1. The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace is observed globally on which date by the United Nations? 

A. 4th April 

B. 5th April 

C. 6th April

 D. 7th April

 E. 8th April

 1. The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace is observed globally on which date by the United Nations?

A. 4th April 

B. 5th April 

C. 6th April 

D. 7th April 

E. 8th April 

2. The Civil services officers’ associations have formed which initiative to support and supplement the government’s efforts in fighting coronavirus? 

A. ‘CARUNA’ 

B. ‘DAYA’ 

C. HRIDAY 

D. ‘SEWA’ 

E. ‘SURAKSHA’ 

3. Who is the author of the Biography of former Defence Minister and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar titled ‘An Extraordinary Life’ A. Milind Karmarkar B. Mayabhushan Nagvenkar C. Sadguru Patil D. Prakash Javadekar E. Both B and C 4. The Asian Development Bank in its “Asian Development Outlook 2020” has projected India’s growth to slow down to _______ in fiscal year 2020-2021. A. 3.2% B. 3.5% C. 4.0% D. 4.3% E. 4.5% 5. Which state government has launched an online cultural competition “Mo Prativa” in collaboration with the UNICEF? A. Jharkhand B. West Bengal C. Tripura D. Odisha E. Bihar 6. Who has been selected as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame after his demice? A. Kobe Bryant B. Michael Jordan C. LeBron James D. Larry Bird E. None of these 7. The FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup scheduled to be played in _____in November 2020 has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic? A. Panama B. Brazil C. India D. Nigeria E. Saudi Arabia 8. Which of the following NGOs has been awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 in recognition of its exceptional work in the maternal and child health space in India? A. SEWA B. ARMMAN C. CREA D. Azad Foundation E. Centre for Social Research 9. Which of the following company has developed a technology- “Scitech Airon negative ion generator” to control viral, bacterial and fungal infections in closed environments? A. HCL Technologies B. Tech Mahindra C. Oracle Financial Services Software D. Jclean weather Technology E. Larsen & Toubro Infotech 10. The Ministry of Tourism has launched which portal to help foreign tourists who are stuck in various parts of the country? A. ‘Stuck in India’ B. ‘Stranded in India’ C. ‘visit India’ D. ‘Caught in India’ E. None of these 11. Which IIT has developed a mobile app named ‘CORONTINE’ to help the authorities in tracking the asymptomatic carriers and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease? A. IIT Delhi B. IIT Bombay C. IIT Kanpur D. IIT Kharagpur E. IIT Jaipur 12. Which state government has started “Active Case Finding Campaign” in the state for COVID-19? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Karnataka www.gradeup.co 3 C. Maharashtra D. Himachal Pradesh E. Punjab 13. BharatPe signed partnership with which general insurance company to introduce ‘COVID-19 Protection Insurance Cover’? A. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited B. Apollo Munich Health Insurance Co. Ltd. C. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd. D. HDFC ERGO General Insurance Co. Ltd. E. IFFCO Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd. 14. Which organization has designed a casualty evacuation bag to transport or isolate persons infected with COVID-19? A. ISRO B. DRDO C. National Institute of Virology D. Biomark Laboratories E. None of these 15. In which country a Joint Venture between Tata Power, Norway’s Clean Energy Invest (CEI), and International Financial Corporation (IFC) has started commercial operation of Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project? A. Bhutan B. Nepal C. Georgia D. Afghanistan E. Norway 16. Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan agreement worth of $60 million with which affordable housing loan provider? A. ART Housing Finance B. Aavas Financiers Ltd C. HDFC Housing Finance D. LIC Housing Finance Limited E. IndiaBulls Home Loan 17. Who has authored a book titled ‘Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years’?\ A. Manmohan Singh B. P Chidambaram C. Yashwant Sinha D. Montek Singh Ahluwalia E. Pranab Mukherjee 18. Which state government has launched a mobile app PRAGYAAM to issue e-passes? A. Rajasthan B. Delhi C. Jharkhand D. Bihar E. Uttar Pradesh 19. Which of the following ministries has introduced the “Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020”? A. Finance Ministry B. Ministry of Corporate Affairs C. Ministry of Home Affairs D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry E. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 20. NavinChikara who is in news recently (March 2020) belongs to which sports? A. Javelin Throw B. Discus Throw C. Cricket D. Triple Jump E. Shot Put 21. Who has authored the book titled ‘Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess’ which is about the late actress Sridevi? A. Anjum Rajabali B. Gazal Dhaliwal C. Satyarth Nayak D. Juhi Chaturvedi E. Rajkumar Hirani 22. What is the theme of the World Autism Awareness Day 2020? A. The Transition to Adulthood B. Towards Autonomy and SelfDetermination C. Empowering Women and Girls with Autism D. Employment: The Autism Advantage E. Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and Neurodiversity 23. Which state government has launched the mobile application ‘Corona Watch’ to contain the coronavirus outbreak? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Maharashtra C. Bihar D. Karnataka www.gradeup.co 4 E. Telangana 24. The United Nation’s COP26 climate change conference has been postponed till next year due to COVID-19. The conference is set to take place in _______ A. Brisbane B. Paris C. Glasgow D. London E. Geneva 25. Which Grand Slam Tennis tournament has been cancelled for the first time since World War II due to coronavirus pandemic? A. Australian Open B. French Open C. Wimbledon 2020 D. US Open E. None of these 26. Nobel laureate Phillip Anderson passed away recently, he received Nobel prize in which subject? A. Chemistry B. Medicine C. Physics D. Literature E. Economics 27. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Sundaram Home Finance? A. Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy B. Raghuttama Rao Ragavendra C. P N Venkatachalam D. Shobhana Ramachandhran E. Rajiv C Lochan 28. Which of the following organizations has launched a competition titled “United Against Corona- Express through Art”, the art in the time of Corona? A. Indian Council for Cultural Relations B. Indian Council of Medical Research C. Anthropological Survey of India D. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts E. Centre for Cultural Resources and Training 29. The World Bank in its Economic Update for East Asia and Pacific (EAP) titled “East Asia and Pacific in the Time of COVID-19” stated that poverty is estimated to increase ______in the region. A. 5 million B. 7 million C. 9 million D. 11 million E. 13 million 30. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in consultation with the Government of India (GoI), has hiked the limit of Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the centre to ______ for the first half of the financial year 2020-21(FY21). A. Rs 1 lakh crore B. Rs 1.5 lakh crore C. Rs 1.2 lakh crore D. 1.7 lakh crore E. 2 lakh crore 31. What amount has been offered by the World Bank for the proposed COVID-19 emergency response & health systems preparedness project to develop India’s health care systems? A. USD 1.0 billion B. USD 1.1 billion C. USD 1.3 billion D. USD 1.5 billion E. USD 1.7 billion 32. Which space agency has launched Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) to study the Giant Solar Particle Storms? A. ISRO B. NASA C. Chinese National Space Agency D. European Space Agency E. Roscosmos 33. Which of the following banks has listed green bonds of $100 million (about Rs 750 crore) on BSE’s India International Exchange (India INX)? A. Punjab National Bank B. Bank of Baroda C. State Bank of India D. Canara Bank E. Indian Bank 34. Which of the following entities has has designed ‘Portable Multi-feed Oxygen Manifold (MOM) to supply oxygen to multiple patients at a time? A. IIT Bombay B. Indian Institute of Science – Bengaluru www.gradeup.co 5 C. Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam D. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited E. IIT Kanpur 35. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology has signed an agreement with which of the following to jointly manufacture automated ventilators? A. Wipro 3D, Bengaluru B. DRDO C. Infosys D. TATA Sons E. Mahindra Motors 36. Which Naval Dockyard of Indian Navy has designed and developed its own handheld infrared-based temperature sensor gun for the screening of personnel in a bid to limit the spread of COVID-19? A. Naval Dockyard Vishakhapatnam B. Naval Dockyard Mumbai C. Naval Dockyard Kochi D. Naval Dockyard, Andaman E. Naval Dockyard Tuticorin 37. Name the mobile application launched by the Government of India to connect essential health services with the people of India to fight against COVID-19. A. Aarogya Setu B. Sewa Setu C. Upchar Setu D. Aarogya Sewa E. None of these 38. PhonePe has launched a unique coronavirus hospitalisation insurance policy called “Corona Care” in partnership with which general insurance company? A. HDFC ERGO General Insurance B. ICICI Lombard General Insurance C. IFFCO TOKIO General Insurance D. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance E. Apollo Munich Health Insurance 39. Name the Emmy award-winning singer-songwriter passed away due to COVID-19. A. Adam Schlesinger B. Taylor Swift C. John Prine D. Carole King E. Lionel Richie 40. Which state government has a modified set of guidelines for the distribution of 25 lakh house sites to urban and rural poor under the Navaratnalu- Pedalandariki Illu (Houses for All Poor) programme? A. Tamil Nadu B. Telangana C. Andhra Pradesh D. Karnataka E. Odisha 41. The Competition Commission of India has approved the formation of Joint Venture between Total S.A. and which of the following for solar power generation in India? A. Adani Green Energy Limited B. Kotak Urja Pvt Ltd C. Moser Baer Photoavoltaic Ltd D. Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd. E. Amplus Energy Solutions Private Ltd 42. According to the Fitch Solutions, Inc India’s fiscal deficit is expected to go up to _______of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in fiscal year FY21. A. 4.5% B. 4.8% C. 5.7% D. 6.2 % E. 6.9% 43. As per the United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) World Economic Forecasting Model estimates the global economy could shrink by _______ in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic. A. 1% B. 1.2% C. 1.4% D. 1.7% E. 1.8% 44. As per revised norms of the central government what is the limit for a person reside in J&K to become permanent resident of the UT? A. 10 Years B. 12 years C. 15 years D. 20 years E. 22 years 45. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) assured India of what amount of support to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic? A. USD 2.2 billion www.gradeup.co 6 B. USD 2.8 billion C. USD 3.5 billion D. USD 4.2 billion E. USD 5.7 billion 46. Who has authored the book titled “The Art of Her Deal,” an unauthorized biography of first lady of USA Melania Trump? A. Richard Powers B. Mary Jordan C. Rebecca Makkai D. Tommy Orange E. Elif Batuman 47. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Managng Director & Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of IFFCO Tokio General Insurance? A. Shinjiro Hamada B. Chisato Kojima C. Rakesh Kapur D. Parvinder Singh Gahlaut E. Anamika Roy Rashtrawar 48. The UN ‘Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 2020 forecast India’s GDP for FY 2020-21 at _______. A. 3.5% B. 4.0% C. 4.2% D. 4.8% E. 5.0% 49. Which Indian institute has partnered with Australia’s Griffith University to develop the COVID-19 vaccine? A. Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) B. Indian Institute of Science (IIS) C. National Institute of Virology D. All India Institute of Medical Sciences E. None of these 50. Famous John Prine has passed away due to the COVID-19 complications, he was a veteran _____. A. Actor B. Journalist C. Musician D. Folk Singer E. Scientist 51. Name the mobile doctor booth created by the West Central Railway’s Coach Rehabilitation Workshop (CRWS), Bhopal that will eliminate the possibility of physical contact between the doctor and the COVID-19 patient. A. SPARSH B. CHARAK C. SUDUR D. SANVEDAN E. CHIKITSA 52. Which country has become the world leader in international patent filings via WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)? A. USA B. Japan C. Germany D. China E. India 53. As per the Goldman Sachs what is India’s growth forecast for the FY 2020- 21 due to the lockdown & social distancing measures? A. 1.6% B. 2.2% C. 3.3% D. 3.7% E. 4.2% 54. As per the Forbes 34th annual list of Global Billionaires 2020 who has topped the list for the 3rd time? A. Bill Gates B. Jeff Bezos C. Bernard Arnault D. Warren Buffett E. Mark Zuckerberg 55. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has collaborated with which organization for developing a digital communication strategy for promoting a digital campaign for Self Help Groups (SHGs)? A. WTO B. WHO C. UNICEF D. UNDP E. UNEP 56. Who among the following cricketers has been named as the leading cricketer in the world 2020 by Wisden? A. Virat Kohli B. Rohit Sharma C. Ben Stokes D. Steve Smith E. Aaron Finch www.gradeup.co 7 57. Renowned personality Honor Blackman passed away recently, she was a veteran _______. A. Hollywood Actress B. Journalist C. Scientist D. Social Activist E. Environmentalist 58. Who among the following has been appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti AXA Life Insurance? A. Akhil Kumar Gupta B. Harjeet Kohli C. Parag Raja D. Rajesh Sud E. Uma Ajay Relan 59. Which platform has been launched by the government of India for all front-line workers to equip them with the training and updates in coping with Pandemic? A. mGOT e-learning platform B. iGOT e-learning platform C. hGOT e-learning platform D. iGOV e-learning platform E. cGOV e-learning platform 60. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has removed export restrictions on 24 pharma ingredients including 12 active pharmaceutical ingredients, it operates under which ministry? A. Ministry of Foreign Affairs B. Ministry of Commerce & Industry C. Ministry of Finance D. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers E. Ministry of Home Affairs 61. What amount has been allocated by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Development Fund (SDF) for COVID-19 projects in 8 member countries? A. USD 2 million B. USD 3 million C. USD 4 million D. USD 5 million E. USD 6 million 62. Which Public Sector Bank has initiated four Agro schemes for Women Self Help Groups (SHGs), Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO/FPC) and farming community to provide financial relief to the agriculture sector which is under distress due to COVID-19? A. Bank of India B. State Bank of India C. Punjab National Bank D. Bank of Baroda E. Canara Bank 63. What will be the maximum amount that has been provided by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) as emergency working capital to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)? A. 50 lakh B. 75 lakh C. 1 crore D. 1.5 crore E. 2 crore 64. Who among the following female cricketers has been named the Wisden’s Leading Female Cricketer in the World 2020? A. Smriti Mandhana B. Sana Mir C. Shashikala Siriwardene D. Ellyse Perry E. Mark Lane 65. The Airtel Payments Bank has collaborated with which of the following general insurance companies to offer financial protection for COVID-19 via two different health insurance plans? A. Aditya Birla General Insurance B. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance C. Bharti AXA General Insurance D. Edelweiss General Insurance E. Future Generali General Insurance 66. The Punjab National Bank Housing Finance (PNBHF) has signed an agreement with which two agencies to raise USD 100 million to provide loans to affordable housing segment? A. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and City Bank B. Asian Development Bank and City Bank C. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and City Bank D. World Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) E. None of these www.gradeup.co 8 67. Who among the following has been named as the brand ambassador of beverage Major PepsiCo? A. Smriti Mandhana B. Harmanpreet Kaur C. Taniya Bhatia D. Shafali Verma E. Deepti Sharma 68. The government of Telangana invested swiftly to deploy India’s first automated “COVID-19 Monitoring System App” by _______. A. Agfa Healthcare B. Vera Smart Healthcare C. Akron Healthcare D. Akcent Healthcare E. Surgeine Healthcare 69. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved proposed acquisition of 80.1% stake in the power grid business of ABB Limited by which of the following companies? A. Samsung B. Hitachi C. Larsen & Toubro D. GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited E. Lanco Infratech Limited 70. The Delhi government has launched a 5T plan to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the national capital, what does the second ‘T’ stands for in 5Ts? A. Testing B. Tracing C. Treatment D. Teamwork E. Tracking 71. Renowned personality Kalinga Sasi passed away recently, he was a veteran _______. A. Odia actor B. Tamil Actor C. Telugu Actor D. Malayalam Actor E. None of these 72. What is the name that has been given to mega ONLINE innovation challenge launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)? A. SAMBODHAN B. SAMASYA C. SAMADHAN D. UDBODHAN E. None of these 73. By which year NASA is planning to setup Artemis, the first human base camp on Moon’s south pole? A. 2021 B. 2022 C. 2023 D. 2024 E. 2025 74. Packaged foods company Britannia Industries has partnered with which online delivery platform to deliver range of products to its consumers? A. Uber Eats B. Zomato C. Faasos D. Dunzo E. Foodpanda 75. Name the veteran American actor who passed away due to COVID-19 complications? A. Forrest Compton B. Tom Hanks C. Morgan Freeman D. Johnny Depp E. Clint Eastwood 76. The National Highway Authority of India recently completed the construction of ________ of national highways the highest ever in a financial year 2019-20. A. 3,479 km B. 3,679 km C. 3,779 km D. 3,979 km E. 4,979 km 77. