Published 19:14 IST, June 4th 2020
Current Affairs 2020 for June 04 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs
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Current Affairs 2020 Questions for June 04, 2020
1. According to Estimates of National Income for the financial year 2019-20 by NSO, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation India's GDP growth has slowed to an 11-year low of how much per cent in 2019-20?
- 3.2%
- 4.2%
- 5.2%
- 6.2%
2. Global Day of Parents is celebrated on which day every year?
- 3 June
- 1 June
- 5 June
- 2 June
3. Who has inaugurated the Indian Dispute Resolution Centre, which provides a paperless dispute resolution environment?
- Ranjan Gogoi
- A K Sikri
- Dipak Misra
- Jagdish Singh Khehar
4. Who assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India on 1 June 2020?
- Pradip Kumar Tripathi
- Binoy Kumar
- Giriraj Goswami
- Piyush Tripathi
5. Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI stated that in order to succeed against the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of parallel efforts are being taken. Who is Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI?
- Jitendra Patel
- Santosh Kumar
- Vinod Paul
- K. Vijay Raghavan
6. Who assumed charge as the 15th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command on 1 June 2020?
- Lieutenant General Pradip Kumar
- Lieutenant General Manoj Pande
- Lieutenant General Podali Shankar
- Lieutenant General Rajeshwar Pande
7. Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of State-run Power Finance Corporation?
- Sandip Mukund Pradhan
- Nikesh Arora
- Ravinder Singh Dhillon
- Jagdish Dhillon
8. Who has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India?
- Manoj Singhal
- PR Jaishankar
- Arun Singhal
- Piyush Tripathi
9. The World Athletics anti-doping body handed a four-year ban to which Indian sportsperson?
- Kiranjeet Kaur
- M. R. Poovamma
- Kunjarani Devi
- K. T. Irfan
10. Which institute has helped triple the number of Irrawaddy dolphins in Odisha's Chilika lake, Asia's largest natural water reservoir?
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
11. Who won men's events respectively in Steinitz Memorial online blitz chess?
- Daniil Dubov
- Viswanathan Anand
- Magnus Carlsen
- Garry Kasparov
12. Who has been appointed as the MD of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited for 3 years?
- Manoj Singhal
- TV Mohandas Pai
- PR Jaishankar
- Piyush Tripathi
13. Which country approves sanctions on Chinese officials involved in ill-treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang?
- USA
- India
- Russia
- France
14. The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment in partnership with which company offers free online career skills training through the National Career Service project?
- Wipro
- TCS iON
- Infosys
- Tech Mahindra Limited
15. India Observatory launched which GIS-enabled dashboard in collaboration with Forest Ecological Security as its main nodal point, to help administrators volunteers to plan urgent steps to get the stranded migrant population to safety?
- COVID India
- CoAST India
- Care India
- CoCare India
16. Who was appointed as chairman of the advisory committee on service providers by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India?
- Manoj Pande
- TV Mohandas Pai
- Podali Shankar
- Piyush Tripathi
17. Astronomers have discovered a rare kind of space object described as something between an asteroid and a comet- an active asteroid in which planet's orbit?
- Saturn
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Neptune
18. Which state's Chief Minister and three state cabinet ministers are under self-quarantine after tourism minister, tested positive for COVID-19 virus?
- Rajasthan
- Uttarakhand
- Maharashtra
- Uttar Pradesh
19. HIL INDIA, a PSU under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals is to supply 25 MT Malathion Technical for supply to locust control programme to which country under Government to Government arrangement?
- Bhutan
- Iraq
- Nepal
- Iran
20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched which is video blogging competition while addressing the nation in 12th Episode of 'Mann Ki Baat 2.0' on 31 May 2020?
- Our Life, Our Yoga
- Your Life, Your Yoga
- Healthy Life, Daily Yoga
- My Life, My Yoga
21. Which organisation release the report "Children in monetary poor households and COVID-19: Technical Note"?
- UNICEF
- UNESCO
- UNIDO
- UNWTO
22. NTPC has collaborated with which Bank to provide learning opportunities to its 19,000+ employees and their family members amid nationwide lockdown?
- HSBC Bank
- World Bank
- The Asian Development Bank
- The New Development Bank
23. World Digestive Health Day by the World Gastroenterology Organisation is observed on which day?
- 28th May
- 29th May
- 31th May
- 30th May
24. Who became the only Indian to feature in the Forbes' Top 100 highest-paid athletes of 2020?
- Saina Nehwal
- MS Dhoni
- Rohit Sharma
- Virat Kohli
25. The United Nations Security Council has extended the individual sanctions, travel ban and an arms embargo in which country until May 2021?
- South Sudan
- North Korea
- China
- Russia
26. The Centre has approved how much fund for 2020-21 under the Jal Jeevan Mission to Assam to provide tap connections to 13 lakh households out of a total of 63 lakhs in 2020-21?
