Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. What is the name of the operation launched by the Indian Navy, to repatriate the Indian citizens stranded in other countries?
[A] Samudra Setu
[B] Welcome Back
[C] Navy Setu
[D] Samudra Shakti

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12. ‘Toman’, which was in news recently, is the newly proposed currency of which country?

[A] Venezuela
[B] Iran
[C] Bolivia
[D] Marshall Islands

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13. ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national anthem of Bangladesh, was written by which Indian poet, whose birth anniversary is celebrated on May 7?

[A] Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
[B] Rabindranath Tagore
[C] Aurobindo Ghosh
[D] Munshi Premchand

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14. 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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15. Project CARD, that was seen in news recently, is associated with the launching of which product?

[A] Temporary PDS card
[B] Covid-19 Testing kit
[C] Temporary AADHAR card
[D] Face Masks for Doctors

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16. Which state-owned institution has approved the project for developing ‘Human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs)’ that can neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

[A] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR
[B] S.N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
[C] Agharkar Research Institute
[D] Institute of Nano Science and Technology

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17. Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS), that was seen in news recently, is developed by which organisation?

[A] DRDO
[B] BHEL
[C] HAL
[D] BEL

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18. As per the new guidelines issued regarding the Aarogya Setu app, what is the maximum number of days the data can be stored?

[A] 120
[B] 150
[C] 180
[D] 200

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19. The national public health institute of which country has committed $3.6 million to assist India’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic?

[A] China
[B] South Korea
[C] Germany
[D] United States

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20. What is the quantum of the special economic package “Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan” announced by the Government of India?

[A] Rs. 5 lakh crore
[B] Rs. 10 lakh crore
[C] Rs. 20 lakh crore
[D] Rs. 30 lakh crore

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