15 August 2020, Daily Quiz

1. The first consignment of 40-millimetre Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) ammunition, (which is fitted under a rifle in the 5.56 mm INSAS), was handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF).It was indigenously-designed and manufactured by _____

Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK)
Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur (GCF)
Grey Iron Foundry Jabalpur (GIF)
Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Tiruchirapalli (HAPP)

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2.How many “Tribal Freedom Fighters” Museums dedicated to the contributions of the tribal people in India to the freedom struggle, is being developed by the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry?

5
7
9
11

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3. Who was the first Defence minister of independent India?

N Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Baldev Singh Chokkar
VK Krishna Menon
Jawaharlal Nehru

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4.Which nation has declared a "state of environmental emergency" as a stranded Japanese ship MV Wakashio leaked oil into the ocean ?

Maldives
Mauritius
Japan
Sri Lanka

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5. Under the “Punjab Smart Connect Scheme”; launched by CM Amrinder Singh more than 1.74 lakh students will be given _________

Books
Laptops
Televisions
Smartphones

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6. What is the name of the portal developed by the Ministry of Defense, which will give information on items that can be taken up for indigenization by the private sector?

SURAKSHYA
SRIJAN
TULIP
SWASHTYA

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7. Who was the first Indian external affairs minister to deliver a speech in Hindi at the UNGA ( United Nations General Assembly)?

Sushma Swaraj
Gulzarilal Nanda
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Lal Bahadur Shastri

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8. Chandrayaan-2 has captured images of the Moon and one of the craters has been named by ISRO after____

APJ Abdul Kalam
Homi Bhabha
Sathish Dhawan
Vikram Sarabhai

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9.9. In 2008, consultancy firm Ernst & Young released a report, that detailed how small-town (22 towns) India consumers were hankering for more, and marketers and advertisers were unable to keep pace. What was it called ?

Halo Effect
Rhyme as reason effect
Dhoni Effect
Fresh start effect

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10.Which bank has launched a ‘Shaurya KGC Card’ for the armed forces personnel?

Yes Bank
Axis Bank
ICICI Bank
HDFC Bank

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15 August 2020 Quiz Answers + Notes

 1. Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK)

The first consignment of indigenously-designed and manufactured 40-millimetre Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) ammunition was handed over by Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK)

2. 9

The Tribal Affairs Ministry said the nine museums dedicated to tribal freedom fighters will be completed by the end of 2022.

Rajpipla (Gujarat)  Ranchi (Jharkhand), Lambasingi (Andhra Pradesh), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Kozhikode(Kerala), Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Hyderabad (Telangana), Senapati (Manipur) and Kelsi (Mizoram).

Rajpipla (Gujarat) is largest of Tribal museum

3. Baldev Singh Chokkar

4. Mauritius

5.Smartphones

6.SRIJAN

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched a portal SRIJAN which is a one stop shop online portal that provides access to the vendors to take up items for indigenization.

Department of Defence Production has developed an indigenization portal, srijandefence.gov.in, as 'opportunities for Make in India' in Defence.

7.Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Mr Vajpayee first addressed the UNGA's 32nd session in 1977 as the foreign minister government headed by then PM Shri Morarji Desai.It was the first time that an Indian leader had delivered the speech in Hindi at the UNGA.

8.Vikram Sarabhai

A photograph of Sarabhai crater, named after the ISRO's founder Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, was released by ISRO.

9. Dhoni Effect

10. HDFC Bank