Current Affairs (22/06/2020

Current Affairs (22/06/2020)

1)For the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 positive patients across the  country, which medicine has been recommended recently by governmenet of  India?

 

A. Favipiravir ✅ 

B. Ceftriaxone  

C. Mefloquine  

D. Tenofovir

Q2) When was World Hydrography Day 2020 observed? 

A. June 20  

B. June 21✅

Q3) Which IIT instituion has developed a herbal infusion technology as a  

sustainable means of income for local marginal farmers in the mid-Himalayan  

region? 

A. IIT Roorkee  

B. IIT Ropar  

C. IIT Guwahati

D.IIT Mandi ✅

Q4) According to a report Assessment Of Climate Change Over The Indian Region,  

India’s average temperature has increased by______ degrees Celsius between  

1901-2018? 

A. 1.4 degrees  

B. 0.4 degrees  

C. 0.7 degrees ✅ 

D. 1.0 degrees

5) According to BP Statistical Review, India is the ___th biggest growth  driver of primary energy consumption in the world? 

A. First

B. Third  

C. Fifth  

D. Second✅

6) Who has been appointed as the president of BMW Group India? 

A. Vikram Pawah ✅ 

B. Pritish Raj  

C. Asim Kumar Basu  

D. Abhay Firodia

7) Which football club has won its sixth Italian Cup title? 

A. Juventus  

B. Milan  

C. Napoli ✅ 

D. Atalanta

8) Which state has launched a mobile application “TS-Weather” that enablespeople to access information about weather conditions? 

A. Tamil Nadu  

B. Kerala  

C. Karnataka  

D. Telangana✅

Who will be awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade for his decades-long work around issues of global justice? 

A. Kailash Satyarthi  

B. Amartya Sen✅

US Astronomers have discovered a very rare remarkable neutron star which  

is known as Swift J1818.0−1607 and is estimated to be about _____ years old? 

A. 200 years  

B. 170 years  

C. 320 years  

D. 240 years✅

11) Dinu Randive, who passed away recently, was a Veteran __? 

A. Politician  

B. Painter  

C. Journalist ✅ 

D. Author

Q12) Which state has approved 10 per cent horizontal reservation for  

government school students who qualify National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test,  NEET? 

A. Tamil Nadu ✅ 

B. Andhra Pradesh  

C. Odisha  

D. Kerala

Q13) US President Donald Trump has confirmed plans to withdraw 9,500  American troops from bases in which country? 

A. Iraq  

B. Germany ✅ 

C. Kuwait  

D. Jordan

Q14) A fossil of a Stegodon, a variety of the elephant, was recently discovered in  which state state? 

A. Assam  

B. Karnataka  

C. Uttar Pradesh ✅ 

D. West Bengal

15) Which IIT is going to produce 25 thousand N95 and N99 grade face masks  per day? 

A. IIT Delhi

D.IIT Kanpur✅

Q16) ICICI Bank has sold ___% stake in ICICI Lombard for Rs 2,250 crore? 

A. 3.96% ✅ 

B. 2.12%  

C. 4.32%  

D. 2.99%

Q17) Sports Ministry has decided to establish how many Khelo India Centres (KIC)  

at the district level across the country? 

A. 500  

B. 1500  

C. 1000 ✅ 

D. 1200

Q18) World Music Day or Fête de la Musique 2020 was observed on? 

A. 20 June  

B. 21 June ✅ 

C. 19 June  

D. 18 June