Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. A national e-commerce marketplace ‘Bharatmarket’, is to be launched by which confederation of India?

[A] Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
[B] Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT)
[C] Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
[D] National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM)

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12. Who represented India in the Extraordinary Virtual G20 Digital Economy Ministers meeting held amid the Covid-19 pandemic?

[A] Piyush Goyal
[B] Nirmala Sitharaman
[C] Ravi Shankar Prasad
[D] Prakash Javadekar

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13. Kashmir saffron has received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Which country is the largest producer of saffron in the world?
[A] India
[B] Iran
[C] Saudi Arabia
[D] Taiwan

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14. As per the recent report of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), which area of the country recorded maximum unemployment rate after Covid-19?

[A] Rural areas
[B] Urban areas
[C] Semi-urban areas
[D] Hilly areas

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15. 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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16. ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national anthem of Bangladesh, was written by which Indian poet, whose birth anniversary is celebrated on May 7?

[A] Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
[B] Rabindranath Tagore
[C] Aurobindo Ghosh
[D] Munshi Premchand

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17. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who was seen in news recently, is the new Prime Minister of which country?

[A] Iraq
[B] Iran
[C] Israel
[D] Oman

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18. Project CARD, that was seen in news recently, is associated with the launching of which product?

[A] Temporary PDS card
[B] Covid-19 Testing kit
[C] Temporary AADHAR card
[D] Face Masks for Doctors

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19. Which Indian state/UT supplies the majority of jute bags used in packaging, across the country?

[A] Assam
[B] West Bengal
[C] Kerala
[D] Tamil Nadu

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20. Which state-owned institution has approved the project for developing ‘Human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs)’ that can neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus?

[A] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR
[B] S.N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
[C] Agharkar Research Institute
[D] Institute of Nano Science and Technology

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