Daily Current Affairs Quiz 16th April 2020

Daily Current Affairs Quiz

1)  World Art Day is observed annually on which date ?

A) April 20
B) April 18
C) April 15
D) April 24

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Correct Answer is Options C

2) Who has been appointed as the MD & CEO of Care Ratings?

A) Anand Raj
B) Anil Mehta
C) Rajdeep Kapoor
D) Ajay Mahajan

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Correct Answer is Options D

3) A team of researchers from which institution have built Zero-Cov, a cost-effective disinfectant chamber to disinfect personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, surgical masks, vegetables, packed food and other day-to-day items.

A) IIT Madras
B) IIT Roorkee
C) CSIR-Delhi
D) NIT-K

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Correct Answer is Options D

4)  The Ministry of Tourism has launched the “DekhoApnaDesh” webinar series. The first webinar will feature the rich heritage of which Indian city ?

A) Bengal
B) Delhi
C) Lucknow
D) Agra

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Correct Answer is Options B

5) Name the institution that has bagged the Edison Award for social innovation for its Club Energi campaign.

A) PGCIL Ltd
B) JSW Energy Ltd
C) NTPC Ltd
D) Tata Power

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Correct Answer is Options D

6) Who has won the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’?

A) Inaam Kachachi
B) Adel Esmat
C) Abdelouahab Aissaoui
D) Hoda Barakat

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Correct Answer is Options C

7) Which of the following departments has created an Integrated geospatial platform to create area-specific strategies & decisions during the COVID-19 outbreak ?

A) Department of HousingAffairs
B) Department of HealthCare
C) Department of Space
D) Department of Science & Technology

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Correct Answer is Options D

8)  Name the organisation which has launched an  interactive COVID-19 service on Facebook Messenger ?

A) Red Cross
B) Global Health Gateway
C) iCRY
D) WHO

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Correct Answer is Options D

9) According to the IMF, what will be Asia’s growth rate in 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic ?

A) 0.5 percent
B) 1.2 percent
C) 0 percent
D) 1.5 percent

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Correct Answer is Options C


10)  The Chief Minister of which state will inaugurate mobile testing Kiosk for COVID 19 which has been developed by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences ?

A) Telangana
B) Delhi
C) Kerala
D) Karnataka

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Correct Answer is Options D

11) Which state has become the first one to get ICMR nod for ‘pool testing’ of samples for coronavirus ?

A) Tamil Nadu
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Maharashtra
D) Delhi

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Correct Answer is Options B

12) Name the insurance provider which has become the first one to announce Additional Benefits Related to COVID-19 upto Rs. 5 lac ?

A) MaxLife
B) Tata AIA
C) Bharti AXA
D) Nippon

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Correct Answer is Options B

13) Which of the following small finance banks has taken steps to bring in digital banking services like Selfie based Instant fixed deposit account service ?

A) Janlakshmi
B) Ujjivan
C) Fincare
D) Equitas

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Correct Answer is Options D

14) The Ministry of External Affairs has announced the COVID-19 training program for healthcare professionals from which of the following countries?

A) BIMSTEC
B) G-20
C) SAARC
D) ASEAN

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Correct Answer is Options D

15) Which bank has launched the Safety Grid campaign to encourage social distancing while waiting at shops ?

A) Axis
B) Bandhan
C) Canara
D) HDFC

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Correct Answer is Options D

16) The RBI will soon conduct the fourth tranche of targeted long-term repo operation & will inject _________ crore liquidity into the banking system.

A) 45000
B) 25000
C) 30000
D) 35000

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Correct Answer is Options B


17) Name the Chief of International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) who has resigned amidst corruption probe and doping violations?

A) Peter Krol
B) Nicu Vlad
C) Tamas Ajan
D) Ursula Papandrea

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Correct Answer is Options C

18)  IMF has proposed to deploy how much amount in lending capacity to support countries battling covid 19 pandemic ?

A) 1 billion
B) 3 trillion
C) 1 trillion
D) 1.5 trillion|

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Correct Answer is Options C

19) Which of the following organisations has launched the ‘journalism relief fund,’ following in the footsteps of Facebook to help local news outlets?

A) IBM
B) Inshorts
C) Dell
D) Google

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Correct Answer is Options D