29th July ~ Daily Quiz

Which state developed a new application Home Isolation Tele­medicine and Monitoring (HITAM), for COVID­19 patients on home quarantine to avail themselves of the services of private doctors?

Maharashtra
Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu

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What is the second draft of Defence Procurement Procedure 2020, that was put in public domain for comments and suggestions by 10 August, renamed as?

Defense Acquisition Council, 2020
Defence Acquisition Procedure, 2020
Defence Procurement Protocol, 2020
Defence Acquisition Protocol, 2020

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What is the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference attended by countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as?

COP 25
COP 26
COP 27
COP24

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When did the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) an international environmental treaty come into force ?

1992
1993
1994
1998

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Where will the UN Climate Change Conference COP 26 be held at ?

Glasgow
Madrid
New Delhi
Oslo

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The Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF) that supports the growing renewable energy sector, with the U.K. and the Indian government putting in a co-investment of _________

￡250 million
$250 million
￡240 million
$240 million

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Malaysian leader Najib Razak was found guilty of corruption the trial over a multibillion dollar scandal of the Malaysian state fund called ___________

1MDB
IMDB
2MDB
Malaysian Sovereign Fund

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According to a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) how many animals were affected by Australian bushfires in 2019-2020?

3 million
30 million
50 million
3 billion

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In April 2020, a global collaboration of governments, global health organizations, civil society groups, businesses, and philanthropies came together to form the ACT-Accelerator What is the full form of ACT ?

Assessment of COVID-19 Tools
Access to COVID-19 Tools
Accreditation to COVID-19 Tools
Arrangement to COVID -19 tools

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ACT-Accelerator is led by the work of partner organizations collaborating under four pillars Under which pillar comes the COVAX facility ?

diagnostics pillar
therapeutics pilla
vaccine pillar
health systems connector

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According to WHO, COVAX Facility is aiming to deliver _______ doses by end of 2021?

6 billion
10 billion
5 billionr
2 billion

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29th July Daily Quiz ~ Key + Notes

• Telengana 

Telangana Government developed a Home Isolation Telemedicine and Monitoring (HITAM) app to advise, counsel and prescribe medicines through phone to the Covid-19 patients. 

•  Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020

Defence Ministry has published  second draft of the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020, now renamed as the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020, was put out in public domain  for comments from stakeholders and public.

Government is expected to come out with a decision on 74% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence.

• COP26

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th UNCC conference. 

COP - Conference of Parties ( is the governing body of an international convention)

President of COP26- Alok Sharma

• 1994

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty was adopted on 9 May 1992 and entered into force on 21 March 1994.

• Glasgow

 COP26,  26th United Nations Climate Change conference, is scheduled to be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 1 to 12 November 2021 under the presidency of the UK Government.

• ￡240 million

Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), established in 2018, is focused on identifying, investing and supporting growth in zero-carbon and low-carbon energy solutions.

 BP has invested $70 million  (£55mn) in the Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), which is  promoted by the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and the UK government

EverSource Capital is the fund manager of GGEF

• 1MDB

 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak

1MDB - 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a government-run strategic development company

• 3 billion animals

Nearly 3 billion animals, including mammals, reptiles and birds, were either killed or displaced during Australia’s devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020, a new study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

• Access to COVID-19 Tools

In April 2020, a global collaboration of governments, global health organisations, civil society groups, businesses, and philanthropies came together to form the ACT-Accelerator

• vaccine pillar

The ACT-Accelerator is led by the work of partner organizations collaborating under four pillars

- diagnostics pillar, therapeutics pillar, vaccine pillar, health systems connector

 COVAX Facility ( collaboration of CEPI, GAVI &WHO) comes under vaccine pillar

• 2 billion

The current estimate to deliver 2 billion doses by the end of 2021, assuming a safe and effective vaccine is developed in the near future under COVAX Facility

28072020 Quiz key + notes

1. Which institute has entered into a partnership with TRIFED under the ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ (UBA) to boost livelihood opportunities & income generation for tribal communities? 

1. IIT Bombay

2. IIT Delhi

3. IIT Madras

4. IIT Kanpur

a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between TRIFED, IIT Delhi and Vijnana Bharati, a swadeshi science movement.

Under TRIFED’s ‘Van Dhan’ programme, tribal entrepreneurs will get access to the expertise of more than 2,600 academic & research institutions under the HRD Ministry’s UBA (Unnat Bharat Abhiyan).

2. What is the full form of TRIFED?

1. Tribal Consumer Federation of India Ltd

2. Tribal  Federation Development Ltd

3. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd

4. Tribal Federation of India Ltd

3. When is Kargil Vijay Diwas observed? 

1. 28th July

2. 27th July

3. 26th July

4. 25th July

Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrates the successful completion of Operation Vijay on  July 26, 1999.

