Daily Current Affairs Quiz 18th April 2020

Daily Current Affairs Quiz

1) What is the theme of the International Day For Monuments and Sites celebrated annually on 18th April ?

A) Shared culture, heritage and values
B) Preserving our heritage
C) Knowing our heritage and culture
D) Shared Cultures, Shared Heritage, Shared Responsibility

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Correct Answer is Option D

2) Saharai Oram who passed away recently was a former Cabinet minister. He represented which political party?

A) CPI-M
B) Congress
C) AIADMK
D) JDU

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Correct Answer is Option D

3) A New pit viper named after Harry Potter character ‘Salazar Slytherin’ has been discovered in which state?

A) Mizoram
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Meghalaya

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Correct Answer is Option C

4) Name the app launched by the Central government to help farmers transport their agricultural and horticulture farm produce.

A) Krishi Train
B) Kisan Rath
C) Kisan Train
D) Krishi Sath

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Correct Answer is Option B

5) The government of which state has launched a website for Home Delivery Of Fruits and Vegetables amidst Lockdown ?

A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Delhi
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Kerala

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Correct Answer is Option C

6) Which institution has designed ‘WardBot’ to deliver food and medicines to Covid -19 patients in isolation wards without human intervention ?

A) IIT-Mandi
B) IIT-Bombay
C) IIT-Delhi
D) IIT -Ropar

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Correct Answer is Option D

7) Who is the author of the book Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu ?

A) Amulya Malladi
B) Gita Hariharan
C) Krishnaswamy V
D) Anita Nair

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Correct Answer is Option D

8) Luis Sepulveda who passed away at the age of 70 was an author belonging to which country ?

A) Costa Rica
B) Puerto Rico
C) Mexico
D) Chile

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Correct Answer is Option D

9) Name the institution which has introduced products to enhance operations at public places during the covid-19 pandemic.

A) IIT Bombay
B) IIT Delhi
C) IISER
D) DRDO

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Correct Answer is Option D

10) Which famous lawn tennis championship has been postponed until 2021 due to its scheduling conflict with the French Open championship ?

A) Hopman Cup
B) Laver Cup
C) Davis Cup
D) Fed Cup

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Correct Answer is Option B

11) Who has become the highest-ranked Indian table tennis player in the latest ranking of ITTF after surpassing G.Sathiyan?

A) Sutirtha Mukharjee
B) Anthony Amalraj
C) Manav Thakar
D) Sharath Kamal

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Correct Answer is Option D

12)  NASA is set to launch astronauts to space stations from the US soil for the first time in a decade. The spacecraft along with the rocket have been developed by which private company ?

A) Boeing
B) Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
C) SpaceX
D) Orbital

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Correct Answer is Option C

13) Which company has acquired Norton Motorcycles, one of the most iconic British motorcycle brands for Rs 153 crore?

A) Tata
B) TVS
C) Renault
D) Nissan

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Correct Answer is Option B

14) Who has attended the Plenary Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the IMF through video-conference to discuss measures to combat covid-19?

A) Dharmendra Pradhan
B) Amit Shah
C) Nirmala Sitharaman
D) Piyush Goyal

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Correct Answer is Option C

15) The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj  (NIRDPR) has joined hands with which international organisation to train community leaders online in a bid to combat covid-19 ?

A) IMF
B) UNICEF
C) UN
D) WHO

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Correct Answer is Option B