Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. As per the recent judgement of the Supreme Court, which category of banks may also be included under SARFAESI Act?

[A] Regional Rural Banks
[B] Cooperative Banks
[C] Small Finance Banks
[D] Local Area Banks

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12. 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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13. What is the objective of the “Vande Bharat Mission”, that was seen in news recently?

[A] Testing more samples for Covid-19
[B] Using AYUSH medicines
[C] Evacuating Indian citizens stranded abroad
[D] Educating people about sanitation

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14. As per the recent report of the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which areas of the country comprised of the highest number of Internet users?

[A] Metropolitan Areas
[B] Urban Areas
[C] Semi-urban Areas
[D] Rural Areas

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15. 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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16. The first high-level foreign dignitary to travel to India after Covid-19 restrictions, Zalmay Khalilzad, was the special envoy of which country?
[A] Afghanistan
[B] United States
[C] Pakistan
[D] Iran

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17. 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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18. The phenomenon ‘Arribada’, that was seen in news recently, is associated with which species?

[A] Snake
[B] Spider
[C] Turtle
[D] Fish

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19. ‘Mission Sagar’ the outreach initiative launched by India covers how many countries?

[A] Two
[B] Four
[C] Five
[D] Seven

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20. Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) is an organisation under which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Defence
[B] Ministry of Home Affairs
[C] Ministry of Law and Justice
[D] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

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