Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. What is the permitted stay period of an individual in India, to be included as a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), in context of tax calculation?

[A] 60 days
[B] 90 days
[C] 120 days
[D] 150 days

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12. 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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13. 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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14. Which Indian state/UT has launched the new initiative ‘FIR Aapke Dwar Yojana’?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Punjab
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Maharashtra

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15. How many mandis (markets) are to be integrated with eNAM platform before May 15, as per the target of Agriculture Ministry?

[A] 500
[B] 750
[C] 1000
[D] 2000

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16. Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), that was seen in news, is an autonomous organisation of which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of Culture
[B] Ministry of External Affairs
[C] Ministry of Home Affairs
[D] Ministry of Tourism

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17. 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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18. 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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19. Which is the venue of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, that has been rescheduled for February-March 2021?

[A] Brazil
[B] India
[C] Japan
[D] China

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20. 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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