JULY 02 2020, All Quizzes with Key re-upload

1. What is Real GDP?

a. Nominal GDP + fiscal deficit

b. Nominal GDP - Inflation( base yr)

c. Nominal GDP - GNP

d. None of the above

2. Who first introduced the term creamy layer?

a. Mandal Commission

b. Sattanathan Commission

c. Kothari Commission

d. Sarkaria Commission

3. Doctor's Day is celebrated on July 1st, in the honour of

a. Charaka

b. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

c. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy

d. Dr. Anandibai Gopal Rao Joshi

4. The Odisha Government has won the World Habitat Award, a global recognition, for

its ambitious initiative called

a. Kalia Yojana

b. Jaga Mission

c. Rythu Bandhu scheme

d. Bhoochetana

 

5. Which disease is caused by heavy metal poisoning due to Cadmium?

a. Itai Itai

b. Black foot

c. Minimata

d. Asthma

 

6. Economy, Infrastructure, System, Demography and Demand are the 5 pillars of

a. One sun One world One grid

b. BRICS

c. Atma nirbhar Bharat

d. Vibrant Gujarat

7. Which of the following cyclone name/s were given by Bangladesh

a. Nisarga

b. Amphan

c. Fani

d. Titli

 

8.When is International Day of Yoga?

a. July 1st

b. May 21st

c. June 26th

d. June 21st

9. When is world Milk Day celebrated annually?

a. May 1

b. July 4

c. June 1

d. None of the above

 

10. Arogya Sethu is the largest contact tracing app in the world

a. True

b. False

c. Can't say

d. None of the above

 

11. How many states have joined the "One Nation- One Ration card scheme" as on June

1,2020 as per Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan ?

a. 15

b. 20

c. 18

d. 19

12. The Union Cabinet on June 1 cleared a credit scheme for 50 lakh Urban, peri urban

& rural street vendors so that they can revive their businesses under

a. PM Kisan

b. PM SVANidhi

c. Atal Pension Yojana

d. PM Mudra Yojana

 

13. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched ‘PAiSA’ portal. PAiSA is

abbreviation of

a. Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access

b. Portal for Accounts Costs In Service Access

c. Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Seva Affairs

d. None of the above

14. Who takes over as interim-ICC president from Shashank Manohar

a. Imran Khan

b. Irfan Pathan

c. Sourav Ganguly

d. Imran Khwaja

 

15.Which company displaced Toyota Motor Corp. as the world’s most valuable automaker?

a. Nikola

b. Tesla

c. Maruti

d. Nissan

 

16. Bilateral trade between China and India was worth $88 billion in FY19 with a trade deficit

of ______________

a. $53.5 billion in China’s favour.

b. $53.5 billion in India’s favour

c. $53.5 trillion in China’s favour

d. $53.5 trillion in India’s favour

17. Channi Anand, Mukhtar Khan and Dar Yasin of Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in which category 

a. Breaking News Reporting

 b. Breaking News Photography

 c. Feature Photography

 d. Criticism  

18. The India Manufacturing PMI, compiled by IHS Markit, stood at 47.2 in June 2020 .PMI is an indicator of business activity -- both in the manufacturing and services sectors. PMI stands for 

a. Professional Manager’s Index

b. Purchasing Managers’ Index 

c. Personnel Manager’s Index 

d. Purchasing Managers’ India 

19.  Which permanent intergovernmental organization created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14, 1960? 

a. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

b. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

c. One Belt One Road (OBOR) 

d. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD )  

20. The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) is a composite indicator that measures changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products. The index is compiled and published monthly by the 

a. Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) 

b. National Statistical Commission (NSC)

 c. Economic and Statistical Organisation Punjab (ESO) 

d. Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)

21.  AICTE has developed TULIP to provide internship opportunities to thousands of fresh graduates and engineers of the country under the ‘Smart City’ projects.

 a. The Urban Learning Internship Programme

 b. The Undergraduate Learning Internship Programme

 c. The Urban Learning on Internet Programme 

d. The Undergraduate Learning on Internet Programme  

22._______ app is an easy to use mobile application for international travelers to file Customs declarations in advance. 