4. It came into existence as the Crown Representative's Police on 27 July 1939, and was renamed under first Home Minister Sardar Patel in 1949 as _____ ?

1. CISF

2. BSF

3. CRPF

4. ITBP

 82nd Raising Day of CRPF 

5. 'Dare to Dream 2.0' challenge is a scheme to promote the Indian innovators and startups for innovations in defence and aerospace technologies by ____?

1. ISRO

2. DRDO

3. Indian Air Force

4. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

Dare to Dream 2.0',an innovation contest, was launched on the fifth death anniversary of renowned scientist and former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

6. India has extended medical assistance worth about $1 million under the aegis of an ongoing WHO anti-tuberculosis programme to which country ?

1. Nepal

2. North Korea

3. Bhutan

4. Sri Lanka

7. Which country has conferred Kala Narayanasamy with the President’s Award for Nurses, for serving on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic ?

1. Malaysia

2. Maldives

3. Indonesia

4. Singapore

8. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan has  launched Mobile App ‘BIS-Care’ and three portals – the Standardization, Conformity Assessment and Training Portals of e-BIS on  www.manakonline.in for consumers. What is the full form of BIS ? 

1.  Bureau of Internal Standards

2.  Bureau of International Standards

3.  Bureau of Indian Standards

4.  Bureau of Indian Standardization

9. Who has been appointed MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance ?

1. PC Kandpal

2. Vibha Padalkar

3. N. S. Kannan

4. Mahesh Kumar Sharma

MD, CEO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance- Vibha Padalkar MD, CEO ICICI Prudential Life Insurance - N. S. Kannan MD, CEO SBI Life Insurance - Mahesh Kumar Sharma

10. What is the name of the app launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences for India Meteorological Department (IMD) in order to enable users to track weather updates, forecast & warning services of the government?

1. KURMA

2. Manodarpan

3. Mausam

4. Jalvayu

11. Which is the only Indian city to feature among the world’s 20 most surveilled cities in the world, according to a report published by Uk based Comparitech ?

1. New Delhi

2. Bengaluru

3. Hyderabad

4. Mumbai

Out of the 20 most surveilled cities, 18 were Chinese cities, with London (at 3rd) and Hyderabad (16th)being the only cities outside of China

12. Which company designs and builds Rafale fighter jets?

1. Boeing

2. Airbus

3. Dassault

4. Lockheed Martin

The first five of a batch of French Rafale fighter jets will travel from Merignac in southwest France to Ambala, airbase in Haryana To be flown in by pilots of the 17 Golden Arrows of Indian Air Force.

IAF Chief - RKS Bhadauria

13. Which is the largest tiger reserve in India? 

1. Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

2. Kanha Tiger Reserve

3. Jim Corbett National Park

4. Ranthambore National Park

14. A high-level team of researchers from Israel, working with Indian experts on multi pronged mission on  coronavirus response to develop rapid testing kits and have brought advanced ventilators and sanitisers. What is it code- named?

1. Operation Cheetah

2. Operation Vijay

3. Operation Breathing Space

4. Smiling Buddha

15. Bilateral ties between which two countries have been described as “Shonali Adhyay” or golden phase?

1. India Nepal

2. India Bhutan 

3. India Myanmar

4. India Bangladesh

16. Trans-­Himalayan Multidimensional Connectivity Network is an economic corridor between which two countries ?

1. India, Bhutan 

2. India, China

3. India, Nepal

4. China, Nepal

27072020 Quiz + Key

1.Which RBI report  reflects the collective assessment of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on risks to financial stability, and the resilience of the financial system? 

1. Financial Stability report 

2. RBI Bulletin

3. Monetary Policy Report

4. Report on Foreign Exchanges 

2. How frequently is FSR(Financial Stability report) released by RBI?

1. Quarterly

2. Monthly

3. Half Yearly

4. Annually

FSR - RBI, July 2020

Gross Non -performing assets (GNPA) ratio of all scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) may increase from 8.5 per cent in March 2020 to 12.5 per cent by March 2021 under the baseline scenario.

Capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (CRAR) of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) edged down to 14.8% in March 2020 from 15.0% in September 2019

3.  Who has announced the launch of a new credit protocol infrastructure called OCEN built by Indian Software Product Industry RoundTable (iSpirit) at Global Fintech Festival, 2020? 

1. NR Narayana Murthy

2. Nandan Nilekani

3. Narendra Modi

4. Shaktikanta Das

4. What is the  full form OCEN ?

1. Open Credit Enhancement Network 

2. Open Credit Enablement Network

3. Outstanding Credit Enablement Network

4. Open Credit Exchange Network

OCEN is a common network protocol for lenders, data sources and consumer marketplaces to interact in real time to underwrite loans using financial data of borrowers (with their consent), such as GST invoices &other cashflow related data for MSMEs.

