Today Current Affairs Questions 2020 - May 05
Recently which state government has launched Mukhyamantri Urban Employment Guarantee Scheme guaranteeing at least 120 days of employment to people living in urban areas?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Punjab
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Gujarat
Correct Answer : A
Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change represented India in the first virtual Petersberg Climate Dialogue on 28 April. WHo is current Union Minister of Environment, Forest?
(A) Ramvilas Paswan
(B) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(C) Narendra Singh Tomar
(D) Prakash Javadekar
Correct Answer : D
A multi-disciplinary expert group COVIDActionCollab (CAC) is developing a protocol to test sewage for COVID-19 traces in selected densely populated urban residential areas of which cities?
(A) Bengaluru and Kolkata
(B) Bengaluru and Mumbai
(C) Mumbai and Kolkata
(D) Bengaluru and Delhi
Correct Answer : A
Jal Shakti Abhiyan, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has provided various measures to combat the present health crisis. Jal Shakti Abhiyan was launched on which day?
(A) 1 July 2018
(B) 1 July 2019
(C) 1 July 2017
(D) 1 July 2016
Correct Answer : B
Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has issued guidelines on using the central air-conditioners in public buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic. CPWD was established in which year?
(A) 1851
(B) 1852
(C) 1853
(D) 1854
Correct Answer : D
India is set to produce indigenous rapid testing and RT-PCR diagnostic kits by the end of which month?
(A) July
(B) June
(C) May
(D) August
Correct Answer : C
Which State government has announced an insurance cover of Rs.50 lakh for the frontline journalists who are covering COVID-19?
(A) Sikkim
(B) Tripura
(C) Manipur
(D) Assam
Correct Answer : D