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Which of the following has won the Outsource Partner of the year 2020 award by the Business Intelligence Group at their Excellence in Customer Service Awards?
CSS Corp
Magneto IT Solutions
Endive Software
Tata Consultancy Services
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Answer: Option AExplanation
CSS Corp has won the Outsource Partner of the year 2020 award by the Business Intelligence Group at their Excellence in Customer Service Awards.
The company was named as the winner at Philadelphia on April 20, 2020.
CSS Corp was awarded for emerging as the premier outsourcing partner of the year.
CSS Corp is a new-age IT services and technology company.
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India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra), a Fitch group company, has further slashed its estimate for India’s GDP growth rate to how much per cent for 2020-21?
1.3
1.5
1.9
1.7
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Answer: Option CExplanation
India Ratings & Research (Ind-Ra), a Fitch group company, has further slashed its estimate for India’s GDP growth rate to 1.9 per cent for 2020-21.
This will be the lowest after India recorded a growth rate at 1.1 per cent in 1991-92.
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Irfan Khan who passed away recently is _______
Freedom fighter
Actor
Painter
Cyclist
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
Famous Bollywood Actor SahabzadeIrrfan Ali Khan, whose international movie career included hits such as Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi and the Amazing Spider-man etc., passed away at the age of 53 due to colon infection in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He had been battling neuroendocrine cancer since 2018. He was born on January 7, 1967, in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
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MyGov has collaborated with which app to disperse information related to Covid-19 ?
Snapchat
VMate
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option DExplanation
Short video app VMate has now joined hands with the Government’s citizen engagement platform MyGov to aid the Centre’s efforts in combating the menace of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Who has been appointed coach of the USA cricket team in April 2020?
J Arun Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Balachandra Akhil
Sunil Joshi
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
Former Karnataka batsman J Arun Kumar has been appointed coach of the USA cricket team.
J Arun Kumar, as he is known in the cricketing circles, has worked with the Karnataka team for several years and as batting coach with IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab.
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When is the International Jazz Day celebrated?
27 April
28 April
30 April
29 April
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Answer: Option CExplanation
International Jazz Day is celebrated on 30 April. The day aims to create awareness around the world of the virtues of jazz as a force of peace, unity, dialogue, and enhanced cooperation among people, and an educational tool. International Jazz Day 2020 is the ninth year celebration of International Jazz Day.
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Which state tops the list of states in providing employment to over 18 lakh unskilled labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme?
Uttar pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Madhya pradesh
Bihar
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
Chhattisgarh tops the list of states in providing employment to over 18 lakh unskilled labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).
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The Ministry of MSME has launched a portal on ‘MSME Bank of Schemes, Ideas, Innovation and Research’, to give access to all the schemes related to MSME at national and state level. The portal can be accessed at ___________
http://msme.scheme.gov.nic.in/
http://msme.scheme.gov.in/
http://ideas.msme.gov.nic.in/
http://ideas.msme.gov.in/
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and MSME Shri Nitin Gadkari has launched a portal on “MSME Bank of Schemes, Ideas, Innovation and Research”. The Portal gives access to all Schemes of Union, State and UT Governments related to MSME. The portal also provides for uploading Ideas, Innovations & Researches in the MSME sector. The URL of the portal is http://ideas.msme.gov.in/.
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Which lab has developed the HCARD robotic device?
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute
National Aerospace Laboratories
Central Scientific Instrument Organization
Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option AExplanation
The HCARD robotic device has been developed by the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of Durgapur. HCARD stands for Hospital Care Assistive Robotic device and will help in preventing and controlling the spread of the COVID19 among doctors by maintaining physical distancing, which will minimize the interaction between the COVID19 patients and Doctors. The device has been built using State of The Art technology and can be operated in both manual and automatic mode.
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Which of the following has launched a service through which customers can send medicines to relatives living abroad?
Gati Ltd
DTDC Courier
Blue Dart Express
Trackon Courier
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option CExplanation
Blue Dart Express has launched a service through which customers can send medicines to relatives living abroad.
