Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2020

11. Representatives of SAARC had a discussion impact of Covid-19 situation on intra-regional trade through video-conferencing. How many member countries are present in SAARC bloc?

[A] Five
[B] Seven
[C] Eight
[D] Ten

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12. April 9 is celebrated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as which day?

[A] Anti-Doping Day
[B] Play True Day
[C] Fair Play Day
[D] World Play Day

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13. Masatsugu Asakawa is the President of which international financial institution, which has also assured $2.2 billion assistance to India?

[A] World Economic Forum
[B] World Bank
[C] Asian Development Bank
[D] BRICS Bank

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14. IIT-Ropar has developed a technology to sanitise groceries and currency notes from Covid-19. In which state is the institution located?

[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Punjab
[C] Odisha
[D] Bihar

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15. 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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16. National Commission for Women (NCW) launches WhatsApp number to report cases of domestic violence. Where is the Headquarters of NCW located?

[A] Lucknow
[B] New Delhi
[C] Nagpur
[D] Mumbai

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17. 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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18. 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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19. A new initiative titled ‘Food Bank’, has been launched in which Indian state to provide free food to the poor and needy, amidst the lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic?

[A] Assam
[B] Kerala
[C] Manipur
[D] Odisha

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20. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has announced a challenge to develop Video conferencing solution, under which scheme?

[A] Start-up India
[B] Digital India
[C] MUDRA
[D] Smart cities scheme

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