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), for 2020-21? A. Rekha M Menon B. UB Pravin Rao C. Salil Parekh D. D N Prahlad E. D Sundaram 78. Mahmoud Jibril passed away due to COVID-19 was former prime minister of which country? A. Iraq B. Iran C. Oman D. UAE www.gradeup.co 9 E. Libya 79. Famous cricketer Jock Edwards passed away recently, he played for which country? A. Australia B. New Zealand C. England D. South Africa E. Zimbabwe 80. Who among the following has been conferred with ‘Hero to Animals Award’ by animal rights body PETA India? A. YS Jaganmohan Reddy B. Ashok Gehlot C. Captain Amarinder Singh D. Naveen Patnaik E. Mamata Bank 81. Which of the following states has installed ‘V Safe Tunnel’ to sanitize people? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Telangana C. Karnataka D. Delhi E. Punjab 82. Which of the following state has topped in micro-irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)? A. Gujarat B. Haryana C. Tamil Nadu D. Punjab E. Rajasthan 83. Which private sector bank has been nominated for the collection of donations for PM Cares Fund? A. ICICI Bank B. HDFC Bank C. Yes Bank D. Axis Bank E. Kotak Mahindra Bank 84. The low-cost ventilator ‘Jeevan’ has been developed by which of the following entities? A. Indian Railway B. Naval Dockyard, Vishakhapatnam C. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore D. IIT Roorkee E. None of these 85. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has banned which two countries from participating in weightlifting events at the Tokyo Olympics due to multiple doping offences? A. Thailand and Malaysia B. Thailand and Indonesia C. Malaysia and Indonesia D. Indonesia and Vietnam E. Indonesia and Myanmar 86. Who has authored the book titled ‘How Contagion Works: Science, Awareness and Community in Times of Global Crisis’? A. Paolo Giordano B. Dr. Neil A Feldstein C. Dr. Paul C McCormick D. Mark Olshaker E. None of these 87. Who has authored the book titled “Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs”? A. Paolo Giordano B. Dr. Neil A Feldstein C. Michael Osterholm D. Mark Olshaker E. Both C and D 88. Renowned personality M.K. Arjunan passed away recently, he was a veteran _______. A. Actor B. Singer C. Music Composer D. Historian E. Politician 89. Which of the following institution has designs designed full body disinfection chamber called as PSE? A. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) B. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) C. Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) D. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) E. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) 90. Which of the following company has launched India’s 1st home screening test www.gradeup.co 10 kit for COVID-19 & is approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)? A. Bione B. Biocon C. Piramal Group D. V H Group E. Cadila Healthcare 91. There are three official mascots ‘Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen’ for 19th Asian Games were unveiled at a digital launch ceremony in Hangzhou, China due to COVID-19 which is collectively known as the ______. A. “smart fuleco’ B. ‘triplets Lianlian’ C. “smart triplets” D. “smart Zabivaka’ E. None of these 92. Name the American songwriter, soulful singer, guitarist & 3 time Grammy award winner passed away recently? A. Bill Withers B. Adam Schlesinger C. Taylor Swift D. Carole King E. John Prine 93. The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is observed every year on _______. A. 1st April B. 2nd April C. 3rd April D. 4th April E. 5th April 94. Indian origin South African Geeta Ramji passed away due to coronavirus pandemic, she was a renowned _______. A. Social Activist B. Environmentalist C. Economist D. Virologist E. Journalist 95. The National Cadet Corps (NCC) has offered volunteer cadets to assist civilian authorities to fight against covid-19 under ‘Exercise NCC Yogdan’. Where is the HQ of NCC located? A. Kolkata B. Nagpur C. Bengaluru D. Chennai E. New Delhi 96. In collaboration with which world organisation Odisha government has launched the “Mo Prativa” (My Talent) programme to engage kids during lockdown? A. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development B. World Health Organization C. The United Nations Children’s Fund D. United Nations Development Programme E. None of these 97. Which of the following organization has adopted the resolution ‘Global solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? A. World Health Organization (WHO) B. World Bank (WB) C. International Monetary Fund (IMF) D. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) E. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 98. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of 18.951 % equity stake in which insurance company by Trishikhar Ventures LLP? A. Religare Health Insurance Company B. Max Bupa Health Insurance Company C. Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company D. ICICI Lombard Insurance Company E. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company 99. Which country will host the 3rd edition of Asian youth games in 2021? A. India B. Japan C. China D. Indonesia E. Sri Lanka 100. Who chaired the committee which has submitted a report on “valuation professionals” and proposed an institutional framework for valuers by setting up National Institute of Valuers (NIV)? A. Arun Goyal B. Ajay Kumar Bhalla C. M S Sahoo D. Sanjay Mitra E. Giriraj Prasad Gupta www.gradeup.co 11 101. World Hemophilia Day is an international observance held annually on April 17. What is the theme for the year 2020? A. “Together, We Care” B. “Get + Involved” C. “Hear their voices” D. “Treatment for All, The Vision of All” E. None of these 102. Who among the following has been appointed as the brand ambassador of the World Wide Fund (WWE) India for the environmental education programme? A. Sachin Tendulkar B. Mahesh Bhupati C. Sania Mirza D. Viswanathan Anand E. Rahul Dravid 103. Famous sportsperson Willie Davis passed away recently, he was associated with which sports? A. Football B. Hockey C. Cricket D. Badminton E. Swimming 104. The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to ______. A. 3.25% B. 3.50% C. 3.75% D. 4.00% E. 4.25% 105. In order to improve the liquidity for NBFCs the Reserve Bank of India has announced the launch of second instalment of Targeted Long Term Repo Operations (TLTRO) of ______. A. ₹25,000 crore B. ₹35,000 crore C. ₹50,000 crore D. ₹75,000 crore E. ₹90,000 crore 106. Who among the following has been appointed as the brand ambassador of “CricKingdom” a Dubai-based cricket coaching academy? A. Virat Kohli B. Mahendra Singh Dhoni C. Shikhar Dhawan D. Rohit Sharma E. KL Rahul 107. Which of the following mobile applications becomes the world’s fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in just 13 days? A. Aarogya Setu B. UMANG C. mPassport Seva D. MyGov E. BHIM 108. Which of the following is the official mascot for 4th Asian Paralympic Games 2022, which is scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China? A. Congcong B. Lianlian C. Chenchen D. Yangyang E. Feifei 109. Which of the following states provides free food to citizens via Mukhya Mantri Didi Kitchen (MMDK)? A. Bihar B. Assam C. West Bengal D. Jharkhand E. Odisha 110. J Packirisamy has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Union Bank of India (UBI), formerly he was Managing Director of bank? A. Syndicate Bank B. Corporation Bank C. Andhra Bank D. Allahabad Bank E. Oriental Bank of Commerce 111. Mrutyunjay Mahapatra has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Canara Bank, formerly he was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which bank? A. Syndicate Bank B. Corporation Bank C. Andhra Bank D. Allahabad Bank E. Oriental Bank of Commerce 112. Who among the following has been appointed as the Managing Director & Chief Executive of credit rating agency “CARE Ratings”? www.gradeup.co 12 A. Rajesh Ramchandra Mokashi B. Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan C. Ajay Mahajan D. Sonal Gunvant Desai E. Adesh Gupta Kumar 113. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director & Chief Executive of Paytm General Insurance Ltd? A. Vineet Arora B. Madhur Deora C. Vikas Garg D. Vijay Shekhar Sharma E. Najib Shah 114. Which country will host the Asian Boxing Championship in November 2020? A. Nepal B. Thailand C. China D. India E. Indonesia 115. Which of the following institutions has developed cost-effective disinfectant chamber called ‘ZERO-COV’? A. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur B. National Institute of TechnologyKarnataka C. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore D. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur E. Defence Research and Development Organisation 116. Famous Swiss sportsperson Roger Chappot passed away due to Coronavirus, he was associated with which sports? A. Football B. Tennis C. Golf D. Ice Hockey E. Badminton 117. Renowned personality Ranjit Chowdhry passed away recently, he was veteran______. A. Footballer B. Cricketer C. Singer D. Actor E. Journalist 118. Which of the following power companies has won Edison Award for social innovation? A. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd B. Tata Power Ltd C. Power Grid Corporation Of India Ltd D. NTPC Ltd E. Adani Power Ltd 119. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based payment platform, Bharat InstaPay in partnership with which bank? A. State Bank of India B. Canara Bank C. Union Bank of India D. Bank of Baroda E. Punjab National Bank 120. Who has been conferred with the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) 2020 for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’? A. Hoda Barakat B. Ghada al-Samman C. Abdelouahab Aissaoui D. Alaa Al Aswany E. Hisham Matar 121. Online agriculture trading portal Electronic- National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) to complete 4 years of implementation, which is the leading agency to implement it? A. Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) B. National Commission on Farmers (NCF) C. Small Farmers Agricultural Business Association (SFAC) D. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) E. None of these 122. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh has set up India’s 1st remote health monitoring system in partnership with which institutions? A. Infosys B. Bharat Electronics Limited C. Wipro D. Tata Consultancy Services E. Engineers India Limited 123. Famous sportsperson Doug Sanders passed away recently, he was associated with which sports? A. Cricket www.gradeup.co 13 B. Badminton C. Swimming D. Golf E. Football 124. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest edition of the World Economy report projected a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of _______ for India in 2020. A. 1.5 per cent B. 1.9 per cent C. 2.0 per cent D. 2.5 per cent E. 3.0 per cent 125. Which becomes the first state to start pool testing of COVID-19 after getting permission from the Indian Council of Medical Research? A. Gujarat B. Delhi C. Uttar Pradesh D. Kerala E. Karnataka 126. Which of the following private sector banks has extended the bancassurance with Max Life Insurance for 5 more years & Dedicated FY21 as “Year of the Customer”. A. HDFC Bank B. ICICI Bank C. Yes Bank D. Axis Bank E. Kotak Mahindra Bank 127. Which of the following central banks has bought 1.01% stake in HDFC Bank? A. People’s Bank of China B. Federal Reserve C. European Central Bank D. Bank of England E. Swiss National Bank 128. Which Infrastructure company has received "Letter of Award" (LoA) for the development and operations of Bhogapuram International Airport in Andhra Pradesh? A. GMR Infrastructure Limited B. Larsen & Toubro Infrastructure Development Projects Limited C. Reliance Infrastructure Limited D. IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited E. Jaiprakash Associates Limited 129. Which state government has started a new initiative titled ‘Food Bank’ in view of the threat of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? A. Tripura B. Assam C. Manipur D. Arunachal Pradesh E. Mizoram 130. Which ministry has started webportal named ‘YUKTI’ to cover different dimensions of COVID-19 challenges in a comprehensive and holistic way? A. Ministry of Home Affairs B. Ministry for Human Resource Development C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare D. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises E. Ministry of Corporate Affairs 131. Legendary sportsperson Sir Stirling Moss passed away recently, he was associated with which sports? A. Cricket B. Football C. Formula 1 D. Hockey E. Tennis 132. Which becomes the first station of Indian Railways (IR) to install a WalkThrough Mass Sanitizing Tunnel? A. Mumbai Central B. New Delhi C. Ahmedabad D. Jaipur E. Hyderabad 133. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Karnataka Bank for next 3 years? A. Mahabaleshwara M S B. P. Jayarama Bhat C. Ashok Haranahalli D. Rammohan Rao Belle E. Keshav Krishnarao Desai 134. The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research designed two products that will help in the fight against the outbreak of COVID19. Where the institution is located? A. Hyderabad B. Nagpur www.gradeup.co 14 C. Bengaluru D. Guwahati E. Dehradun 135. E-commerce firm Flipkart has partnered with which company to distribute essential food and beverage products to Indians? A. Tata Consumer Products Ltd B. Hindustan Unilever Limited C. Colgate-Palmolive D. Britannia Industries Limited E. Procter and Gamble 136. Which Indian economist has been appointed to a 12-member advisory group to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva? A. Urjit Patel B. C Rangarajan C. Raghuram Rajan D. Jagdish Bhagwati E. Arvind Subramanian 137. What is the rank of the Indian Football team in the latest FIFA ranking? A. 105th B. 106th C. 107th D. 108th E. 109th 138. Flipkart, in partnership with which two companies launched health insurance policies that distinctly cover COVID-19? A. ICICI Lombard and Go Digit General Insurance B. ICICI Lombard and Acko General Insurance C. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Bharti Axa General Insurance Co. Ltd D. ManipalCigna Health Insurance Co. Ltd and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance E. Acko General Insurance and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance 139. Which Indian state/UT has launched ‘Operation SHIELD’ in Containment areas against COVID-19? A. Jharkhand B. New Delhi C. Bihar D. Maharashtra E. Gujarat 140. Which of the following become the first state to geotag its community kitchens and community shelters? A. Andhra Pradesh B. Maharshtra C. Uttar Pradesh D. Odisha E. Delhi 141. Which of the following states becomes the first state in the country to carry out Rapid Testing for Covid 19? A. Rajasthan B. Maharshtra C. Uttar Pradesh D. Andhra Pradesh E. Delhi 142. Which state government has launched ‘Assess Koro Na’ app to do doorto-door survey in COVID-19 containment zones? A. Rajasthan B. Maharshtra C. Uttar Pradesh D. Andhra Pradesh E. Delhi 143. Fitch Solutions has cut India's economic growth forecast for the financial year 2020-21 to ______. A. 1.5 per cent B. 1.8 per cent C. 2.1 per cent D. 2.5 per cent E. 2.75 per cent 144. Which sports organization has created ‘Team Mask Force’ to spread awareness against COVID-19? A. National Sports Organization B. Sports Federation of India C. All India Football Federation D. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) E. National Anti Doping Agency 145. What amount of compensation has been announced for the Post Office employees if they succumb to coronavirus on duty? A. 5 Lakh B. 10 Lakh C. 15 Lakh D. 20 Lakh E. 25 Lakh www.gradeup.co 15 146. Which mobile application has been launched by the agriculture ministry to facilitate transportation of foodgrains and perishables during lockdown? A. Kisan Rath B. Kisan Mobile C. Kisan Express D. Kisan Udaan E. Kisan Samarth 147. Which of the following entities has developed an air evacuation pod (AEP) to airlift COVID-19 infected patients safely from remote areas? A. Indian Railways B. Indian Army C. Indian Airforce D. Indian Navy E. None of these 148. Who has authored the book titled “Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu”? A. Kadambari Murali B. Mayanti Langer C. V. Krishnaswamy D. Sushil Dhoshi E. Ayaj Memon 149. For the rapid detection of pathogens, a device named “bug sniffer” has been developed by which institutions? A. Agharkar Research Institute, Pune B. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants C. National Institute of Biomedical Genomics D. Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences E. None of these 150. World Creativity and Innovation Day is observed globally every year on which date? A. 19th April B. 20th April C. 21st April D. 22nd April E. 23rd April 151. Which of the following banks has launched voice assistance-based banking services for its retail banking customers with the help of Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant? A. HDFC Bank B. Yes Bank C. State Bank of India D. ICICI Bank E. Axis Bank 152. Who among the following has won the Formula One Esports Chinese Virtual Grand Prix championship? A. Charles Leclerc B. Lewis Hamilton C. Valtteri Bottas D. Sebastian Vettel E. Max Verstappen 153. Under whose chairmanship the government of India has formed a committee oversee the facilitating of supply chain and logistics management & availability of necessary items such as food and medicines? A. Amit Khare B. Kapil Dev Tripathi C. Sanjay Kothari D. P Iyer E. PK Mishra 154. Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have discovered hundreds of Lithium rich giant stars, the institute is based in _____. A. Ahmedabad B. Hyderabad C. Bengaluru D. Coimbatore E. Dehradun 155. Who has authored the book titled “How the Onion Got Its Layers”? A. Shashi Tharoor B. Arundhati Roy C. Kiran Desai D. Sudha Murty E. Vikram Seth 156. Who will chair the high-level task force for vaccine and drug testing for coronavirus disease formed by the central government? A. Vinod Paul B. K Vijay Raghavan C. Sanjay Kothari D. P Iyer E. Both A and B 157. What is the theme of the Earth Day or International Mother Earth Day 2020? A. Environmental and Climate Literacy www.gradeup.co 16 B. Water Wonderful World C. Clean Earth, Green Earth D. Climate Action E. End Plastic Pollution 158. In partnership with which healthcare company the government of Rajasthan has launched ‘Aayu & Sehat Sathi app to fight against COVID-19? A. 1mg B. MedCords C. #3healthcare D. AdressHealth E. BestDoc 159. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Huawei Telecommunications India? A. David Li B. Ding Yun C. Hu Houkun D. Meng Wanzhou E. Yao Fuhai 160. Who among the following has been appointed as the MD & CEO of City Union Bank Ltd? A. R Mohan B. N Kamakodi C. K Swaminathan D. V Sivakumar E. V Ramesh 161. Which Payments bank has partnered with Mastercard to issue virtual and physical debit cards? A. Airtel Payments Bank B. Aditya Birla Payments Bank C. Fino Payments Bank D. Jio Payments Bank E. Paytm Payments Bank 162. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the HSBC Bank? A. Pauline van der Meer Mohr B. Noel Quinn C. Kathleen Casey D. Henri de Castries E. Irene Lee 163. Renowned politician Laisenia Qarase passed away recently, he was former Prime Minister of which country? A. Surinam B. Sri Lanka C. Malaysia D. Fiji E. Maldives 164. Which Indian badminton player has been selected as one of the ambassadors for Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s “I am badminton” awareness campaign? A. Saina Nehwal B. Srikanth Kidambi C. P. V. Sindhu D. Chirag Shetty E. Ashwini Ponnappa 165. Who among the following becomes the new president of International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)? A. Pawan Munjal B. D J Balaji Rao C. Manish Kejriwal D. Rakesh Sharma E. Gita Piramal 166. English Language Day is observed globally every year on which date? A. 22nd April B. 23rd April C. 24th April D. 25th April E. 26th April 167. What is the slogan for the World Book and Copyright Day 2020 observed globally every year on 23rd April? A. Books and Readers B. “KL Baca – caring through reading” C. Books and Technology D. Books for everyone E. Readers with Special Needs 168. Who has won the 2020 William E. Colby Award for his book “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster”? A. Douglas V. Mastriano B. Thomas P. McKenna C. Adam Higginbotham D. Logan Beirne E. None of these 169. What is India’s rank in the recently released World Press Freedom Index 2020? A. 165th B. 156th C. 142nd www.gradeup.co 17 D. 134th E. 120th 170. Which state/UT’s legal service authority has launched a helpline under ‘Serve-the-Seniors Initiative’ to to help and facilitate the senior citizens who live alone and are unable to step out? A. Chandigarh B. Chhattisgarh C. Jammu and Kashmir D. Himachal Pradesh E. Uttarakhand 171. Which institute has developed “Feluda” a low-cost COVID-19 test strip? A. Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi B. Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow C. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow D. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata E. Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh 172. National Panchayati Raj Day is observed every year on which date? A. 22nd April B. 23rd April C. 24th April D. 25th April E. 26th April 173. Which portal and mobile app has been launched by the PM Narendra Modi that will provide the Gram Panchayats with a single interface to prepare and implement their Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP)? A. e-GramPanchayat B. e-GramSewa C. e-GramSabha D. e-GramSwaraj E. e-GramSanvidhan 174. Which state government has launched ‘Apthamitra’ app to provide facility that empower the people of the state in the fight against COVID-19? A. Andhra Pradesh B. Karnataka C. Maharashtra D. Odisha E. West Bengal 175. Which programme has been launched by the Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ for inviting e-learning Content contributions? A. “VidyaDaan 2.0” B. “VidyaDhan 2.0” C. “DikshaDaan 2.0” D. “GyaanVardhan 2.0” E. None of these 176. Eminent personality Usha Ganguly passed away recently, she was associated with which field? A. Theater B. Politics C. Journalism D. Sports E. Education 177. Which organization under its flagship Education for Justice Initiative launched the “Lockdown Learners” series of online dialogues with students and educators in India? A. UNICEF B. UNESCO C. UNODC D. UNDP E. UNCTAD 178. Which bank has launched Working Capital demand Loan for agriculture sector, a special credit facility for the agriculture sector & allied activities? A. State Bank of India B. Indian Overseas Bank C. Bank of Baroda D. Punjab National Bank E. Canara Bank 179. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) for a period of 3 years? A. Rajiv Gauba B. Rajiv Kumar C. Rajiv Maharishi D. Ajay Narayan Jha E. Subhash Chandra Garg 180. Who among the following has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the anti-corruption watchdog CVC? A. Sharad Kumar B. Suresh N Patel C. Anand Prakash Maheshwari www.gradeup.co 18 D. Rajesh Ranjan E. Harsh Vardhan Shringla 181. Every year 30th April is celebrated as which of the following days? A. National Polio eradication Day B. Ayushman Bharat Diwas C. National Maritime Day D. World Hemophilia Day E. World Heritage Day 182. The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned which cricketer from from all forms of cricket for a period of three years? A. Babar Azam B. Sarfaraz Ahmed C. Mohammad Amir D. Mohammad Hafeez E. Umar Akmal 183. Which state government has launched “Jivan Shakti Yojana” for women? A. Rajasthan B. Uttar Pradesh C. Madhya Pradesh D. Haryana E. Uttarakhand 184. What is the theme of the 2020 World Day for Safety and Health at Work? A. Workplace Stress: A collective challenge B. Optimize the collection and use of Occupational safety health data C. Safety and Health and the Future of Work D. Safety and health at work can save lives E. Occupational safety health vulnerability of young workers 185. Which state government has started “Dhanwantari” scheme for home delivery of medicines? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Uttarakhand C. Assam D. Bihar E. West Bengal 186. What is the theme of the World Immunization Week 2020? A. Close the immunization gap B. Protect your world – get vaccinated C. VaccinesWork for All D. Immunization saves lives E. Protected Together – Vaccines Work 187. Fitch Ratings has slashed its FY21 growth forecast for India to _______ per cent. A. 0.5 per cent B. 0.8 per cent C. 1.0 per cent D. 1.5 per cent E. 1.8 per cent 188. World Book and Copyright Day is observed globally on 23 April every year, the world book capital for 2020 is______. A. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia B. Jakarta, Malaysia C. Sydney, Australia D. New Delhi, India E. Tokyo, Japan 189. According to a CRISIL Research report which state is at first position in terms of total installed renewable capacity in FY20? A. Tamil Nadu B. Gujarat C. Karnataka D. Maharshtra E. Rajasthan 190. Which organization has recently, released a map showing Aksai Chin region of Ladakh as a part of China with a dotted line and colour code? A. UNDP B. World Health Organization C. World Trade Organization D. UNICEF E. UNESCO 191. Famous sportsperson Michael John Robinson passed away, he was associated with which sports? A. Cricket B. Badminton C. Tennis D. Football E. Hockey 192. With which mobile handset manufacturer Bharti Airtel has signed a deal of about $1 billion in order to enhance the network capacity of Bharti Airtel? A. Samsung B. Redmi www.gradeup.co 19 C. Nokia D. Apple E. Micromax 193. What amount of liquidity facility has been announced by the Reserve Bank of India for mutual funds? A. 25,000 crores B. 30,000 crores C. 40,000 crores D. 50,000 crores E. 60,000 crores 194. The World Intellectual Property Day is observed globally on April 26 every year. What is the theme of the year for 2020? A. “Creativity – the next generation” B. “Innovate for a Green Future” C. Movies – a Global Passion D. Get Up, Stand Up for Music E. Digital Creativity - Culture Reimagined 195. Sana Mir of which country announced her retirement from international cricket? A. England B. South Africa C. Pakistan D. Bangladesh E. Afghanistan 196. The 11th edition of World Games 2022 scheduled to be held in which country has unveiled an updated logo and title? A. Canada B. Japan C. USA D. England E. China 197. The Municipal Corporation of which city developed a mobile application “Saiyam” to effectively track the homequarantines citizens and ensure they are actually staying in the home? A. Mumbai B. New Delhi C. Chennai D. Pune E. Hyderabad 198. Which state government has rolled out “e-sanjeevani-opd” for free online medical consultation to sick people? A. Uttar Pradesh B. Uttarakhand C. Himachal Pradesh D. Rajasthan E. Gujarat 199. Which of the following motor companies has acquired the 122-year-old iconic British company Norton Motorcycle (UK) Ltd? A. TVS Motor Company Ltd. B. Hero MotoCorp C. Bajaj Auto D. Royal Enfield E. Mahindra Two Wheelers 200. Name the Oscar-winning animator, film director and producer, passed away recently. A. Gene Deitch B. Tim Brooke-Taylor C. Roger Chappot D. Radomir Antic E. Bill Withers www.gradeup.co 20 ###ANSWERS### 1. Ans. C. • The United Nations celebrates 6th of April every year as the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. • To celebrate International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2020, the United Nations requests people around the world to be active, stay healthy and exhibit solidarity during this period of physical and social distancing as this team spirit is going to help us all in getting through the current challenges together. • For the International Day of Sport 2020, the UN has appealed to people to #BeActive and healthy to beat #COVID19. 2. Ans. A. • Civil services officers’ associations have formed an initiative called ‘Caruna’ to support and supplement the government’s efforts in fighting coronavirus. • The acronym ‘Caruna’ stands for Civil Services Associations Reach to Support in Natural Disasters. • The platform includes officers from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS), state services and so on. • This platform was launched by the IAS Association vice-president Sanjeev Chopra. 3. Ans. E. • The biography of Manohar Parrikar titled ‘An Extraordinary Life’ has been written by Sadguru Patil and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar. • Published by Penguin Random House the book describes in great detail the events of the evening the surgical strikes were supposed to take place. • The book on former Defence Minister and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar reveals just what went on, on the eve of the surgical strikes against Pakistan (announced on September 29, 2016) after the Uri attack that killed 18 Indian soldiers and left more than 30 injured. 4. Ans. C. • The Asian Development Bank has released its annual economic publication “Asian Development Outlook 2020”. • In its annual flagship economic publication “Asian Development Outlook 2020”, the Asian Development Bank has projected India’s growth to slow down to 4% in the current fiscal year i.e. 2020- 2021. • The ADB has cited weak global demand and the government’s novel coronavirus containment efforts for the slow-down in Indian economy. 5. Ans. D. • The Odisha government has launched an online cultural competition “Mo Prativa” in collaboration with the UNICEF. • The cultural competition “Mo Prativa” has been launched in order to keep children engaged at home during the lockdown period. • The competition will enable childern to participate in various activies such as painting, writing of slogans, short stories, poems etc. 6. Ans. A. • The late Kobe Bryant has been selected as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. • He has been selected as the member of the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. • Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All Star, has now become a part of 9-member class that also constitutes multiple AllStar selections Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett. • Kobe Bryant, along with other 8- members will be included in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts in the month of August 2020. 7. Ans. C. • The FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup scheduled to be played in India in November (2nd to 21st) has been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic by FIFA-Confederations working group. • Under-17 Women's World Cup was scheduled to be played in India across five host cities - Navi Mumbai, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. 8. Ans. B. • ARMMAN, an India-based non-profit organization (NPO), has been awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2020 in recognition of www.gradeup.co 21 its exceptional work in the maternal and child health space in India, along with 4 other awardees. • ARMMAN is the only organization from Asia and Africa, selected from 700 organizations. 9. Ans. D. • Jclean weather Technology private limited has developed a technology- “Scitech Airon negative ion generator” to control viral, bacterial and fungal infections in closed environments can clean the air & disinfect areas caused by COVID-19 positive cases & suspects. • It is a company of Science & Technology based in Science & Technology (Scitech) Park, Pune. • It ensures the well-being of staff, doctors and nurses working around the clock in quarantine facilities by improving their disease resistance power and ability to fight viruses. 10. Ans. B. • The Ministry of Tourism has launched a portal ‘Stranded in India’ to help foreign tourists who are stuck in various parts of the country. • Its web address is strandedinindia.com. • The portal consists of information around COVID-19 helpline numbers and call centres that foreign tourists can reach out for help. • The COVID-19 helpline number for foreign tourists stuck in India is +91-11- 23978046 or 1075 11. Ans. B. • A team at IIT Bombay has developed a mobile app named ‘CORONTINE’. • The ‘CORONTINE’ app aims to help the authorities in tracking the asymptomatic carriers and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. • The mobile app ‘CORONTINE’ would be installed on the mobile of asymptomatic carriers (AC) by an authorized agency (AA). The app will share the GPS coordinates of the mobiles on the regular intervals with a server under the supervision of authorized agency. 12. Ans. D. • Himachal Pradesh government has started “Active Case Finding Campaign” in the state. • The campaign has been rolled out in the state to provide information about the symptoms of COVID-19 to the people at their doorsteps. • Under the “Active Case Finding Campaign”, the information would be provided to the people by the health workers. • Every ASHA worker with a two-person team will reach out every house in the village and collect health information of every person. 13. Ans. A. • BharatPe inks partnership with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited to introduce ‘COVID-19 Protection Insurance Cover’. • This Insurance cover for shopkeepers, who are most affected financially due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. • According to this policy, 100% of the sum assured will be paid to the policyholder for the diagnosis of Coronavirus. This includes expenses incurred after hospitalization. • The ICICI Lombard Health Cover, available on the BharatPe app, provided at a reasonable cost & offers a premium starting from Rs 199 and a sum assured of Rs 25,000 and value-added benefits. 14. Ans. B. • The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has designed a casualty evacuation bag to transport or isolate persons infected with COVID-19. • The bag is water and air-proof and treated to deal with biological agents. DRDO will be procuring an initial lot of 500 such bags. • DRDO’s Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL), which carries out research in aeromedical engineering and life support equipment and Nuclear Chemical and Biological (NBC) protection systems, has developed this bag. 15. Ans. C. • Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC, a Joint Venture between Tata Power, Norway’s Clean Energy Invest (CEI), and International Financial Corporation (IFC) has announced the start of commercial operation of the 178 MW Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project (Shuakhevi HPP) located in southwest Georgia. • The project will generate around 450 GWh of clean energy to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by more than 200,000 tonnes a year. www.gradeup.co 22 • The power generated by the project will be exclusively sold within Georgia throughout the winter which is a period of energy deficit. 