Thursday, July 23, 2020

22072020 Daily Quiz + Key

1. Who announced the ‘Mukhya Mantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojana’?

  1. Vijay Rupani

  2. Yogi Adityanath

  3. Bhupesh Baghel

  4. Arvind Kejriwal

2. What is the full form of CCRGA?

  1. Content Regulation in Government Advertising

  2. Content Registration in Government Accounting

  3. Comment Regulation in Government Advertising

  4. Content Registration  in Government Advertising

3. What does N stand for in N95 stand for ? 

  1. New 

  2. Not resistant to Oil

  3. Not resistant to water

  4. Not resistant to pollens

4. Who is the founder and Chairman of Serum Institute of India, Pune ?

  1. Cyrus Poonawalla

  2. Adar Poonawalla

  3. Cyrus Mistry

  4. Tehseen Poonawalla

5. What is the name of the Centre's ambitious project,  to redevelop Parliament and Rajpath, and develop a Common Central Secretariat for various ministries?

  1. Rajpath redevelopment project

  2. Central Vista project

  3. Parliament House redevelopment project

  4. India Gate redevelopment project

6. Which  architecture firm has won the consultancy bid to redevelop the Central Vista?

  1. CP Kukreja Architects

  2. INI Design Studio

  3. Arcop Associates Pvt Ltd

  4. HCP Designs

7. The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Tuesday rolled out a mental health initiative named _________? 

  1. Darpan 

  2. Diksha

  3. Sankalp

  4. Manodarpan

8.   Abrogation of Articles 370 and Article 35A with the propagates the principle of ____________________

  1. Sabka saath, Sabka Vikas

  2. Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas 

  3. Ek Vidhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Pradhan

  4. Minimum Government Maximum Governance 


9. NITI Aayog formed in 2015, a policy think tank of the Government of India replaced the  _______?

  1. National Statistical Commission

  2. Planning Commission

  3. Knowledge Commission

  4. Finance Commission



10. European Union leaders agreed on a stimulus package for their pandemic ravaged economies worth  _____________________?

  1. 750 billion euros ($860 billion)

  2. 860 billion euros ($750 billion)

  3. 860 trillion euros ($750 trillion)

  4. 750  trillion euros ($860 trillion)

11. Who is the president of European Commission ?

  1. Christine Lagarde

  2. Ursula Von Der Leyen

  3. Charles Michel

  4. Angela Merkel

European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.

12. Who is the president of  European Council ?

  1. Christine Lagarde

  2. Ursula Von Der Leyen

  3. Charles Michel

  4. Emmanuel Macron

European Council is a collective body that defines the European Union's overall political direction and priorities. It comprises the heads of state or government of the EU member states, along with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission.

13. Who is the present Prime Minister Of Iraq ?

  1. Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

  2. Mohamed Ali Alhakim

  3. Barham Salih

  4. Hassan Rouhani

14.  Who was recently appointed Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation ?

  1. Anthony Fauci

  2. Stephen Hahn

  3. Ajit Pai

  4. Sethuraman Panchanathan


15. BCCI has sought the Central government’s approval for conducting this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) at __________

  1. New Zealand

  2. UAE

  3. Mauritius

  4. Australia

16. Ramesh Babu Boddu has been appointed  as the MD  and CEO of ___________

  1. Andhra Bank

  2. Karur Vysya Bank 

  3. South Indian Bank

  4. Catholic Syrian Bank

17.IRDAI approved a group variant of the COVID-­19 specific, short term, standard health policy called ____________

  1. Anti Corona

  2. Coronil

  3. Corosure 

  4. Corona Kavach

20. Which of the following have been included under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019?

  1. e-tailer

  2. telecom

  3. food

  4. celebrity endorsement

  5. all of the above

  6. a &d

  7. b&c


 21. Air Force Commanders’ Conference (AFCC) will be  held from July 22 to 24,2020 with the theme______________

  1. IAF in the Next Decade

  2. IAF by 2030

  3. IAF in the next century

  4. IAF and beyond

22.  Indian Air Force (IAF) will  induct the first batch of 5 Rafale fighter jets from France at the Air Force Station located in ____________

  1. Ambala

  2. Amritsar

  3. Leh

  4. Sirsa


23. Who is the Indian Ambassador to Iran?

  1. Vikram Doraiswami

  2. Gourangalal Das

  3. Gaddam Dharmendra

  4. Taranjit Singh Sandhu


24. Which country's aviation authority has said it will lead a research project to study the mythological character Ravana’s “aviation routes”?

  1. India

  2. Nepal

  3. Sri Lanka

  4. Bhutan

25. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu released a book on a little-known community within the larger Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh called?

  1. Kuki

  2. Bodo

  3. Tangam

  4. Bhutia

book titled ‘The Tangams: An Ethnolinguistic Study Of The Critically Endangered Group of Arunachal Pradesh’ was released by Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu.

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

21072020 Quiz + Key

1. AIIMS  to start phase 1 testing of Covid vaccine called   ?

  1. ZyCov-D

  2. Covaxin

  3. ChAdOx1 nCov-19

  4. remdevisir

2. The human vaccine trial has been developed by scientists at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, is made from a weakened version of a common cold adenovirus that causes infections in chimpanzees.?

