Daily Current Affairs Quiz : May 19, 2021

Daily Current Affairs Quiz : May 19, 2021
Daily Current Affairs Quiz : May 19, 2021

1. Under which section, USA authorizes the President to take tariff-based and non-tariff-based retaliation on a foreign government?

U.S. Trade Act of 1974
WTO Act
World Bank Act
US Customs Act

2. In order to curtail the price rise in pulses, which of the following steps has been recently initiated by the Government of India?

Decrease local production of pulses
Impose stock holding limits on pulses
Permit free import of pulses
Incentivize pulse export

3. Which state has proposed to control microfinance, by way of a state legislation?

Assam
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Kerala

4. Which organizations have stated that “Long working hours” have resulted in 7.45 lakh deaths per year around the globe?

WB and IMF
WHO and ILO
UNICEF and UNESCO
UN and UNCTAD

5. Which animal has recently resurfaced in India, in Mizoram’s Pualreng sanctuary, after a gap of 108 years?

Snow leopard
Hyena
Yamuna Dolphins
Doria’s foam-nesting treefrog