Current Affairs 13th May 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. CSIR’s Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) has partnered with which Indian company to commercialise their FELUDA test kit?
A. Tech Mahindra 
B. Larsen & Toubro 
C. Tata Sons 
D. Wipro 
Answer [C] Tata Sons 
2. Who has been appointed as a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India, who also took over as the Economic Affairs Secretary recently?
A. Tarun Bajaj 
B. Preeti Sudan 
C. Arvind Kumar Sharma 
D. Rajesh Bhushan 
 
Answer [A] Tarun Bajaj 

3. Among the Road and infrastructure cess and the Special additional excise duty that were recently hiked by the centre, which one is passed to the states through devolution?
A. Road and infrastructure cess
B. Special additional excise duty
C. Both of them 
D. None of them 
Answer [B] Special additional excise duty
4. ‘Amar Sona Bangla,’ the national anthem of Bangladesh, was written by which Indian poet, whose birth anniversary is celebrated on May 5?
A. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee 
B. Rabindranath Tagore 
C. Aurobindo Ghosh 
D. Munshi Premchand 
Answer [B] Rabindranath Tagore
5. As per the recent report of the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which areas of the country comprised of the highest number of Internet users?
A. Metropolitan Areas 
B. Urban Areas
C. Semi-Urban Areas
D. Rural Areas 
Answer [D] Rural Areas 
6. NADA, a national organization under the Ministry of Sports is set conduct its disciplinary hearings online. What does D stand for in NADA?
A. Direct 
B. Doping 
C. Disciplinary 
D. Delhi 
Answer [B] Doping 
7. Based on the recommendation of which committee, the Defence Ministry approved the abolition of 9304 posts in the Military Engineering Service?
A. Lt Gen Shekatkar 
B. Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar 
C. Lt Gen PC Thimmaya 
D. Lt Gen CB Ponnappa 
Answer [A] Lt Gen Shekatkar
8. Which state government has raised the retirement age of Government employees to 59 from 58?
A. Andhra Pradesh 
B. Odisha 
C. Tamil Nadu 
D. Kerala 
Answer [C] Tamil Nadu
9. Project CARD, that was seen in news recently, is associated with the launching of which product?
A. Temporary PDS Card 
B. Covid-19 Testing Kit 
C. Temporary AADHAR Card 
D. Face Masks for Doctors 
Answer [B] Covid-19 Testing Kit
10. Robert Baptiste, who was seen in news recently, is associated with which field?
A. Epidemiology 
B. Virology 
C. Cyber-security Research 
D. Architecture 
Answer [C] Cyber-security Research