Daily Current Affairs Quiz 5 May 2021 -Gkseries

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1. Tianhe space station, often seen in news, is launched by

Russia

China

India

US

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2. Which one of the following is the best description of ‘Pox 186’, that was in the news recently?

Recently spotted the first ‘blow-away' galaxy.

Microsatellite launched by SpaceX.

A decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality.

A malicious computer worm developed by Israel.

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3. Who was Debu Chaudhuri, recently seen in news?

Renowned sitar player

An Indian-American Astronaut

Famous Kathakali artist

Former Chief of Army Staff

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4. Paradip port, recently seen in news, located in

Kerala

Odisha

Gujarat

Maharashtra

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5. Which of the following statements is/are not correct with reference to the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB)?

It was opened in 1966 in Tokyo.

India is one of the founding members.

It is an official United Nations Observer.

Modeled closely on the World Bank.

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6. Recently passed away Jagmohan was the former Governor of

Odisha

Tripura

Karnataka

Jammu and Kashmir

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7. Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the IGST?

IGST meaning Integrated Goods and Service Tax.

IGST falls under the Integrated Goods and Service Tax Act 2016.

Both A & B

None of these

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8. Who recently launched an online portal for 'Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI)?

Ministry of Home Affairs

Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Education

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9. R21/Matrix M, recently seen in news, is a new vaccine candidate for which of the following disease?

Malaria

Covid 19

Ebola

Swine flu

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10. Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to the CoWin API?

National Health Authority (NHA), the nodal agency managing the CoWin app has recently opened up the application programming interface (API) for vaccine appointments to the public.

An open API refers to a publicly available application programming interface (API) that provides developers access to a proprietary software application.

Both A & B

None of these

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11. The virus family Filoviridae includes which of the following genera?

Cuevavirus

Marburgvirus

Ebolavirus

All of these

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12. Liquid oxygen therapy can be used to treat

Asthma

Lung disease

Pneumonia

All of these