16. Ans. B. • Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan agreement worth of $60 million with affordable housing loan provider Aavas Financiers Ltd to provide housing finance to women in low-income communities either as primary borrowers or co-borrowers. • The grant, provided under the ADB’s supporting access to housing finance for women and in lagging states project, will help increase higher rates of property ownership for women in lower-income groups. 17. Ans. D. • Former Deputy Chairman of the Indian Planning Commission Padma Vibhushan awardee (2011) Montek Singh Ahluwalia authored a book titled ‘Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years’ which captures the essence of policymaking between 1985 and 2014. • The book states about India’s spectacular economic growth and its historic achievements in poverty alleviation during the 10-year tenure of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), as well as allegations of policy freeze and corruption in India’s recent history & is published by Rupa Publication. • 18. Ans. C. • The Jharkhand Government has launched a mobile app PRAGYAAM to issue e-passes. The app was launched by the State Chief Minister Hemant Soren. • The app aims to issue e-passes to everyone associated with the delivery of essential services during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID19. 19. Ans. B. • The Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA) has come up with the ‘Companies Fresh Start Scheme 2020’ to enable companies make good of any filing-related defaults, irrespective of duration of default, and make a fresh start as a fully compliant entity. • To provide a similar facility to Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), the MCA has also revised the ‘LLP Settlement Scheme, 2020’. • The Fresh Start scheme and modified LLP Settlement Scheme reduce compliance burden during the unprecedented public health situation caused by Covid-19 20. Ans. E. • The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of international Athletics’s governing body - World Athletics’s (formerly known as International Association of Athletics Federations-IAAF), has suspended Indian shot putter NavinChikara (23) for 4- years for failing an out-of-competition dope test in 2018. 21. Ans. C. • Author & screenwriter Satyarth Nayak authored his 1st non-fiction book titled as ‘Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess’ which is about the late actress Sridevi. It is published by Penguin eBury Press • The book states about her cinematic journey from child star to megastar & also give glimpses of her as a person, sister, mother & wife. • Satyarth Nayak is known for his bestselling novel The Emperor’s Riddles (2014), a historical thriller. 22. Ans. A. • World Autism Awareness Day observed globally on 2 April every year. • This year is the 13th annual World Autism Awareness Day. • This day is observed to highlight the need to improve the quality of life of those with autism so they can lead full and meaningful lives as an integral part of society. • The very first World Autism Day was observed in the year 2008 on April 2. • This year the World Autism Awareness Day 2020 Theme is ‘The Transition to Adulthood’. 23. Ans. D. • The state government of Karnataka has launched a mobile application ‘Corona Watch’. • The mobile application aims to track the movement history of persons tested positive, before their detection in order to take precautions and to contain the coronavirus outbreak. • The app will also provide the date and time of visit to spots by the patients. ‘Corona Watch’ app also comprises a list of government designated first response hospitals for COVID-19 where citizen with symptoms can visit. www.gradeup.co 23 24. Ans. C. • The United Nation’s COP26 climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed till next year due to COVID-19. • This decision has been taken by the COP Bureau of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with the UK and its Italian partners. • Dates for a rescheduled conference in 2021, hosted in Glasgow by the UK in partnership with Italy, will be set out in due course following further discussion with parties. • 25. Ans. C. • The tennis Grand Slam tournament Wimbledon 2020 has been cancelled for the first time since World War II due to coronavirus pandemic. • The tournament organizer, All England Club (AELTC) after an emergency meeting announced that the Championships 2020 will be cancelled due to public health concerns linked to the Novel Coronavirus pandemic. • The tournament was due to be played between 29 June and 12 July. • The entire grass-court season has been abandoned, and there will be no professional tennis anywhere in the world until at least 13 July. 26. Ans. C. • Philip Anderson, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who expanded the world’s understanding of magnetism and superconductivity. • He received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977, along with Nevill Francis Mott of Britain & the American John Hasbrouck van Vleck. • He served in the Navy during World War II & was assigned to work in the U.S. Naval Research Lab. 27. Ans. A. • Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy has become the new Managing Director of the Sundaram Home Finance. He assumed the charge as MD of Sundaram Home Finance on 1st April, 2020. • Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy has replaced Srinivas Acharya who was serving as the Managing Director of Sundaram Home Finance since 2010. • Sundaram Home Finance is the wholly owned home finance subsidiary of Sundaram Finance Ltd. 28. Ans. A. • Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICR) launched a competition titled “United Against Corona- Express through Art”, the art in the time of Corona. • The aim of the competition is to unite the citizens across the world. The competition was announced by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and this soft-power initiative is being organized by ICCR. • 29. Ans. D. • The World Bank in report says that the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could drive an additional 11 million people into poverty in East Asia and the Pacific. • In the worse-case scenario outlined by the Washington-based financial institution, the region could suffer its sharpest downturn in more than two decades, plunging much of Asia into a prolonged recession. • The bank's baseline forecast projects that regional growth could slow to 2.1% in 2020, compared to estimated growth of 5.8% in 2019. • However, under its worse case projection, the region's economy could contract by 0.5%, creating the potential for an extended crisis. 30. Ans. E. To tide over the situation arising from the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in consultation with the Government of India, has revised the limit for Ways and Means Advances (WMA) for the remaining part of the first half of FY21 (April 2020 to September 2020) to ₹2-lakh crore. 31. Ans. A. • The World Bank announced that it is to offer 1 billion USD to Government of India to implement Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems preparedness project. • The project is being launched by India in order to mitigate the threats created by the virus. It will strengthen the national system and keep up public health preparedness in the country. • The project is to run for 4 years. The funding of the project is to come from the www.gradeup.co 24 World Bank’s COVID-19 Fast Track facility. 32. Ans. B. • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) to launch its new mission called the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE), a very large radio telescope to study how the sun generates & releases the giant space weather storms(solar particle storms) into planetary space. • The study will help to protect the astronauts that travel to the moon & mars by providing better information on how the Sun’s radiation affects the space environment in which they travel. 33. Ans. C. • State Bank of India has listed green bonds of $100 million (about Rs 750 crore) on BSE’s India International Exchange (India INX). • The bank has listed green bonds under its USD 10 billion global medium-term note programme on India INX’s Global Securities Market Green Platform (GSM). • SBI has adopted the green bond framework with the objective of creating a positive impact on the environment & this transaction is considered as part of the sustainability journey. 34. Ans. C. • The Naval Dockyard at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh has designed ‘Portable Multi-feed Oxygen Manifold (MOM)’. • This oxygen manifold is designed to supply oxygen to multiple patients at a time, which could prove helpful in a contingency created by COVID-19 spread. • The preliminary trials were conducted at MI Room at NDV, followed by rapid trials at the Naval Hospital INHS Kalyani, where it was successfully installed within 30 minutes. 35. Ans. A. • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology has signed an agreement with the Wipro 3D, Bengaluru to jointly manufacture automated ventilators. • The two organisations will jointly manufacture a prototype of an emergency ventilator system based on Artificial Manual Breathing Unit (AMBU). • The Artificial Manual Breathing Unit (AMBU) has been developed by SCTIMST. • The AMBU bag is a hand-held device that provides positive pressure ventilation to a patient who is either not breathing or who is breathing inadequately. 36. Ans. B. • Indian Navy’s Naval Dockyard in Mumbai has designed and developed its own handheld infrared-based temperature sensor gun for the screening of personnel in a bid to limit the spread of COVID-19. • Since the outbreak of the virus, temperature guns and non-contact thermometers have become scarce in the country. • The sensor gun is to be used to check the personnel entering at the gates of the yard. They will help fight against virus more efficiently. • The instrument was manufactured at less than Rs 1000. 37. Ans. A. • The Government of India has launched the mobile application “Aarogya Setu” to connect essential health services with the people of India to fight against COVID-19. • The mobile application aims to augment the initiatives of the Government of India, particularly the Department of Health, by proactively reaching out to and inform the users of the app regarding the risks, best practices along with the relevant advisories related to the containment of COVID-19. 38. Ans. D. • PhonePe has announced the launch of a unique coronavirus hospitalisation insurance policy called “Corona Care.” It has partnered with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance. • PhonePe users can purchase their Coronavirus insurance policy under the “My Money” section on the PhonePe app. • The entire policy purchase process takes less than 2 minutes and customers will be instantly issued their policy documents inside the PhonePe app. 39. Ans. A. • The Emmy award-winning singersongwriter Adam Schlesinger passed away due to COVID-19. • Adam was also the co-founder of the 2000s pop-rock band ‘Fountains of Wayne’. • In his career Adam Schlesinger earned nominations for Oscars, Tonys, Grammys www.gradeup.co 25 and Emmys. Adam won the Emmy Award in 2019 for his outstanding original music and lyrics for Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal from the TV musical drama Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. • He also won Grammy in 2009 for his work on A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All. 40. Ans. C. • The Andhra Pradesh (AP) Government has issued a modified set of guidelines for the distribution of 25 lakh house sites to urban and rural poor under the Navaratnalu- Pedalandariki Illu (Houses for All Poor) programme • Apart from getting necessary approvals under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), It has been working with Housing And Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) and other organizations to secure loans. 41. Ans. A. • The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the formation of Joint Venture (JV) between Adani Green Energy Limited and Total S.A. for solar power generation in India. • The proposed combination predicts that Adani Green Energy will transfer certain of its subsidiaries to a newly incorporated company (JV) & then the total S.A. will acquire 50% of JV’s equity share capital, either directly or indirectly. 42. Ans. D. • According to the Fitch Solutions, IncIndia’s fiscal deficit is expected to go up to 6.2 % of gross domestic product (GDP) in fiscal year FY21 from 3.8 % of GDP previous estimates. • The reason for this is the economic stimulus package given to deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. • The government has set a target of limiting the fiscal deficit to 3.5 % of GDP during the current financial year FY 2019- 20. 43. Ans. A. • The United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) World Economic Forecasting Model estimates that the global economy could shrink by 1% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic from an earlier forecast of 2.5%. • The UN has also warned if the restrictions on economic activities are extended without adequate fiscal responses, the decline could be even deeper. 44. Ans. C. • A new definition for domicile for Jammu and Kashmir was introduced which has stated that a person residing in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for at least 15 years or has studied for a period of seven years in Jammu and Kashmir and appeared in Class 10 or 12 examinations will now be eligible to be a permanent resident of the UT. • This new rule was issued under the Section 3A of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Adaptation of State Laws Order 2020, under the Jammu and Kashmir civil services decentralisation and recruitment Act. 45. Ans. A. * Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa assured Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of $2.2 billion (about ₹ 16,500 crore) support to India in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. * ADB assistance for India will be further increased if needed. We will consider all financing options available with us to meet India’s needs, including emergency assistance, policy-based loans, and budget support to facilitate swift disbursement of ADB funds. 46. Ans. B. * A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post, Mary Jordan’s has written an unauthorized biography of first lady Melania Trump. * Mary Jordan’s “The Art of Her Deal,” which draws upon more than 100 interviews, comes out June 16. * Jordan began working on the book in 2015, well before Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election. * She investigated everything from Melania Knauss’ childhood in Slovenia to her years as a model to her relationship with her husband. 47. Ans. E. * IFFCO Tokio General Insurance has appointed Anamika Roy Rashtrawar as the new Managng Director & Chief Executive Officer of the company. * She will take over Warendra Sinha who was leading the company from past three years. www.gradeup.co 26 * After taking over as the MD & CEO of IFFCO Tokio General Insurance, Anamika Roy Rashtrawar will become the first woman MD and CEO of a large private sector general insurance company in India. 48. Ans. D. * As per the UN 'Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 2020 India's GDP growth for the current fiscal is expected to slow down to 4.8 per cent. * The survey said that COVID-19 is having far-reaching economic and social consequences for the region, with strong cross-border spillover effects through trade, tourism and financial linkages. * As per the report Economic growth for the country could stand at 5.1 per cent for fiscal year 2021-22. 49. Ans. A. * Hyderabad-based Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has partnered with Australia’s Griffith University to develop the COVID-19 vaccine. * Scientists from IIL and Griffith University will jointly develop a “live attenuated SARS – CoV-2 vaccine” or COVID-19 vaccine using the “latest codon de-optimization technology”. * The vaccine is expected to provide longlasting protection with a single dose administration with an anticipated safety profile similar to other licensed vaccines for active immunization. 50. Ans. D. * American folk singer John Prine has passed away due to the COVID-19 complications. In a career spanning over half a century, he won two Grammy awards for best contemporary folk albums “The Missing Years (1991)” and “Fair & Square (2005)”. * He was bestowed with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. 51. Ans. B. * The West Central Railway’s Coach Rehabilitation Workshop (CRWS) in Madhya Pradesh’s (MP) Bhopal city,has created a mobile doctor booth called “CHARAK” to eliminate the possibility of physical contact between the doctor and the coronavirus (COVID-19) infected patient. * A viral barrier chamber has been built in the railway compartment itself, through which doctors will be able to examine patients without direct physical contact. 52. Ans. D. * China has become the world leader in international patent filings via WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) with a total of 58,990 applications surpassing the United States (US), which was at top spot since the PCT began operations in 1978. * It should be noted that for the third consecutive year, Chinese telecoms giant Huawei topped the global ranking in 2019 with 4,411 PCT applications. It was followed by Mitsubishi of Japan, which made 2,661 filings, Samsung of South Korea with 2,334 filings and Qualcomm of the US with 2,127 filings. 53. Ans. A. * Goldman Sachs lowered India’s growth forecast for Financial Year (FY) 21 from 3.3% (estimated on March 22, 2020) to 1.6% due to the lockdown & social distancing measures so as to control the COVID-19 pandemic spread. * It stated that the revised growth will be deeper when compared to the recession India has experienced in 1970’s, 1980’s & 2009. * Many analysts like Fitch, Moody are downgrading India’s growth rate due to the pandemic. * Goldman Sachs is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. 