Thursday 14 May 2020

Top 15+ Current Affairs Questions and answers.



 Current Affairs Questions



Q 1) In India, 7 May 2020 was observed as Vesak Day to mark the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha. He gave his first sermon at ________.
A.Vaishali
B.Sarnath
C.Lumbini
D.Gaya

●Vesak,also known as Buddha Jayanti commemorates the birth,enlightenment (Buddhahood),and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha.
●This year Vesak day falls on 7th may in India.
●He gave his first sermon at Sarnath near Varanasi.
Gautama Buddha

•Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha at Lumbini near Kapilavastu (in present Nepal) in 566 BC.
•He left his home at the age of 29 to become an ascetic.
•Buddha wandered for seven years and at the age of 35 attained enlightenment at Uruvela while meditating under a banyan tree on the banks of the river Niranjana. This tree came to be known as ‘Bodhi tree’ and the place became Bodh Gaya (in Bihar).
•He gave his first sermon at Sarnath near Varanasi.
•He died in 483 BC under a Sal tree in Kushinagar (in UP). This event is called the Mahaparinirvana.

Q 2) Recently, Dalit Ezhil malaipassed away. He was a/an _________.

A.Journalist
B.Football player
C.Politician
D.Poet
Dalit Ezhilamalai 

●Former Union Minister Dalit Ezhilamalai passed away in Chennai.
●Ezhilamalai was a leader of the Pattali Makkal Katchi, and was Union Minister of State, Health and Family  Welfare (Independent Charge) during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government in 1998–99.


Q 3) Which of the following Indian Navy Ship reached Male for evacuation of Indian Nationals?
A.INS Shardul
B.INS Vajra
C.INS Saathi
D.INS Jalashwa

   Indian Navy Ship INS Jalashwa has reached Male for evacuation of Indian Nationals as part of Samudra Setu program.
  The ship will leave for Kochi carry in garound 700 indians.

Q 4) Indian government has started one of the largest evacuation exercises named as ________  to  bring home nearly. 14,800 Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown.
A.Watan Wapsi
B.Vande Bharat Mission
C.Operation Thunderbolt
D.Operation Shanti Doot

●In one of the largest evacuation exercises named the Vande Bharat Mission, the government will operate 64 flights till May 13 to bring home nearly 14,800 Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown.
●The preparations for the operation have commenced and also urged the stranded individuals to stay in touch with the Indian embassies in their countries.

Q 5) Private schools in which of the following Indian state’s Private schools decided to reduce fees by 50% during the lockdown period?
A.Rajasthan
B.Maharashtra
C.Mizoram
D.Manipur

●In Mizoram,all private schools have decided to reduce the school fees from the students by 50% during the lockdown period.
●This is also resolved that those schools,which have already taken full monthly fees from the students for April,will not charge fees for the month of May.

Q 6) Tripura government has launched an online portal scholarships.gov.in under ‘Mukhyamantra Yuba Yogayog Yojana’ to provide________ to youths who are in final year in colleges or Universities as a grant for Smartphones.
A.Rs3,000
B.Rs5,000
C.Rs6,000
D.Rs8,000

●Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has launched an online portal scholarships.gov.in under ‘Mukhyamantri Yuba Yogayog Yojana’.
●Under the Yojana, the state government will provide Rs. 5,000 to 14,608 youths who are in final year in colleges or Universities as a grant for Smartphones.

Q 7) Who among the following took over as Director General Labour Bureau?
A.DPS Negi
A.Ajeet Mohan
B.Rahul Verma
C.Yash Desai

●Indian Economic Services officer DPS Negi took chargeas Director General of Labour Bureau in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
●The Labour Bureau collects and analyses data related to workers,employment,and retail inflation.
●Be sides Negi also assumed chargeas Senior Labour & Employment Advisor of the ministry.

Q 8) Recently, a biography has been published on the life of Vijyant Thapar. Vijyant Thapar was ________.
A.Former ISRO chief
B.Governor of Rajasthan
C.Indian Army officer
D.Bengali Poet

●Penguin Random House will publish the e-book titled as “Vijyant at Kargil: The Life of a Kargil Hero”.
●The book is“first-ever” biography giving a rare insight into the heart and mind of one of India’s bravest soldiers. 
●The book has been penned by Vijyant’s father Colonel VN Thapar and writer Neha Dwivedi, a martyr’s daughter herself.
●Captain Vijyant Thapar was only 22 when he was martyred in the Kargil war in 1999.

Q 9) In 2020, World Athletics Day was observed on ________.
A.05 May
B.06 May
C.07 May
D.08 May

●The World Athletics Day-2020 is observed on the 7 May.
●The date is subjected to change as IAAF decides the date every year, but the month remains the same which is May.

Q 10) Which of the following department has started referring to its meteorological sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir as “Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad”?
A.India Post
B.Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
C.Archaeological Survey of India
D.India Meteorological Department

●The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has started referring to its meteorological sub-division of Jammu and Kashmir as “Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzaffarabad”.
●Muzaffarabad is part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir while Gilgit-Baltistan is also under illegal Pakistani occupation.

India Meteorological Department
•The India Meteorological Department is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.
•It is the principal organization responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology.
•Headquarters location: New Delhi
•Founder: Government of India
•Founded: 1875

Q 11) The government has extended the last date for filing annual GST return for financial year 2018-19 till _________.
A.August 2020
B.July 2020
C.September 2020
D.November 2020

●The government has extended the last date for filing annual GST return for financial year 2018-19 by three months till September 2020.
●The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has also extended the validity of e-way bills that were generated on or before March 24, and had expiry between March 20 and April 15, 2020.

Q 12) Which of the following gas has leak from LG polymers plant in Visakhapatnam?
A.Methyl methacrylate
B.Cumenegas
C.Styrene gas
D.Ethylbenzenegas

●A gas leak at a polymer plant in Visakhapatnam has killed many people and forced the evacuation of thousands of people in the 3-kilometre radius.
●The leakage of styrene gas, which causes nausea and dizziness, took place early when the plant was preparing to resume production in view of the eased Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

Q 13) Sri ram Venkataraman has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of ________.
A.Amazon India
B.Flipkart
C.PayTm
D.State Bank of India

●Walmart-owned Flipkart has appointed Sriram Venkataraman as chief financial officer (CFO) for the commerce division (Flipkart and Myntra) of India's homegrown company.
●The announcement comes after Emily McNeal, who held the role of Flipkart Group CFO since September 2018, quit to return to the US to pursue a career opportunity outside the Walmart Group.

Q 14) Which of the following organisation has started 'Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan' to protect senior citizens during COVID-19?
A.Ministry of Human Resource Development
B. NITI Aayog
C. Reserve Bank of India
D. National Human Rights Commission of India

Q 15) Which of the following state government has launched an ‘Exit app’ for people who wanted to return to their native place?
A.Rajasthan
B. West Bengal
C. Nagaland
D. Kerala

Q 16) Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of Ratnakar Bank Limited (RBL)?
A.Ajeet Dubey
B.Manoj Chaudhary
C.Rajeev Desai
D.Deepak Kumar

Q 17) Who among the following has won the Young Career Award by the government for his work in nano science?
A.RavneetGill
B. Saurabh Lodha
C. Manohar Iyer
D. Puneet Pandey

Q 18) Recently Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been appointed as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. The Public Accounts Committee has ________ members.
A.11
B.19
C. 22
D. 27



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