24072020 Quiz + Key

1. What is the name of China’s Mars rover mission ?

1. Kuaizhou-11

2. Tianwen­1

3. Palapa-N1

4. Hope 

2. Who is China's Ambassador to India ?

1. Sun Weidong 

2. Xi JinPing 

3. Li Keqiang

4. Wang Yi

3. What is the full form of DIPAM ? 

1. Department of Indian Public Asset Management

2. Department of Indian Privatisation And Monetization

3. Department of Investment and Public Asset Management

4. Department of Investment and Privatization of Assets Management

4. Who has made the first made- in India antigen test kit called “Pathocatch” and has received the ICMR approval?

1. Biocon 

2. NewTech Medical Devices

3. Mylab Discovery Solutions

4. Patanjali

5. Who has acquired MyInsuranceClub, an IRDAI-licensed Insurance Web Aggregator?

1. The Hindu Group

2. The Indian Express Group

3. One97 Communications

4. InfoEdge Limited 

6. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international organization which conducts agricultural research for rural development, headquartered i?

1. Bangalore

2. Hyderabad

3. Kochi

4. Chennai

7.____________ is a Government of India initiative, to provide  safe and adequate quantity of drinking water to every rural household of the country by 2024 with the motto ‘Har Ghar Jal’.? 

1. Smart Cities Mission

2. AMRUT

3. Jal Jeevan Mission

4. Water Mission

8. Who laid the foundation stone of the Rs 3,050-crore Manipur Water Supply Project to benefit 25 small towns and 1,700 villages in the state ?

1. N Biren Singh

2. Najama Heptulla

3. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

4. Narendra Modi

9. Which payments company has tied up with Acko General insurance to offer two and four-wheeler insurance in India ?

1. PayTM

2. PhonePe

3. AmazonPay

4. Google Pay

10. Which company has joined hands with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), to train and skill youth from rural areas on financial services?

1. Airtel Payments Bank

2. Amazon Pay

3. Google Pay

4. MobiKwik

11. Which country was granted the observer status in the World Trade Organization (WTO), becoming the 25th observer of the organization.

1. Turkey

2. Turkmenistan

3. Kazakhstan

4. Kyrgyzstan

12. India has successfully conducted three flight tests of its indigenously developed 'Dhruvastra' from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha, developed by DRDO. It is a type of ________________

1. Anti-tank guided missile

2. Unmanned aerial vehicle

3. Helicopter 

4. Tank

13. The Digital Economy Ministers Meeting, hosted by Saudi Arabia had the  theme _________________

1. Digital India 

2. Data Sovereignty & Management

3. Realizing Opportunities of the 21st Century For All

4. Multilateralism 

14. Which Atomic Power Project attained criticality recently, India’s first 700 MWe unit, and the biggest indigenously developed variant of the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor?

1. Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP-3), Gujarat

2. Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant(KKNPP), Tamil Nadu

3. Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS), Rajasthan

4. Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS), Rajasthan

15. Who is the  winner of the first Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity, which aims at recognizing the people or organisations all over the world for their contributions to adaptations to climate change ?

1. Greta Thunberg

2. Malala Yousufzai

3. Sunita Narain

4. Al Gore

16. Which state will provide Transgenders benefits under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana?

1. MadhyaPradesh

2. Rajasthan

3. Odisha

4. Maharashtra