Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. ‘Nigah’ is a new initiative of which state government, that aims to impart awareness among the family members of people coming from other states?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Odisha

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12. ‘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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13. 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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14. CSIR’s Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) has partnered with which Indian company to commercialise their FELUDA test kit?
[A] Tech Mahindra
[B] Larsen & Toubro
[C] Tata Sons
[D] Wipro

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15. 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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16. In the context of recent gas leakage incident at Visakhapatnam polymer plant, which gas was found to be leaked?

[A] Styrene
[B] Ethyl Benzene
[C] Toluene
[D] Xylene

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17. Humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HADR) outreach, that was seen in news recently, is a diplomatic initiative of which Armed Force of India?

[A] Indian Air Force
[B] Indian Coast Guard
[C] Indian Army
[D] Indian Navy

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18. 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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19. Where is the head-quarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) located?

[A] Rome
[B] Geneva
[C] Grand-Saconnex
[D] New York

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20. 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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