Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. Which chess player won the recently held $250,000 online chess tournament, considered to be the richest so far?

[A] Hikaru Nakamura
[B] Viswanathan Anand
[C] Magnus Carlsen
[D] Alireza Firouzja

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12. Which global organisation has recognised the advisories released by two institutes of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)?

[A] World Economic Forum
[B] World Bank
[C] Food and Agricultural Organisation
[D] World Food Program

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13. Which Indian state/UT has launched ‘Pravasi Rahat Mitra’ application, developed in collaboration with UNDP, to aid incoming migrant citizens?
[A] Odisha
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Bihar

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14. World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN’s postal agency have released a commemorative postage stamp on the anniversary of the eradication of which disease?

[A] Malaria
[B] Cholera
[C] Smallpox
[D] Measles

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15. What is ‘HR 6819’, that has been discovered by the European Southern Observatory (ESO)?

[A] Galaxy
[B] Black hole
[C] Star
[D] Exo-planet

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16. Which official index of India recently declined sharply to 16.5% in the month of March, 2020?
[A] Consumer Price Index
[B] Index of Industrial Production
[C] Wholesale Price Index
[D] Net national Income

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17. Which bureaucrat has been appointed as the new chief of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)?

[A] V. Vidyavathi
[B] P K Sharma
[C] I V Subba Rao
[D] Nripendra Misra

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18. What is the liquidity infusion fund allotted for DISCOMs (Distribution Companies), in the recent economic stimulus package?
[A] ₹50000 Crore
[B] ₹75000 Crore
[C] ₹90000 Crore
[D] ₹1 lakh Crore

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19. Which state has commenced training for primary schoolteachers via its KITE Victers channel?

[A] Karnataka
[B] Kerala
[C] Jammu &Kashmir
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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20. As per the revised definition of MSMEs, which criterion has been added along with investment?

[A] Annual Turn over
[B] Capital
[C] Net Profit
[D] Gross Profit

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