Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2020

21. 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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22. SAMARTH (Enterprises Resource Planning) is a e-governance platform, launched by which Union Ministry?
[A] Ministry of MSME
[B] Ministry of Human and Resource Development
[C] Ministry of Defence
[D] Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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23. Which global organisation signed a USD 145 million agreement with the Government of India and West Bengal?
[A] World Bank
[B] Asian Development Bank
[C] Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
[D] International Monetary Fund

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24. ‘Families in Development: Copenhagen & Beijing + 25’ is the theme of which special day, celebrated by United Nations?
[A] International Day of Families
[B] International Day of Growth and Development
[C] International Migrants Day
[D] International Day of Migrant Families

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25. ‘Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana’ is an initiative of which Indian state/UT?

[A] Punjab
[B] Puducherry
[C] Chhattisgarh
[D] Rajasthan

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26. Who is the Chairperson of the Committee of Experts (CoE), whose recommendations on Defence Reforms have been accepted and implemented?

[A] Lt Gen D B Shekatkar
[B] Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain
[C] Lt Gen Surinder Singh
[D] Lt Gen Gurmit Singh

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27. Which country’s cabinet has approved their new political map that included Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura?

[A] China
[B] Nepal
[C] Afghanistan
[D] Thailand

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28. How many cities of the country were given the ‘five-star garbage-free’ tag, under the garbage-free star rating for the cities?

[A] Four
[B] Six
[C] Ten
[D] Fifteen

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29. Who has been conferred with the 2019 Alexander Dalrymple Award for his contribution to Indian hydrography?

[A] R K S Bhaduaria
[B] Vinay Badhwar
[C] Ashok Kumar
[D] Krishnaswamy Natarajan

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30. Who has been appointed as the President of the Indian Steel Association (ISA)?
[A] Dilip Oommen
[B] Sajjan Jindal
[C] C S Verma
[D] Lakshmi Mittal

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