Daily GK Current Affairs Questions 2020 - June 04
Recently which young female cricketer has been nominated for the Arjuna Award?
(A) Poonam Yadav
(B) Memorize
(C) Radha Yadav
(D) Deepti Sharma
Correct Answer : D
Life Insurance Corporation of India announced the launch of the PMVVY Scheme for those over and above 60 years. What will be interest rate in PMVVY account?
(A) 7.40% per annum
(B) 9.40% per annum
(C) 8.40% per annum
(D) 6.40% per annum
Correct Answer : A
Who inaugurated first of it's kind Infectious Disease Block facility at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences at Soura in Srinagar, J&K.?
(A) Baseer Ahmad Khan
(B) Girish Chandra Murmu
(C) Farooq Abdullah
(D) Ghulam Ahmad Mir
Correct Answer : A
ICMR has approved a total of how many laboratories across India to conduct the tests for COVID-19?
(A) 624 laboratories
(B) 324 laboratories
(C) 424 laboratories
(D) 224 laboratories
Correct Answer : A
Which Institute has found an innovative route to fabricate precisely controlled nanostructure of the required geometry and location on two dimensional materials using one-step low power laser writing process?
(A) Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali
(B) International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials
(C) Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences
(D) The Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
Correct Answer : A
ICAR-National Rice Research Institute has identified a region in the genome of a rice, which seems to have the potential for improving productivity. Where is ICAR-NRRI located?
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Cuttack
(D) Almora
Correct Answer : C
Who wrote the song titled 'Jayatu Jayatu Bharatam - Vasudev Kutumbakkam' to increase the nation's will power and evoke the spirit of self-reliance in COVID-19 pandemic?
(A) Amitabh Bhattacharya
(B) Javed Akhtar
(C) Gulzar
(D) Prasoon Joshi
Correct Answer : D