54. Ans. B. * Forbes published the 34th annual list of Global Billionaires 2020 which topped Amazon Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jeff Bezos for the 3rd time, followed by Microsoft co- founder and chairman of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates. * The chairman & managing director of Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani (17th) topped the Indian list, followed by The founder of Avenue Supermarts Radhakishan Damani & family (65th). 55. Ans. C. * Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has collaborated with UNICEF for developing a digital communication www.gradeup.co 27 strategy for promoting a digital campaign for Self Help Groups (SHGs). * The partnership aims to highlight the importance of Social Distancing. * UNICEF would provide the necessary support to be circulated to the SHG centres in the form of Digital Multimedia content, Webinars for Virtual training (basic orientation on COVID response, key preventive behaviours), Social Media campaigns (on social distancing, home quarantine, etc.) and Vanya Radio. It is aimed to reach more than 18,000 participants and would cover tribal regions across all the 27 States. 56. Ans. C. * England’s all-rounder Ben Stokes has been named as the leading cricketer in the world 2020 by Wisden. * Andrew Flintoff was the last English player to win the award in 2005. Ben Stokes was the hero of the Cricket World Cup 2019 final as he guided England to their maiden triumph in the 50-over showpiece tournament at Lord’s on July 14. 57. Ans. A. * James Bond film actress Honor Blackman has passed away. * She was best known for playing the legendary Bond girl Pussy Galore in the 1964 James Bond movie ‘Goldfinger’ starring alongside Sean Connery. * She also featured in the popular 1960s TV spy series ‘The Avengers’ while playing the character of “Cathy Gale”. 58. Ans. C. * A Life Insurance company, Bharti AXA Life Insurance has appointed Parag Raja as managing director and chief executive officer of the company. * Parag Raja will be succeeding Vikas Seth, who is leading the insurance company for the past two-and-a-half years and is set to retire after April 30, 2020. * Parag Raja has an extensive experience in the domestic life insurance industry and has exhibited his leadership across different areas such as the agency, bancassurance, broking and direct sales force channels. 59. Ans. B. * The Department of Personnel and Training has announced the launch of a learning platform (https://igot.gov.in) to combat COVID 19 for all front-line workers to equip them with the training and updates in coping with Pandemic. * Giving COVID 19 training to other potential second line workforce, India will be better prepared for the emergent situations. * The target group is Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, Hygiene Workers, Technicians, Auxiliary Nursing Midwives (ANMs), Central & State Govt. Officers, Civil Defence Officials, various Police Organisations, National Cadet Corps (NCC), Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National Service Scheme (NSS), Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Bharat Scouts & Guides (BSG) and other volunteers. * The platform delivers curated, rolespecific content, to each learner at his place of work or home and to any device of his choice. 60. Ans. B. * The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under Ministry of Commerce & Industry has removed export restrictions on 24 pharma ingredients including 12 active pharmaceutical ingredients. * In this regard, amendment has been made in the chapter 29 and 30 of the Schedule 2 of the ITCHS (Indian Trade Clarification based on Harmonized System) Export Policy, 2018 which is related APIs and formulations. * It should be noted that the outbound shipments of paracetamol and its formulations continue to remain restricted or need a license from the government to get exported. 61. Ans. D. * The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Development Fund (SDF) has allocated USD 5 million (about Rs 38 crore) for COVID-19 projects in 8 member countries, in an effort to mitigate the financial losses and severe socioeconomic impact of the pandemic. * The approval process, project implementation, funding disbursement, management, monitoring and reporting will be in accordance with the existing SDF-Board approved policy and the procedures of the SDF and social Window. * This project will be funded by the SDF under its Social Window thematic areas. SDF’s social window primarily funds www.gradeup.co 28 projects on poverty alleviation, social development focusing on education, health, and human resource development, among others. * Currently, SDF operates 90 projects in SAARC countries under its 3 funding windows, with a total financial commitment or allocation of USD 198.24 million. 62. Ans. D. * In a bid to provide financial relief to the agriculture sector which is under distress due to COVID-19, the Bank of Baroda (BoB) has initiated four agro schemes for Women Self Help Groups (SHGs), Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO/FPC) and farming community. It should be noted only the existing borrowers of BoB whether individual or FPO or SHG are eligible for the schemes. * The Schemes are: 1. Additional Assurance to SHGs- COVID19 2. Baroda Emergency Credit Line for Farmer Producer Organization (FPO/FPC) 3. Baroda Special Scheme for existing Agriculture Investment Credit borrowers 4. Baroda Special Scheme for existing BKCC borrowers impacted by COVID-19 63. Ans. C. * The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has announced that it will provide emergency working capital of up to Rs 1 crore to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). * The SIDBI Assistance to Facilitate Emergency response against coronavirus (SAFE) loan limit has been increased to 2 crores from Rs 50 lakhs. 64. Ans. D. * Australia’s Ellyse Perry has been named the Wisden’s Leading Female Cricketer in the World. * Perry scored the highest runs and took the most wickets as Australia successfully retained their Women’s Ashes title against England last year. 65. Ans. C. * Airtel Payments Bank has collaborated with Bharati AXA General Insurance to offer financial protection for COVID-19 via two different health insurance plans. * The plan named “Bharti AXA Group Health Assure Policy”offers a lump sum benefit of Rs 25,000 and the other plan “Group Hospital Cash”will offer a daily benefit of starting Rs 500. 66. Ans. A. * The Punjab National Bank Housing Finance (PNBHF) has signed an agreement with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to raise USD 75 million & with Citibank for USD 25 million to provide loans to affordable housing segment so as to improve the lives of low-income households & to promote sustainable economic growth in India. * It is a 5-year long term loan which helps to balance the company’s Asset Liability Management (ALM) position. * It is JICA’s first debt funding in India’s housing finance sector. 67. Ans. D. * Beverage Major PepsiCo has named Shafali Verma, 16 years old, Indian Women Cricketer, as one of its brand ambassadors for one year. * Pepsi will be Shafali’s first contract with a major brand. The beverage firm recently signed Bollywood star Salman Khan as its face for 2 years. 68. Ans. B. * The government of Telangana invested swiftly to deploy India’s first automated “COVID-19 Monitoring System App” by Vera Smart Healthcare. * The objective of this app is to identify patients, undertake live surveillance, track, monitor, and provide real-time analytics to the chief minister and the state health department. 69. Ans. B. * The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves proposed acquisition of 80.1% stake by Hitachi in the power grid business of ABB Limited. * The proposed combination envisages acquisition of 80.1% share capital of ABB Management Holding AG (ABB Management) by Hitachi Limited (Hitachi) from ABB Limited (ABB). ABB Management will hold the entire power grid business of ABB. * Hitachi, headquartered in Japan, is the parent company of the Hitachi group of companies. It is active in a variety of business segments including IT Solution, Energy Solution, Industry Solution, Mobility Solution, and Smart Life Solution. 70. Ans. B. * The Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has launched a 5T plan to contain the www.gradeup.co 29 COVID-19 pandemic in the national capital. * According to the Delhi government, the 5T plan consists of 5 pillars namely: testing, tracing, treatment, teamwork and tracking. 71. Ans. D. * Malayalam film and theatre actor Kalinga Sasi passed away. His real name was V Chandrakumar. * He made his debut in the film industry in 1988. He has been a part of over 500 plays and 100 movies. * Some of his well-known films include Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha, Pranchiyettan & the Saint, Indian Rupee, Adaminte Makan Abu, Amen etc. 72. Ans. C. * The innovation cell of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched a mega ONLINE challenge called “SAMADHAN” to fight against covid19. * Under the “Samadhan” challenge, the students and faculty will be motivated for doing new experiments and new discoveries and provide them with a strong base leading to a spirit of experimentation and discovery. 73. Ans. D. * NASA unveils plan to setup Artemis, the first human base camp on Moon’s south pole by 2024. * NASA is working on the Artemis program that aims to land humans on the moon by 2024. * NASA submitted a 13-page report to the National Space Council on 2 April. * As per the report, the base camp will demonstrate the US’s continued leadership in space and will eventually help them prepare to undertake humanity’s first mission to Mars. 74. Ans. D. * An online delivery platform, Dunzo has partnered with packaged foods company Britannia Industries to deliver range of products to its consumers. * Britannia Industries has launched a Britannia Essentials store that will be available to Dunzo app users. * The batch of essential products produced by Britannia Industries will be available at Britannia’s distribution centers. 75. Ans. A. * Veteran American actor Forrest Compton passed away due to COVID-19 complications. Compton was popular for playing the role of district attorney Mike Karr in the long-running soap opera “The Edge of Night”. 76. Ans. D. * The National Highway Authority of India recently completed the construction of 3,979 km of national highways in the financial year 2019-20. * This is the highest ever target achieved by the authority in a financial year since its establishment. * The Government of India envisaged construction of national highway under Bharatmala Pariyojana. * The scheme is being implemented by Ministry of Road and Transport and Highways. It was launched in 2015. The scheme has set a target of completing 65,000 km of NH. 77. Ans. B. * Infosys’ chief operating officer, UB Pravin Rao, has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), for 2020-21. * He will succeed Keshav Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS Global Services. * Rekha M Menon, Chairman and Senior Managing Director, Accenture in India, will be the Vice-Chairperson for the industry body. * The newly appointed leadership, along with President Debjani Ghosh, will help the industry body achieve its 2025 vision for the industry. 78. Ans. E. * Former Libya Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril passed away due to COVID-19. Mahmoud Jibril was the former head of the Libyan rebel government that ousted the long term ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. * Before joining the revolution in 2011, Jibril served the Gaddafi government as an economic advisor in its final years. 79. Ans. B. * Former New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman Jock Edwards passed away. He had made his Test debut in the home Test series against Australia in 1976-77 as a specialist batsman. * He played the last of his eight Tests against India in 1981. www.gradeup.co 30 80. Ans. D. * Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has been conferred with ‘Hero to Animals Award’ by animal rights body PETA India. * He has been awarded by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for allocating funds to feed community animals in Odisha during the lockdown over the novel coronavirus pandemic. * The lockdown has not only affected people but animals as well. In the concern that the animals do not go starving in such conditions, CM approved of Rs 54 lakhs from a relief fund to feed animals of the community. * The initiative undertaken to feed animals are conducted in five municipal corporations and all 48 municipalities of Odisha. 81. Ans. B. * ‘V Safe Tunnel’ has been installed in Telangana to sanitize people. The sanitising tunnel has been installed at the state Director General of Police’s office. * A unique disinfectant named ‘V Safe Tunnel’ sanitizes people from any possible bacteria and other microbes within 20 seconds. 82. Ans. C. * The state of Tamil Nadu has topped the all-India level for micro-irrigation (MI), under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), with a coverage of 2,06,853.25 ha for the year financial year 2019-20. * The state is followed by Karnataka and Gujarat with 1,41,103.56 Ha and 1,08,322.00 Ha of coverage respectively. 83. Ans. B. * After State Bank of India (SBI), now State-owned Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and private HDFC Bank have been nominated for the collection of donations for Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-Cares Fund) * The PM Cares Fund was set up on March 28, 2020 to raise money for providing relief to the affected due to Coronavirus outbreak. 84. Ans. A. * The Indian Railways has developed a low-cost ventilator ‘Jeevan’ at its premier coach production unit,Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala in Punjab.The cost of “Jeevan”is around Rs 10,000 without the compressor and it will not rise over Rs 30,000 even after adding a few more indicators.The ventilator is now awaiting the final clearance from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). 85. Ans. A. * International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has banned Thailand and Malaysia from participating in weightlifting events at the Tokyo Olympics due to multiple doping offences. * It has suspended the Thai Amateur Weightlifting Association (TAWA) for 3 years to April 2023 and imposed a fine of USD 2,00,000 & also suspended Malaysian Weightlifting Federation (MWF) for a year to April 2021. 86. Ans. A. * To provide better understanding and prevention of novel coronavirus (COVID19) the book is authored by Italian physicist Paolo Giordano. * The book will explain how contagion works and why people should limit their exposure to the outside world. * It should be noted that Giordano’s first novel, “The Solitude of Prime Numbers”, was translated into more than 40 languages worldwide and won the Premio Strega, the most prestigious Italian literary award. * The book will be published by Hatchette, United States (US). 87. Ans. E. * To provide better understanding and prevention of novel coronavirus (COVID19) the book has been authored by epidemiologist Michael Osterholm and author Mark Olshaker. * The book will be published by Hatchette, United States (US). * Deadliest Enemy is a high scientific drama, a chronicle of medical mystery and discovery, a reality check and a practical plan of action. 88. Ans. C. • M.K. Arjunan, the last of the composers from the golden period of Malayalam cinema, passed away in Kochi. • In career that spanned over five decades, he tuned about 700 songs, many of them among the biggest hits of all time. • Some of his songs were so good, many believed they were tuned by Devarajan, one of the most prolific and gifted composers of Indian cinema. www.gradeup.co 31 89. Ans. C. • Vehicle Research Development Establishment, VRDE Ahmednagar which is a DRDO Laboratory has designed full body disinfection chamber called as PSE. • This walk through enclosure is designed for personnel decontamination. • This is a portable system equipped with sanitiser and soap dispenser. • The decontamination starts using a foot pedal at the entry. • On entering the chamber, electrically operated pump creates a disinfectant mist of hypo sodium chloride for disinfecting. • The mist spray is calibrated for an operation of 25 seconds and stops automatically indicating completion of operation. 90. Ans. A. • Bengaluru based startup Bione, a genetic and microbiome testing firm has launched India’s 1st home screening test kit for COVID-19 & is approved by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). • To take the test using the kit one has to clean the finger with an alcohol swab and use the lancet provided to finger-prick & the provided cartridge reads the results within 5-10 minutes. • The prices of the kit ranges from Rs 2,000 to 3,000 & it will be delivered within 2-3 days of ordering. • The easy-to-use kit will be deployed in the market after quality checks & approvals from the regulatory authority. 91. Ans. C. • The official mascots of the 19th Asian Games, to be from 10 to 25 September 2022, were unveiled at a 20 minutes digital launch ceremony in Hangzhou, China. The ceremony was conducted online due to the coronavirus pandemic. • There are three mascots namely Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen, which represents the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage sites of Hangzhou in eastern China. • These three mascots for the XIX Asiadare collectively known as the “smart triplets”. 