5. Which country has rejected Beijing’s territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea in a formal declaration to the UN ?

1. USA

2. UK

3. India

4. Australia

6. The NCLAT upheld  the  takeover plan for Dighi Port in favor of which company? 

1. Dredging Corporation

2. Gujarat Pipavav

3. Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone

4. Cochin Shipyard

NCLAT - National Company Law Appellate Tribunal

is the Appellate Tribunal for hearing appeals against the orders of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).

It is also responsible for hearing appeals against the orders passed by NCLT(s) under Section 61 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC), with effect from December 1, 2016

7. Which country has agreed to remove barriers to trade for free trade agreement (FTA), and establish an Enhanced Trade Partnership with India at the 14th  Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting held virtually ?

1. UK

2. USA

3. Australia

4. China

Between UK Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss, & Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal

 Government to Government negotiations, which address issues of market liberalization and market access, are conducted through the JETCO process

The UK India Business Council (UKIBC)plays a key role in feeding the views of the UK business community in the JETCO 

8. Which football player is set to become the youngest recipient of an honorary doctorate from The University of Manchester, for his campaign against child poverty, and his sporting achievements ?

1. David Beckham

2. Wayne Rooney

3. Marcus Rashford

4. Paul Pogba

Rashford successfully campaigned with UK government to reverse its decision to not extend free school meal vouchers throughout the summer holidays for children from low-income families

9. Which product grown in Kashmir has received the geographical indication (GI) tag by the Government of India ?

1. Apple

2. Almond

3. apricot

4. saffron

 Lieutenant Governor of J&K Union Territory ~ Girish Chandra Murmu 

 Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh UT ~Radha Krishna Mathur (also 1st LG of the Ladakh)

10. Who is the author of “Getting Competitive: A Practitioner's Guide for India”?

1. Jagdish Khattar

2. Rahul Bajaj

3. R C Bhargava

4. Anand Mahindra 

Ravindra Chandra Bhargava~ former C.E.O and current chairman of Maruti Suzuki

11. NCDRC is a quasi-judicial commission in India which was set up in 1988 under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. What is its full form?

1. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission

2. National Customer Disputes Redressal Commission

3. National Consumer Disputes Referral Commission

4. National Consumer Disputes Relief Committee

25072020 Quiz + key & notes

1. Which edition of IPL (Indian Premier League ) is to be held in UAE from Sept. 19 to Nov. 8, 2020?

1. 11th

2. 12th

3. 13th

4. 14th 

2. China has told the US to close its consulate in China in which city ?

1. Beijing

2. Chengdu

3. Shenzhen

4. Hong Kong

3. Which institute is starting research to develop a home-based peptide ­based “ELISA testing kit” that will identify COVID 19 antibodies in the blood sample, in collaboration with National Chemical Laboratory, Pune ? 

1. IIT Bombay

2. IIT Delhi

3. IIT Madras

4. IIT Kanpur

MoU for funding with Wells Fargo for financial support

4. What is the name of the inquiry probing into the Hyderabad police encounter of four men accused of the rape and murder of a veterinarian in December 2019?

1. Justice V.S Sirpurkar Commision 

2. Shah Commission

3. Lodha Committee

4. Sarkaria Commission 

Shah Commission~ was a commission of inquiry appointed by Government of India in 1977 to inquire into the excesses committed in the Indian Emergency (1975 - 77), headed by Justice JC Shah.

Lodha Committee ~appointed by the Supreme Court of India in 2015 to analyze & recommend implementable actions for improving the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and quantum of punishment in IPL betting scandal. headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha

Sarkaria Commision~ Set up 1983 by central government of India, it's charter was to examine the central-state relationship on various portfolios and suggest changes within the framework of Constitution of India. Headed by Justice RS Sarkaria

5. Which was the overseas country where IPL was shifted in 2009, due to Lok Sabha elections ?

1. UAE

2. South Africa

3. West Indies

4. England

6. The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was an accord signed in Colombo in  1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President________

1. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

2. Ranasinghe Premadasa

3. Mahinda Rajapaksa

4. J R Jayewardene

The accord was expected to resolve the Sri Lankan Civil War by enabling the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act of 1987.

It was agreed to a devolution of power to the provinces, the Sri Lankan troops were to be withdrawn and the Tamil rebels were to surrender .

7. The Reserve Bank of India has agreed to a currency swap facility for Sri Lanka till November 2022, for an amount of _________ ?

1. $400 million

2. $500 million

3. $300 million

4. $450 million

A currency swap facility helps a country to obtain foreign currency loans at better interest rates than directly from the market, and repayment is done at the fixed exchange rateat the time of borrowing, which eliminates risks due to fluctuations in exchange rates.

