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Current Affairs 2020 for June 02 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs

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Staying up-to-date with current affairs 2020 is absolutely essential for anybody looking to take competitive exams this year. Many school/college exams, entrance exams, and interviews require you to be well-versed with current affairs today. However, remembering daily current affairs by reading about it alone is often t eugh. Our daily current affairs 2020 questions and answers will thus help you test your kwledge about May current affairs and ensure that you are well-versed with happenings of world.

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Current Affairs 2020 Questions for June 02, 2020

1. Asian Development Bank and GoI signed a $177 million loan to upgrade 450 kilometres of state highways and major district roads in which state?

  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Maharashtra

2. Indian Navy has set up an Ultraviolet sanitisation Bay at which dockyard to decontaminate coveralls, tools, personal gadgets, masks, cloths?

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  • Kolkata
  • Mumbai
  • Kochi
  • Visakhapatnam

3. Which state has launched Rs 1,110 crores 'ReStart' a new programme to support & boost Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise sector in State?

  • Telangana
  • Jharkhand
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Tamil Nadu

4. Vakrangee Limited has entered into Corporate ncy partnership with which company to distribute latter's micro-insurance products through its Nextgen Vakrangee Kendra network spread across India?

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  • SBI Life Insurance Co. Lt
  • Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Lt
  • Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Lt
  • Life Insurance Corporation of India

5. What is name of an artificial intelligence-based chatbot, launched by National Payment Corporation of India to create awareness around its products like FASTag, RuPay, Unified Payments Interface, Aadhaar Enabled Payment System?

  • KAi
  • SAi
  • AAi
  • PAi

6. Who was appointed as 37th National President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Ladies Organization?

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  • Nirmala Phookan
  • Harjinder Kaur
  • Jahnabi Phookan
  • Simran Kaur

7. Indian Air Force operationalised its 2nd squadron . 18 'Flying Bullet' equipped with Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Final Operational Clearance at its Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Who is Chief of Air Staff India?

  • rman Anil Kumar
  • Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
  • Birender Singh Dhaa
  • Arup Raha

8. M.P. Veerendra Kumar passed away at of 83 due to cardiac arrest in Kozhikode, Kerala He was famous?

  • Singer
  • Politician
  • Actor
  • Cricketer

9. Eid-ul-Fitr festival celebrated on which date in India in year 2020?

  • 21, 22 May
  • 22, 23 May
  • 24, 25 May
  • 23, 24 May

10. International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed on which day every year?

  • 26 May
  • 27 May
  • 29 May
  • 28 May

11. Which state anunced development of 800 km herbal roads along with state and national highways through state?

  • Uttarakhand
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Rajasthan
  • Haryana

12. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued tification for emission rms for L7 category for BS-VI vehicles. Who is current Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways?

  • Ramvilas Paswan
  • Nirmala Sitharaman
  • Nitin Jairam Gadkari
  • Thaawar Chand Gehlot

13. Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare held a high-level meeting to review Locust Control Operations. Who is current Union Minister for Agriculture?

  • Ramvilas Paswan
  • Narendra Singh Tomar
  • Ravi Shankar Prasad
  • Prakash Javadekar

14. Which state launched scheme named "Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana" to retain migrants who have returned to state during lockdown?

  • Uttarakhand
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Rajasthan
  • Haryana

15. Balbir Singh Sr. passed away on May 25, 2020, at of 96. He belongs to which of following sports?

  • Hockey
  • Kabaddi
  • Football
  • Table tennis

16. Indian Research Organisation has received a patent for its method of manufacturing highland lunar soil simulant or moon soil. This soil is made from arthosite rocks of which state?

  • Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Karnataka

17. According to Fitch's Global Ecomic Outlook for May, India's Gross Domestic Product is anticipated to how much decline in current financial year due to pandemic?

  • 5%
  • 4%
  • 4.8%
  • 3%

18. International passengers arriving in India will have to give an undertaking before boarding that y would undergo a mandatory quarantine for how many days?

  • 21 days
  • 14 days
  • 7 days
  • 15 days

19. Who will take charge as chairman of JP Morgan, South and Souast Asia after Kalpana Morparia retirement in 2021?

  • Ritesh Kumar
  • Leo Puri
  • Tapan Singhel
  • Atul Sahai

20. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired which Meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council via video conferencing, which was first meet since coronavirus outbreak?

  • 20nd
  • 21nd
  • 22nd
  • 23nd

21. Footballer, Artiz Aduriz anunced his retirement at of 39 after finding out that he requires prostic hip replacement surgery. He is from which country?

  • Croatia
  • Spain
  • Ukraine
  • Portugal

22. S&P Global Ratings, an American credit rating ncy, has projected India's GDP growth for current fiscal year FY 21 to contract by how much per cent from 1.8 % growth projected in April 2020?

  • 3 %
  • 2 %
  • 5 %
  • 4 %

23. BSE and National Stock Exchange anunced that y will reduce annual listing fee by how much per cent for MSMEs, as a part of ir attempts to lower compliance costs for companies during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic?

  • 15%
  • 35%
  • 20%
  • 25%

24. According to report titled 'Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective-March 2020' how many new members joined ESIC-run social security scheme in March 2020?

  • 5.21 lakh
  • 8.21 lakh
  • 11.83 lakh
  • 9.83 lakh

25. World Menstrual Hygiene Day observed on which date?

  • May 26
  • May 28
  • May 27
  • May 25

26. Who has detected a new species of silver-coloured small freshwater fish "Puntius Sanctus" of Cyprinidae family in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu?

