Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2020

41. According to the World Happiness Report 2020, which is the happiest country in the world?

[A] United States
[B] Norway
[C] Finland
[D] Switzerland

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42. ‘e-Night Beat Checking System’ is an initiative of which state government?

[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Uttarakhand

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43. Which state government approved distilleries to manufacture and supply sanitisers temporarily, amidst the coronavirus outbreak?

[A] Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
[B] Maharashtra
[C] Punjab
[D] Kerala

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44. Which organisation announced on World Water Day, that between 3.5 and 4.4 billion people in the world will live with limited access to water?

[A] Food And Agricultural Organisation
[B] United Nations
[C] World Food Programme
[D] World Wide Fund For Nature

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45. Whose death anniversary is celebrated as ‘the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims’?

[A] Monsignor Óscar Arnulfo Romero
[B] Rutilio Grande
[C] Nelson Mandela
[D] Abraham Lincoln

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46. ‘Clara’, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) bot, which helps to self-check COVID-19, is introduced by which country?

[A] United States
[B] China
[C] Russia
[D] Italy

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47. According to a recent study, the glaciers of which India state are losing mass faster than other parts of the Himalayas?

[A] Uttarakhand
[B] Sikkim
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Assam

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48. Which ratings agency has decreased India’s growth in 2020 to 2.5%, as per its Global Macro Outlook 2020-21 report?

[A] CRISIL
[B] S&P
[C] Moody’s Investors Service
[D] ICRA

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49. In the relief package announced by the centre, the women self-help groups (SHGs) will be given collateral-free loans up to Rs 20 lakh under which scheme?

[A] Deen Dayal National Livelihood Mission
[B] MUDRA Scheme
[C] Gram Swaraj Yojana
[D] Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana

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50. In the G-20’s first virtual summit, what is the stimulus package the member countries pledged to infuse into the global economy?

[A] $1 trillion
[B] $2 trillion
[C] $5 trillion
[D] $10 trillion

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