a. mPassport seva

b. ATITHI 

c. mParivahan 

d. BHIM 

23.  Which of the following companies has signed a MoU with Indian Railways for installation of an IP-based video surveillance system at 6,049 railway stations across the country? 

a. BSNL

 b. MTNL 

c. Airtel

 d. RailTel  

24. The Sujalam Sufalam Jal Sanchay Abhiyan is a water conservation scheme launched by which state government in 2018?

 a. Gujarat

 b. West Bengal 

c. Rajasthan 

d. Uttar Pradesh  

25. Which of the following state’s Chief Ministers has launched the sixth phase of Haritha Haram programme? 

a. Karnataka

 b. Kerala 

c. Andhra Pradesh 

d. Telangana  

26. “Fair & Lovely” will drop Fair from its name. “Fair & Lovely” is a product of ______ 

a. Hindustan Unilever

b. Dabur 

c. ITC 

d. Godrej Consumer  

27. Which government is to launch Adarsh police station scheme from July 1, 2020 

a. Jharkhand 

b. Uttar Pradesh 

c. Chattisgarh 

d. Maharashtra  

28. Under the 'Godhan Nyay Yojana' scheme announced by Chattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel that will commence from 20 July, when 'Hareli', a local festival is celebrated. The state government will now buy ….. 

a. Food Grains

b. Livestock

c. Cow dung 

d. Land D

29. ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’, under which State Government will pay Rs 1,000 to sons and Rs 1,200 to daughters of labourers every month to support their families and keep them away from child labour. 

a. Rajasthan 

b. Madhya Pradesh 

c. Haryana 

d. Uttar Pradesh  

30. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) was launched in April 2015, for nonagricultural activities under the three categories: 

a. Urban, rural and peri urban 

b. Shishu,Kishore,Tarun 

c. Sankalp, Samruddi, Sukanya 

d. None of the above  

31.The Ministry of Railways asked companies to submit their interest to run passenger trains over ___origin-destination routes via ___ trains, according to a statement on July 1. 2020. 

a. 151, 109

b. 109,151

c. 108, 151 

d. 109, 156 

32.  In which year was Indian Railways started ?

a. 1853

b. 1947 

c. 1889 

d. 1865  

33. When was the IRCTC IPO done on the National Stock Exchange ?

a. 1999 

b. 2008 

c. 2012

d. 2019

18072020 Quiz key + notes

1. Shiv Nadar steps down as Chairman of Board of Directors and  Roshni Nadar Malhotra takes over effective July 17, 2020. Name the company?

1. HCL Technologies 

2. Infosys 

3. Wipro

4. TCS 

2. Thierry Delaporte took over as CEO of which Indian IT company ?

1. HCL Technologies 

2. Infosys 

3. Wipro

4. TCS

3.Who is the current CEO of TCS   ? 

1. N Chandrasekaran 

2. Noel Tata

3. Rajesh Gopinathan

4. Cyrus Mistry

4. The UAE's mission by Emirates Space Agency and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center to Mars is set to launch on July 20, 2020. The Orbiter named Hope or Amal will be launched from ?

1. Kennedy Space Center, USA

2. Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

3. Sriharikota Range SHAR, India 

4. Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China

Orbiter was developed through a partnership between Mohamed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and Arizona State University (ASU), designed to study the thin atmosphere of Mars .

mission is officially named the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) and the orbiter has been named Hope or 'Al Amal'.

5. NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will experiment to be the first aircraft to attempt controlled flight on another planet. What is the name of the technology demonstration?

1. Perseverance

2. Pathfinder

3. Ingenuity

4. Sojourner

NASA's Perseverance rover launches an experiment named Ingenuity will be safely tucked beneath the rover for the seven-month journey. Ingenuity will be the first helicopter to attempt flight on another planet.

6. What is the name of the Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited that resumed services recently on July 1?

1. Gurugram Transport 

2. Gurugaman

3. Haryana Transport 

4. DTDC

In a fortnight after Gurugram Metropolitan City Bus Limited resumed its city bus service, ‘Gurugaman’, on July 1, over one lakh passengers have travelled on different routes

7. The fact finding committee constituted by the Delhi Minorities Commission to look into the February riots & violence  in Northeast Delhi was headed by  ? 

