08 & 09 June 2020 Current Affairs Quiz

Daily Current Affairs Quiz

1) UN Russian Language Day is observed on which of the following date and coincides with the birthday of Russian Poet, Aleksandr Pushkin?

A) June 3
B) June 4
C) June 6
D) June 2

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Correct Answer is Option C

2) Ved Marwah who passed away recently was the Former Police Commissioner of which state/ UT ?

A) Haryana
B) Delhi
C) Chandigarh
D) Daman & Diu

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Correct Answer is Option B

3) World Brain Tumour Day which is observed annually on June 8 to raise awareness about brain tumor patients, started in which year ?

A) 2007
B) 2005
C) 2003
D) 2000

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Correct Answer is Option D

4) Who is the head of the task force constituted by the Government to examine maternal mortality rate and age of motherhood ?

A) Dipti Shah
B) Jaya Jaitly
C) Najma Akhtar
D) Ramesh Chand

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Correct Answer is Option B

5) HRD Minister has launched an information booklet ‘Safe online learning in the times of COVID-19’. NCERT has collaborated with which organisation for the joint development of this booklet ?

A) UNIDO
B) IMF
C) UNESCO
D) UNICEF

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Correct Answer is Option C

Current Affairs Quiz in Hindi


6) Nitin Gadkari has launched a national awareness campaign on Prevention of Human, Animal Mortality on Highways. It aims to reduce the accident figures by how much percent ?

A) 40 to 60 per cent
B) 30 to 50 per cent
C) 10 to 15 per cent
D) 20 to 25 per cent

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Correct Answer is Option C

7) Scientists at the ____________________ have developed the indigenous nasopharyngeal swabs for collecting samples from the throat cavity of COVID-19 patients.

A) CSIR-NEERI
B) CSIR-CDRI
C) CSIR-NCL
D) CSIR-CCMB

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Correct Answer is Option C

8) Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of IIFL Finance ?

A) MS Dhoni
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Virat Kohli

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Correct Answer is Option C

9) Who has become the only Indian to bag the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award ?

A) Manoj Vajapayee
B) Anupam Kher
C) Naseerudin Shah
D) Javed Akhtar

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Correct Answer is Option D

10) Researchers at which of the following institute have developed a low cost Artificial Intelligence-based test kit for COVID-19 ?

A) IIT Ropar
B) IIT Madras
C) CSIR Pune
D) IIT Hyderabad

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Correct Answer is Option D

11) World Food Safety Day is celebrated every year on which date to draw global attention to the health consequences of contaminated food and water ?

A) June 3
B) June 5
C) June 2
D) June 7

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Correct Answer is Option D

12) RIL has raised Rs 4,546.80 Cr from which company from a sale of further 0.93 percent stake taking the cumulative fundraising to Rs 92,202 crore ?

A) Apollo Management
B) General Atlantic
C) Silver Lake
D) Facebook

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Correct Answer is Option C

13) Which of the following institution has developed a machine in which products can be sterilised using UV rays ?

A) IIT-Madras
B) IIT-Ropar
C) IIT-Delhi
D) IIT-Kanpur

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Correct Answer is Option B

Current Affairs Quiz in Hindi


14) ARCI has developed Rare earth based magnetocaloric material for the treatment of which of the following disease ?

A) Alzheimer
B) HIV
C) Covid-19
D) Cancer

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Correct Answer is Option D

15) Which of the following state has reported the maximum cases of poaching of Tigers in the country ?

A) Punjab
B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Assam
D) Maharashtra

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Correct Answer is Option D

16) What is the theme of World Oceans Day observed annually on June 8th ?

A) Save oceans for us
B) Clean and Green Ocean
C) Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean
D) Towards a cleaner ocean

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Correct Answer is Option C

17) Anil Suri who passed away after Covid-19 infection was related with which of the following field ?

A) Teaching
B) Academics
C) Sports
D) Film Industry

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Correct Answer is Option D

18) Former Santosh Trophy player Hamza Koya who passed away in Kerala after Covid-19 infection played which sport ?

A) Kabaddi
B) Badminton
C) Hockey
D) Cricket

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Correct Answer is Option C

19) World Pest Day is observed annually on which date to raise awareness of how pest management helps preserve the quality of life for you ?

A) June 5
B) June 3
C) June 2
D) June 6

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Correct Answer is Option D

20) Which organisation/ institution has signed an MoU with Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) to tackle space debris and cooperate in the field of astrophysics and space awareness ?

A) HAL
B) CSIR-Pune
C) ISRO
D) IIT-Madras

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Correct Answer is Option C

21) The 2020 World Archery Field Championships have been postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19. There were scheduled to be held in which country ?

A) New Zealand
B) US
C) Sweden
D) China

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Correct Answer is Option B

22) Who has been appointed as a non-executive chairman to the board of L&T  ?

A) Shailendra Roy
B) S N Subrahmanyan
C) Shankar Raman
D) AM Naik

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Correct Answer is Option D