Q.1 Which UT government has launched a 5T action plan to combat COVID-19?
a. Chandigarh
b. Andaman and Nicobar
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Delhi
Q.2 Who was appointed as new director general of the National Council of Applied Economic Research?
a. Anish Khare
b. Poonam Gupta
c. Malvika Bansod
d. Pratyush Shukla
Q.3 Recently Pham Minh Chinh was appointed as the next Prime Minister of which country?
a. SEYCHELLES
b. Vietnam
c. Thailand
d. SIngapore
Q.4 Which organisation flagged off Akash Missiles for delivery to Indian Army?
a. Bharat Dynamic Limited
b. DRDo
c. ISRO
d. SPACEX
Q.5 Which bank has become the first bank to partner with PhonePe to issue FASTags?
a. Dena Bank
b. HDFC Bank
c. ICICI Bank
d. YES Bank
Q.6 The World Bank & AIIB has approved a loan for Rs.219 crore Drinking Water Project in which state?
a. Kerala
b. Karnataka
c. Goa
d. Punjab
Q.7 Which nation’s former Crown Prince has reportedly been placed under house arrest?
a. Egypt
b. Jordan
c. Oman
d. Bahrain
Q.8 India’s biggest floating solar plant with 100MW power generation capacity will be set up in which state?
a. Telangana
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Karnataka
Q.9 Which Indian firm will acquire the cybersecurity provider, Ampion?
a. TCS
b. Wipro
c. HCL
d. RIL
Q.10 The festival of ‘Dhanu Jatra’ is celebrated in which Indian state?
a. Odisha
b. Kerala
c. Tamilnadu
d. West Bengal
Answers –
Q.1 d) The Delhi Government launched a 5T action plan to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the National Capital on April 7, 2020. Delhi’s 5Ts include- Testing, Tracing, Treatment, Teamwork and Tracking and Monitoring.
Q.2 b)
Q.3 b)
Q.4 a) Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) manufactured Akash Missiles were flagged off by Lt Gen A P Singh, AVSM, Director General and Senior Colonel Commandant, Army Air Defence for delivery to the Indian Army.
Q.5 c)
Q.6 d) The World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has approved a loan for USD 300 million (about Rs 2,190 crore) canal-based drinking water projects in Punjab.
Q.7 b) Former Crown Prince of Jordan, Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein has reportedly been placed under house arrest in a flare-up on tensions with Jordan’s royal household.
Capital of Jordan: Amman.
The currency of Jordan: Jordanian dinar.
Q.8 a) The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) is developing India’s biggest floating solar plant with a power generation capacity of 100MW in the reservoir of its thermal power plant at Ramagundam, Peddapalli district, Telangana.
Q.9 b) Wipro will acquire the Australian cybersecurity provider, Ampion for $ 117 million.Wipro has signed an agreement for the acquisition in cash consideration.
Q.10 a)