02 September Daily Quiz

1.Article 280 provides for a Finance Commission, constituted by the President every fifth year or earlier. It is a ______________?

statutory regulatory body
judicial body
quasi-judicial body
None of the above

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2.Which state has launched the "Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana" under which 19 international players from the state will get road connectivity to their houses ?

Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan

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3.Who is the "Father of Science Centre Movement in India"?

Saroj Ghose
M. Visvesvaraya
Homi Bhabha
G S Rautela

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4.The Supreme Court has given telecom companies 10 years to clear AGR dues of around 1.43 lakh crore rupees to the Centre. What is the full form of AGR?

accountable gross revenue
accountable government revenue
adjusted government revenue
adjusted gross revenue

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5.Central Government has approved 27 projects for Rs 743 crores, towards development of integrated cold chains & infrastructure for the food processing sector under which of the following schemes ?

Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana

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6.Who assumed charge as new Election Commissioner of India replacing Ashok Lavasa?

Sushil Chandra
Sunil Arora
Rajeev Kumar
Kshatrapati Shivaji

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7.Who has developed & installed the World’s Largest Solar Tree?

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research (CSIR-CMERI)
IIT Delhi
IIT Kanpur

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8.'World Coconut Day' is observed annually on ___________?

September 1
September 2
September 3
September 4

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9.Which month to be observed as "Nutrition Month" in India?

July
August
September
October

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10.Which country has announced national mourning on 2nd September,2020 to honour the memory of the former President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee?

Nepal
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Myanmar

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02 September Daily Quiz Answer + Notes

 1. quasi-judicial body

Article 280 provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi-judicial body. It is constituted by the President of India every fifth year or even earlier.

Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India- Shri N.K. Singh

The First Commission was established in 1951 under The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951.

2. Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya launched the Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana under which 19 international players from the state will get road connectivity to their houses. 

3. Saroj Ghose

Dr. Saroj Ghose, the Father of Science Centre Movement in India turned 85 on September 1, 2020

He played a pivotal role in establishing the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) in 1978.

4. adjusted gross revenue

The Supreme Court has given telecom companies in India 10 years to clear AGR dues of around 1.43 lakh crore rupees to the Centre.

5.Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana

Government approved 27 projects today under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana for development of integrated cold chains and value addition infrastructure  for the food processing sector

It will help in streamlining the agricultural supply chain & generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in rural areas for a total investment of Rs 743 crore.

Union Minister of Food Processing Industries- Harsimrat Kaur Badal 

6. Rajeev Kumar

Rajeev Kumar assumed charge as new Election Commissioner of India.

He joins the Election Commission of India with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra.

7. CSIR-CMERI 

CSIR-CMERI has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which is installed at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony, Durgapur.

The installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp

Dr. Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI

CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CMERI Central Mechanical Engineering Research 

8. September 2nd

World Coconut day 

9. September

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced that September will be observed as "Nutrition Month", to spread awareness about nutritional needs, deficiencies and malnutrition.

10.Bangladesh

The government of Bangladesh has announced national mourning on Sep 02 to honour the memory of the former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee