Current Affairs 31st March 2020 Quiz: Mega Merger of PSBs, SpaceX, ICICI Bank, Corona Kavach

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Current Affairs 31st March 2020 Quiz

To complement your preparation for General Awareness section of the upcoming exams like SBI Clerk Mains, RBI Assistant Mains and SEBI Grade A Prelims, we are providing you Current Affairs Quiz of 31st March 2020 covering the following topics: Mega Merger of PSBs, SpaceX, ICICI Bank, Corona Kavach.

Q1. Chief Minister _____________ has launched the Self Declaration COVID19 Nagaland App at Kohima.
(a) N Biren Singh
(b) TR Zeliang
(c) Neiphiu Rio
(d) Conrad Sangma
(e) Zoramthanga

Q2. Which of the following publication will launch a publishing series titled ‘Corona Studies Series’ to document and to provide relevant reading materials for all age-groups for the post-Corona readership needs?
(a) Pharmacy Council of India
(b) National Council for Teacher Education
(c) NCERT
(d) All India Council for Technical Education
(e) National Book Trust

Q3. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister ________________ launched the 24×7 National Teleconsultation Centre to answer COVID-19 related queries.
(a) Harsh Vardhan
(b) Vijay Goel
(c) Prakash Javadekar
(d) Piyush Goyal
(e) Jagat Prakash Nadda

Q4. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a big consolidation of public sector banks in 2019. As per the scheme of amalgamation 10 public sector banks are to be merged into __________ banks.
(a) two
(b) four
(c) three
(d) five
(e) six

Q5. The National Book Trust was established by the Government of India in which year?
(a) 1982
(b) 1950
(c) 1961
(d) 1957
(e) 1993

Solutions

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio launched the Self Declaration COVID19 Nagaland App at Kohima. The app will be mandatory for any person who entered Nagaland after March 6.

S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. National Book Trust will launch a publishing series titled ‘Corona Studies Series’ to document and to provide relevant reading materials for all age-groups for the post-Corona readership needs.

S3. Ans.(a)
Sol. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the 24×7 National Teleconsultation Centre to answer COVID-19 related queries. The Centre is a telemedicine hub, through which, expert doctors from various clinical domains will be available 24×7 to answer questions related to COVID-19 all.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a big consolidation of public sector banks in 2019. As per the scheme of amalgamation, 10 public sector banks are to be merged into 4 banks. Now, the Reserve Bank of India has notified with a circular that the mega merger of 10 PSBs will be effective from the start of new financial year i.e. 1st April 2020.

S5. Ans.(d)
Sol. The National Book Trust, India is an apex body, established by the Government of India in the year 1957.

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