  1. ZyCov-D

  2. Covaxin

  3. ChAdOx1 nCov-19

  4. remdevisir

3. Bachpan Bachao Andolan ( BBA; Save Childhood Movement) is an India-based movement campaigning for the rights of children. It was started in 1980 by_______ ? 

  1. Narendra Modi

  2. Indira Gandhi

  3. Kailash Satyarthi

  4. Arvind Kejriwal

4.  ASHA is a community health worker instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as a part of the National Rural Health Mission. ASHA full form__

  1. Accredited Social Health Activist

  2. Assistant Social Health Activist

  3. Associated Social Health Activist

  4. Apprentice Social Health Activist



5.Which Civic body has urged mandals to follow ‘one ward-one Ganpati’ concept?

  1. Chennai Municipal Corporation

  2. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation

  3. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

  4. Kolkata Municipal Corporation

6. Which  government has announced financial incentives for doctors and paramedic staff working in COVID­-19 hospitals to boost morale?

  1. Maharashtra

  2. Odisha

  3. Telengana

  4. Andhra Pradesh

7. Four Indian frontline naval ships, Shivalik, Sahyadri, Kamorta and Rana including a stealth corvette, conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with USS Nimitz and three other U.S. ships in the Indian Ocean near______? 

  1. Visakhapatnam

  2. Lakshadweep

  3. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

  4. Kochi

8.  Char Dham Expressway National Highway, is an under construction two-lane express National Highway, connecting the four holy places namely_______ 

  1. Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, Rameswaram

  2. Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Yamunotri

  3. Amarnath, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Mansarovar

  4. Kolkata, Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri


9.Which company has announced a new experiment called Shoploop that brings an interactive shopping experience to consumers?

  1. Microsoft

  2. Google

  3. Amazon

  4. Facebook

10. Which country announced that it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, in an escalation of a dispute with China over its introduction of a national security law ?

  1. Australia

  2. USA

  3. UK

  4. singapore

11.What is the name of the first Arab space mission to Mars, developed by UAE that lifted off from Japan on 20th July 2020?

  1. Perpetuity

  2. Ingenuity

  3. Hope

  4. Perseverance

12. _________is an independent regulator to oversee the auditing profession and accounting standards in India under Companies Act 2013, came into existence in October 2018.

  1. SEBI

  2. RBI

  3. PFRDA

  4. NFRA


Tuesday, July 21, 2020

20072020 Quiz + Key

1. Which Institute has won the Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research)?

  1. Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture

  2. Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture

  3. Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes

  4. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute

2. Who inaugurated the Virtual celebration of the 92nd Foundation day of Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR)?

  1. Narendra Modi

  2. Narendra Singh Tomar

  3. Ram Vilas Paswan

  4. Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”

3. Consumer Protection Act, 2019 comes into force from _______  ? 

  1. 20th July 2020

  2. 19th July 2020

  3. 21st July 2020

  4. 18th July 2020 

4. Central Government will set up a ________________to promote, protect, and enforce the rights of consumers under  Consumer Protection Act, 2019

  1. Integrated Grievance Redressal Mechanism(INGRAM)

  2. Public Grievance cell

  3. Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA)

  4. Lok Adalat



5. The New Consumer Protection Act, 2019, that replaces more than a three-decade-old ______________?

  1. Consumer Protection Act, 1985

  2. Consumer Protection Act, 1986

  3. Consumer Protection Act, 1987

  4. Consumer Protection Act, 1988

6. Which scheme is designed to promote India as a global manufacturing hub for Large Scale Electronics Manufacturing, with the last day for applying July 31, 2020 ?

  1. Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme

  2. Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme

  3. Scheme for Technology Upgradation/ Establishment

  4. Production Linked Incentive Scheme

7. Which state has  launched the Navin Rozgar Chhatri Yojana under which Scheduled Caste youth were given financial support to start their own enterprises so that they could join the mainstream? 

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Uttarakhand

  4. Arunachal Pradesh

8.  The AP  government has notified the Andhra Pradesh Renewable Energy Export Policy, 2020 to establish renewable power projects of ______using the available land bank? 

  1. 140 gigawatts (GWs) 

  2. 120 gigawatts (GWs) 

  3. 160 gigawatts (GWs) 

  4. 120 gigawatts (GWs) 

9. Modulus Housing has developed a portable hospital unit that can be installed anywhere within two hours by four people called  'MediCAB' ia an incubator of 

  1. IIT Kanpur

  2. IIT Delhi

  3. IIT Madras

  4. IIT Bombay

10. Who is one of the founding members of the People's Action Party and first Prime Minister of Singapore ?

  1. Lee Hsien Loong

  2. Lee Kuan Yew

  3. Halimah Yacob

  4. Goh Chok Tong

11. Real Madrid won the 2019/20 edition of LaLiga and 34th Spanish league title. Who is the current manager of Real Madrid?

  1. Rafael Benitez

  2. Carlo Ancelotti

  3. Zinedine Zidane 

  4. Jose Mourinho


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