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

22072020 Daily Quiz + Key

1. Who announced the ‘Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana’?

1. Vijay Rupani

2. Yogi Adityanath

3. Bhupesh Baghel

4. Arvind Kejriwal

2. What is the full form of CCRGA?

1. Content Regulation in Government Advertising

2. Content Registration in Government Accounting

3. Comment Regulation in Government Advertising

4. Content Registration  in Government Advertising

3. What does N stand for in N95 stand for ? 

1. New 

2. Not resistant to Oil

3. Not resistant to water

4. Not resistant to pollens

4. Who is the founder and Chairman of Serum Institute of India, Pune ?

1. Cyrus Poonawalla

2. Adar Poonawalla

3. Cyrus Mistry

4. Tehseen Poonawalla

5. What is the name of the Centre's ambitious project,  to redevelop Parliament and Rajpath, and develop a Common Central Secretariat for various ministries?

1. Rajpath redevelopment project

2. Central Vista project

3. Parliament House redevelopment project

4. India Gate redevelopment project

6. Which  architecture firm has won the consultancy bid to redevelop the Central Vista?

1. CP Kukreja Architects

2. INI Design Studio

3. Arcop Associates Pvt Ltd

4. HCP Designs

7. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Tuesday rolled out a mental health initiative named _________? 

1. Darpan 

2. Diksha

3. Sankalp

4. Manodarpan

8.   Abrogation of Articles 370 and Article 35A with the propagates the principle of ____________________

1. Sabka saath, Sabka Vikas

2. Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas 

3. Ek Vidhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan

4. Minimum Government Maximum Governance 

9. NITI Aayog formed in 2015, a policy think tank of the Government of India replaced the  _______?

1. National Statistical Commission

2. Planning Commission

3. Knowledge Commission

4. Finance Commission

10. European Union leaders agreed on a stimulus package for their pandemic ravaged economies worth  _____________________?

1. 750 billion euros ($860 billion)

2. 860 billion euros ($750 billion)

3. 860 trillion euros ($750 trillion)

4. 750  trillion euros ($860 trillion)

11. Who is the president of European Commission ?

1. Christine Lagarde

2. Ursula Von Der Leyen

3. Charles Michel

4. Angela Merkel

European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.

12. Who is the president of  European Council ?

1. Christine Lagarde

2. Ursula Von Der Leyen

3. Charles Michel

4. Emmanuel Macron

European Council is a collective body that defines the European Union's overall political direction and priorities. It comprises the heads of state or government of the EU member states, along with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission.

13. Who is the present Prime Minister Of Iraq ?

1. Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

2. Mohamed Ali Alhakim

3. Barham Salih

4. Hassan Rouhani

14.  Who was recently appointed Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation ?

1. Anthony Fauci

2. Stephen Hahn

3. Ajit Pai

4. Sethuraman Panchanathan

15. BCCI has sought the Central government’s approval for conducting this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) at __________

1. New Zealand

2. UAE

3. Mauritius

4. Australia

16. Ramesh Babu Boddu has been appointed  as the MD  and CEO of ___________

1. Andhra Bank

2. Karur Vysya Bank 

3. South Indian Bank

4. Catholic Syrian Bank

17.IRDAI approved a group variant of the COVID-­19 specific, short term, standard health policy called ____________

1. Anti Corona

2. Coronil

3. Corosure 

4. Corona Kavach

20. Which of the following have been included under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019?

1. e-tailer

2. telecom

3. food

4. celebrity endorsement

5. all of the above

6. a &d

7. b&c

 21. Air Force Commanders’ Conference (AFCC) will be  held from July 22 to 24,2020 with the theme______________

1. IAF in the Next Decade

2. IAF by 2030

3. IAF in the next century

4. IAF and beyond

22.  Indian Air Force (IAF) will  induct the first batch of 5 Rafale fighter jets from France at the Air Force Station located in ____________

1. Ambala

2. Amritsar

3. Leh

4. Sirsa

23. Who is the Indian Ambassador to Iran?

1. Vikram Doraiswami

2. Gourangalal Das

3. Gaddam Dharmendra

4. Taranjit Singh Sandhu

24. Which country's aviation authority has said it will lead a research project to study the mythological character Ravana’s “aviation routes”?

1. India

2. Nepal

3. Sri Lanka

4. Bhutan

25. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu released a book on a little-known community within the larger Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh called?

1. Kuki

2. Bodo

3. Tangam

4. Bhutia

book titled ‘The Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh’ was released by Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu.