Current Affairs Quiz - November, 2020

41. What is the theme of the National Pharmacy Week (NPW) 2020?
[A] Pharmacists: Frontline Health Professionals
[B] Covid-19 Warriors
[C] Responsible Pharmacy
[D] Ethical Pharmacy

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42. Which organisation announced to ship 2 billion Covid vaccines to developing countries in 2021, as a part of COVAX initiative?
[A] UNICEF
[B] World Bank
[C] World Economic Forum
[D] International Monetary Fund

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43. As of 2020, which Indian company has received the biggest-ever investment of Google?
[A] Jio Platforms
[B] Avenue Supermarkets
[C] Future Group
[D] HCL

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44. Which billionaire became the world’s second-richest person in November 2020?
[A] Bill Gates
[B] Elon Musk
[C] Jeff Bezos
[D] Warren Buffet

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45. As per a recent report by Transparency International, which is considered as the biggest problem, by around 75% of Asian respondents?
[A] Population
[B] Corruption
[C] Unemployment
[D] Poverty

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46. Which organisation released USD 25 million from its emergency fund to support women-led organisations fighting gender-based violence?
[A] United Nations
[B] World Economic Forum
[C] Asian Development Bank
[D] World Bank

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47. November 26 is celebrated as the National Milk Day, to commemorate the birth anniversary of which Indian personality?
[A] Verghese Kurian
[B] P C Mahalanobis
[C] M S Swaminathan
[D] C N R Rao

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48. Which country is set to impose a new competition regime next year to curb dominance of Google and Facebook?
[A] China
[B] India
[C] United Kingdom
[D] Germany

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49. Which Indian industrialist is known as the ‘Father of Indian IT Industry’?
[A] Faqir Chand Kohli
[B] Azim Premji
[C] Dhirubai Ambani
[D] N R Narayana Murthy

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50. Which country has decided to re-introduce tax on big Digital firms like Facebook, Amazon, Google?
[A] India
[B] France
[C] Germany
[D] China

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