18072020 Quiz key + notes

1. Shiv Nadar steps down as Chairman of Board of Directors and  Roshni Nadar Malhotra takes over effective July 17, 2020. Name the company?

1. HCL Technologies 

2. Infosys 

3. Wipro

4. TCS 

2. Thierry Delaporte took over as CEO of which Indian IT company ?

1. HCL Technologies 

2. Infosys 

3. Wipro

4. TCS

3.Who is the current CEO of TCS   ? 

1. N Chandrasekaran 

2. Noel Tata

3. Rajesh Gopinathan

4. Cyrus Mistry

4. The UAE's mission by Emirates Space Agency and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center to Mars is set to launch on July 20, 2020. The Orbiter named Hope or Amal will be launched from ?

1. Kennedy Space Center, USA

2. Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

3. Sriharikota Range SHAR, India 

4. Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Orbiter was developed through a partnership between Mohamed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and Arizona State University (ASU), designed to study the thin atmosphere of Mars .

mission is officially named the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) and the orbiter has been named Hope or 'Al Amal'.

5. NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will experiment to be the first aircraft to attempt controlled flight on another planet. What is the name of the technology demonstration?

1. Perseverance

2. Pathfinder

3. Ingenuity

4. Sojourner

NASA's Perseverance rover launches an experiment named Ingenuity will be safely tucked beneath the rover for the seven-month journey. Ingenuity will be the first helicopter to attempt flight on another planet.

6. What is the name of the Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited that resumed services recently on July 1?

1. Gurugram Transport 

2. Gurugaman

3. Haryana Transport 

4. DTDC

In a fortnight after Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited resumed its city bus service, ‘Gurugaman’, on July 1, over one lakh passengers have travelled on different routes

7. The fact finding committee constituted by the Delhi Minorities Commission to look into the February riots & violence  in Northeast Delhi was headed by  ? 

1. Arvind Kejriwal

2. Amit shah

3. M.R. Shamshad

4. Anil Baijal

8. Which Taiwanese company, also  Apple's second-largest contract manufacturer has registered a subsidiary in Chennai, India? 

1. Foxconn

2. Wistron

3. Pegatron

4. Asus

India, setting the stage for expanding the manufacturing capacity of iPhones in the country, amid heightened US-China tensions.

three global makers of iPhones for Apple. The other two - Wistron and Foxconn- manufacture iPhone 7 and XR

9. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned __________ for reconstructing infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Amphan that ripped through West Bengal in May.

1. Rs. 759 crores

2. Rs. 795 crores

3. $ 79.5 million 

4. $75.9 million

10. International Justice Day is to fight against impunity and bringing justice for the victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. It is annually observed on ?

1. 15th July

2. 17th July

3. 18th July

4. 16th July

11. Which rating agency has sharply revised its forecast for the contraction in the Indian economy to 9.5% in the 2020-'21 financial year from its earlier estimate of 5%?

1. CRISIL

2. Standard and Poor's S&P

3. Moody's Investor Services

4. ICRA

12.Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the MEA-run Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) had a joint conference to explore joint projects as part of global partnership in 

1. India and Russia

2. Asia and Africa 

3. Europe

4. Africa

13. Global Skills Index 2020, ranked India 34th within the business domain whereas China ranked 45th & in technology domain, India ranked 40th globally whereas China ranked 50th. Which online platform published the report?

1. Udemy

2. Unacademy

3. Byju’s

4. Coursera

14.Which Organization launched the “Global Skills Academy” aiming to equip 1 million young persons with employability & resilience skills; and unveiled, “Skills for a Resilient Youth in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond", on World Youth Skills Day?

1. WHO

2. UNICEF

3. UNESCO

4. The World Bank

15. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced a partnership with a tech giant  to introduce artificial intelligence(AI) curriculum for classes 11 &12 . Name the tech company.

1. FaceBook 

2. Google

3. IBM

4. Microsoft

CBSE, Facebook jointly launch online safety programme-  covers aspects such as safety, privacy, mental health.

Google aims to train one million CBSE teachers; Google.org grant of USD 1 million to Kaivalya Education Foundation (KEF) as part of the Global Distance Learning Fund.

15. Which country carried out military live -fire drill by firing Missile from air and the island's shore facing China against a potential China threat ?

1. Japan

2. Taiwan

3. Singapore

4. South Korea

16. In India, deaths have dropped from 130 to 113 in 2016-18 as per special bulletin by Sample Registration System(SRS), which is also a Sustainable Development Goal(SDG) set by the UN. What is the parameter?

1. Infant mortality rate (IMR)

2. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)

3. a & b

4. None 

The target 3.1 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set by the United Nations aims to reduce the global Maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 1,00,000 live births

17. Coal Ministry has decided to link all mining related queries to link with mining related website_______________

1. Darpan

2. TULIP

3. PARIVESH

4. SANKALP

 PARIVESH is a web based application developed for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents for seeking Environment, Forest, Wildlife and CRZ Clearances from Central, State and district level authorities.

18.The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) issued a regulatory license to _______________ to start the manufacture of a prominent pneumonia vaccine, Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate

1. Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune 

2. National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune 

3. All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 

The Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine (PPSV23) offers protection against 23 types of pneumonia-causing bacteria, which cause a range of infections including meningitis, bacteremia, pneumonia and blood infections.

19. Who has been appointed as Vice President of Asian Development Bank?

1. Sunil Arora

2. Ashok Lavassa

3. K V Kamath

4. Anil Kishora

Sunil Arora - Chief Election Commisioner India

K V Kamath- ex NDB President

Anil Kishora - current VP of NDB, BRICS

20. Which Indian PSU has signed a contract with AKO Maritime AS of Norway to provide autonomous electrical ferries?

1. BHEL

2. BEL 

3. NLC

4. Cochin Shipyard