92. Ans. A. • American songwriter, soulful singer, guitarist & 3 time Grammy award winner Bill Withers passed at 81, due to heart complications in Los Angeles. • He was born on July 4, 1938, in the coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, United States. • He is well known for these compilationsLean on Me, Ain’t No Sunshine, Just the two of us (for which he received Grammy awards) & Lovely Day. 93. Ans. D. • The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is observed every year on April 4 globally to create awareness on landmines, other threats and progress towards their eradication. • In 2005, the UN (United Nations) General Assembly declared April 4 as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. • The United Nations Mine Action Service specializes in coordinating and implementing the activities to limit the threat posed by mines, explosives remnants of war and improvised explosive devices. 94. Ans. D. • Renowned Indian origin South African virologist Geeta Ramji (64 years) passes away due to coronavirus pandemic. • She was the principal investigator and unit director of the Clinical Trial Unit of the HIV Prevention Research Unit of the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) in Durban. • Ramji was awarded the Outstanding Female Scientist Award in Lisbon by EDCTP. 95. Ans. E. • The National Cadet Corps (NCC) has offered its volunteer cadets to assist the civilian authorities to fight COVID-19 under ‘Exercise NCC Yogdan’. • It has issued guidelines for the temporary employment of its cadets to enhance the operations of various organizations involved in relief efforts & fighting the pandemic. • The tasks for NCC cadets includemanning of helpline, call centres; distribution of relief materials, medicines, food, essential commodities; community assistance; data management and queue & traffic management. • It is operated under the Ministry of Defence and its headquarter is located in New Delhi. • It is the largest uniform youth organization in the country which www.gradeup.co 32 involves various social service and community development activities. • It contributes to the national cause during natural calamities like floods, cyclones, etc. 96. Ans. C. • In order to keep children engaged in some creative work during 21-days lockdown due to coronavirus (COVID-19), the Odisha state government in collaboration with UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund), has launched a creative skill competition programme called “Mo Prativa” (My talent). • Under this online programme children can participate in competitions such as drawings, paintings, posters, writing of slogans, short stories (within 500 words) and poetry. Children will have to upload their work and for this they will get a certificate every week. 97. Ans. D. • The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution, co-sponsored by 188 nations including India, on COVID-19, calling for intensified international cooperation to defeat the pandemic that is causing "severe disruption to societies and economies. • The resolution titled 'Global solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)' was the first such document on the global pandemic to be adopted by the world organization. • The UN Security Council is yet to discuss the coronavirus outbreak, even as the total number of coronavirus cases across the world crossed one million. 98. Ans. A. • Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of 18.951 % equity stake in Religare Health Insurance Company Limited (RHICL) by Trishikhar Ventures LLP under the green channel route. • The approval was done under the subsection (2) of Section 6 of the Competition Act, 2002 (Act) read with regulation 5A of the Competition Commission of India, Regulations, 2011. • The CCI is a non-departmental public body responsible for investigating mergers. 99. Ans. C. • The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced the 3rd edition of Asian Youth Games, which will be hosted in the coastal city of Shantou in Southern China from November 20 to 28, 2021. • OCA Director General Husain Al Musallam mentioned that the venue and dates of the programme were decided by OCA in coordination with the Shantou 3rd Asian Youth Games Organising Committee (SAYGOC). 100. Ans. C. • A government-appointed committee of experts has proposed an institutional framework for valuers by way of setting up the National Institute of Valuers. • The panel, headed by IBBI (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India) Chairperson M S Sahoo, has also submitted the 'Draft Valuers Bill, 2020'. • The panel was constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on August 30, 2019 to examine the need for an institutional framework for regulation and development of valuation profession. 101. Ans. B. • World Hemophilia Day observed globally on 17 April every year. • This day is observed to raise awareness for hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. • The date was chosen in honour of the World Federation of Hemophilia founder Frank Schnabel birthday. • This year is the 30th edition of World Haemophilia Day. • The theme of World Haemophilia Day 2020: “Get + Involved”. 102. Ans. D. • WWF (World Wide Fund) India has appointed World chess champion Viswanathan Anand as its ambassador for the environmental education programme. • Anand lends his support to the conservation and protection of the environment. • This year WWF India is celebrating its 50th year of conservation in India. • WWF India was found in November 1969. • WWF India’s environmental education programme is as old as the organisation itself, starting way back in 1976 with the Nature Clubs of India (NCI) initiative. • The environmental education programme currently reaches out to over 5,00,000 children across 2000 schools in the country. 103. Ans. A. www.gradeup.co 33 • Former American football player Willie Davis passed away. He was inducted into the National Football League’s (NFL) Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981. • He becomes the first African-American captain in Green Bay Packers’ history in 1965. • He played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and played for the Cleveland Browns (1958-59) and the Green Bay Packers (1960-69). 104. Ans. C. • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 3.75 per cent versus 4 per cent earlier. • In the last meeting on March 27, the RBI had announced a massive 90 bps cut in reverse repo rate, the rate at which the RBI borrows money from banks by lending securities, to ensure surplus liquidity in the system. • The central bank, however, kept all key rate, including repo rate, unchanged. 105. Ans. C. • RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das announced the launch of second instalment of TLTRO -- TLTRO 2.0 -- for easing credit to NBFCs. • The central bank will conduct targeted repo operations for an amount of ₹50,000 crore to begin with in tranches of appropriate sizes. • The funds will have to be made in bonds, CP, NCD of NBFCs with 50% of it going to small and mid-sized NBFC within one month of availing the credit from RBI. • It will be classified as HTM or held to maturity. 106. Ans. D. • Limited-overs Vice-captain of Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma was named brand ambassador of “CricKingdom” a Dubai-based cricket coaching academy which provides a platform for online coaching after the global COVID-19 pandemic subsides. • It provides support on booking of coaches, ground/nets with the management of academies. • They are trying to merge the modern scientific training methods with the timetested theories of the legends in the game. 107. Ans. A. • NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant stated that Centre’s mobile app, Aarogya Setu has become the world’s fastest app to reach 50 million (5 crore) downloads in just 13 days. • It is developed for tracking COVID-19 patients. • The app is developed by the National Informatics Center (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in just 4 days, it supports 11 languages. 108. Ans. E. • The mascot for the 4th Asian Para Games scheduled to be held here from October 9 in 2022 was unveiled by the organizing committee of Hangzhou Asian Games. • The design of 'Feifei' is inspired by the motif of the 'Divine Bird' in the Liangzhu Culture. • The first fei’ of the mascot represents the birds flying, implying inclusiveness, respect, and fraternity of human society, whereas the 2nd fei’ represents the mental tenacity of the athletes with disabilities pursuing dreams and reaching beyond themselves. 109. Ans. D. • The Jharkhand state government has launched the Muhkya Mantri Didi Kitchen (MMDK) to provide free food to the mostneedy, differently abled, children and identified poorest of the poor households in the villages. • At present about 4185 community kitchens are being run in as many numbers of Panchayats in the state. 110. Ans. C. • Andhra Bank Managing Director (MD) J Packirisamy has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Union Bank of India (UBI). • The appointments come after some of the public sector banks were merged by the government with effect from April 2020. • Packirisamy has been appointed as OSD on supernumerary basis in the Union Bank of India, with effect from April 1, 2020 or the date of assumption of office till the age of his retirement in February 2021. • Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank have merged with Union Bank of India from April 1, 2020. 111. Ans. A. • Syndicate Bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mrutyunjay Mahapatra has been www.gradeup.co 34 appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Canara Bank. • The appointments come after some of the public sector banks were merged by the government with effect from April 2020. • Mahapatra has been appointed as an OSD in Canara Bank from April 1, 2020 till the age of his retirement. • Syndicate Bank merged with Canara Bank from April 1, 2020. 112. Ans. C. • Ajay Mahajan has been appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive of credit rating agency “CARE Ratings”. • He will replace Rajesh Mokashi, who resigned in December 2019. • Mahajan started his career with Bank of America in 1990 and went on to become MD & Country Head of Global Markets Group. • Ajay Mahajan earlier worked at IDFC First Bank. 113. Ans. A. • Paytm has appointed Vineet Arora as new managing director and chief executive officer of Paytm General Insurance Ltd. • Prior to this, he has served as managing director and chief executive officer of Aegon Life Insurance Company. • The appointment is a step for Paytm to further its journey into the insurance sector with an instantaneous specialise in general insurance. 114. Ans. D. • India will host the Asian Boxing Championships for men and women in November-December this year. • It was announced by the National Sports Federation of India. • The host city of the competition is not yet decided. • India last hosted the men's Asian meet back in 1980 in Mumbai, while it conducted the women's event in 2003 in Hisar. • The tournament became a combined event for men and women last year. 115. Ans. B. • In view of increasing pandemic coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, a team of researchers from National Institute of Technology-Karnataka (NIT-K) at Surathkal, has designed a disinfection chamber called ‘ZERO-COV’ to disinfect personal protective equipment (PPE) tools, surgical masks, vegetables, packaged food items, currency notes and other day-to-day items within 15 minutes. 116. Ans. D. • Former Switzerland’s Ice hockey player Roger Chappot passed away due to Coronavirus. He played more than 100 games for Switzerland’s national team. • He also represented the Switzerland national team at the Winter Olympics in 1964. He was the Swiss league’s leading scorer in the 1964 season. 117. Ans. D. • Film, television and theatre actor Ranjit Chowdhry has passed away. • Ranjit was best known for his work in movies Baton Baton Mein, Mississippi Masala, Khubsoorat and Bollywood/Hollywood. 118. Ans. B. • Tata Power bags Edison Award for social innovation. The company bags the awards for its ‘Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’ campaign. It has brought about 533 participating schools across India, saving over 29.8 million units of power since its inception in 2007. • Tata Power is India’s largest integrated power company and has an installed capacity of 10,763 megawatts together with its subsidiaries and jointly controlled entities. 119. Ans. A. • Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in partnership with the State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based payment platform, Bharat InstaPay to enable all types of channel partners of BSNL to digitize their payment transactions on a round the clock basis/ real- time basis. • In particular it will help the prepaid sellers to buy the services immediately for sale. • It will improve BSNL’s credibility towards partners, & will help in growth of partners’ business at a faster pace. 120. Ans. C. • Algerian Novelist Abdelouahab Aissaoui won the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) 2020 for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’ published by Dar Min in 2018 & will receive USD 50,000 and funding will be provided for the English translation. www.gradeup.co 35 • It is shortlisted from 6 novels, where the other 5 authors will each receive USD 10,000. 121. Ans. C. * Online agriculture trading portal Electronic- National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), to complete 4 years of implementation. * The Small Farmers Agricultural Business Association (SFAC) is the leading agency to implement it, under the assistance of the Ministry of Agriculture and Tribal Welfare of the Government of India. * It was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 21 mandis on 14th April, 2016. * It is an innovative initiative in the marketing of agriculture, to improve farmers’ access to many markets and buyers digitally and to bring transparency in trade transactions & also to realize the vision of “One Nation, One Market” for Agri-produce. 122. Ans. B. * The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Rishikesh, in collaboration with Bengaluru-based Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), has developed a health monitoring system to remotely assess the health of Covid-19 patients quarantined in homes and hospitals. * Besides aiming at significantly reducing the risk of exposure to healthcare workers, the solution is also expected to reduce the increasing demand of PPE and other logistics. 123. Ans. D. * Former pro golfer Doug Sanders passed away. * Known as the 'Peacock of the Fairways', Sanders was one of the most colourful personalities on the PGA Tour, capturing 20 titles including the 1956 Canadian Open. * He had four runner-up finishes in majors with the 1970 Open Championship engrained in most golf fans minds. 124. Ans. B. * The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 1.9 per cent for India in 2020. * With this subdued forecast, India is likely to record its worst growth performance since the 1991 liberalisation. * But the IMF, in its latest edition of the World Economy report, has placed India as the fastest-growing emerging economies of the world. 125. Ans. C. * The ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) gave permission for the state of Uttar Pradesh to start pool testing of COVID-19. With this, UP has become the first state to start pool testing. * Pool testing is being done in the state to increase the number of testing. * Under Pool Testing, if 10 samples of COVID-19 test negative, then it is an indicator that all the samples test negative. * On the other hand, if the samples tested are not negative, individual testing will be done. Under pool testing, the samples will be mixed and tested. * The pool testing increases the testing capacity of a state. The method will accelerate the testing process. 126. Ans. C. * The Yes Bank has extended the bancassurance partnership for the next 5 years with Private sector life insurer Max Life Insurance. * Under the partnership, the products of the life insurer would be sold through the branches of Yes Bank. * In this regard, the both companies dedicated the current financial year i.e. FY 2020-21 as the “Year of the Customer”. 127. Ans. A. * China’s central bank raised its stake in Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. * People’s Bank of China (PBOC) raised its stake to 1.01% from 0.8%, * With this, now China’s central bank holds 1,74,92,909 crore equity shares in HDFC Ltd in accordance with the quarterly (ending March 2020) shareholding pattern disclosure by the latter to the stock exchanges. 128. Ans. A. * GMR Airports Limited, one of the subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure has received "Letter of Award" (LoA) for the development and operations of Bhogapuram International Airport in Andhra Pradesh. www.gradeup.co 36 * In February 2019, GMR Airports had emerged as the highest bidder for project on a public–private partnership basis. * The project involves design, build, finance, construction, development, upgradation, modernization, operation and maintenance of Bhogapuram International Airport for 40 years, extendable by additional 20 years. 129. Ans. C. * Government of Manipur starts a new initiative titled ‘Food Bank’ in view of the threat of Coronavirus disease (COVID19). * This initiative provides immediate aid within the sort of free food to the poor and needy who face scarcity of essential commodities due to the long statewide lockdown. 130. Ans. B. * Ministry for Human Resource Development has starts web-portal named YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) in New Delhi. * The web portal and dashboard will help to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of the Ministry of HRD. * Its plan to cover different dimensions of COVID-19 challenges in a comprehensive and holistic way. 131. Ans. C. * The legendary motor-racing driver, Sir Stirling Moss has passed away. * Moss was widely regarded as the greatest driver never to win the Formula One drivers’ world championship. * The British driver took part in Formula One from 1951 to 1961 and also made 67 starts in the F1 World Championship, claiming victory winning 16 races and claiming 16 pole positions and 24 podium positions. 