Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

21. The TVS group and the Sundaram Medical Foundation collaborated with which institution to develop a respiratory device called ‘The Sundaram Ventago’?

[A] AIIMS
[B] IISC
[C] IIT-Madras
[D] IIT-Guwahati

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22. The national public health institute of which country has committed $3.6 million to assist India’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic?

[A] China
[B] South Korea
[C] Germany
[D] United States

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23. New Development Bank provided $1 billion loan to India recently. Where is the headquarters of the Bank located?

[A] Shangai
[B] Moscow
[C] Brasilia
[D] Cape Town

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24. Which bureaucrat has been appointed as the new chief of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)?

[A] V. Vidyavathi
[B] P K Sharma
[C] I V Subba Rao
[D] Nripendra Misra

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25. Which organisation released a report titled ‘Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 (FRA 2020)’?
[A] World Food Programme
[B] Food and Agriculture Organization
[C] International Fund for Agricultural Development
[D] World Wide Fund for Nature

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26. Which state has commenced training for primary schoolteachers via its KITE Victers channel?

[A] Karnataka
[B] Kerala
[C] Jammu &Kashmir
[D] Andhra Pradesh

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27. ‘HOPE’ – Helping Out People Everywhere, portal is an initiative of which Indian state?
[A] Odisha
[B] Uttarakhand
[C] Punjab
[D] Kerala

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28. What is the name of the Padma Bhushan awardee and veteran national Professor of Bangladesh, who passed away recently?
[A] Debesh Roy
[B] Khalid Mahmood
[C] Anisuzzaman
[D] Gurdas Singh Badal

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29. CAMPA Funds, that was seen in the economic stimulus package, is associated with which Union Ministry?

[A] Ministry of Finance
[B] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
[C] Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
[D] Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

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30. What is ‘Sachet’, that was recently commissioned by the Indian Coast Guard?

[A] Interceptor Boat
[B] Ship
[C] Submarine
[D] Chopper

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