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Which company has partnered with a not-for-profit organisation, SEEDS to launch a community COVID-19 vaccination drive and set up COVID care centres?
A)
Amazon
B)
PepsiCo
C)
Apple Inc
D)
Samsung

Correct Answer : Option (B) - PepsiCo

Note : PepsiCo Foundation has partnered with not-for-profit organisation, Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society to launch a community COVID-19 vaccination drive and set up COVID care centres.

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Published On : May 8, 2021
 Q .
Five of India's top Oil and Gas PSUs have inked MOUs for Construction and Redevelopment of which pilgrimage site as a Spiritual Smart hill Town?
A)
Badrinath
B)
Dwaraka
C)
Rameswaram
D)
Puri

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Badrinath

Note : The IndianOil, BPCL, HPCL, ONGC and GAIL, have inked a MOUs with the Shri Badrinath Utthan Charitable Trust for Construction and Redevelopment of Shri Badrinath Dham in Uttarakhand as a Spiritual Smart hill Town.

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Published On : May 8, 2021
 Q .
Who has been appointed as Director of the Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR)?
A)
Vikas Singroul
B)
Anurag Kumar
C)
Govindan Rangarajan
D)
Raman Meenakshi Sundaram

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Raman Meenakshi Sundaram

Note : Raman Meenakshi Sundaram has been appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Rice Research an arm of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

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Published On : May 8, 2021
 Q .
Which city has topped the 'Prime Global Cities Index Q1 2021' for registering the most strong growth in prime residential prices during January-March 2021?
A)
Toronto
B)
Moscow
C)
Shenzhen
D)
Vancouver

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Shenzhen

Note : Three Chinese cities, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou lead the index in Q1 of 2021, with Shenzhen registering the strongest growth of 18.9% in the price.

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Published On : May 8, 2021
 Q .
DDoS attack, which was making news recently, is associated with which field?
A)
Defence
B)
Psychology
C)
Cyber security
D)
Maritime Exercise

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Cyber security

Note :

A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources.
A massive DDoS attack affected the websites of over 200 organisations across Belgium, including government, parliament, universities and research institutes. The DDoS attack started on 4 May and targeted Belnet, the government-funded ISP provider for the county’s educational institutions and government services.

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Published On : May 8, 2021
 Q .
Which country has officially passed a legislation to allow screening of future FDI and Special Economic Agreements?
A)
France
B)
Denmark
C)
Switzerland
D)
North Korea

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Denmark

Note :

Denmark has officially passed a legislation, to prevent outside FDI and special economic agreements that may pose a threat to national security, through screening and potential interference.
The new law was developed following security concerns over a bid by China’s Huawei to build Denmark’s 5G network. However, Denmark’s biggest telecoms operator, TDC picked Ericsson over Huawei for the project.

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Published On : May 8, 2021
 Q .
Tur/arhar (pigeon pea), urad (black matpe) and moong (green gram) are examples of which type of major crop?
A)
Rabi
B)
Kharif
C)
Zaid
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Kharif

Note :

The crops that are sown in the rainy season are called kharif crops in India. They are also known as the summer or monsoon crop. Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the south-west monsoon season.
Tur/arhar (pigeon pea), urad (black matpe) and moong (green gram) are the major pulses in this season. The Ministry of Agriculture has recently formulated a special Kharif strategy to attain self-sufficiency in the production of pulses.

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Published On : May 8, 2021
 Q .
INS Kolkata arrived Port Shuwaikh, to bring Liquid Medical Oxygen and medical supplies, from which country?
A)
Kuwait
B)
Oman
C)
Israel
D)
UAE

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Kuwait

Note :

As a part of the Operation Samudra Setu II, INS Kolkata arrived Port Shuwaikh, Kuwait and will bring Liquid Medical Oxygen and medical supplies from Kuwait.
Earlier the ship had boarded 200 bottles of oxygen and 43 oxygen concentrators from Doha, Qatar. Indian Navy has deployed seven Indian Naval ships for shipment of liquid medical oxygen from friendly countries.

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Published On : May 7, 2021
 Q .
Which state government has converted 25 of its city buses into Ambulances?
A)
Goa
B)
Delhi
C)
Assam
D)
Maharashtra

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Maharashtra

Note : In Maharashtra, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation has converted 25 city buses into ambulances for use of COVID patients.

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Published On : May 7, 2021
 Q .
Which Ministry has announced to set up pressure swing adsorption medical oxygen plants at 581 sites in various states?
A)
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
B)
Ministry of Railway
C)
Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Note : Around 581 Pressure Swing Adsorption medical oxygen plants will be installed in various states and NHAI will be the nodal agency for executing civil and electrical work for these facilities

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Published On : May 7, 2021
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