Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. Who has been appointed as a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India, who also took over as the Economic Affairs Secretary recently?
[A] Tarun Bajaj
[B] Preeti Sudan
[C] Arvind Kumar Sharma
[D] Rajesh Bhushan

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12. NADA, a national organisation under the Ministry of Sports is set conduct its disciplinary hearings online. What does D stand for in NADA?

[A] Direct
[B] Doping
[C] Disciplinary
[D] Delhi

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13. 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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14. The strategically important Ghatiabagar-Lipulekh motor road, that was inaugurated recently, is located in which state?

[A] Sikkim
[B] Arunachal Pradesh
[C] Uttarakhand
[D] Himachal Pradesh

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15. The India International Exchange Limited (India INX), that was seen in news recently, is a subsidiary of which Indian stock exchange?

[A] National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)
[B] Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
[C] Calcutta Stock Exchange
[D] United Stock Exchange of India

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16. The Union Defence Ministry has signed a contract with which power firm of India for infrastructure modernisation of airfields?

[A] PowerGrid corporation
[B] Tata Power
[C] JSW Energy
[D] Adani Power

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17. Who was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize, for founding International Red Cross Movement?

[A] Henri Dunant
[B] Sully Prudhomme
[C] Wilhelm Roentgen

[D] Jacobus van ‘t Hoff

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18. ‘Mission Sagar’ the outreach initiative launched by India covers how many countries?

[A] Two
[B] Four
[C] Five
[D] Seven

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19. Defence Research Ultraviolet Sanitiser (DRUVS), that was seen in news recently, is developed by which organisation?

[A] DRDO
[B] BHEL
[C] HAL
[D] BEL

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20. As per the recent data released by the Registrar General of India in its SRS bulletin, which state has the worst infant mortality rate in the country?
[A] Bihar
[B] Uttar Pradesh
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Haryana

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