19072020 DAILY QUIZ Key + Notes

1. Which Mobile App was launched on 23rd May, 2020 on the occasion of World Turtle Day, as a unique tool for tracking and reporting Indian turtles?

1. TULIP

2. SANKALP

3. KURMA

4. PRAGYATA

- Union Environment and Information and Broadcasting Minister ~ Prakash Javadekar.

- The Mobile Application, KURMA, was launched on 23rd May this year on the occasion of World Turtle Day.

- The citizen science initiative aims at conservation of turtles and tortoises.

2. Which Temple Trust has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation stone of the temple ?

1. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams

2. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust

3. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri

4. None of the above

3. Which country is being considered by Indian Ministry of Defence, to be made a part of Malabar naval Exercise along with Japan and US  ? 

1. Singapore

2. Russia

3. Taiwan

4. Australia

The Malabar exercise started in 1992 as a bilateral drill between the Indian Navy and the US Navy in the Indian Ocean. Japan became a permanent member of the exercise in 2015.

4.  Which country elevated their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership and signed a landmark deal for reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support during an online summit last month. ?

1. Sri Lanka

2. Bangladesh

3. Australia 

4. Japan

In November 2017, India, US, Japan &Australia formed "Quad" coalition to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence.

during an online summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

5. Which cooperation agreement  allows militaries of the two countries to use each other's bases for repair and replenishment of supplies besides facilitating scaling up of overall defense cooperation?

1. Most Favored Nation (MFN)

2. Market Economy Nation(MEN)

3. Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)

4. Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA)

6. Which is the first state in India to get DGCA approval for use of drones for aerial surveillance & inspection of Extra HV power transmission lines & towers?

1. Uttar Pradesh 

2. Karnataka

3. Tamil Nadu

4. Maharashtra

- state-owned Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company (MSETCL) will use drones with video cameras & thermo-vision cameras to check faults in power transmission lines across the state

- MSETCL has procured 16 drones for the project.

7. Under Disaster Management act 2005, contributions to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) have been allowed through these modes _______  ? 

1. Physical instruments 

2. RTGS/ NEFT/ UPI 

3. https://bharatkosh.gov.in

4. b & c

5. a & c

6. a, b & c

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the contributions to the NDRF have been allowed through any of the modes like physical instruments, Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)/National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT)/ Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and https://bharatkosh.gov.in

These contributions have been allowed as per Section 46(1)(b) of the Disaster Management (DM) Act, 2005

8. Which Nodal agency under MeitY has issued a notice to Twitter about recent global hack targeting high profile users & affected Indians and overall impact? 

1. CERT-in

2. DPIIT

3. NSA 

4. NATGRID

India's cyber security agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

9. Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) established in 1955 is located in 

1. Mysuru

2. Thiruvananthapuram

3. Kottayam

4. Kochi

10. Who is the Chairman of the Rubber Board ?

1. Sawar Dhanania

2. K.N. Raghavan 

3. G R Chintala

4. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

The Rubber Board is a statutory body constituted by the Government of India, under the Rubber Act 1947, for the overall development of the rubber industry in the country.

GR Chintala - NABARD Chairman

Sukhbir Singh Sandhu - NHAI Chairman

11.What is the name of the app developed by Rubber Board in association with National Informatics Centre (NIC), available in Google Play Store?

1. Kheti badi

2. Kisan Suvidha

3. Rubber Kisan

4. Krishi Gyan

The Rubber Board has developed a new Mobile App ‘Rubber Kisan’ for rubber growers. The application developed in association with National Informatics Centre (NIC)

12. What is the 10 member cell set up by the Civil Aviation Ministry for prompt assistance & clearance of proposals; expedite investments in Indian aviation?

1. UDAN

2. Investment Clearance Cell

3. AirSewa

4. e Sahaj

-Civil Aviation Ministry has set up an Investment Clearance Cell, ICC for prompt assistance and clearance of proposals. The ten-member cell will be headed by a Joint Secretary in the Ministry.

-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) is an initiative by the government to connect the country's under-served and unserved airports

-AirSewa enables travelers to submit grievances and seek information on air travel in India. It is an initiative by MoCA, Govt. of India. Airport Information

-Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launched e-Sahaj portal to facilitate individuals and private companies in seeking security clearance for setting up businesses in certain sensitive sectors & geographies.

13. Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission launched on 10 Feb 2020, became the first spacecraft to take images of the Sun’s surface from a closer distance is a joint operation by two space agencies ?

1. NASA & ISRO

2. NASA & JAXA

3. NASA & ESA

4. NASA & SpaceX

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) observed a unique phenomenon near the surface of the sun— miniature solar flares, dubbed “campfires,

Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission became the first spacecraft to take images of the Sun’s surface from a closer distance.

14. Nelson Mandela International Day is an annual international day in honour     of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on ________________

1. 19th July

2. 18th July

3. 17th July

4. 20th July

officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. 

15. Who will have a virtual meeting with his American counterpart US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette,  as part of the second India-US Strategic Energy Partnership (SEP) Ministerial ?

1. Piyush Goyal

2. Nirmala Sitharaman

3. Dharmendra Pradhan

4. Nitin Gadkari

16. PM Modi delivered the keynote address themed "Multilateralism after Covid-19: What kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary”. Which High-Level Segment of the principal organ of the UN did PM address?

1. UNGA (General Assembly)

2. UN Secretariat

3. UNSC (Security Council)

4. ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council)

-Six main organs of the United Nations—the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Trusteeship Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. 

- The Court has its seat at The Hague, Netherlands. All other organs are based at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

17. Name the first “cable-stayed” Indian Railways bridge that will connect Katra and Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir

1. Nehru Sethu

2. BogiBeel Bridge

3. Pamban Bridge 

4. Anji Khad Bridge

first cable-stayed” Indian Railways bridge – the magnificent Anji Khad Bridge will soon connect Katra and Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir

developed by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, which is a Government of India undertaking. The cable-stayed railway bridge is a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project over river Chenab

 

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