1. Arvind Kejriwal

2. Amit shah

3. M.R. Shamshad

4. Anil Baijal

8. Which Taiwanese company, also  Apple's second-largest contract manufacturer has registered a subsidiary in Chennai, India? 

1. Foxconn

2. Wistron

3. Pegatron

4. Asus

India, setting the stage for expanding the manufacturing capacity of iPhones in the country, amid heightened US-China tensions.

three global makers of iPhones for Apple. The other two - Wistron and Foxconn- manufacture iPhone 7 and XR

9. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned __________ for reconstructing infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Amphan that ripped through West Bengal in May.

1. Rs. 759 crores

2. Rs. 795 crores

3. $ 79.5 million 

4. $75.9 million

10. International Justice Day is to fight against impunity and bringing justice for the victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. It is annually observed on ?

1. 15th July

2. 17th July

3. 18th July

4. 16th July

11. Which rating agency has sharply revised its forecast for the contraction in the Indian economy to 9.5% in the 2020-'21 financial year from its earlier estimate of 5%?

1. CRISIL

2. Standard and Poor's S&P

3. Moody's Investor Services

4. ICRA

12.Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the MEA-run Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) had a joint conference to explore joint projects as part of global partnership in 

1. India and Russia

2. Asia and Africa 

3. Europe

4. Africa

13. Global Skills Index 2020, ranked India 34th within the business domain whereas China ranked 45th & in technology domain, India ranked 40th globally whereas China ranked 50th. Which online platform published the report?

1. Udemy

2. Unacademy

3. Byju’s

4. Coursera

14.Which Organization launched the “Global Skills Academy” aiming to equip 1 million young persons with employability & resilience skills; and unveiled, “Skills for a Resilient Youth in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond", on World Youth Skills Day?

1. WHO

2. UNICEF

3. UNESCO

4. The World Bank

15. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) announced a partnership with a tech giant  to introduce artificial intelligence(AI) curriculum for classes 11 &12 . Name the tech company.

1. FaceBook 

2. Google

3. IBM

4. Microsoft

CBSE, Facebook jointly launch online safety programme-  covers aspects such as safety, privacy, mental health.

Google aims to train one million CBSE teachers; Google.org grant of USD 1 million to Kaivalya Education Foundation (KEF) as part of the Global Distance Learning Fund.

15. Which country carried out military live -fire drill by firing Missile from air and the island's shore facing China against a potential China threat ?

1. Japan

2. Taiwan

3. Singapore

4. South Korea

16. In India, deaths have dropped from 130 to 113 in 2016-18 as per special bulletin by Sample Registration System(SRS), which is also a Sustainable Development Goal(SDG) set by the UN. What is the parameter?

1. Infant mortality rate (IMR)

2. Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)

3. a & b

4. None 

The target 3.1 of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) set by the United Nations aims to reduce the global Maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 1,00,000 live births

17. Coal Ministry has decided to link all mining related queries to link with mining related website_______________

1. Darpan

2. TULIP

3. PARIVESH

4. SANKALP

 PARIVESH is a web based application developed for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents for seeking Environment, Forest, Wildlife and CRZ Clearances from Central, State and district level authorities.

18.The Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) issued a regulatory license to _______________ to start the manufacture of a prominent pneumonia vaccine, Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate

1. Serum Institute of India (SII), Pune 

2. National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune 

3. All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 

The Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine (PPSV23) offers protection against 23 types of pneumonia-causing bacteria, which cause a range of infections including meningitis, bacteremia, pneumonia and blood infections.

19. Who has been appointed as Vice President of Asian Development Bank?

1. Sunil Arora

2. Ashok Lavassa

3. K V Kamath

4. Anil Kishora

Sunil Arora - Chief Election Commisioner India

K V Kamath- ex NDB President

Anil Kishora - current VP of NDB, BRICS

20. Which Indian PSU has signed a contract with AKO Maritime AS of Norway to provide autonomous electrical ferries?

1. BHEL

2. BEL 

3. NLC

4. Cochin Shipyard

16072020 Daily Current Affairs Notes

“Corosure”

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ E-Launched “Corosure” – World Most Affordable COVID-19 Diagnostic Kit Developed by IIT Delhi at Rs.399/-. 

