20 May MCQ : Current Affairs Quiz 20th May 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the important Current Affairs MCQ of 20 May with full explanations. Where we will discuss the daily current affairs quiz’s questions and answers. So read all the important 20 May MCQs carefully.
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20 May Current Affairs MCQ – Questions
1. The Union Government has announced the formation of the Cotton Council of India. Who among the following is the chairman of the council?
(a) Jitendra Bisht
(b) Deepak Verma
(c) Ravi Dikshit
(d) Suresh Bhai Kotak
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2. Name the author of the book “A Place Called Home”.
(a) Anita Desai
(b) Preeti Shenoy
(c) Shashi Deshpande
(d) Anuja Chauhan
3. S&P Global Ratings cut India’s growth projection for the current fiscal to ____ percent from 7.8 percent earlier
(a) 7.3
(b) 7.4
(c) 7.5
(d) 7.6
4. Which of the following has been removed from the S&P 500 ESG Index, prompting Musk’s pushback?
(a) Tesla
(b) Microsoft
(c) Twitter
(d) Google
5. West Central Railway has developed a battery-operated dual-mode locomotive named ____.
(a) Devdoot
(b) Navdoot
(c) E-Loco
(d) Tesla-Loco
6. Union Cabinet Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Centre ______.
(a) Leh
(b) Jammu
(c) Dehradun
(d) Kanpur
7. India received remittances worth over ___________in 2021 which was a healthy 8 percent higher than 2021.
(a) $189 billion
(b) $59 billion
(c) $89 billion
(d) $9 billion
8. Who has launched two made-in-India warships INS ‘Surat’ and ‘Udaygiri’ at the Mazagon Docks in Mumbai?
(a) Amit Shah
(b) Rajnath Singh
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Ramnath Kovind
9. Who has been reappointed as Managing Director & CEO of Bharti Airtel?
(a) Sumit Agarwal
(b) Sunil Bharti Mittal
(c) Gopal Vittal
(d) Prakhar Bansal
10. The 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by eight institutes led by which of the following Institution?
(a) IIT Madras
(b) IIT Palakkad
(c) IIT Kharagpur
(d) IIT Delhi
11. Who has released the e-book ‘Civil List – 2022 of IAS officers’?
(a) Shripad Yesso Naik
(b) Ashwini Kumar Choubey
(c) Rao Inderjit Singh
(d) Jitendra Singh
12. Which of the following has appointed Ex RBI Deputy Governor SS Mundra as its Chairman?
(a) NSE
(b) BSE
(c) SEBI
(d) CSE
13. Who chairs the 4th meeting of the National Startup Advisory Council?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Nirmala Sitharaman
(c) Ashwini Vaishnaw
(d) Piyush Goyal
14. World AIDS Vaccine Day also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) is annually observed across the globe on the ______.
(a) 14th May
(b) 15th May
(c) 16th May
(d) 18th May
15. Who has received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty The Queen?
(a) Ajay Piramal
(b) Hem Singhal
(c) Nitin Sharma
(d) Piyush Bansal
20 May MCQs – Answers
1. (d)
The Union Government has announced the formation of the Cotton Council of India under the Chairmanship of renowned veteran cotton man Suresh Bhai Kotak.
2. (b)
Bestselling author Preeti Shenoy is set to publish a new novel titled “A Place Called Home”, a story set in a coffee estate in Sakleshpur, Karnataka with a strong female protagonist at its core.
3. (a)
S&P Global Ratings cut India’s growth projection for the current fiscal to 7.3 percent from 7.8 percent earlier on rising inflation and the longer-than-expected Russia-Ukraine conflict.
4. (a)
Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices has removed Tesla (TSLA) from its widely-tracked S&P 500 ESG Index, citing issues related to claims of racial discrimination and crashes of Tesla’s autopilot vehicles. The decision prompted a harsh response from Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
5. (b)
West Central Railway has developed a battery-operated dual-mode locomotive named Navdoot.
6. (a)
Union Cabinet Minister of Electronics & Information Technology, Communications and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Centre Leh, Ladakh.
7. (c)
According to the World Bank, India has surpassed Mexico as the top remittance-receiving country in 2021, pushing China to third place. In 2021, India received remittances totaling more than $89 billion.
8. (b)
Defense minister Rajnath Singh has launched two made-in-India warships INS ‘Surat’ and ‘Udaygiri’ at the Mazagon Docks in Mumbai.
9. (c)
Bharti Airtel board has reappointed Gopal Vittal as Managing Director & CEO for a further period of five years ending on January 31, 2028.
10. (a)
The 5G testbed was created as a collaboration project between eight institutes, led by IIT Madras.
11. (d)
Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State(MoS), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions released the e-book ‘Civil List – 2022 of IAS officers’ at North Block, Secretariat Building, New Delhi.
12. (b)
BSE Limited announced that it has approved the appointment of SS Mundra, Public Interest Director as the Chairman of the board of directors of the company.
13. (d)
The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal has chaired the 4th meeting of the National Startup Advisory Council (NSAC) in New Delhi.
14. (d)
World AIDS Vaccine Day also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) is annually observed across the globe on the 18th of May to create awareness and provide information about Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
15. (a)
Chairman of the Piramal Group, Ajay Piramal has received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty The Queen.
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