28072020 Quiz key + notes

1. Which institute has entered into a partnership with TRIFED under the ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’ (UBA) to boost livelihood opportunities & income generation for tribal communities? 

1. IIT Bombay

2. IIT Delhi

3. IIT Madras

4. IIT Kanpur

a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between TRIFED, IIT Delhi and Vijnana Bharati, a swadeshi science movement.

Under TRIFED’s ‘Van Dhan’ programme, tribal entrepreneurs will get access to the expertise of more than 2,600 academic & research institutions under the HRD Ministry’s UBA (Unnat Bharat Abhiyan).

2. What is the full form of TRIFED?

1. Tribal Consumer Federation of India Ltd

2. Tribal  Federation Development Ltd

3. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd

4. Tribal Federation of India Ltd

3. When is Kargil Vijay Diwas observed? 

1. 28th July

2. 27th July

3. 26th July

4. 25th July

Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrates the successful completion of Operation Vijay on  July 26, 1999.

4. It came into existence as the Crown Representative's Police on 27 July 1939, and was renamed under first Home Minister Sardar Patel in 1949 as _____ ?

1. CISF

2. BSF

3. CRPF

4. ITBP

 82nd Raising Day of CRPF 

5. 'Dare to Dream 2.0' challenge is a scheme to promote the Indian innovators and startups for innovations in defence and aerospace technologies by ____?

1. ISRO

2. DRDO

3. Indian Air Force

4. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

Dare to Dream 2.0',an innovation contest, was launched on the fifth death anniversary of renowned scientist and former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

6. India has extended medical assistance worth about $1 million under the aegis of an ongoing WHO anti-tuberculosis programme to which country ?

1. Nepal

2. North Korea

3. Bhutan

4. Sri Lanka

7. Which country has conferred Kala Narayanasamy with the President’s Award for Nurses, for serving on the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic ?

1. Malaysia

2. Maldives

3. Indonesia

4. Singapore

8. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan has  launched Mobile App ‘BIS-Care’ and three portals – the Standardization, Conformity Assessment and Training Portals of e-BIS on  www.manakonline.in for consumers. What is the full form of BIS ? 

1.  Bureau of Internal Standards

2.  Bureau of International Standards

3.  Bureau of Indian Standards

4.  Bureau of Indian Standardization

9. Who has been appointed MD & CEO of SBI General Insurance ?

1. PC Kandpal

2. Vibha Padalkar

3. N. S. Kannan

4. Mahesh Kumar Sharma

MD, CEO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance- Vibha Padalkar MD, CEO ICICI Prudential Life Insurance - N. S. Kannan MD, CEO SBI Life Insurance - Mahesh Kumar Sharma

10. What is the name of the app launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences for India Meteorological Department (IMD) in order to enable users to track weather updates, forecast & warning services of the government?

1. KURMA

2. Manodarpan

3. Mausam

4. Jalvayu

11. Which is the only Indian city to feature among the world’s 20 most surveilled cities in the world, according to a report published by Uk based Comparitech ?

1. New Delhi

2. Bengaluru

3. Hyderabad

4. Mumbai

Out of the 20 most surveilled cities, 18 were Chinese cities, with London (at 3rd) and Hyderabad (16th)being the only cities outside of China

12. Which company designs and builds Rafale fighter jets?

1. Boeing

2. Airbus

3. Dassault

4. Lockheed Martin

The first five of a batch of French Rafale fighter jets will travel from Merignac in southwest France to Ambala, airbase in Haryana To be flown in by pilots of the 17 Golden Arrows of Indian Air Force.

IAF Chief - RKS Bhadauria

13. Which is the largest tiger reserve in India? 

1. Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

2. Kanha Tiger Reserve

3. Jim Corbett National Park

4. Ranthambore National Park

14. A high-level team of researchers from Israel, working with Indian experts on multi pronged mission on  coronavirus response to develop rapid testing kits and have brought advanced ventilators and sanitisers. What is it code- named?

1. Operation Cheetah

2. Operation Vijay

3. Operation Breathing Space

4. Smiling Buddha

15. Bilateral ties between which two countries have been described as “Shonali Adhyay” or golden phase?

1. India Nepal

2. India Bhutan 

3. India Myanmar

4. India Bangladesh

16. Trans-­Himalayan Multidimensional Connectivity Network is an economic corridor between which two countries ?

1. India, Bhutan 

2. India, China

3. India, Nepal

4. China, Nepal