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1. According to the labor body of the United Nations, due to the corona virus crisis, in which country about 400 million people working in the informal sector can be trapped in poverty?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. America
d. India

Answer: d. According to the
United Nations, this year 19.5 crore people worldwide can be given full-time jobs. The International Labor Organization in its report ‘ILO Surveillance – Second Edition: COVID-19 and Global Functioning’ has described the corona virus crisis as the most terrible crisis since the Second World War. The report says that millions of workers in the informal sector have been affected even before the Kovid-19 crisis.

2. How long has world athletics postponed the Tokyo Olympic qualification period in the wake of the corona virus epidemic?
a. December 2020
b. June 2020
c. August 2020
d. October 2020

Answer: a. December 2020:
World athletics postpones Tokyo Olympic qualification period to December 2020 in view of corona virus epidemic. The World Athletics said in a statement that the qualification period will be between December 1, 2020 to 2021 if the conditions are normal around the world. The total qualification period will be four months long. Players who have already qualified will be able to participate in the Olympics.

3.Supreme Court has recently canceled the appointment of 1983 Physical Training Instructors (PTI) in which state schools?
a. Punjab
b. Jharkhand
c. Haryana
d. Delhi

Answer: c. In
2010, the Haryana Supreme Court upheld the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s decision quashing the appointment of 1,983 Physical Training Instructors (PTIs) in Haryana schools. The court directed that the process be completed within five months from the date of the end of the lockdown. The bench of Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Naveen Sinha ruled through video conferencing. The Punjab Haryana High Court had canceled the recruitment of PTI teachers on the basis of irregularities in recruitment against which the teachers had appealed in the Supreme Court.

4.Burnie Sanders has ended his campaign for the race of Democratic Party candidate in the presidential election of which country?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. England
d. America

Answer: d. America
Bernie Sanders has ended his campaign for the race for Democratic Party candidate in the US presidential election. The 78-year-old senator made the announcement during a phone call from his election campaign staff. With the end of Sanders’ claim, the way for Joe Biden to become the presidential candidate has been cleared by the Democratic Party. Sanders has the image of a Socialist leader. Presidential elections are to be held in the US in the month of November.

5. The central government has asked for immediate release of pending tax refunds up to how many lakhs due to corona virus epidemic?
a. 5 lakh rupees
b. 15 lakh rupees
c. 10 lakh rupees
d. 12 lakh rupees

Answer: .a. Rs 5 lakh
Income Tax Department has decided to immediately refund the pending tax refund up to Rs 5 lakh . This will benefit about 14 lakh taxpayers. The central government will soon refund the pending GST of Rs 18,000 crore and customs duty. About one lakh business units, including micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), are expected to benefit from the decision to withdraw the pending GST and customs duty.