Current Affairs 17th April 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which country is the largest producer of Hydroxychloroquine accounting for nearly 70 per cent of annual global production?
A. China 
B. India 
C. Brazil
D. Japan 
Answer [B] India
2. Which national park in India has set up the country’s first quarantine facility for animals?
A. Jim Corbett Park 
B. Ranthambore National Park 
C. Kaziranga National Park 
D. Gir Forest National Park 
Answer [A] Jim Corbett Park 
3. M S Mahabaleshwara has been reappointed as the MD and CEO of which bank, for three more years?
A. Punjab National Bank 
B. Karnataka Bank 
C. Bank of Baroda 
D. City Union Bank 
Answer [B] Karnataka Bank 
4. Which global organization has released a report titled ‘South Asia Economic Focus’, wherein it has estimated India’s growth at 1.5%-2.8% this fiscal?
A. International Monetary Fund 
B. World Bank 
C. World Economic Forum 
D. Asian Development Bank 
Answer [B] World Bank
5. Apple recently partnered with which company to develop a technology solution for Contact Tracing activity?
A. Microsoft 
B. IBM
C. Google 
D. Facebook 
Answer [C] Google
6. The YUKTI (Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation) web portal is an initiative of which Union Ministry of India?
A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 
B. Ministry of Human Resource Development 
C. Ministry of Science and Technology 
D. Ministry of Home Affairs
Answer [B] Ministry of Human Resource Development
7. Which multilateral funding agency has tripled its Covid-19 response package, initially announced for its developing member countries, to $20 billion?
A. World Bank 
B. Asian Development Bank 
C. World Economic Forum 
D. BRICS Bank 
Answer [B] Asian Development Bank
8. As per a recent survey released by the National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER), incomes of about 85% of households in which state/UT have been impacted by Covid-19?
A. Maharashtra 
B. Delhi NCR
C. Madhya Pradesh 
D. Uttar Pradesh 
Answer [B] Delhi NCR
9. A new initiative titled ‘Food Bank’, has been launched in which Indian state to provide free food to the poor and needy, amidst the lockdown due to corona virus pandemic?
A. Assam 
B. Kerala
C. Manipur 
D. Odisha
Answer [C] Manipur
10. The Central Bank of which country has become one of the investors with more than one per cent stake in Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC)?
A. Japan 
B. Singapore 
C. China 
D. Malaysia 
Answer [C] China