Daily Current Affairs Quiz 5th May 2020

Daily Current Affairs Quiz

1) What is the theme of World Asthma Day observed every year on the 5th of May ?

A) Asthma Prevention & Management
B) Preventing Asthma Death
C) Asthma & You
D) Enough Asthma Death

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Correct Answer is Option D

2) The government of which state has decided to launch the Mukhya Mantri Shahari Rojgar Guarantee Yojna guaranteeing at least 120 days of employment to people living in the urban areas?

A) Haryana
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Punjab
D) Kerala

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Correct Answer is Option B

3) Chandigarh has launched which mobile app for COVID-19 to provide access to all information related to Covid-19 ?

A) CHDCOVID19
B) CHDCOV19
C) CHDCOVID
D) CHDCOV

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Correct Answer is Option C

4) Which company has launched two voice-based apps to curb the need to touch handsets for checking transactions amidst the COVID-19 outbreak?

A) NPCI
B) BharatPe
C) Paytm
D) PhonePe

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Correct Answer is Option B

5) The Aarogya Setu app launched by the government has introduced which portal for telemedicine services and consultation to people ?

A) Arogya Portal
B) Sehat Portal
C) Shikr Portal
D) Mitr Portal

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Correct Answer is Option D


6)  “The Saras Collection” launched on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal showcases which of the following products ?

A) Dairy products
B) Tribal products
C) Pulses
D) Daily utility products made by Self Help Groups

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Correct Answer is Option D

7) Which educational institution has partnered with the Hong Kong Financial Capital Firm to Create a global network as well as a Venture Ecosystem ?

A) IIT Bombay
B) IIT Roorkee
C) IIT Hyderabad
D) IIT Delhi

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Correct Answer is Option C

8) Which company has collaborated with the actors from Bollywood to put together a fundraiser concert ‘I FOR INDIA’  ?

A) Reliance
B) Google
C) Microsoft
D) Instagram

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Correct Answer is Option D

9) What is India’s ranking India among countries in the publication of scientific journals?

A) 5th
B) 4th
C) 2nd
D) 3rd

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Correct Answer is Option D

10) Name the Discus thrower who has been slapped with a four year ban by WADA for flunking a doping test.

A) Anand Kumar
B) Navjeet Kaur
C) Sandeep Kumari
D) Seema Antil

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Correct Answer is Option C

11) Poet and Writer Nissar Ahmed who passed away recently belonged to which state ?

A) Kerala
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Karnataka
D) West Bengal

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Correct Answer is Option C

12)  Which institution has developed an Ultra Violet Disinfection Tower for rapid and chemical free disinfection of high prone areas ?

A) BEL
B) DRDO
C) ISRO
D) GRSE

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Correct Answer is Option B

13) DBS Bank has slashed India’s FY21 GDP forecast to ______ percent from its earlier 1.5 percent projection.

A) 0.8
B) 0.5
C) 1
D) 1.3

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Correct Answer is Option C


14) Who has been nominated by President Trump as a representative to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ?

A) Neeraj Jain
B) Jeyandran Venugopal
C) Rajesh Magow
D) Ashok Michael Pinto

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Correct Answer is Option D

15) The government of which state has launched an exit app for stranded people of other states who want to return to their native place ?

A) Tamil Nadu
B) West Bengal
C) Punjab
D) Haryana

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Correct Answer is Option B

16) ICMR has decided to leverage which virtual agent to enable rapid response to Covid-19 testing facilities and bolster rapid response to India’s frontline testing facilities?

A) Evi
B) Cortana
C) Duer
D) Watson

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Correct Answer is Option D