Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. According to the recent survey conducted by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), which state recorded the highest unemployment rate in April 2020?

[A] Telangana
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Bihar
[D] Punjab

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12. What is the name of the mobile application launched by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), to connect farmers to supply chain?
[A] Kisan Rath
[B] Kisan Sabha
[C] Kisan Suraksha
[D] Kisan Samriddhi

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13. Chakmas and Hajongs communities, which were seen in news recently, are present in which Indian state/UT?
[A] Arunachal Pradesh
[B] Sikkim
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Chhattisgarh

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14. GARUD (Government Authorisation for Relief Using Drones) portal, which was seen in news recently, was launched by which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Defence
[B] Ministry of Home Affairs
[C] Ministry of Civil Aviation
[D] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

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15. ‘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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16. ‘Ayush Kavach-Covid’, an application developed the Ministry of AYUSH, has been launched by which Indian state/UT?
[A] Madhya Pradesh
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Haryana
[D] Bihar

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17. 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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18. Among the Road and infrastructure cess and the Special additional excise duty that were recently hiked by the Centre, which one is passed to the states through devolution?

[A] Road and infrastructure cess
[B] Special additional excise duty
[C] Both of them
[D] None of them

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19. International Day of Vesak, commemorated on May 7 globally, is associated with which spiritual leader?

[A] Mahavir
[B] Buddha
[C] Guru Nanak
[D] Guru Gobind Singh

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20. What is the name of the application launched by the AYUSH Ministry as a part of the launch of clinical research on Ayurveda interventions?

[A] AYUSH Raksha
[B] AYUSH Sanjivani
[C] AYUSH Suraksha
[D] AYUSH Shakti

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