Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. Coir Board signed a MoU with which institute, to establish a Centre of Excellence for Coir Applications?

[A] IISc, Bengaluru
[B] IIT, Madras
[C] IIT, Delhi
[D] IIT, Mumbai

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12. The Suraksha Store initiative has been launched by which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Consumer Affairs
[C] Ministry of Finance
[D] Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

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13. Which Indian sportsperson is set to take charge as the President of the Paralympic Committee of India?

[A] Devendra Jhajharia
[B] Deepa Malik
[C] Mariyappan Thangavelu
[D] Varun Singh Bhati

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14. What is the theme of the International Nurses Day 2020?

[A] Nursing the World to Health
[B] Honour the Nurses
[C] Nurses are Warriors
[D] Nursing the Globe

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15. Betty Wright, who recently passed away, was associated with which profession?

[A] Sportsperson
[B] Singer
[C] Politician
[D] Scientist

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16. 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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17. Which city is the venue of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit 2020?

[A] St. Petersburg
[B] Moscow
[C] Beijing
[D] New Delhi

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18. Ecowrap, that was recently in news, is the research report of which institution?

[A] Reserve Bank of India
[B] State Bank of India
[C] Securities Exchange Board of India
[D] NITI Aayog

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19. Who represented India in the G-20 Virtual Trade and Investment Ministers Meeting through Video-conferencing?
[A] Nirmala Sitharaman
[B] Piyush Goyal
[C] S Jai Shankar
[D] Amit Shah

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20. Which global organisation has approved USD 1 billion ‘Accelerating India’s COVID-19 Social Protection Response Program’?
[A] World Bank
[B] International Monetary Fund
[C] Asian Development Bank
[D] New Development Bank

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