8. Apple’s “India­ made” iPhone 11 is assembled in Chennai Plant, by which contract manufacturer?

1. Pegatron

2. Wistron

3. Foxconn

4. LG

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd or Foxconn Technology Group is better known as Foxconn, a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer.

9. Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, (START I) was a bilateral treaty on the reduction & limitation of strategic offensive arms, signed on 31 July 1991 and entered into force on 5 December 1994 between which two countries ?

1. USA and Japan

2. Europe and Germany

3. USA and USSR

4. USA and Cuba

Signed by then-Presidents George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow, expired in Dec 2009.

In 2020,  Russia has agreed with the US in order to negotiate the conditions to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) which was from Feb 2011-Feb 2021, which focuses on the reduction of both the US’s and Russia’s nuclear arsenals.

10. Which UNESCO World Heritage Site, an iconic cathedral built by Byzantine Empire has been reconverted into a mosque?

1. Abu Mena

2. Hagia Sophia

3. Medina of Marrakesh

4. Taxila

11. The quadripartite pact between the Centre, State governments of Tripura and Mizoram, and representatives of _______________ community to permanently settle around 34,000 internally displaced people (in 1997 from Mizoram) in Tripura.

1. Rohingya

2. Tangam

3. Bru/ Reang

4. Kuki

Presided by the Home Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah

to provide help to these tribes for their all-round development and for this around Rs 600 crores were sanctioned.

During 1997-98, around 5000 Bru-Reang Bru-Reang tribal families were displaced from Mizoram due to violence.They speak "Kaubru" language.

12. Name the comet which will make its closest approach to Earth passing by at a distance of 103 million km, bright and visible to naked eye in the Northern Hemisphere and will only be witnessed next after a span of 6800 years.

1. NEOWISE

2. Halley’s Comet

3. 4 VESTA

4. 2002 BF25

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) discovered by astronomers during the NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope, by NASA in March 2020

NEO stands for Near Earth Object

13.  Which initiative is co-led by GAVI, the WHO and the CEPI,designed to guarantee fast and equitable access globally to COVID-19 vaccines, with an aim to deliver 2 billion doses by the end of 2021?

1. COVAX

2. Covaxin

3. Coronil

4. Corosure

The WHO-Gavi alliance platform, Covax,negotiates with pharma companies to secure vaccine supply using money from donor countries and then distribute the vaccine among member countries.

Covax has a deal with AstraZeneca, which is developing the Oxford University vaccine.

14. What is the full form of CEPI ?

1. Coalition for Emergency Preparedness & Innovations

2. Collaboration For Emerging Pandemic Innovations

3. Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

4. Coalition for Epidemic Protocol and  Innovations

CEPI is a foundation that takes donations from public, private, philanthropic, and civil society organisations, to finance independent research projects to develop vaccines against emerging infectious diseases.

Founded by Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation in 2016

Motto: New vaccines for a safer world

15. Who pledged US$ 750 million to set up Gavi (GAVI Alliance, and before that the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) in 1999, with a goal of increasing access to immunisation in poor countries?

1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

2. The Rockefeller Foundation

3. The Ford Foundation

4. The Buffett Foundation

16. What is the full form of TLTRO?

1. Targeted Liquidity Through Repo Operations

2. Targeted Leverage Type Repo Operations

3. Targeted Long Term Repo Operations

4. Targeted Long Term Rupee Operations

17.Who has been appointed the MD & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank?

1. V. G. Mathew

2. Shyam Srinivasan

3. Parth Pratim Sengupta

4. Ramesh Babu Boddu

V. G. Mathew             - MD & CEO South India Bank

Shyam Srinivasan        - MD & CEO Federal Bank

Ramesh Babu Boddu    -MD & CEO Karur Vysya Bank

18. Food safety regulator(FSSAI) has extended till October 1 2020, the deadline for traditional sweet makers, to display the____&____of non-packaged sweets.

1. 'best before' & manufacturing date

2. country of origin & ingredients

3. ingredients & added flavors

4. adulterant level & fat content

19. Who has been appointed the new CEO of FSSAI? 

1. Arun Singhal

2. Anuj Singhal

3. Varun Berry

4. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

20. The merger of the Rajya Sabha TV and the Lok Sabha TV channels into India’s first integrated parliament channel will be know as ____________

1. Krishi Darshan

2. DoorDarshan 

3. Mann Ki baat

4. Sansad TV

21. Broadcasters have been directed to publish details such as MRP per month of channels & of bouquets of channels, composition of bouquets and amended RIO (Reference Interconnect Offer), among others on their websites by August 10, 2020 by ______________

1. Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF)

2. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)

3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

4. All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF)