30th July Daily Quiz

1. Which institute has been ordered by Supreme Court of India to install a smog tower in Delhi to fight air pollution?

IIT Mumbai
IIT Kharagpur
IIT Kanpur
IIT Delhi

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2. The New Education Policy (NEP)2020, replaces which earlier policy ?

National Policy on Education (NPE), 1984
National Policy on Education (NPE), 1985
National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986
National Policy on Education (NPE), 1987

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3. With an emphasis on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), the 10+2 structure of school curriculum is to be replaced by a________ curricular structure

5+4+4+3
5+5+4+3
5+3+3+4
3+5+5+4

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4. _________will develop a National Curricular and Pedagogical Framework for Early Childhood Care and Education (NCPFECCE) for children up to the age of 8

CBSE
NCERT
UGC
AICTE

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5. Who headed the draft panel for design of the NEP(New Education Policy) 2020 ?

Nandan Nilekani
T V MohanDas Pai
K Kasturirangan
NR Narayana Murthy

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6. National Education Commission (1964-1966),was an ad hoc commission set up by the Government of India to examine all aspects of the educational sector in India, was popularly known as ___

Sarkaria Commission
Sattanathan Commission
Mandal Commission
Kothari Commission

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7. Which state government is collaborating with Amazon for the empowerment of women entrepreneurs under the ‘Amazon Saheli’ programme, to train women to make toys and other items, and help them market the products?

Telengana
Andhra Pradesh
Odisha
Kerala

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8. Which country passed the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act?

UK
India
South Africa
USA

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9. Which date is designated as the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons ?

30 July
31 July
1 August
29 July

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10. Which registry is a collaboration of ICMR and AIIMS, to build a database and also help in conducting clinical trials and study the effectiveness of new therapies that are being introduced for the treatment of coronavirus ?

National Clinical registry of COVID-19
Arogya Setu
Vande Bharat
Samudra Setu

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11. CHRI is an independent, non-partisan & nonprofit international non-governmental organisation which works towards the practical realisation of human rights in the countries of the Commonwealth. What is the full form of CHRI?

Centre for Human Rights Initiative
Chinese Human Rights Initiative
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Centre for Human Rights Investigations

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12. Bombay Flying Club becomes India’s first DGCA-approved training school for ______

fighter planes
scuba diving
drones
paragliding

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13. The New Education Policy ,2020 plans to increase in expenditure on education sector to __ % of GDP

3
8
5
6

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14.‘Padi Bhavajalalu”,telugu translation the book “Ten Ideologies- The great asymmetry between agrarianism and industrialism" is written by ____

Shashi Tharoor
Venkiah Naidu
Raghuram Rajan
Jaipal Reddy

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15.The medical bed isolation system developed by Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, (DIAT), a low cost, reusable solution to maintain proper isolation of COVID-19 patients is called____

Aashray
Kurma
Aasha
Darpan

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16.Which institute has signed an agreement Power Finance Corporation (PFC) for training, research,and entrepreneurship development in smart grid technology?

IIT Kanpur
IIT Mumbai
IIT Delhi
IIT Kharagpur

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30th July Daily Quiz Key + Notes

1. IIT Mumbai

 It has been ordered by the Supreme Court of India to install a smog tower in Delhi to fight

air pollution

2.National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986

 Was replaced by  New Education Policy (NEP)2020

3. 5+3+3+4

Under ECCE of NEP 2020, the 10+2 structure of school curriculum is to be replaced

by a 5 +3+ 3 +4 curricular structure, corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years

respectively.

4.NCERT

The national council of educational research and training (NCERT) will develop

a national curricular and pedagogical framework for ECCE up to the age of 8. 

A new and comprehensive National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education

(NCFTE) will be formulated by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in

consultation with the NCERT.

5.K Kasturirangan

A panel led by former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Kasturirangan

had submitted the draft of the new NEP to Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'

6. Kothari Commission

 National Education Commission (1964-1966),was an ad hoc commission set up by

the Government of India to examine all aspects of the educational sector in India

Sarkaria Commisssion

The Sarkaria Commission's charter was to examine the central-state relationship on various

portfolios and suggest changes within the framework of Constitution of India. Set up in 1983

to by Government of India

Sattanathan Commission in 1971, which directed that the "creamy layer" should be excluded

from the reservations (quotas) of civil posts.

The Mandal Commission, or the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Commission, was established

in India on 1 January 1979 by the Janata Party government under Prime Minister Morarji Desai with

a mandate to "identify the socially or educationally backward classes" of India.

It recommended that 27 percent of central and state government jobs should be reserved for OBCs

7. Andhra Pradesh

Commerce and Information Technology (IT) Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy held a

videoconference Amazon and discussed the Amazon's 'Saheli' programme to empower women

by making them entrepreneurs.

An Amazon Centre of Excellence will be set up in one of the 30 skill development colleges

(SDCs) to come up in AP.

8. USA 

The Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act was authored by John Lewis,

the civil rights leader Democratic member of the House who recently passed away.

The Act seeks to set up, in cooperation with the Indian government, an educational forum

for scholars from the two countries focused on studying Gandhi and King.

9. July 30

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, was designated by UNGA resolution in 2013.

The 2020 theme for the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons will focus on the

first responders to human trafficking.

10. National Clinical registry of COVID-19

The plan is to bring a database of Coronavirus in order to understand ways to improve

treatment in hospitals.

The database, also known as a national clinical registry for COVID-19 patients, to conduct

clinical trials and study the effectiveness of new therapies that are being introduced for treating

corona virus and 15 institutions will be involved to create this network.

11. Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative

CHRI in collaboration with global anti-slavery organisation Walk Free,

 launched of a major new international report "Eradicating Modern Slavery: An assessment

of Commonwealth government progress on achieving SDG Target 8.7". 

It shows  the existing gaps in Commonwealth government responses to modern slavery

& provides roadmap.

12. Drones 

Bombay Flying Club becomes India’s first DGCA-approved drone training school.

It  is the oldest flying club in India, set up in 1928 and  located at the Juhu aerodrome, Mumbai.

13. 6%

The Centre and the States will work together to increase the public investment in the

education sector to reach 6% of GDP, as per National Education Policy 2020.

14.Jaipal Reddy

Padi Bhavajaalalu - a Telugu translation of 'Ten Ideologies' is a book authored by

former Union Minister S Jaipal Reddy, was released on his first death anniversary.

It was unveiled by Vice President of India Shri Venkaiah Naidu online.

15. Aashray

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), has developed a medical bed isolation

system, Aashray, to combat COVID-19.

16. IIT Kanpur

 Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of

Technology- Kanpur for training, research, and entrepreneurship development in smart grid

technology.

PFC will provide financial assistance of ₹2.38 crore to IIT-K under its CSR initiative.