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| 17. | BharatPe has started COVID-19 Protection Insurance Cover in association with which bank? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: For the first time, BharatPe, a New Delhi-based startup that is doing payment transaction business, has entered into the partnership with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, a general insurance company in India, to introduce 'COVID-19 Protection Insurance Cover' for shopkeepers, who are most affected financially due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. |
| 18. | To what amount the index of core industries has increased in February 2020? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: According to the 'Index of Eight Core Industries (Base: 2011-12=100) ' released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India's 8 core industries grew 11 months high by 5.5 % to 132.9 in February 2020 as compared to the index of February 2019 with 125.9 due to increased production of coal, refinery products and electricity. |
| 19. | According to the recently released "East Asia and Pacific in the Time of COVID-19" report, the poverty will increase to how much population in the EAP region? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: World Bank in its April 2020 Economic Update for East Asia and Pacific (EAP) titled "East Asia and Pacific in the Time of COVID-19" has stated that if the economic situation become worsen further due to COVID-19 consequences then the poverty is estimated to increase by about 11 million people in the EAP region.
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| 20. | Arjun Dev, who died recently, was a noted professor of which subject? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Professor Arjun Dev, the legendary historian and educationist passed away at the age of 81 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh (UP). He was born on November 12, 1938 in Leiah, West Punjab (now in Pakistan). |