132. Ans. C. * The Ahmedabad railway station at Kalupur, Gujarat of Western Railway became the first station of Indian Railways (IR) to install a Walk-Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel to ensure the safety of staff and passengers in the view of the COVID-19. The tunnel was inaugurated by Ahmedabad DRM (Divisional Railway Manager) Deepak Jha. * The tunnel uses WHO (World Health Organization) approved sanitizer and fitted with a sensor, so that when a passenger approaches the tunnel entrance it starts fogging automatically. * The distance of the tunnel is 20 feet long which can be covered within 10 seconds. The tunnel has a capacity of sanitizing 25 to 30 people per minute & consumes approximately 20 ml sanitizer per person. 133. Ans. A. * Private sector lender Karnataka Bank received RBI approval for the reappointment of Mahabaleshwara M S as MD and CEO for next 3 years. * The RBI has also approved for reappointment of Polali Jayarama Bhat as part time non-executive chairman. * Mahabaleshwara took charge as MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank on April 12, 2017 and has over 29 years of banking experience both at operational and administrative levels. 134. Ans. D. * The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - Guwahati designed two products that will help in the fight against the outbreak of COVID-19. * The first one is a 3D-printed hands-free object that could be used to help open or close doors, windows, drawers. * The second product is a 3D-printed antimicrobial face-shield to control the spread of coronavirus. * The face shield is also easy to design and it is possible to have rapid development of prototypes. 135. Ans. A. * E-commerce firm Flipkart and Tata Consumer Products Ltd have partnered to distribute essential food and beverage products to Indians. * This will be made through a system where the latter’s distributors will list as marketplace sellers on the former’s platform * Consumers can use the Flipkart platform to buy different combo packs of essential products such as beverages (Tata Tea and Coffee) and food (Tata Sampann Spices, pulses and others) offered by Tata Consumer Products. 136. Ans. C. * Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has been appointed to a 12-member advisory group to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. www.gradeup.co 37 * Mr Rajan is currently working as a professor at the prestigious University of Chicago. * The External Advisory Group will provide its perspectives from around the world on developments and policy issues to the exceptional challenges surrounding the global coronavirus pandemic and its economic impact. 137. Ans. D. * India football team retained its 108th spot in the latest FIFA rankings. * Belgium and France retained their first and second positions respectively in the latest rankings. Brazil is on the third place followed by England. * In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole raft of international fixtures including qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup and other major tournaments has been postponed. 138. Ans. A. * Flipkart, in partnership with ICICI Lombard and Go Digit General Insurance, launched health insurance policies that distinctly cover COVID-19. * COVID-19 Protection Cover of ICICI Lombard provides an instant Rs. 25,000 benefits on a positive diagnosis of COVID19 at an annual premium of ₹159. * The Digit Illness Group Insurance offered by Digit Insurance allows consumers to avail a hospitalisation cover up to a sum assured of ₹1 lakh with an annual premium of ₹511. 139. Ans. B. * Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal has launched “Operation SHIELD” in 21 identified Containment Areas of the state to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. * It deals with sealing, home quarantine, isolation & tracking, essential supply of commodities, local sanitisation and doorto-door health checkups. 140. Ans. C. ● Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to geotag its 7,368 community kitchens and community shelters across 75 districts which produce 12 lakh food packets a day. ● The State Government of Uttar Pradesh joined hands with Google to geo tag community kitchens in the state. The kitchens produce 12 lakh food packets per day. ● The State Government mobilized state resources on massive scale to establish the kitchens. This was done through religious organizations and nongovernmental organizations. 141. Ans. A. ● Rajasthan became the first state in the country to carry out rapid testing for Covid-19 ● The health department started rapid tests at 5pm and 52 persons were tested for Covid-19 at the urban primary health centre of Topkhana Desh 142. Ans. E. ● The Delhi Government has launched ‘Assess Koro Na’ mobile application. The Delhi government has also advised the officials to use the new ‘Assess Koro Na’ app to do door-to-door survey in COVID19 containment zones. ● This mobile application will speed up decision-making by analysing the realtime data and hence removing a major obstacle in the efforts to contain the virus. ● Through this app, the collected data can be uploaded in real-time on the servers for its immediate analysis. 143. Ans. B. ● Fitch Solutions cut India's economic growth forecast for the financial year 2020-21 to 1.8 per cent/ ● Because private consumption is likely to contract due to large-scale loss of income in the face of worsening domestic outbreak of COVID-19. ● For India, the real GDP growth rate for 2020-21 (April 2020 to March 2021) has been revised down to 1.8 per cent from 4.6 per cent, previously. 144. Ans. D. ● Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has created a video to promote wearing masks in public places and help the country to fight against COVID-19 pandemic. ● The ‘Team Mask Force’ has been formed to spread awareness about wearing masks in public places. ● The ‘Team Mask Force’ has shot a video message and featured Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Smriti Mandhana, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Harmanpreet Kaur, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj. ● All of them speaking about the importance of wearing masks. www.gradeup.co 38 ● 145. Ans. B. ● The Central Government has decided to provide a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to all postal employees succumbing to COVID-19 on duty. ● The guidelines will come into effect immediately and continue for the entire period till the crises of COVID-19 is over. ● The Department of Posts comes under essential services. The Postal employees including Gramin Dak Sevaks are performing various duties to provide customers mail delivery, Post Office Saving Bank, Postal Life Insurance, the ease of money withdrawal at his/her doorstep from any bank and any branch under the AePS facility. ● Additionally, the Post Office is also delivering COVID-19 kits, food packets, rations and essential medicines etc. across the country by liasioning with local State administration and police authorities. Thus, Post Office is performing departmental duties as well as serving the social cause in the COVID19 crisis times. ● 146. Ans. A. ● Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has launched a mobile application “Kisan Rath”. This farmer friendly app has been launched to facilitate transportation of foodgrains and perishables during lockdown. ● The mobile application “Kisan Rath” has been developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to provide farmers & traders in finding transport vehicles for Primary and Secondary transportation for movement of Agriculture & Horticulture produce. ● 147. Ans. D. ● Indian Navy’s Southern Command, Kochi has developed an air evacuation pod (AEP) to airlift COVID-19 infected patients safely from remote areas such as islands and ships in a fully sealed patient transfer capsule. ● The evacuation pod was designed under guidance of Principal Medical officer of the naval air station, INS (Indian Naval Ship) Garuda, Kochi, in consultation with specialists from the naval hospital INHS (Indian Naval Hospital Ship) Sanjivani and HeadQuarters of Southern Naval Command. ● The pod is made up of aluminium, nitrile rubber and perspex. It weighs only 32 kg and has incurred a manufacturing cost of Rs 50,000 which is only 0.1 percent of cost of an imported equivalent (Rs 59 lakh). 148. Ans. C. ● Sports journalist, V. Krishnaswamy, authored a book titled “Shuttling to the Top: The Story of P.V. Sindhu”, released. The book narrates the journey of badminton player PV Sindhu, from her early life to becoming a world champion and what lies ahead. ● The book has been published by HarperCollins Publishers India. ● Sindhu is India’s first and only woman athlete to win silver at the Olympics as well as the only Indian named in Forbes” list of world”s top 10 highest-paid female athletes. 149. Ans. A. ● For the rapid detection of pathogens, a device named “bug sniffer” has been developed by the researchers at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune. ● Bug Sniffer is a sensitive and low-cost sensor which has been developed with the purpose of rapid detection of pathogens. ● The newly developed portable device has the capability to detect as low as ten bacterial cells from a sample size of one milliliter in time duration of just 30 minutes. 150. Ans. C. • World Creativity and Innovation Day is observed globally on 21 April every year. • This day is celebrated to raise awareness around the importance of creativity and innovation in problemsolving with respect to advancing the United Nations sustainable development goals, also known as the “global goals”. • The main objective of the day is to encourage people to use new ideas, make new decisions, and do creative thinking. Creativity is what makes the world go ‘round. 151. Ans. D. • ICICI bank has launched voice assistance-based banking services on its integrated artificial intelligence (AI) powered multi-channel chatbot iPal with www.gradeup.co 39 Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for its retail banking customers • The service will enable customers to #BankWithTheirVoice and get answers to banking queries, check account balance & transactions, credit card due date and more. • The customers to access this need to download the Alexa/Google Assistant and link their ICICI Bank account through a secure 2 factor authentication process. 152. Ans. A. • Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc wins the Formula One Esports Chinese Virtual Grand Prix championship. • Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, the actual F1 races are not being held. • In its place, Formula 1 has announced new F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix series. • The virtual races will run instead of each delayed Grand Prix. • The Virtual Grand Prix series to use the official F1 2019 PC video game, developed by Codemasters. 153. Ans. D. • Government of India has formed an empowered committee to oversee the facilitating of supply chain and logistics management and availability of necessary items such as food and medicines. • It is headed by P Iyer, secretary of the department of drinking water and sanitation. 154. Ans. C. • A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have discovered hundreds of Lithium (Li) rich giant stars, which proves it is being produced in the stars and accounts for its abundance in the interstellar medium. • It is a premier institute devoted to research in astrophysics based in Bengaluru, (Karnataka). • They also established the connection between Lithium rich Helium (He) burning stars with red giant stars (also known as red clump giants). 155. Ans. D. • The book titled “How the Onion Got Its Layers” authored by Sudha Murty was published by Puffin. • The book is being released in its e-book and audio form for young children. • The book seeks answers to several questions related to the bulb like its many layers and why it brings tears to the eyes when cut. 156. Ans. E. • The government has formed a highlevel task force for vaccine and drug testing for coronavirus disease (Covid19). • The objective of the task force is to speed up national and international efforts towards vaccine development to treat Covid. • The task force — co-chaired by Vinod Paul, member NITI Aayog, and Professor K Vijay Raghavan, principal scientific advisor to the government. • It will also include representatives of Ayush ministry, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), department of biotechnology, and drug controller general of India, among others. 157. Ans. D. • Earth Day or International Mother Earth Day is observed globally on 22 April every year. • Earth Day 2020 will be celebrated all over the world to spread awareness for Earth’s wellbeing and to encourage people to support environmental protection. • World Earth Day 2020 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the day since it started being observed in 1970. • The theme of Earth Day 2020: Climate Action. • The organisers stated that the unified action on climate change has distinguished this issue making it the most pressing topic to celebrate the 50th anniversary. 158. Ans. B. • The state government of Rajasthan has partnered with healthcare startup MedCords to launch ‘Aayu & Sehat Sathi app to fight against COVID-19. This app helps state people to consult doctors online and place orders for their medicine requirement in the wake of a lockdown due to COVID-19. • Indian startup “MedCord” is fully adopted 7 districts of Rajasthan (Kota, Udaipur, Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner, Ajmer, Pali and Jaipur). 159. Ans. A. • David Li has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Huawei Telecommunications India. www.gradeup.co 40 • He has replaced Jay Chen who has been promoted to handle Asia Pacific level business role. • David Li was serving as CEO of Huawei Cambodia before returning to India to take on his new role. • He joined Huawei in 2002 and has working experience in the Indian market, including in roles like vice president sales and vice president HR during different phases of his career. 160. Ans. B. • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the re-appointment of N Kamakodi as the Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of City Union Bank (CUB). • He joined CUB as Deputy General Manager (DGM) in 2003, elevated as General Manager in 2005, Executive Director in 2006 & as MD and CEO with effect from May 1, 2011. • The reappointments will be effective from 1 May 2020. 161. Ans. E. • Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) inks partnership with Mastercard to issue virtual and physical debit cards. • These cards enable its customers to perform secure online transactions, make payment in stores as well as withdraw cash from ATMs. • The main objective of PPBL is to issue over 10 million digital debit cards in FY 2020-21. • Paytm Payments Bank Ltd cases to have 5.7 crore account holders and 30 crore computerized wallets. • Mastercard offers its fully-integrated global payment platform to Paytm Payments Bank to enable cardholders to have access to the safest way of making electronic payments. 162. Ans. B. • HSBC Bank appointed Noel Quinn as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He served as the interim CEO of the bank since August 2019. He was the successor of John Flint. • Noel joined HSBC in 1987 and has proven the outstanding candidate to take on a role permanently as CEO. • Quinn will earn a base salary of 1.27 million pounds per annum. 163. Ans. D. • The founder of the Soqosoqo Duavata Ni Lewenivanua Party & former Fiji Prime Minister (2000-2006) Laisenia Qarase passed away at 79 in Oceania Hospital, Suva due to an illness. • He hails from Mavana, Vanuabalavu, Lau. • He was the former Managing Director (MD) of Fiji Development Bank, served on the board of Fijian Holdings Limited, was a former Chairman of Fiji Television Limited, was the MD of Merchant Finance & also served as a senator after being nominated by the Great Council of Chiefs. 164. Ans. C. • World Champion PV Sindhu, named as one of the ambassadors for Badminton World Federation’s (BWF’s) “I am badminton” awareness campaign to provide a platform for the players to express their love and respect for the sport. • Other ambassadors of the “I am badminton” awareness campaign: the Chinese duo of Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong, Canada’s Michelle Li, England’s Jack Shephard, Hong Kong’s Chan Ho Yuen, Germany’s Valeska Knoblauch and Germany’s Marc Zwiebler, who is Athletes’ Commission Chair. 165. Ans. D. • International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) has elected Rakesh Sharma, Executive Director, Bajaj Auto as its President for a 2-year tenure. • He had been holding office as vicepresident in IMMA, since May 2019. • Sharma will replace Johannes Loman, Director of PT Astra International Tbk and Executive Vice President Director PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM) Indonesia. 166. Ans. D. • English Language Day is observed globally on 23 April every year. • The Day marks the birthday and date of death of famed writer William Shakespeare. • The day was established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to celebrate the English language and multilingualism. 