Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

11. Rebate of State Levies (ROSL) Scheme, which was seen in news recently, was launched to support which sector?
[A] Food Processing
[B] Textile
[C] Chemical and Fertiliser
[D] Automobile

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12. Who are the beneficiaries of YSR Matsyakara Bharosa scheme of Andhra Pradesh government?

[A] Fishermen Families
[B] School-going children of fishermen
[C] Women in Fishermen families
[D] Individual Fishermen

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13. 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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14. Which state government has raised the retirement age of government employees to 59 from 58?

[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] Odisha
[C] Tamil Nadu
[D] Kerala

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15. Which international rating agency has projected zero economic growth for India in the year 2020-21?
[A] S&P
[B] Moody’s Investor Service
[C] CRISIL
[D] Fitch Ratings

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16. 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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17. World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN’s postal agency have released a commemorative postage stamp on the anniversary of the eradication of which disease?

[A] Malaria
[B] Cholera
[C] Smallpox
[D] Measles

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18. Hari Shankar Vasudevan, who passed away recently, was associated with which profession?

[A] Sportsperson
[B] Historian
[C] Healthcare Worker
[D] Politician

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19. Which Indian state witnessed the death of as many as 13000 pigs due to the outbreak of African swine fever (AFS)?

[A] Himachal Pradesh
[B] Assam
[C] West Bengal
[D] Bihar

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20. Which Indian state/UT has launched the new initiative ‘FIR Aapke Dwar Yojana’?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Punjab
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Maharashtra

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