Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2020

11. Which Union Ministry has launched the revised version of Swachhata App to handle queries specific to COVID 19?
[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
[C] Ministry of Human Resource Development
[D] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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12. Chris Cassidy, who has been making news recently, is associated with which profession?

[A] Sportsperson
[B] Astronaut
[C] Virologist
[D] Economist

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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. The Centre has removed the customs duty and health cess on the import of medical equipment related to COVID-19 till which month of 2020?

[A] June
[B] August
[C] September
[D] December

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15. 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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16. Anak Krakatau volcano which was recently seen erupting ash and lava continuously, is located in which country?
[A] Philippines
[B] Indonesia
[C] New Zealand
[D] Australia

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17. As per a recent survey released by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), incomes of about 85% of households in which state/UT have been impacted by Covid-19?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Delhi NCR
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Uttar Pradesh

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18. 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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19. In the webinar series ‘DekhoApnaDesh’ launched by the Ministry of Tourism, which city was covered in the first webinar?

[A] Mumbai
[B] Delhi
[C] Kolkata
[D] Ahmedabad

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20. ‘World Economic Outlook (WEO)’ is the flagship report of which international institution, that recently lowered India’s growth to 1.9 % in 2020-21?
[A] World Bank
[B] Asian Development Bank
[C] International Monetary Fund
[D] United Nations

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