167. Ans. B. • World Book and Copyright Day is observed globally on 23 April every year. • The purpose of this day to pay tribute to all those writers and authors who have respectable contributed to the social and cultural progress of humanity. www.gradeup.co 41 • Every year UNESCO and other international organisations representing the books publishing and books seller industries select a World Book Capital for a period of 1 year effective from 23 April and for 2020 its Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. • The slogan for 2020 is “KL Baca – caring through reading”. 168. Ans. C. • Adam Higginbotham’s book “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster” wins the William E. Colby Award. • The award is given for an outstanding book on military or intelligence history. • The award is named for the late CIA director William E. Colby. The Colby award was established in 1999. 169. Ans. C. • India has dropped two places on a global press freedom index to be ranked 142nd out of 180 countries in the annual Reporters Without Borders analysis. • The World Press Freedom Index 2020' said that with no murders of journalists in India in 2019, as against six in 2018, the security situation for the country's media might seem, on the face of it, to have improved. • Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders, is a non-profit organisation that works to document and combat attacks on journalists around the world. • Norway is ranked first in the Index for the fourth year running. China at 177th position is just three places above North Korea, which is at 180th. 170. Ans. C. * Jammu and Kashmir State Legal Services Authority (JKSLSA) has launched a helpline under ‘Serve-theSeniors Initiative’. * The objective of starting this helpline, comprising is to help and facilitate the senior citizens who live alone and are unable to step out to get medicines, groceries and other essentials in this hour of crisis. * This initiative working under the guidance of Justice Gita Mittal, Patron-inChief and Justice Rajesh Bindal Executive Chairman of State Legal Services Authority. * The helpline numbers of the Nodal Officers who could be contacted in the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. 171. Ans. A. * Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) has developed ”Feluda” a low-cost COVID-19 test strip. * It was developed by two scientists Dr Souvik Maiti and Dr Debojyoti Chakraborty. * The test is expected to cost around Rs 500 against the usual RT-PCR test that costs Rs 4,500 in private labs. * The test gets its name after the detective character in legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s stories as it will detect the presence of a virus in just a few minutes. 172. Ans. C. * Nation celebrates National Panchayati Raj Day on 24 April every year. * The Ministry of Panchayati Raj organizes the National Panchayati Raj day or the National Local Self Government Day. * India celebrates the first National Panchayati Raj Day or the National Local Government Day on April 2010. * On this day, in 1993, the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 came into force that has institutionalized Panchayati Raj through the village, Intermediate and District level Panchayats. 173. Ans. D. * On the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching the unified eGramSwaraj Portal and Mobile App on the occasion. * This is a new initiative of Ministry of Panchayati Raj which will provide the Gram Panchayats with a single interface to prepare and implement their Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP). 174. Ans. B. * Karnataka government has launched “Apthamitra” app and exclusive toll-free helpline number 14410. * This facility is provided to empower the people of the state in the fight against COVID-19. * The application aims at providing medical guidance and advice on COVID19.The Apthamitra helpline dedicated to deal with only COVID-19-related queries including telemedicine, counselling and facilitating testing and treatment for those in need. www.gradeup.co 42 175. Ans. A. * National program “VidyaDaan 2.0” has been e-launched by the Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’. * The National program “VidyaDaan 2.0” has been launched to invite e-learning content contributions as the requirement of e-learning content for students has increased in the backdrop of situation arising out of Covid-19 pandemic. * VidyaDaan is defined as a common national program for individuals & organizations across the nation to donate or contribute e-learning resources for school as well as higher education in order to ensure the continuity of quality learning. * This donated/shared content will be utilized on the DIKSHA app. Via DIKSHA app, this donated/shared content will help children across India to continue their learning anytime and anywhere. 176. Ans. A. * Eminent theatre director, actor and activist, Usha Ganguly passed away. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for direction in 1998. * She has also been honoured by the West Bengal Government as the best actress for the play Gudia Ghar. * She was credited for introducing an alternative Hindi theatre in West Bengal, in the 1970s and 1980s. 177. Ans. C. * The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) under its flagship Education for Justice Initiative launched the “Lockdown Learners” series of online dialogues with students and educators in India on COVID-19 & its impact on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), peace and the rule of law. * The aim of this initiative is to make students aware of the vulnerable groups and emerging issues such as cyber crime, misinformation, gender-based violence, discrimination, and corruption, among others. * To provide a platform for students to receive mentorship and knowledge support by activity-based learning, & use their talent, skills to promote awareness and also to address some of these problems by sharing their ideas & solutions. 178. Ans. B. * Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has launched Working Capital demand Loan for agriculture sector (WCDL-Agri), a special credit facility for the agriculture sector & allied activities as a relief measure to fight the coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic. * The loans will be available to all the existing borrowers whose accounts are ‘standard’ and ‘performing’ as of March 2020 from poultry, dairy, fisheries and other allied activities and infrastructure activities such as cold storage and rural godowns. * The bank will not charge processing fees or prepayment penalty & will offer loans of 10% of the existing fund based working capital limit with a maximum of Rs 10 crore for poultry sector and Rs 2 crore for other allied activities. * The loan is repayable in 6 monthly instalments after an initial moratorium of 6 months. Interest will be serviced as and when debited. 179. Ans. B. * The former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar was appointed as the Chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) for a period of 3 years. * He is a 1984-batch IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre. His appointment is confirmed by Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. * He will replace Kapil Dev Tripathi who took over as the Secretary to the President Ram Nath Kovind. 180. Ans. B. * Suresh N Patel took oath as the Vigilance Commissioner in the anticorruption watchdog CVC. He took the oath of office by Central Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari through video conference. * He will have a tenure of over two years, till late December 2022, in the CVC. * Prior to this, he worked as the executive director in Oriental Bank of Commerce before taking over as the Managing Director and CEO of Andhra Bank in 2015. 181. Ans. B. * Ayushman Bharat Diwas 2020: It is observed on 30 April across the country. * The day is celebrated to provide help and promote affordable medical facilities in remote areas of the country. www.gradeup.co 43 * Ayushman Bharat Yojana was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. 182. Ans. E. * The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal from all forms of cricket for a period of three years. * The Pakistani batsmen has been charged with two breaches of anticorruption codes of Pakistan Cricket Board after he failed to report details of corrupt approaches made to him ahead of 2020 PSL. * The Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been charged under Article 2.4.4, which deals with a failure of participant to disclose to the PCB Vigilance and Security Department (without unnecessary delay) full details of any approaches or invitations received by the Participant to engage in Corrupt Conduct under this Anti-Corruption Code”. 183. Ans. C. * Madhya Pradesh government has launched the “Jivan Shakti Yojana” for women. * Under this scheme, women in urban areas can earn by making masks at home. * The government will pay them Rs 11 per mask. * The masks manufactured by women will be purchased at the district level at the rate fixed by the Madhya Pradesh government. * A process to make payment will be initiated as soon as they deliver the masks and they will receive the payment in their account on the same day or the next day. 184. Ans. D. * World Day for Safety and Health at Work is observed globally on 28 April every year. * This day is observed to promote the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally and raise awareness to ensure health and safety at the workplace. * The theme for 2020 is Stop the pandemic: Safety and health at work can save lives. * The World Day for Safety and Health at Work is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work. * It is persisted 28 April and has been observed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) since 2003. 185. Ans. C. • Assam government has launched a new scheme called “Dhanwantari” for home delivery of medicines. • The patients can send their prescriptions over the telephone or inform the health workers and the health department will ensure that it is delivered to them even if it is not in the list of available free medicines. • This is the largest outreach programme taken up by any state government at this point of time. • Under the scheme, locally unavailable medicines due to the lockdown shall be delivered to patients at home. • The patients will not be charged if it is less than Rs 200 but if it is more than that, it will be charged. 186. Ans. C. • World Immunization Week 2020 will be observed from 24th April to 30th April 2020. • World Immunization Week is observed every year in the last week of April to encourage the use of vaccines in order to protect the people of all ages against disease. • Immunization is being recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions but still there are around 20 million children in the world today who are not getting the vaccines as per their needs. • The theme of World Immunization Week 2020 is #VaccinesWork for All. The theme for year 2020 emphasizes on how vaccines as well as the people who develop, deliver and receive them, are heroes by working to protect the health of everyone, everywhere. 187. Ans. B. • Fitch Ratings slashed its FY21 growth forecast for India to 0.8% from 2% projected barely three weeks ago holding that the depth of the global recession appears to be more severe. • The rating agency said economic collapse is being repeated globally and a notable feature of its latest update is sharp further downward revisions to GDP forecasts for emerging markets. • The International Monetary Fund expects India to grow at 1.9% in 2020-21 www.gradeup.co 44 while the World Bank has projected India’s growth at 1.5-4% during the same period. 188. Ans. A. • World Book and Copyright Day is observed globally on 23 April every year. • The purpose of this day to pay tribute to all those writers and authors who have respectable contributed to the social and cultural progress of humanity. • Every year UNESCO and other international organisations representing the books publishing and books seller industries select a World Book Capital for a period of 1 year effective from 23 April and for 2020 its Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 189. Ans. C. * According to a CRISIL Research report, Karnataka retained its 1st position in terms of total installed renewable capacity in FY20 followed by Tamil Nadu(2nd) & Gujarat(3rd). * The top 3 states in overall solar energy capacity addition are Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka & in wind energyGujarat, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. 190. Ans. B. • The World Health Organisation(WHO) map shows the Aksai Chin region as a part of China with a dotted line and colour code & also marks Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with dotted lines, suggesting it as a disputed territory. • Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) and the rest of India are marked in different colour codes. • Many United Nations (UN) maps have shown parts of Kashmir as ‘disputed’ territory in the past, but this is the 1st time that Ladakh and J&K are shown in different colour codes than the rest of India. 191. Ans. D. • Former Republic of Ireland and Liverpool forward footballer Michael John Robinson passed away at the age of 61 in Marbella, Spain. • He appeared in more than 300 official matches in England for five clubs, including Liverpool, and played the last three seasons of his career in Spain with Osasuna (Spanish Football Club). 192. Ans. C. • Nokia and Bharti Airtel has signed a deal of about $1 billion in order to enhance the network capacity of Bharti Airtel. • A multi-year agreement has been signed by the two companies to deploy Nokia’s SRAN solution across nine circles in India. • This $1 billion deal aims to improve customer experience of Bharti Airtel’s customers by providing them best-inclass connectivity. 193. Ans. D. • To ease liquidity pressures on mutual funds, Reserve Bank of India today announced a special liquidity facility of ₹50,000 crore for mutual funds. • The RBI's liquidity facility for mutual funds will be effective from today till May 11, 2020 or up to utilization of the allocated amount, whichever is earlier. • The RBI also assured that it will review the timeline and amount, depending upon market conditions. • Under this facility, the RBI will provide funds to banks at lower rates and banks can avail funds for exclusively meeting the liquidity requirements of mutual funds. • Banks can extend loans to mutual funds, undertaking outright purchase of and/or repos against the collateral of investment grade corporate bonds, commercial papers (CPs), debentures and certificates of deposit (CDs) held by mutual funds. 194. Ans. B. • World Intellectual Property Day is observed globally on April 26 every year. It was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to “raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life” and “to celebrate creativity and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of societies across the world”. • The theme of World Intellectual Property Day 2020 is “Innovate for a Green Future”. • WIPO proclaimed, 26 April was chosen as the date for World Intellectual Property Day because it coincides with the date on which the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization entered into force in 1970. 195. Ans. C. • Former Pakistan women’s skipper Sana Mir announced her retirement from international cricket. www.gradeup.co 45 • She featured in 226 international matches for Pakistan, including 137 as captain from 2009 to 2017. • The 34-year-old cricketer is currently ranked 9th and 41st in the ICC’s ODI and T20I bowlers’ lists. • She is one of the nine women cricketers to have taken 100 wickets and scored 1,000 runs in ODIs. 196. Ans. C. * The 11th edition of World Games which is to be held in Birmingham, Alabama, US (United States) has unveiled an updated logo and title after being delayed a year because of the Coronavirus pandemic. * The World Games was initially scheduled for July 2021, but it will now be held from July 7 to 17, 2022. * The World Games 2021 Birmingham has been renamed to World Games 2022 Birmingham. * The first event of World Games was held in 1981 in Santa Clara, California, United States (US). 197. Ans. D. • In order to effectively track the homequarantines citizens and ensure they are actually staying in the home, a mobile application called Saiyam has been developed by the Pune Municipal Corporation. • The teams will check if those under home quarantine have downloaded the Saiyam Mobile application. • The app has GPS tracking so that whenever quarantined citizens leave their homes, city administration gets alerted and the local ward or the local police station gets informed, who then visit the family. 198. Ans. C. • Himachal Pradesh government has rolled out “e-sanjeevani-opd” for free online medical consultation to sick people. • The “e-sanjeevani-opd” has been launched to provide free online medical consultation to sick people at their residence throughout the state. • Hence, through this new initiative, the Himachal Pradesh government will ensure the facility of health services to the people in the wake of COVID-19 Pandemic. 199. Ans. A. ● Indian multinational motorcycle company TVS Motor Company Ltd has acquired the 122-year-old iconic British company Norton Motorcycle (UK) Ltd for Rs 153 crore (£16 million). ● TVS now owns some of the UK properties of Norton (in administration) through one of its overseas subsidiaries. ● It would be one of the most interesting deals of the historic motorcycle brand in recent times and would reflect India’s rapidly growing prominence & TVS Motor Company in the international twowheeler market. 200. Ans. A. ● Oscar-winning animator, film director and producer, Gene Deitch passed away. His movie “Munro” won the Oscar award in the animated short film category in 1960. ● He directed some episodes of “Tom and Jerry” and also some episodes of “Popeye the Sailor” series. ● He received the Winsor McCay Award for his lifelong contribution to animation in 2004.