To avail the medicine delivery service, customers need to visit any Blue Dart/DHL counter across India.
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Which state government has launched ‘Jeevan Amrit Yojana’ scheme to boost the immune system of people to fight covid-19.
Odisha
Madhya Pradesh
Bihar
Haryana
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
In view of increasing coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in India,the Madhya Pradesh (MP) Chief Minister (CM) Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched ‘Jeevan Amrit Yojana’ scheme to boost the immune system of people to fight disease.
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Rishi Kapoor passed away at the age of 67. He made his first appearance in which of the following films ?
Karz
Saagar
Heena
Shri 420
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Rishi Kapoor, the romantic star of many Bollywood films who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2018, died in a Mumbai hospital. He was 67.
Rishi made his first screen appearance as a child artiste in his father Raj Kapoor’s film Shri 420 , where he appeared in the song Pyaar hua ekraar hua
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IMD released a new list with the names of ________ tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean Region.
169
182
131
156
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Answer: Option AExplanation
India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a new list with the names of 169 tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) including Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean.169
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Which organisation names India among ‘countries of particular concern’ over condition of religious minorities?
IMF
UN
USCIRF
World bank
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Answer: Option CExplanation
USCIRF (US Commission for International Religious Freedom) names India among ‘countries of particular concern’ over condition of religious minorities.
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What is the rank of India in budget transparency and accountability according to Open Budget Survey conducted by International Budget Partnership (IBP) for the year 2019?
48
53
72
35
Answer with explanation
Answer: Option BExplanation
India has been ranked at 53rd position out of 117 nations in terms of budget transparency and accountability as per a Open Budget Survey conducted by International Budget Partnership (IBP). India’s Union Budget process has a transparency score of 49 out of 100. This is higher than the global average of 45.
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Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Bombay High Court?
B. P. Dharmadhikari
Mohammed Rafiq
Sanju Panda
Dipankar Datta
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Justice Dipankar Datta of the Calcutta high court has been appointed the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on 28 April 2020. Chief Justice Dipankar Datta is the 45th Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. He will serve as the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court for 7 years if not promoted to the supreme court. He was promoted as the permanent Judge of Calcutta High Court in 2006.
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According to the GRID 2020 report, how many people were displaced in 2019?
5 Million
4 Million
3 Million
2 Million
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Over 5 million people faced displacements in India in 2019, which is the highest in the world as per the Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID 2020). The report was released by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. As per the report, 33.4 million people faced displacements in the world due to conflicts and disasters.
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Who among the following has been appointed by the Government of India as the next Ambassador or Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations?
Kamalesh Sharma
Hardeep Singh Puri
T.S. Tirumurti
Syed Akbaruddin
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Answer: Option CExplanation
The Government of India has appointed T.S. Tirumurti as the next Ambassador or Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.
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In April 2020, in which of the following states has the National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) recommended coal mining in a part of an elephant reserve?
Sikkim
Mizoram
Assam
Manipur
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Answer: Option CExplanation
The National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) has recommended coal mining in a part of an elephant reserve in Assam.
The NBWL’s Standing Committee had on April 7, 2020, discussed a proposal for use of 98.59 hectares of land from the Saleki proposed reserve forest land for a coal mining project by North-Easter Coal Field (NECF).
The decision has been criticised by many environmentalists.
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What is the amount, India holdsas US government securities as on end of Feb 2020 (record highest value) as per United States (US) Treasury Department?
USD 197.25Bn
USD 177.5Bn
USD 180.5Bn
USD 152.85Bn
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Answer: Option BExplanation
According to the latest data from the United States (US) Treasury Department (dep) the India’s holding of US government (govt) securities has gone up by over USD 13 billion (bn) in a month to a record high of USD 177.5 bn at the end of February, since November 2019, the country has slowly climbed to USD 159.2 bn.
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Who among the following has named among the world’s top 20 inspirational leaders in Biopharma by The Medicine Maker Power List 2020?
