1.The Supreme Court of
Britain has dismissed the petition filed against extradition of which Indian
businessman recently?
a. Vijay Mallya
b. Nirav Modi
c. Mehul Choksi
d. Gautam Adani
ANSWER: a. Vijay
Mallya
Vijay Mallya suffered a major setback on 14 May
2020 when his application seeking permission to appeal against extradition to
the UK Supreme Court was rejected. Now the process of extradition of Vijay
Mallya will have to be completed within 28 days. Britain’s Home Minister
Preeti Patel has to take a final decision on this. The British High Court
also dismissed Vijay Mallya’s petition.
2. Jharkhand’s ‘Sohrai
Khover painting’ and ‘Telia handkerchief’ of which state were given the
‘Geographical Indicator’ (GI) tag by the ‘Geographical Indicator Registry’?
a. Bihar
b. Punjab
c. Telangana
d. Karnataka
ANSWER: c. Telangana
Sohrai Khowar Painting ‘is a traditional and
ritualistic mural art practiced by local tribal women in the Hazaribagh
district of Jharkhand during the harvest season and wedding ceremony using clay
of various colors, locally and naturally. This painting is mainly
practiced in Hazaribagh district. Teliya handkerchiefs are made in cotton
fabric by intricate handmade process in which different types of designs and
motifs are displayed in three special colors (red, black and white).
3. In a recent study
conducted in which country, physicians have given information about the spread
of an unusual disease with symptoms like Kawasaki disease in children exposed
to COVID-19?
a. Italy
b. Nepal
c. China
d. Bangladesh
ANSWER: a. Italy
In
the Bergamo region of northern Italy, physicians
have seen a 30-fold increase in cases of an uncommon disease in children with
symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease. Kawasaki is an uncommon disease that
mainly affects children below five years of age. There is swelling of
blood vessels in the body of the person suffering from this
disease. Fever, swelling of hands and feet, burning and swelling of lips
and throat are the major symptoms of this disease. This disease most
severely affects the heart in the patient’s body.
4. The Union Health
Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, recently dedicated a test machine named KIS to the
nation for screening of Kovid-19 patients?
a. Komal-6800
b. Corona-5800
c. Cobas-6800
d. Dare-3200
ANSWER: c. Cobas-6800
is the first such test machine that the
government has purchased for screening Kovid-19 patients and has been set up at
the National Center for Disease Control NCDC. The Cobas-6800 is a
sophisticated robotics machine that reduces the risk of contamination of health
workers. The government has now developed the capacity to conduct one lakh
tests per day. NCDC is now equipped with a fully automated COBAS-6800
testing machine capable of performing real-time PCR testing.
5. Who has been appointed
as the new Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)?
a. Ramesh Sachdeva
b. V. Vidyavati
c. Prakash Jha
d. Pawan Kumar
ANSWER: b. V.
Vidyavati
IAS officer V. Vidyavati has been appointed as
the new Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) with effect
from 12 May 2020. She is a 1991 batch Karnataka cadre
officer. Vidyavati will continue to serve as Additional Secretary to the
Government of India. His appointment has been confirmed by order of the
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
