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Daily GK Current Affairs Questions 2020 - May 08

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Q :  

Which organisation launched 'Year of Awareness on Science & Health (YASH)' a programme on health and risk communication with a focus on COVID-19?

(A) National Council for Science & Technology Communication

(B) RAKSHAK

(C) Cocare

(D) Life Care

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) paid tribute to celebrate painter and artist Raja Ravi Varma on which birth anniversary on 29 April 2020?

(A) 171st

(B) 176th

(C) 177th

(D) 172nd

Correct Answer : D

Q :  

Who assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in New Delhi on 1 May 2020?

(A) Ajay Panwar

(B) Ajay Tirkey

(C) Rabindra Panwar

(D) Rabindra Tirkey

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Which of the following institutes developed a nanomedicine that promises the treatment of a number of diseases by altering oxidative stress in the body?

(A) S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata

(B) DRDO

(C) ICMR

(D) Jamia Millia University,Delhi

Correct Answer : A

Q :  

Chuni Goswami dies at 82 in Kolkata. He was a famous person of which profession?

(A) Singer

(B) Footballer

(C) Actor

(D) Politician

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

A programme was organized for Delhi Police personnel at New Delhi on 30 April which aims to fight against corona through simple and time tested Ayurveda immunity-boosting measures.What was the name of programme?

(A) BARC

(B) AYURAKSHA

(C) ICMR

(D) ISRO

Correct Answer : B

Q :  

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has identified the how many drugs/drug candidates for repurposing as they can be quickly deployed for treatment?

(A) 25

(B) 35

(C) 23

(D) 34

Correct Answer : A

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