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- Government has recently constituted a high-level task force for vaccine and drug testing to speed up national and international efforts towards COVID-19 vaccine development. Who is the head of this task force?
A) Luigi Zingales
B) Sanjeev Sanyal
C) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
D) K. Vijay Raghavan
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Option D
Explanation: The Central Government has formed a high-level task force for vaccine and drug testing for COVID-19. The task force is headed by Prof K. VijayRaghavan (principal scientific advisor to the Prime Minister). The objective of this task force is to speed up national and international efforts towards vaccine development to treat Covid-19.
- Which among the following IT services company has been hit by the ‘Maze’ ransomware?
A) Accenture
B) Cognizant
C) TCS
D) Capgemini
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Option B
Explanation: IT services company Cognizant has been hit by ‘Maze’ ransomware attack that has caused disruptions to some of its clients. Ransomware logs users out of their systems through forced encryption of data and asks them to pay a ransom if they want to access the encrypted data.
- The district administration of which of these states has launched an innovative ‘Rapid Screening Vehicle’ named Tiranga to enable health workers in screening public in containment zones from inside the van, without being exposed to the public.
A) Kerala
B) Odisha
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
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Option A
Explanation: The Pathanamthitta district in Kerala has come up with an innovative ‘Rapid Screening Vehicle-1 (RSV – 1)’, as an initiative to help reduce the risk of exposure of health workers as they go out to screen people. The vehicle called TIRANGA (Total India Remote Analysis Nirogya Abhiyaan) will have three people (medical volunteer, a non-medical volunteer and a driver), two of them asking questions to a person standing outside.
- UP government has set up a committee to provide employment to migrant workers who came to the state during last 45 days. Who is the head of this committee?
A) Chief Minister
B) Principal Secretary Agriculture
C) Agriculture Production Commissioner
D) Assistant Director of Agriculture
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Option C
Explanation: The state government of Uttar Pradesh under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has constituted a committee to provide employment to the 5 lakh migrated laborers who reached the state during last 45 days, and got stuck due to COVID-19. The committee will be headed by Agriculture Production Commissioner (APC). The current APC of Uttar Pradesh is Shri Alok Sinha.
- Which bank has launched the SafetyGrid campaign to reinforce #socialdistancing among the customers?
A) State Bank of India
B) Punjab National Bank
C) IndusInd Bank
D) HDFC Bank
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Option D
Explanation: HDFC Bank has launched the #HDFCBankSafetyGrid campaign to reinforce #socialdistancing.HDFC bank has created physical markers on the ground using the outer grid of HDFC Bank logo, to help people waiting in queue at a shop or an establishment.
- When is the UN Chinese Language Day observed globally?
A) 19 April
B) 20 April
C) 18 April
D) 17 April
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Option B
Explanation: UN Chinese Language Day is observed on April 20 annually. The UN Department of Public Information established the day in 2010 to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization.
- Gene Deitch who died at the age of 95 was a well known __________
A) Film Director
B) Comic Artist
C) Animator
D) All of the above
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Option D
Explanation: Gene Deitch, an American-born Czech illustrator, animator, comics artist, film director and producer, has passed away at the age of 95. His movie Munro won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1960.
- Name the first state in the country to geotag all its community kitchens and community shelters across the state for helping the needy in search of shelter homes and food?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Kerala
C) Gujarat
D) Maharashtra
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Option A
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh has been reported to become the first state in the country to geotag all its community kitchens and community shelters across 75 districts of the state, so as to provide adequate information to the general public regarding the location of shelter homes and community kitchens amid lockdown. There are 7,368 community kitchens and community shelters across 75 districts in the state which produce 12 lakh food packets a day. The state government has tied up with Google to ‘Geo-map’ the locations of all these establishments on the Google Maps app for ease of beneficiaries.
- Which among the following bodies has launched the initiative ‘Team Mask Force’ to spread awareness about wearing masks in public places?
A) SBI
B) BCCI
C) LIC
D) DRDO
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Option B
Explanation: The BCCI Creates ‘Team Mask Force’ to spread awareness about wearing masks in public places and help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
