Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2020

41. Which country is ranked first for the fourth time in a row, in ‘The World Press Freedom Index 2020’?

[A] Switzerland
[B] Singapore
[C] Norway
[D] Sweden

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42. Who is the head of the recently reconstituted National Shipping Board?

[A] Malini Shankar
[B] Abdulgani Serang
[C] Amar Singh Thakur
[D] Anil Devli

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43. Which UN agency released a report, which says that the repayments of developing countries on their public external debt will create a great economic stress

[A] UNIDO
[B] UNCTAD
[C] IMF
[D] ILO

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44. What is the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act passed by the Parliament on April 24 1992 related to?
[A] Right to Education
[B] Constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj Institutions
[C] Providing legislative assembly and council of ministers for NCT of Delhi
[D] Implement Tenth Finance Commission recommendation

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45. As per the recent announcement from the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, what is the objective of the Rs 1 trillion fund, proposed to be set up by the Government?

[A] Developing Health infrastructure
[B] Repaying outstanding debts of MSMEs
[C] Bail-out package to MSMEs
[D] Insurance package to MSMEs

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46. Which state has launched a scheme to provide loans to the women Self Help Groups (SHGs) of the state at zero per cent interest?

[A] Kerala
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Odisha

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47. Which IT firm of India has launched an online self-certification course for frontline health workers, named ‘Corona Warriors’?

[A] Wipro
[B] Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
[C] Infosys
[D] HCL Technologies

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48. Which rating agency recently estimated that the total loss for India due to lock-down would be Rs 10 lakh crore or Rs 7,000 per person, in 2020-21?
[A] CRISIL
[B] Ind-Ra
[C] S&P
[D] Fitch Solutions

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49. Which Indian has featured in the top 20 global leaders of ‘Medicine Maker Power List 2020’?

[A] Pankaj Patel
[B] Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
[C] Ajay Piramal
[D] Dilip Shanghvi

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50. ‘KARMI-Bot’, which was seen in news recently, is a robot deployed in the Government Hospital of which state?

[A] Maharashtra
[B] Kerala
[C] Odisha
[D] Telangana

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