It is a probe-free, RT-PCR based Covid-19 diagnostic kit

Approved by the Indian Medical Council of India and Drug Control General of India, the commercial product named ‘Corosure’ was commercially developed by a company named NewTech Medical Devices after obtaining license from the IIT. 

RT-PCR (Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) 

IIT Delhi director~ V. Ramgopal Rao

Jatin Goyal ~founder of Newtech Medical Devices

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NABARD Launched Development Projects worth Rs 44 lakhs in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

These projects aim at strengthening the concept of Atmanirbhar Bharat through rural entrepreneurship. The projects by NABARD will include the formation and development of Self-Help Groups, SHG.

will conduct 385 village-level programmes and will provide training to the leaders of the newly formed SHG with the sum of more than Rs. 10 lakh.

In Little Andaman, women attached to SHG’s will be Bamboo Handicraft making and Mushroom cultivation

NABARD also tied up with the Centre of Agriculture Research Institute (CARI) for conducting the agricultural programmes with an amount of Rs. 20 lakh.

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UNICEF India Partners with SAP India to Provide Career Counselling to Young People

On World Youth Skills Day, UNICEF India partnered with a computer software company SAP India on Wednesday to provide career counselling to young people in order to improve their employability skills in the present and post-COVID-19 era.

UNICEF will also collaborate with 'YuWaah' - (Generation Unlimited), an initiative supported by the UN body, to provide digital education and occupational skill-set to the under-served young people

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Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) to construct world’s 1st fully automatic electric ferries for Norway’s ASKO Maritime

Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi signed contracts for construction and supply of Two (2) nos Autonomous Electric Ferry for ASKO Maritime AS, Norway with an option to build two more identical vessels

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DRDO developed fully indigenous P7 Heavy Drop System for IL 76 aircraft

capable of para dropping military stores up to 7-ton weight class from IL-76 aircraft. P-7 HDS for IL-76 Aircraft consists of a platform & specialised parachute system.

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Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami honored with Paul Harris Fellow recognition

The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International having its headquarters at Chicago, has honoured Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami with Paul Harris Fellow recognition,

to honour people who render efficient services in providing drinking water, sanitation, prevention of diseases, environment, world peace etc., to its people.

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Second Counter-Terrorism Week at the United Nations (UNCOT)

The Second Counter-Terrorism Week at the United Nations was held from 6-10 July and convened under the theme of “Strategic and Practical Challenges of Countering Terrorism in a Global Pandemic Environment”.

Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNCOT) Vladimir Voronkov, at a virtual press briefing on Thursday, said state-sponsored terrorism is a very challenging issue as it could undermine the stability in many parts of the world.

Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

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India Voluntary National Review VNR Report 2020

NITI Aayog presents India’s second Voluntary National Review at UN’s High-Level Political Forum

India VNR 2020 report titled : Decade of Action: Taking SDGs from Global to Local, is a comprehensive account of the adoption and implementation of the 2030 Agenda in India.

HLPF is the international platform for follow-up and showing a review of progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The report discusses at length the policy and enabling environment, India's approach to localising SDGs, and strengthening means of implementation, Niti Aayog said.

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Telangana Police Launch 'CybHER' Campaign To Tackle Cybercrime Against Women, Children

Telangana Police on Wednesday launched a month-long virtual awareness campaign 'CybHER' in the wake of cybercrime against the women and children in the state.

This campaign was launched by Telangana DGP Mahender Reddy, IPS.

The Women Safety Wing, Telangana police will partner with the legal aid cell of Symbiosis Law College.

Based on a survey by the Telangana police, CybHer has been launched on multiple platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, radio and television.

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STRIVE & SANKALP

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two World Bank supported schemes SANKALP & STRIVE under the   Skill India Mission.

Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) project is a World Bank assisted-Government of India project with the objective of improving the relevance and efficiency of skills training provided through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) and apprenticeships.

It will develop robust mechanism for delivering quality skill development training by strengthening institutions- National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), State Skill Development Missions (SSDMs), Sector Skill Councils, ITIs and National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) etc

Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP)

SANKALP was launched on 19th January 2018 as a 6year programme with an objective to set up Trainers and Assessors academies with self-sustainable models

The difference between SANKALP scheme and STRIVE scheme is that SANKALP envisages to get more trainers while STRIVE will incentivize it is to improve overall performance.