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1.IRDAI has approved the proposal of which bank to continue with its 30% holding in IndiaFirst Life?

Punjab National Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
UCO Bank
Union Bank of India

2. Which company acquired a 10% strategic stake in Voicezen, a Gurgaon based startup in early stage focused on conversational AI technologies?

Bharti Airtel
BSNL
Jio
Vodafone Idea

3. Which institute has mapped two alternative dwarf genes - Rht14 and Rht18- in wheat that can eliminate rice crop residue burning?

Agharkar Research Institute
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences
Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology
Indian Institute Technology of Madras

4. Who has been appointed by the World Bank to a key position on climate change and disaster management in South Asia?

Abhas Jha
Hardeep Kumar
Mansukh Jha
Raj Kumar

5. The Textiles Committee, Mumbai was named as the ninth approved laboratory to test and certify PPE body coveralls produced in the country for healthcare workers. Who is current Union Textile Minister?

Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Nirmala Sitharaman
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
Smriti Zubin Irani

6. The United Nations has listed which state's initiative "khudol" among the top 10 global initiatives for an inclusive fight against the COVID-19 pandemic?

Mizoram
Manipur
Nagaland
Sikkim

7. Government has notified the amendments to the General Financial Rules(GFR) 2017 that the global tenders will be banned for government procurement upto how much worth?

100 crores
150 crores
200 crores
300 crores

8. Who is author of the book- Hop On: My Adventures on Boats, Trains and Planes?

Abi Dare
Arundhati Roy
Paul Mendez
Ruskin Bond

9. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released its Monetary Policy Statement 2020-21 in Mumbai , Maharashtra. Who is Governer of RBI?

Nirmala Sitharaman
Raghuram Rajan
Shaktikanta Das
Urjit Patel

10. What was the theme of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises E-conclave, "Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers MSME Conclave 2020"?

Business Continuity for MSMEs in Defence & Aerospace Sector
Business Continuity for MSMEs in Defence Sector
Business Continuity for MSMEs in Manufacturing Sector
Business Continuity for MSMEs in Service Sector

11.International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated every year on which date?

May 20
May 21
May 22
May 24

12.The World Bank announced emergency operations of how much worth to 100 developing countries over a 15-month period to fight the deadly Coronavirus?

100 billion USD
160 billion USD
200 billion USD
250 billion USD

13. Which of the following institutes has developed a cup-shaped design mask that helps to create enough space in front of the mouth while speaking to tackle COVID-19?

Agharkar Research Institute
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology

14. A rare palm of South Andaman Island 'Pinanga andamanensis' will be grown in which state with the help of Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute?

Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Telangana

15. Dr. Harsh Vardhan participated in the Non-Aligned Movement Health Ministers meeting through video conference. When was NAM established?

1951
1961
1971
1991

16. Which of the following institutes developed 'Parabolic Trough Collector', a new trough collector equipped with enhanced energy to serve industries?

Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
Agharkar Research Institute
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences
Indian Institute Technology of Madras

17.State-owned Ircon International Limited has signed a MoU with which company to explore opportunities for joint development of railways and other infrastructure projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America?

Canadian Pacific Railway
Indian Institute of Technology
Limited Liability Company
Union Pacific Company

18. nternational Day to End Obstetric Fistula is observed on which date?

21 May
23 May
25 May
26 May

19. Which of the following institutes developed an electrochemical sensing platform to detect carcinogenic or mutagenic compound N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosodiethanolamine?

Agharkar Research Institute
Indian Institute Technology of Madras
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences
Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology

20. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has announced that it is to replace hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) with which tea to improve immunity and possibly reduce viral replication, in the revised protocol?

Assam Tea
Darjeeling Tea
Kangra tea
Nilgiri Tea

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