Latest Current Affairs Questions 2020 - May 07
Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) was formed to resolve the water sharing dispute between how many states / UTs?
(A) Four
(B) two
(C) One
(D) Five
Correct Answer : A
Which state tops the list of states in providing employment to over 18 lakh unskilled labourers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme?
(A) Madhya pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Chhattisgarh
(D) Uttar pradesh
Correct Answer : C
Which institute has designed and developed Electrostatic Disinfection Machine, an innovative technology for effective disinfection and sanitization to fight against COVID-19 pandemic?
(A) CSIR-CCMB
(B) CSIR-CSIO
(C) CSIR-CFTRI
(D) CSIR-AMPRI
Correct Answer : B
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a new list with the names of 169 tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) including Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. The India Meteorology Department was established in which of the following year?
(A) 1975
(B) 1875
(C) 1920
(D) 1890
Correct Answer : B
Which company will set up two Centres for Invention, Innovation, Incubation and Training (CIIITs) at Baramulla and Jammu?
(A) HCL Technologies Limited
(B) Tata Technologies
(C) Reliance Industries
(D) Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited
Correct Answer : B
UGC releases guidelines for examinations and academic calendar for universities in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. When was UGC formed?
(A) 1952
(B) 1953
(C) 1956
(D) 1959
Correct Answer : C
Who has been sworn-in as the new Chief Justice of Bombay HC on 28 April?
(A) Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi
(B) Justice Dipankar Datta
(C) Justice Vikram Nath
(D) Justice Sanjay Karol
Correct Answer : B