1. International
Firefighter Day is observed on which of the following days?
a. 15 April
b. 20 March
c. 4 May
d. 10 June
ANSWER: c. 4
May
Every year on 4 May, International Firefighter
Day is celebrated worldwide. It was first celebrated in the year
1999. Its main purpose is to pay respect and thanks to the firefighters,
who save their lives and the lives of wildlife by putting their lives at
stake. The symbol of International Fire Day is two colored ribbons, in
which the red color indicates fire, and the blue color represents
water. On this day, sirens of fire brigade are played for 30 seconds in
the afternoon in Europe. After this, silence is kept for one minute.
2.Which state government
has recently taken a major decision to extend the lockdown in the state till
May 29?
a. Telangana
b. Bihar
c. Delhi
d. Goa
ANSWER: a. Telangana
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has
recently issued orders to extend the lockdown period in the state to 29
May. The lockdown has been ordered till May 17 across the
country. Telangana is the first state which has extended the lockdown
period in its state. He said that no shop will be allowed to open in the
Red Zone. The situation will be reviewed after May 15 for the green and
ore zones. The curfew will continue from 7 in the evening to 7 in the
morning.
3.Russ has awarded World
War II Commemorative Medal to which country’s top leader for preserving many
memories, including memorials and tombs of Soviet soldiers?
a. China
b. Nepal
c. North Korea
d. Japan
ANSWER: c. North
Korea
Russia has awarded World War II commemorative
medal to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. This honor is given to him to
preserve the memory of Soviet soldiers killed in North Korea. On behalf of
Kim Jong, Foreign Minister Ri Son Gwon accepted the medal from the Russian
Ambassador on the occasion of completing 75 years of the 1941–1945 war.
4. According to the report
of the Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), how many people became
unemployed in April during the Kovid-19 lockdown in India?
a. 20 crores
b. 15 crore
c. 25 crores
d. 12.2 crores
ANSWER: d. According
to a 12.2 million
Center for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) report,
12.2 crore people became unemployed in April during the Kovid-19 lockdown in
India. As reported, the unemployment rate in the country rose to 27.11
percent during the week ended 3 May. According to CMIE, the unemployment
rate in urban areas during this period was 29.22 percent while in rural areas
it was 26.69 percent. According to CMIE, the lockdown has dealt a major
blow to the daily laborers and those associated with small
businesses. These include hawkers, street vendors, laborers working in the
construction industry and people carrying rickshaws.
5. Recently ‘Science and Engineering Research Board’ has
approved 11 projects under which scheme to study the ‘mathematical model and
computational aspects’ to control the COVID-19 epidemic?
a. Matrix Scheme
b. Vector scheme
c. Application plan
d. Inverse scheme
ANSWER: a.
Most of the studies approved under this scheme
by the Matrix Plan Science
and Engineering Research Board are aimed at preparing mathematical models in
the context of various aspects related to COVID-19. This includes
population diversity, role of non-symptomatic infected population, migration
and quarantine, social distancing and the effect of lockdown, socio-economic
factors, etc. Under this study, the impact of efforts to disseminate COVID-19
and its prevention through a parameter estimation process will be reviewed.
