Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. Which Union Ministry organised an IDEAthon on ‘The future of River Management’, to discuss the strategies to river management?
[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
[C] Ministry of Tribal Affairs
[D] Ministry of Jal Shakti

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12. Kashmir saffron has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Which country is the largest producer of saffron in the world?
[A] India
[B] Iran
[C] Saudi Arabia
[D] Taiwan

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13. Who has received the Department of Science and Technology’s (DST) Young Career Award in Nano Science and Technology for the year 2020?

[A] Saurabh Lodha
[B] Dar Yasin
[C] Mukhtar Khan
[D] Channi Anand

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14. Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJK) has started to accept orders for medicines on WhatsApp. PMBJK functions under which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
[B] Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
[C] Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
[D] Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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15. Who has been reappointed as the chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee?
[A] Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
[B] Mallikarjun Kharge
[C] Anurag Thakur
[D] Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

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16. International Day of Vesak, commemorated on May 7 globally, is associated with which spiritual leader?

[A] Mahavir
[B] Buddha
[C] Guru Nanak
[D] Guru Gobind Singh

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17. Based on the recommendation of which committee, the Defence Ministry approved the abolition of 9304 posts in the Military Engineering Service?
[A] Lt Gen Shekatkar
[B]

Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar
[C] Lt Gen PC Thimmaya
[D] Lt Gen CB Ponnappa

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18. United Nations Environment Programme extended the term of which Indian personality as its Goodwill ambassador?
[A] Deepika Padukone
[B] Virat Kohli
[C] Dia Mirza
[D] Vidya Balan

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19. The Union Defence Ministry has signed a contract with which power firm of India for infrastructure modernisation of airfields?

[A] PowerGrid corporation
[B] Tata Power
[C] JSW Energy
[D] Adani Power

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20. Who was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize, for founding International Red Cross Movement?

[A] Henri Dunant
[B] Sully Prudhomme
[C] Wilhelm Roentgen

[D] Jacobus van ‘t Hoff

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