana
[C] Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
[D] Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

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19. On 13 April, the country paid tributes to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. In which year did the massacre take place?

[A] 1914
[B] 1916
[C] 1919
[D] 1929

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20. What is the name of the design software system jointly launched by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog and National Informatics Centre (NIC)?

[A] SoftCAD
[B] CollabCAD
[C] NetCAD
[D] AtalCAD

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