Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2020

31. What is the name of the rural public work scheme, to be launched by the Prime Minister, to help migrant workers?

[A] Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan
[B] Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Abhiyan
[C] Rojgar Protsahan Yojana
[D] Pradhan Mantri Shramik Abhiyan

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32.
Who is the author of the book titled ‘Klara and the Sun’ that was seen in news recently?

[A] Kazuo Ishiguro
[B] Margaret Atwood
[C] Bernardine Evaristo
[D] Salman Rushdie

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33. The Kodumanal excavation, that has revealed the belief of afterlife in megalithic culture, is carried out in which Indian state/UT?

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

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34. Vidyaben Shah, who passed away recently, was associated with which field?

[A] Politics
[B] Social work
[C] Sports
[D] Literature

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35. What is ‘Dhruva’, that has been developed by researchers and students of IIT-Bombay?

[A] Personal Protective Equipment
[B] COVID-19 Test Kit
[C] Receiver chip for NAVIC
[D] Microprocessor

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36. Which is the first country in Europe to successfully conduct its national elections, amidst Covid-19 pandemic?

[A] France
[B] Serbia
[C] Germany
[D] Italy

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37. Which country warned against the renaming of the Senkaku islands by Japan?
[A] South Korea
[B] North Korea
[C] China
[D] Taiwan

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38. Which Indian has won the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade?
[A] Amartya Sen
[B] Raghuram Rajan
[C] Urjit Patel
[D] Manmohan Singh

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39. Which company is ranked first in the list of India’s Best Companies to Work for – 2020 by the Great Place to Work Institute?

[A] CISCO
[B] Intuit India
[C] DHL Express (India)
[D] Bajaj FinServ

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40. Which Indian state conducted Elephant census and announced that it has increased the elephant count to 352?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Arunachal Pradesh

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