02 May 2020 | Top Current Affairs 2020 | English & Hindi

02 May 2020 | Daily Current Affairs 2020 | English & Hindi

Q.1 When is International Labour Day celebrated?
(अंतर्राष्ट्रीय श्रम दिवस कब मनाया जाता है?)
a. 30 April
b. 01 May
c. 02 May
d. 29 April

Q.2 How long has the central government extended the lockdown?
(केंद्र सरकार ने Lockdown  को कितने दिनों तक बढ़ा दिया गया है?)
a. 15 May
b. 12 May
c. 17 May
d. 04 May

Q.3 Under whose chairmanship was the Extraordinary Virtual G20 Digital Economy Ministers’ Summit held?
(किसकी  अध्यक्षता में असाधारण वर्चुअल G20 डिजिटल इकोनॉमी मंत्रियों का शिखर सम्मेलन आयोजित किया गया?)
a. India
b. Saudi Arab
c. US
d. France

Q.4 Who has been selected as the new advisor of Google Pay India?
(Google Pay India के नए सलाहकार के रूप में किससे चुना गया है?)
a. Niraj Vyas
b. Shikha Sharma
c. Sunil Arora
d. None of these

Q.5 Recently passed away Michael Robinson was a famous?
(हाल ही में माइकल रॉबिन्सन का निधन हुआ है वो किसके लिए प्रसिद्ध थे? )
a. Journalist
b. Footballer 
c. Author
d. None of these

Q.6 With whom has AIIA organized “AYURAKSHA” program?
(AIIA ने किसके साथ मिलकर “AYURAKSHA” कार्यक्रम आयोजित किया है?)
a. DRDO
b. Delhi Police
c. ICMR
d. India Railway

Q.7 Who has taken charge as the Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child Development?
(किसको  महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्रालय के सचिव के रूप में कार्यभार ग्रहण है?)
a. Shikha sharma
b. Ajay Trikey
c. Rajiv Kumar
d. Deepak Mittal

Q.8 Where does terracotta get GI tag?
(कहाँ से टेराकोटा को जीआई टैग प्राप्त हुआ है?)
a. Jaipur
b. Gorakhpur
c. Surat
d. Raipur

Q.9 Who launched ‘Year of Awareness on Science & Health (YASH)’ a programme on health and risk communication with focus on COVID-19?
(COVID-19 पर ध्यान देने के साथ स्वास्थ्य और जोखिम संचार पर एक कार्यक्रम ‘ईयर अवेयरनेस ऑन साइंस एंड हेल्थ (YASH)’ को किसने लॉन्च किया?)
a. Ministry of AYUSH
b. National Council for Science & Technology Communication
c. IIT-Roorkee
d. Mission India

Q.10 Which program has become the most watched program in the world?
(कौनसा कार्यक्रम दुनिया का सबसे ज्यादा देखा जाने वाला कार्यक्रम बना है?)
a. Tarak Mahta Ka ulta Chasma
b. Ramayna
c. Shaktiman
d. DNA

Q.11 Which smart city launched GIS dashboard to monitor COVID-19 hot-spots?
(COVID-19 हॉट-स्पॉट की निगरानी के लिए किस स्मार्ट सिटी ने GIS डैशबोर्ड लॉन्च किया?)
a. Agra 
b. Pune
c. Banglore
d. Chandigarh

Q.12 Who developed sterilizer ATULYA to disintegrate coronavirus?
(कोरोनवायरस को विघटित करने के लिए स्टेरलाइजर ATULYAका विकास किसने किया?)
 a. CSIR
b. My Lab Pvt. Ltd
c. DIAT 
d. IISc

Answer Highlights- 


(1) 01 May
Every year on May 1, International Labour Day is celebrated not only in India but around the world. The day is celebrated to honor the contribution of workers around the world. For the first time in the year 1891, May 1 was announced to be formally celebrated as International Labour Day each year.


(2) 17 May
Coronavirus Lockdown Extension: Lockdown 3.0
 Ministry of Home Affairs has broadened the national lockdown by two additional weeks for example from fourth May to seventeenth May, to control the spread of COVID-19 in the nation. To faciliate the lockdown and to permit some facilitating of limitations, the nation has been separated into three zones for example Red Zone, Orange Zone and Green Zone.

(3) Saudi Arab
A meeting of the extra class G20 Digital Economist was held in Saudi Arabia’s turn. Association Law and Justice, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad spoke to India at the Group Yoga Conference. This gathering yoga meeting was additionally gone to by computerized associations from 19 other G20 individuals, welcomed nations and worldwide associations.

(4) Shikha Sharma
Former Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma has been appointed as an advisor to Google Pay India. Google Pay is a major app for Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which is powered by Google and provides UPI facility through Amazon Pay, Paytm, etc.


(5) Footballer
Michael John Robinson was a professional footballer who played as a striker. He appeared in more than 300 official matches in England for five clubs, including Preston North End, Manchester City,


(6) Delhi Police
AYURAKSHA was organized under the joint aegis of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and Delhi Police under the Ministry of AYUSH titled “Corona Se Jung: With Delhi Police”. The event was organized in New Delhi to fight against COVID-19, which explained the simple steps of Ayurveda and immunity boosting.


(7) Ajay Tirkey 
Shri Ajay Tirkey assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) in New Delhi on 1 May 2020. He succeeded Shri Rabindra Panwar who retired on superannuation on 30 April 2020.

(8) Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur terracotta bagged the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. The terracotta work of Gorakhpur is a centuries-old traditional art form. In this method, the potters make various animal figures like, horses, elephants, camels, goats, ox, etc.


(9) National Council for Science & Technology Communication
01 May 2020 Current Affairs:National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Department of Science and Technology (DST) propelled ‘Year of Awareness on Science and Health (YASH)’ a program on wellbeing and hazard correspondence with an attention on COVID-19.

(10) Ramayana
India’s epic mythological saga of the 1980s, the ‘Ramayana’ serial, has set a world record for the most watched program worldwide. The legendary event has been watched by 7.7 crore viewers all over the world on a single day on 16 April 2020.


(11) Agra
Agra Smart City, Uttar Pradesh has created a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) dashboard which will show various hotspots, heat maps, positive cases, recovered cases, etc of COVID-19.


(12) DIAT
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune, supported by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a microwave sterilizer named ATULYA. The sterilizer will disintegrate coronavirus.