- Government has recently constituted a high-level task force for vaccine and drug testing to speed up national and international efforts towards COVID-19 vaccine development. Who is the head of this task force?
A) Luigi Zingales
B) Sanjeev Sanyal
C) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
D) K. Vijay Raghavan
Answer : (D) K. Vijay Raghavan
- Which among the following IT services company has been hit by the ‘Maze’ ransomware?
A) Accenture
B) Cognizant
C) TCS
D) Capgemini
Answer : (B) Cognizant
- The district administration of which of these states has launched an innovative ‘Rapid Screening Vehicle’ named Tiranga to enable health workers in screening public in containment zones from inside the van, without being exposed to the public.
A) Kerala
B) Odisha
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
Answer : A) Kerala
- UP government has set up a committee to provide employment to migrant workers who came to the state during last 45 days. Who is the head of this committee?
A) Chief Minister
B) Principal Secretary Agriculture
C) Agriculture Production Commissioner
D) Assistant Director of Agriculture
Answer : (C) Agriculture Production Commissioner
- Which bank has launched the SafetyGrid campaign to reinforce #socialdistancing among the customers?
A) State Bank of India
B) Punjab National Bank
C) IndusInd Bank
D) HDFC Bank
Answer : (D) HDFC Bank
- When is the UN Chinese Language Day observed globally?
A) 19 April
B) 20 April
C) 18 April
D) 17 April
Answer : (B) 20 April
- Gene Deitch who died at the age of 95 was a well known __________
A) Film Director
B) Comic Artist
C) Animator
D) All of the above
Answer : (D) All of the above
- Name the first state in the country to geotag all its community kitchens and community shelters across the state for helping the needy in search of shelter homes and food?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Kerala
C) Gujarat
D) Maharashtra
Answer : (A) Uttar Pradesh
- Which among the following bodies has launched the initiative ‘Team Mask Force’ to spread awareness about wearing masks in public places?
A) SBI
B) BCCI
C) LIC
D) DRDO
Answer : (B) BCCI
- Which among the following pandemics had occurred in 1920s?
a)The Spanish Flu
b)First Cholera Pandemic
c)Great Plague of London
d)Great Plague of Marseille
Answer : (A The Spanish Flu