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- The Indian Railways has installed its first Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel at which of these stations?
A) New Delhi
B) Hyderabad
C) Pune
D) Ahmedabad
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Option D
Explanation: The Ahmedabad railway station at Kalupur has installed a Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel, to ensure the safety of staff and passengers in view of the COVID-19. The Sanitizer Tunnel has been set up by Ahmedabad division of the Western Railway and is the first station on Indian Railways to get such tunnel.
- M V Rajasekharan, a former Union Minister has passed away due to illness at 91. He belonged to which party?
A) BJP
B) Indian National Congress
C) Aam Aadmi Party
D) Rashtriya Janata Dal
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Option B
Explanation: Veteran Congress leader from Karnataka and former Union minister M V Rajasekharan passed away after prolonged illness. He was 91.
- Which among these following institutions has developed digital stethoscope AyuSynk?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Kharagpur
C) IIT Bombay
D) IIT Guwahati
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Option C
Explanation: A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology of Bombay (IIT-B) has developed a “digital stethoscope” for healthcare professionals to help them listen and record heart beats from a distance and hence minimise the risk of contracting the novel coronavirus from patients. The digital stethoscope device called AyuSynk has been developed by Ayu Devices, a startup of IIT Bombay. The IIT-B team has received a patent for the device.
- Professional American player Doug Sanders who died recently was related to which sports?
A) Golf
B) Football
C) Hockey
D) Snookers
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Option A
Explanation: Former American professional Golfer Doug Sanders (George Douglas Sanders) has passed away of natural cause. He was 86. Sanders was nicknamed as the “Peacock of the Fairways,”.
- How much amount has been announced by ADB in its enhanced response package for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to support the member countries?
A) USD 15 billion
B) USD 10 billion
C) USD 12 billion
D) USD 20 billion
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Option D
Explanation: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has increased the size of its response to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to 20 billion dollars from its earlier size of 6.5 billion dollar.
- What was the profession of Ashok Desai who passed away recently?
A) Economist
B) Journalist
C) Lawyer
D) Filmmaker
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Option C
Explanation: Former Attorney General of India and senior advocate in Supreme Court, Ashok Desai passed away. He was 77. Desai held office as the Attorney General of India from July 9, 1996 to May 6, 1998. Before that, he was the Solicitor General of India from 18 December, 1989 to December 2, 1990.
- Glenn Alfred Beckert, a professional baseball player has died at the age of 79. He was from which country?
A) Australia
B) United States
C) Germany
D) Monaco
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Option B
Explanation: America’s former professional baseball player Glenn Alfred Beckert, has passed away at the age of 79. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs for nine seasons from 1965 to 1973 before ending his career with the San Diego Padres in 1975.