  • Maws Plamoottil
  • Biswa Vairamuthu
  • Trisha Krishnan
  • Jagdish Mukhi

27. Which state postal department tie up to supply 'Shahi Lichi' of Muzaffarpur and 'Zardalu Mango' of Bhagalpur to consumers at ir doorstep?

  • Bihar
  • Jharkhand
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Madhya Pradesh

28. Who has been appointed as new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Wipro effective from 6th July 2020?

  • Thierry Delaporte
  • Adidali Neemuchwala
  • Sanjay Jha
  • Nikesh Arora

29. Sports Authority Gujarat signed an MoU with which institute to impart training for personality and skill development for aspiring athletes in state?

  • Times Centre for Learning Limited
  • Change Institutes
  • Intrada School Of Executive Coaching
  • Udaan Training Services

Also Read: GK Questions 2020 For May 29 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs

Current Affair 2020 Answer

1. Asian Development Bank and GoI signed a $177 million loan to upgrade 450 kilometres of state highways and major district roads in which state?

Answer- Maharashtra

2. Indian Navy has set up an Ultraviolet sanitisation Bay at which dockyard to decontaminate coveralls, tools, personal gadgets, masks, cloths?

Answer- Mumbai

3. Which state has launched Rs 1,110 crores 'ReStart' a new programme to support & boost Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise sector in State?

Answer- Andhra Pradesh

4. Vakrangee Limited has entered into Corporate ncy partnership with which company to distribute latter's micro-insurance products through its Nextgen Vakrangee Kendra network spread across India?

Answer- Life Insurance Corporation of India

5. What is name of an artificial intelligence-based chatbot, launched by National Payment Corporation of India to create awareness around its products like FASTag, RuPay, Unified Payments Interface, Aadhaar Enabled Payment System?

Answer- PAi

6. Who was appointed as 37th National President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry Ladies Organization?

Answer- Jahnabi Phookan

7. Indian Air Force operationalised its 2nd squadron . 18 'Flying Bullet' equipped with Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Final Operational Clearance at its Sulur Air Force Station in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Who is Chief of Air Staff India?

Answer- Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria

8. M.P. Veerendra Kumar passed away at of 83 due to cardiac arrest in Kozhikode, Kerala. What field was this personality well kwn in?

Answer- Politics

9. Eid-ul-Fitr festival was celebrated on which date in India in year 2020?

Answer- 24, 25 May

10. International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed on which day every year?

Answer- 29 May

11. Which state anunced development of 800 km Herbal Belt along state and national highways through state?

Answer- Uttar Pradesh

12. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has issued tification for emission rms for L7 category for BS-VI vehicles. Who is current Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways?

Answer- Nitin Jairam Gadkari

13. Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare held a high-level meeting to review Locust Control Operations. Who is current Union Minister for Agriculture?

Answer- Narendra Singh Tomar

14. Which state launched scheme named "Mukhyamantri Swarozgar Yojana" to retain migrants who have returned to state during lockdown?

Answer- Uttarakhand

15. Balbir Singh Sr. passed away on May 25, 2020, at of 96. He belongs to which of following sports?

Answer- Hockey

16. Indian Research Organisation has received a patent for its method of manufacturing highland lunar soil simulant or moon soil. This soil is made from arthosite rocks of which state?

Answer- Tamil Nadu

17. According to Fitch's Global Ecomic Outlook for May, India's Gross Domestic Product is anticipated to decline by how much in current financial year due to pandemic?

Answer- 5%

18. International passengers arriving in India will have to give an undertaking before boarding that y would undergo a mandatory quarantine for how many days?

Answer- 14 days

19. Who will take charge as chairman of JP Morgan, South and Souast Asia after Kalpana Morparia retirement in 2021?

Answer- Leo Puri

20. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired which Meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council via video conferencing, which was first meet since coronavirus outbreak?

Answer- 22nd

21. Footballer, Artiz Aduriz anunced his retirement at of 39 after finding out that he requires prostic hip replacement surgery. He is from which country?

Answer- Spain

22. S&P Global Ratings, an American credit rating ncy, has projected India's GDP growth for current fiscal year FY 21 to contract by how much per cent from 1.8 % growth projected in April 2020?

Answer- 5 %

23. BSE and National Stock Exchange anunced that y will reduce annual listing fee by how much per cent for MSMEs, as a part of ir attempts to lower compliance costs for companies during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic?

Answer- 25%

24. According to report titled 'Payroll Reporting in India: An Employment Perspective-March 2020' how many new members joined ESIC-run social security scheme in March 2020?

Answer- 8.21 lakh

25. World Menstrual Hygiene Day observed on which date?

Answer- May 28

26. Who has detected & named a new species of silver-coloured small freshwater fish "Puntius Sanctus" of Cyprinidae family in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu?

Answer- Maws Plamoottil

27. Which state postal department tie up to supply 'Shahi Lichi' of Muzaffarpur and 'Zardalu Mango' of Bhagalpur to consumers at ir doorstep?

Answer- Bihar

28. Who has been appointed as new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Wipro effective from 6th July 2020?

Answer- Thierry Delaporte

29. Sports Authority Gujarat signed an MoU with which institute to impart training for personality and skill development for aspiring athletes in state?

Answer- Times Centre for Learning Limited

Also Read: Current Affairs 2020 For May 29 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs

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