Current Affairs Mar-2020

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261. Which state government introduced a bill to enable public participation in various levels of municipal governance?

  • A
  • Kerala

  • B
  • Telangana

  • C
  • Karnataka

  • D
  • Odisha

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Correct Answer : C [Karnataka ]

Explaination : [na]

262. A Rs148 crore project of Electric vehicle park and Rs 500 crore project of Data center park are the recent initiatives of which state/UT? 

  • A
  • Karnataka

  • B
  • West Bengal

  • C
  • Tamil Nadu

  • D
  • New Delhi

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Correct Answer : C [Tamil Nadu ]

Explaination : [na]

263. Who is the head of the high-level committee of medical experts constituted by the Government of India for prevention & control of COVID-19?

  • A
  • Dr. V K Paul

  • B
  • Amitabh Kant

  • C
  • Rajiv kumar

  • D
  • Harsh Vardhan

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Correct Answer : A [Dr. V K Paul ]

Explaination : [na]

264. What is the theme of the 'World Water Day' observed annually across the world ?

  • A
  • Sustainable Water

  • B
  • Water and Climate Change

  • C
  • Clean Water for all

  • D
  • Water and Women

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Correct Answer : B [Water and Climate Change ]

Explaination : [na]

265. Lok Sabha has passed the Finance Bill by voice vote. Which article of the Indian constitution defines the Money bill, an important type of Finance Bill?

  • A
  • Article 102

  • B
  • Article 110

  • C
  • Article 119

  • D
  • Article 126

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Correct Answer : B [Article 110]

Explaination : [na]

266. Which organisation announced on World Water Day, that between 3-5 and 4.4 billion people in the world will limited access to water?

  • A
  • Food And Agricultural Organisation

  • B
  • United Nations

  • C
  • World Food Programme

  • D
  • World Wide Fund For Nature

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Correct Answer : B [United Nations]

Explaination : [na]

267. Which global rating agency has estimated the cost of COVID-19 outbreak for 14 Asia-Pacific countries at $620 billion?

  • A
  • Fitch

  • B
  • S&P Global Rating

  • C
  • Moody's

  • D
  • AM Best

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Correct Answer : B [S&P Global Rating ]

Explaination : [na]

268. Which state commemorates the Shaheedi Diwas (Martyr's Day) on March 23 as the 'Youth Empowerment Day'?

  • A
  • Odisha

  • B
  • Punjab

  • C
  • Rajasthan

  • D
  • Gujarat

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Correct Answer : B [Punjab ]

Explaination : [na]

269. Which SAARC member country has committed 5 Million US dollars to COVID-19 SAARC emergency fund?    

  • A
  • Maldives

  • B
  • Afghanistan

  • C
  • Sri Lanka

  • D
  • Bhutan

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Correct Answer : C [Sri Lanka ]

Explaination : [na]

270. The Birth Anniversary of one of the founders of Congress Socialist Praty was recently observed on March 23. What is the name of the leader?

  • A
  • Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia

  • B
  • Jayaprakash Narayan

  • C
  • Narendra Dev

  • D
  • Minoo masani

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Correct Answer : A [Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia]

Explaination : [na]

271. Which Indian city has development drones to sanitize its region against the coronavirus outbreak by sprinkling chemicals?

  • A
  • Mumbai

  • B
  • Cochin

  • C
  • Indore

  • D
  • Nagpur

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Correct Answer : C [Indore ]

Explaination : [na]

272. Sdmc recently launched a website for information related to the COVID -19 pandemic. It is a Disaster Management agency of which bloc?

  • A
  • BIMSTEC

  • B
  • SAARC

  • C
  • ASEAN

  • D
  • OPEC

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Correct Answer : B [SAARC]

Explaination : [na]

273. Which country has been confirmed as the first co-chair of the Governing Council on the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), led by India?

  • A
  • Australia

  • B
  • United Kingdome

  • C
  • South Africa

  • D
  • Argentina

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Correct Answer : B [United Kingdome ]

Explaination : [na]

274. Which Indian Bank has unveiled an emergency credit line to meet liquidity mismatch for its borrowers, amid the coronavirus scare?

  • A
  • Bank of Baroda

  • B
  • State Bank of India

  • C
  • ICICI Bank

  • D
  • HDFC Bank

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Correct Answer : B [State Bank of India ]

Explaination : [na]

275. Which is the first country to withdraw from Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears?

  • A
  • Italy

  • B
  • Canada

  • C
  • Germany

  • D
  • United State

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Correct Answer : B [Canada ]

Explaination : [na]

276. World Tuberculosis Day is being celebrated to commemorate the anniversary of discovery of the Tuberculosis (TB) bacteria by which Scientist?

  • A
  • Robert Koch

  • B
  • Louis Pasteur

  • C
  • Emil von Behring

  • D
  • Paul Ehrlich

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Correct Answer : A [Robert Koch ]

Explaination : [na]

277. The Government of India launched the 'My Gov' Corona Helpdesk' to contain the spread of misinformation on coronavirus on which social media platform?

  • A
  • Facebook

  • B
  • Twitter

  • C
  • Watsapp

  • D
  • Instagram

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Correct Answer : C [Watsapp]

Explaination : [na]

278. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled an update manual DPP-2020. What does DPP stand for?

  • A
  • Direct Procurement Procedure

  • B
  • Direct Promotion Proposal

  • C
  • Defence Procurement Procedure

  • D
  • Defence Promotion Proposal

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Correct Answer : C [Defence Procurement Procedure ]

Explaination : [na]

279. According to the World Happiness Report 2020, which is the happiest country in the world?

  • A
  • United State

  • B
  • Norway

  • C
  • Finland

  • D
  • Switzerland

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Correct Answer : C [Finland]

Explaination : [na]

280. Satyarup Siddhanta, who was sometimes seen in news recently, is associated with which field?

  • A
  • Space Research

  • B
  • Mountaineering

  • C
  • Sport

  • D
  • Business

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Correct Answer : B [Mountaineering ]

Explaination : [na]
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