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CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2020 March: Questions & Answers (Chapter - 01)

CURRENT AFFAIRS- 2020 March (Chapter - 01) 
Questions & Answers
1. Which country has launched a military communication satellite called Lockheed Martin Advanced Extremely High-Frequency satellite?
- United States

2. Name the Indian Minister who launched COVID-19 National Teleconsultation Centre (CoNTeC) in New Delhi to connect doctors across the country to AIIMS. 
- Harsh Vardhan 

3. Which state has set up inter-departmental committees named "Team-11", to fight the coronavirus spread?
- Uttar Pradesh

4. Name the Indian Institution which has developed the “Coroutine” and “Safe” mobile app to track violations by people supposed to be in quarantine. 
- IIT Bombay 

5. Which technological firm launched a COVID-19 chatbot on its messaging platform in partnership with the Union Health Ministry and MyGov?
- Facebook

6. Name the app which was developed by Rajasthan police to give permission for movement to people during the lockdown. 
- RajCop citizens 

7. ‘Operation Namaste’ is the initiative of which Indian armed force to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the country?
- Indian Army

8. To which scheme the central government has released Rs. 4,431 crores to clear pending wages?
- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 

9. As per the announcement from the CRISIL rating agency, what is their estimate on the growth rate of India for 2020-21? 
- 3.5%

10. Name the Country which has joined as the 30th member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in March 2020. 
- North Macedonia 

11. In the relief package announced by the centre, the women self-help groups (SHGs) will be given collateral-free loans up to Rs 20 lakh under which scheme?
- Deen Dayal National Livelihood Mission

12. Which country has announced USD 2.9 million financial aid to India to combat Coronavirus crisis? 
- United States 

13. Which organisation has launched a campaign called ‘StayHomeIndiaWithBooks’, to encourage people to stay home amid the COVID-19 pandemic?
- National Book Trust

14. Name the World organisation which has launched the Policy Tracker to track the policies of governments to combat COVID-19 pandemic. 
- International Monetary Fund 

15. What is the name of the mobile application launched by the Indian government to track the risk of coronavirus infection?
- Corona Kavach

16. Name the state which sets up the largest COVID-19 hospital in India. 
- Odisha 

17. Name the country which has hosted the ‘Virtual Group of 20 (G20) summit’ (March 2020). 
- Saudi Arabia 

18. The World Theatre Day with the focus theme of ‘Theatre and a Culture of Peace’ observed every year on
- March 27 

19. Name the Indian state which becomes a top performer in organ donations and transplants for the year 2019
- Maharashtra 

20. Which is the 1st city in India to use drones to sanitize the city amid COVID-19 crisis? 
- Indore 

21. Name the Indian footballer who has been named among 28 footballers around the world to FIFA-WHO’s campaign ‘Pass the message to kick out coronavirus’. 
- Sunil Chhetri 

22. Name the Public Sector Bank which provides SHG-COVID – SAHAYA LOAN under which Self Help Groups can avail soft loan of Rs. 5000 per member. 
- Indian Bank 

23. The biofortified high-protein wheat variety that was developed by Pune based Agharkar Research Institute’s (ARI) scientists. 
- MACS 4028 

24. Padma Shri awardee Nemai Ghosh who passed died in March 2020 is
- Photographer 

25. Which is the 1st Indian state that launches assessment tool partnered with Innovaccer Inc. for COVID-19? 
- Goa 

26. Which Indian state government launched the “Mo Jeeban (My Life) Programme” to keep everyone safe in the state due to the dangerous spread of the virus. 
- Odisha 

27. Name the Indian state which becomes 1st state to impose curfew after lockdown fails. 
- Punjab 

28. Which European country recently imposed a record 1.1 billion euro fine on tech-firm Apple for its anti-competitive behaviour?
- France

29. How much has been allocated for Health care by the central government to combat COVID-19? 
- 15,000 crores

30. Which former Chief Justice of India has been nominated to Rajya Sabha?
- Ranjan Gogoi 

31. Under which scheme, the COVID-19 is tested and treated in India? 
- Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana 

32. Which Indian institution has launched a re-skilling programme for women called ‘Career Back 2 Women’?
- Indian Institute of Technology-Madras

33. Name the world organisation which has launched “Global Network Resiliency Platform” to remain safer and stronger during COVID-19 crisis. 
- International Telecommunications Union 

34. The flagship “Ganga Amantran Abhiyan” programme is conducted by which organisation?
- National Mission for Clean Ganga 

35. India Invest has launched “The Invest India Business Immunity Platform” to minimise the impacts & crisis in business due to COVID-19. It comes under which ministry? 
- Ministry of Commerce and Industry 

36. Which state cabinet recently passed an ordinance which seeks to recover losses caused by damage to public property from rioters?
- Uttar Pradesh

37. Name the COVID-19 self-screening Bot, which was the product of Microsoft’s Azure Healthcare and US CDC foundation. 
- Clara 

38. Sahitya Akademi award winner Puthussery Ramachandran, who passed away recently, was a poet and scholar in which language?
- Malayalam

39. Name the virus other than COVID-19 which cause death in Yunnan province of China. 
- Hantavirus 

40. Akshay Urja Portal' is an initiative of which Union Ministry?
- Ministry of New & Renewable Energy


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