- ₹ 1,207 crore
- ₹ 1,107 crore
- ₹ 1,007 crore
- ₹ 1,407 crore
27. Who is appointed as a member of the Olympic Channel Commission from India?
- Jitendra Patel
- Santosh Kumar
- Narinder Dhruv Batra
- Sandip Pradhan
28. World Milk Day is observed on which day every year?
- 2 June
- 1 June
- 4 June
- 3 June
29. What is the new name of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology after Centre has been renamed it on 28 May 2020?
- Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology
- Central Institute of Plastics and chemicals Engineering & Technology
- Central Institute of chemicals Engineering & Technology
- Central Institute of chemicals and Plastics Engineering & Technology
30. Who launched the facility of instant PAN through Aadhaar based e-KYC on 28 May?
- Nirmala Sitharaman
- Anurag Thakur
- Narendra Modi
- Amit Shah
Current Affair 2020 Answer
1. According to Estimates of National Income for the financial year 2019-20 by NSO, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation India's GDP growth has slowed to an 11-year low of how much per cent in 2019-20?
Answer- 4.2%
2. Global Day of Parents is celebrated on which day every year?
Answer- 1 June
3. Who has inaugurated the Indian Dispute Resolution Centre, which provides a paperless dispute resolution environment?
Answer- A K Sikri
4. Who assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India on 1 June 2020?
Answer- Pradip Kumar Tripathi
5. Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI stated that in order to succeed against the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of parallel efforts are being taken. Who is Principal Scientific Adviser to the GoI?
Answer- K. Vijay Raghavan
6. Who assumed charge as the 15th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command on 1 June 2020?
Answer- Lieutenant General Manoj Pande
7. Who has been appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of State-run Power Finance Corporation?
Answer- Ravinder Singh Dhillon
8. Who has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India?
Answer- Arun Singhal
9. The World Athletics anti-doping body handed a four-year ban to which Indian sportsperson?
Answer- Kiranjeet Kaur
10. Which institute has helped triple the number of Irrawaddy dolphins in Odisha's Chilika lake, Asia's largest natural water reservoir?
Answer- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
11. Who won men's events respectively in Steinitz Memorial online blitz chess?
Answer- Magnus Carlsen
12. Who has been appointed as the MD of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited for 3 years?
Answer- PR Jaishankar
13. Which country approves sanctions on Chinese officials involved in ill-treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang?
Answer- USA
14. The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment in partnership with which company offers free online career skills training through the National Career Service project?
Answer- TCS iON
15. India Observatory launched which GIS-enabled dashboard in collaboration with Forest Ecological Security as its main nodal point, to help administrator’s volunteers to plan urgent steps to get the stranded migrant population to safety?
Answer- CoAST India
16. Who was appointed as chairman of the advisory committee on service providers by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India?
Answer- TV Mohandas Pai
17. Astronomers have discovered a rare kind of space object described as something between an asteroid and a comet- an active asteroid in which planet's orbit?
Answer- Jupiter
18. Which state's Chief Minister and three state cabinet ministers are under self-quarantine after tourism minister, tested positive for COVID-19 virus?
Answer- Uttarakhand
19. HIL INDIA, a PSU under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals is to supply 25 MT Malathion Technical for supply to locust control programme to which country under Government to Government arrangement?
Answer- Iran
20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched which is video blogging competition while addressing the nation in 12th Episode of 'Mann Ki Baat 2.0' on 31 May 2020?
Answer- My Life, My Yoga
21. Which organisation release the report "Children in monetary poor households and COVID-19: Technical Note"?
Answer- UNICEF
22. NTPC has collaborated with which Bank to provide learning opportunities to its 19,000+ employees and their family members amid nationwide lockdown?
Answer- World Bank
23. World Digestive Health Day by the World Gastroenterology Organisation is observed on which day?
Answer- 29th May
24. Who became the only Indian to feature in the Forbes' Top 100 highest-paid athletes of 2020?
Answer- Virat Kohli
25. The United Nations Security Council has extended the individual sanctions, travel ban and an arms embargo in which country until May 2021?
Answer- South Sudan
26. The Centre has approved how much fund for 2020-21 under the Jal Jeevan Mission to Assam to provide tap connections to 13 lakh households out of a total of 63 lakhs in 2020-21?
Answer- ₹1,407 crore
27. Who is appointed as a member of the Olympic Channel Commission from India?
Answer- Narinder Dhruv Batra
28. World Milk Day is observed on which day every year?
Answer- 1 June
29. What is the new name of the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology after Centre has been renamed it on 28 May 2020?
Answer- Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology
30. Who launched the facility of instant PAN through Aadhaar based e-KYC on 28 May?
Answer- Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated 19:14 IST, June 4th 2020