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It was agreed to a devolution of power to the provinces, the Sri Lankan troops were to be withdrawn and the Tamil rebels were to surrender .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