Kamini Rao
Jayashree Mondkar
Shashi Wadhwa
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Biocon Ltd announced that The Medicine Maker Power List 2020 has ranked its Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw as one of the world’s top 20 inspirational leaders in the field of biopharmaceuticals.
She has been recognised for her contribution to the world of medicine as an entrepreneur and innovative business leader.
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India is set to produce indigenous rapid testing and RT-PCR diagnostic kits by ______.
May 2020
April 2020
Mid of June 2020
July 2020
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Answer: Option AExplanation
India is set to produce indigenous rapid testing and RT-PCR diagnostic kits by the end of May. The information was passed by the Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
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Who has been appointed as the American envoy to OECD?
Sanjay Sarma
Anjli Jain
Manisha Singh
Rakesh Khurana
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Answer: Option CExplanation
The President of the United States has appointed Indian American Manisha Singh as the new envoy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)). Manisha Singh earlier served as the Acting Under Secretary of Economic Growth, Energy and Environment and is currently holding the position as the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs at the State Department.
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Blocking burial or cremation of victims of notified disease to attract jail term up to 3-years in which of the following states?
Haryana
Tamil Nadu
Madhya pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Blocking burial or cremation of victims of notified disease to attract jail term up to 3-years in Tamil Nadu.
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What is the total loan amount sanctioned by the Asian Development Bank for providing reliable power connections in rural areas of Maharashtra?
USD 245 million
USD 444 million
USD 147 million
USD 346 million
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Answer: Option DExplanation
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 346 million (around Rs 2,616 crore) loan to the Indian government to provide reliable power connections in rural areas of Maharashtra.
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Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has developed “Berberine” based _________ inhibitor.
Alzheimer
Epilepsy
Parkinson’s Disease
Asthma
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Answer: Option AExplanation
Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre For Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) has developed “Berberine” based Alzheimer inhibitor.
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In April 2020, who among the following has been banned from all forms of cricket for three years for failing to report corrupt approaches?
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Shoaib Malik
Umar Akmal
Umar Gul
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Answer: Option CExplanation
Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned from all forms of cricket for three years for failing to report corrupt approaches.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had charged him with two breaches of its anti-corruption code for not reporting two unrelated approaches.
Akmal has played in 16 Tests, 121 one-day internationals and 84 T20 internationals.
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The 1st ever merger of black hole of different masses was observed by LIGO-LVC indicated by GW190412 signal. Who published this study?
BioRxiv
ArXiv
SocRxiv
ChemRxiv
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Answer: Option BExplanation
Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Laboratory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration also known as LVC (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration)discovered binary black hole (BBH) merger with different masses for the first time. This study has been published in preprint server ArXiv.This discovery took place a year after when a gravitational wave (GW) signal dubbed “GW190412”observed by the LIGO and Virgo detectors on 12 April 2019, which was actually a sign of merging of two black holes with unequal masses. This merger took place 2.4 billion light years away.
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Actor Irrfan Khan who passed away at the age of 53 due to colon infection, was the winner of which National award?
Padma Bhushan
Padma Vibhushan
National Film Award
Padma Shri
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Answer: Option DExplanation
Actor Irrfan Khan, 53, died battling colon infection at a Mumbai hospital. Khan had been admitted to the intensive care unit of Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.
In early 2018, Khan had revealed his neuroendocrine tumour diagnosis. The actor stayed away from public eye as he underwent treatment in the UK. After his return in 2019, he shot for Angrezi Medium, the sequel to his 2017 hit Hindi Medium. He won the Padma Shri in 2011.
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International Dance Day commemorates the birth anniversary of _________.
Jean-Georges Noverre
Marius Petipa
Merce Cunningham
George Balanchine
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Answer: Option AExplanation
The Dance Committee of International Theatre Institute (ITI) founded International Dance Day in 1982. ITI is the primary partner for the performing arts vertical of UNESCO. The day is celebrated every year on 29 April commemorating the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), creator of modern ballet.
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