13 August 2020 Daily Quiz

1. Who has been named as the Vice President nominee by Democratic Party in US?

Tulsi Gabbard
Kamala Harris
Alexandria Occassio Cortez
Rishi Sunak

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2.Which State government has launched 'Karma Sathi Prakalpa' scheme under which one lakh unemployed youth would be provided soft loans and subsidies to make them self-reliant??

Odisha
Rajasthan
West Bengal
Assam

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3. Who will launch the platform for "Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest" through video conferencing on Aug 13th, 2020?

Nirmala Sitharaman
Dr Jitendra Singh
Piyush Goyal
Narendra Modi

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4.Who is the Chairman of National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration ?

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Dr VK Paul
Dr Harsh Vardhan
Subroto Bagchi

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5.Which company has launched a pocket Android POS (point of sale) device with an aim to reduce contact while ordering and making payments at Rs 499?

PhonePe
PayTM
Mobikwik
JioMoney

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6. India has signed a contract for development of five eco-tourism zones with which country, to be implemented under the High-Impact Community Development project (HICDP) scheme?

Mauritius
Maldives
Malaysia
Sri Lanka

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7.Which state cabinet approved a proposal to make Bajali the 34th full-fledged district of the state?

Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Goa

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8.Which state has introduced YSR CHEYUTHA PADHAKAM scheme under which Govt. will offer financial assistance of Rs 18750,. to SC, ST, OBC and minorities women who are aged between 45-60?

Telangana
Tamil Nadu
Puducherry
Andhra Pradesh

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9.When is the World Organ Donation Day observed?

August 12
August 13
August 14
August 15

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10.‘Project Kuiper’ constellation, which entails sending 3,236 satellites into orbit to beam internet coverage down to Earth has been approved by FCC. It is a project by ______

Google
Facebook
Amazon
Microsoft

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13 August 2020, Daily Quiz Answers + Notes

 

1. Kamala Harris 

 California Senator Kamala Harris will be Presidential candidate - Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 US Elections.

She will be the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office (Vice Presidential candidate) from Democratic Party.

2. West Bengal

 On the occasion of International Youth Day, the West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee launched 'Karma Sathi Prakalpa' scheme under which one lakh unemployed youth would be provided soft loans and subsidies.  

3. Narendra Modi

Shri Narendra Modi launched  the ‘Transparent Taxation- Honouring the Honest’ platform through video conferencing, where the Tax System aims to be painless, seamless and faceless.

Platform has major reforms like Faceless assessment and appeal & TaxPayers Charter

4. Dr V K Paul

The National Expert Group on vaccine administration,  under the chairmanship of Dr. V K Paul, met on 12th August to consider logistics & ethical aspects of procurement & administration of  COVID19 vaccine.

5. PayTM

Paytm has launched a pocket Android POS (point of sale) device, to reduce contact while ordering and making payments. 

It is named Paytm All-in-One Portable Android Smart POS, and is available at Rs 499.

6. Maldives

India  and  Maldives are to begin the implementation of nine projects in the atoll nation under the High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDP).

Under the pact, a total grant of $ 5.6 million was announced.

7. Assam

The Assam government has decided to give full-fledged district status to Bajali, currently a sub-division under Barpeta district, making it the 34th district in the state.

8. Andhra Pradesh

9. August 13th

10. Amazon

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity.