Thursday, July 23, 2020

23072020 Daily Quiz +key


1. US ordered China to shut its consulate in which city ?

  1. Houston

  2. San Francisco

  3. New York

  4. Washington 

2. The US Commerce dept. has blacklisted 11 Chinese firms  for the involvement in human rights violation against which minority group ?

  1. Uighur

  2. Rohingya

  3. Tangam

  4. Kurds

3. Which institute in collaboration with University of Nairobi have used metamaterials guided by ultrasound to detect defects in large structures ? 

  1. IIT Delhi

  2. IIT Kharagpur

  3. IIT Kanpur

  4. IIT Madras


4. ________is an international financing & partnership organization, established in 2002,  that aims to "attract, leverage and invest resources to end the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to attain SDGs by UN?

  1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  2. UNAIDS

  3. World Health Organization

  4.  Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFTAM)

5. ‘Raja’ Man Singh,(an independent MLA) was the titular head of the Bharatpur erstwhile princely state in______________ ?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Rajasthan

  3. Haryana

  4. Uttar Pradesh

6. Under which act, E-­commerce sites must declare the country of origin of imported products?

  1. Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992.

  2. Customs Act, 1962

  3. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

  4. Legal Metrology Act &Rules

7. Punjab Cabinet has approved a US $285.71 million project for canal based water supply under World Bank financing to which cities? 

  1. Amritsar

  2. Ludhiana

  3. a & b

  4. Wagah

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) would finance $200 million (70%) and Punjab government $85.71 million (30%)

8.  Who has been appointed as an honorary adviser to the steering committee for the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI)?

  1. KV Kamath

  2. Anil Kishora

  3. Sahil Seth

  4. Raghuram Rajan



9. The colour of water in Lonar lake in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district had turned pink, due to a large presence of______?

  1. Dunaliella algae

  2. Haloarchaea microbe

  3. Cyanobacteria

  4. Chlorophyta

Haloarchaea or halophilic archaea is a bacteria culture, which produces pink pigment, and found in water saturated with salt, according to Agharkar Research Institute, Pune.

10. In which year, Puducherry (erstwhile Pondicherry) consisting of 4 unconnected districts, became an Union Territory of  India ?

  1. 16 August, 1961

  2. 16 August, 1962

  3. 26 January, 1951

  4. 15 August, 1947

11. Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) is an autonomous body under the administrative control of Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) to manage and regulate the waters in Krishna Basin was established as per __________

  1. Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019

  2.  Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014

  3. Betwa River Board Act 1976

  4. Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956

12. A report by IAMAI and Nielsen showed India has more internet users (227 million active) in rural areas than in urban cities (205 million active). What is the full form of IAMAI ?

  1. Internet & Mobile Association of India

  2. International Mobile Association of India

  3. Indian Mobile Association for Internet

  4. Indian Mobile Association for Interconnectivity



13. Oil India Limited (OIL) had a blowout in Baghjan Oilfield Well number 5, in Tinsukia district near which National Park in Assam?

  1. Kaziranga National Park

  2. Dibru­-Saikhowa National Park

  3. Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve

  4. Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary

14. Which is one of the 15 specialized agencies of UN was created to  promote & protect intellectual property (IP) by cooperating with countries & international organizations and began operations on 26 April 1970 ?

  1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

  2. United International Bureaux for the Protection of Intellectual Property

  3. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

  4. World Health Organization (WHO)


15. The Tea Board of India will unveil a new platform to auction tea on a pilot basis at Coonoor in the Nilgris, under the “ascending” auction system based on recommendations by 

  1. IIM Bangalore

  2. IIM Ahmedabad

  3. IIM Calcultta

  4. IIM Kozhikode

16. Under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme,  Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved its anti­-tuberculosis drug pretomanid to which company?

  1. Abott

  2. Glenmark

  3. Cipla

  4. Mylan

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