Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Current Affairs Daily Quiz, December 9, 2020

 Q1 . Which of the following are set to become Olympic sports, according to International Olympic Committee?


  • Skateboarding

  • Sport climbing

  • Surfing.

  • Breaking 

  • All of the above

Q2. What is the name of the mobile app for COVID-19 vaccine delivery by Indian Government ?

  • COVAXIN

  • COVISHIELD

  • CO-WIN

  • COROSURE


Q3. According to WHO's World Malaria Report (WMR) 2020, India as reported a decline of ____ % in malaria cases in 2019 vs 2018  ?

  • 26%

  • 17.6 %

  • 23.1%

  • 16.7%


Q4. As per the Global Terrorism Index 2020, India is ranked ___ in the most impacted by terrorism.

  • 6th

  • 7th

  • 8th

  • 9th


Q5. 9th edition of International Sand Art Festival & 31st edition of Konark Festival was held in 

  • Kerala

  • Odisha

  • West Bengal

  • Tamilnadu


Q6. The Army Service Corps (ASC), the oldest and the largest administrative service in the Indian Army, celebrated its 260th Corps day on

  • 8 December 2020

  • 9 December 2020

  • 7 December 2020

  • 10 December 2020

Quiz Answers

1. All of the above
Breaking or Breakdancing , along with surfing, climbing and skateboarding have been added as new sport by IOC as Olympic sports.

2. Union Health Ministry has developed a mobile application named Co-WIN, to help the authorities in real-time monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine delivery.

3. According to WHO's World Malaria report (WMR) 2020, India is the only high endemic country which has reported a decline of 17.6% in 2019 vs 2018 in malaria cases.

India achieved a reduction of 
-> 83.34% in malaria morbidity and 
-> 92 % in malaria mortality between the year 2000 & 2019.

State Wise Reduction % 2019 vs 2018
-> Meghalaya  -59.10%
-> Odisha  -40.35%
-> Madhya Pradesh  -36.5%

4.The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2020, ranks India as 8th in the world on a list of countries most affected by terrorism in 2019.
Top 5 country Rankings:
1st - Afghanistan 2nd- Iraq 
3rd- Nigeria 4th -Syria 5th- Somalia

5. 31st Konark Festival of classical dance performances and the 9th International Sand Art Festival was held in Odisha’s Konark between December 1 to December 5,2020.

6. 260th Army Service Corps Day is being celebrated on 8th December,2020.

The oldest & the largest administrative service of the Army, the Army Service Corps is mainly responsible for provisioning, procurement and distribution of supplies and petroleum products to the Army, Air Force, Navy and other Paramilitary forces.

09 December, Dates to remember

 


Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)/ Partnerships announced



 



Current Affairs Daily Quiz, December 9, 2020

  Q1 . Which of the following are set to become Olympic sports , according to International Olympic Committee? Skateboarding Sport climbing ...