13 August 2020, Daily Quiz Answers + Notes

 

1. Kamala Harris 

 California Senator Kamala Harris will be Presidential candidate - Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 US Elections.

She will be the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office (Vice Presidential candidate) from Democratic Party.

2. West Bengal

 On the occasion of International Youth Day, the West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee launched 'Karma Sathi Prakalpa' scheme under which one lakh unemployed youth would be provided soft loans and subsidies.  

3. Narendra Modi

Shri Narendra Modi launched  the ‘Transparent Taxation- Honouring the Honest’ platform through video conferencing, where the Tax System aims to be painless, seamless and faceless.

Platform has major reforms like Faceless assessment and appeal & TaxPayers Charter

4. Dr V K Paul

The National Expert Group on vaccine administration,  under the chairmanship of Dr. V K Paul, met on 12th August to consider logistics & ethical aspects of procurement & administration of  COVID19 vaccine.

5. PayTM

Paytm has launched a pocket Android POS (point of sale) device, to reduce contact while ordering and making payments. 

It is named Paytm All-in-One Portable Android Smart POS, and is available at Rs 499.

6. Maldives

India  and  Maldives are to begin the implementation of nine projects in the atoll nation under the High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDP).

Under the pact, a total grant of $ 5.6 million was announced.

7. Assam

The Assam government has decided to give full-fledged district status to Bajali, currently a sub-division under Barpeta district, making it the 34th district in the state.

8. Andhra Pradesh

9. August 13th

10. Amazon

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity.

12 August 2020, Daily Quiz

1.  What is the name of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)’s data recovery system, set up under the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)?

Krishi Vigyan kendra (KVK)
mKisan portal
Krishi Megh
KSHAMTA

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2.Who has written the book “Making Sense of Indian Democracy”?

Pradeep Guha
Prannoy Roy
Pratap Bhanu Mehta
Yogendra Yadav

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3. Which was the very first Elephant reserve in India, set up in 2001 ?

Mahanadi Elephant Reserve, Odisha
Singhbhum Elephant Reserve , Jharkhand
Lemru Elephant Reserve, Chhattisgarh
Wayanad Elephant Reserve, Kerala

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4.Russia has claimed to have made and approved the first Covid vaccine in the world. What is it named?
COVAXIN
AZD1222
Sputnik V
Mir

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5.Which Act was enacted to ammend/remove gender discriminatory provisions in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?

Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005
Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2006
Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2007
Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2008

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6.CITES is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals. What is its full form?

Committee on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Committee on Indian Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Convention on Indian Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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7. India celebrates National Remote Sensing Day on August 12th, which also marks the birth anniversary of ____________

Homi Bhabha
Vikram Sarabhai
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Satish Dhawan

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8.When is International Youth Day observed?

August 12
August 11
August 13
August 14

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9.Who is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha?

President of India
Vice President of India
Leader of Opposition
Prime Minister of India

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10.Which company has launched Student Entrepreneurship Programme 2.0 (SEP 2.0) for young innovators of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs), in collaboration with NITI Ayog and Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)?

Google
Facebook
Dell
Microsoft

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12 August 2020, Daily Quiz Answers + Notes

 

1. Krishi Megh

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has launched ICAR's data recovery centre - Krishi Megh.

Krishi Megh has been set up under the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP), funded by both the government and World Bank.

It is aimed at protecting  the data of Indian Council of Agricultural Research and has been set up at National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) in Hyderabad.

2. Yogendra Yadav

In his new book ‘Making Sense of Indian Democracy’, Yogendra Yadav writes about thefuture possibilities for the Indian republic.

3.  Singhbhum Elephant Reserve, Jharkhand

The very first elephant Elephant reserve was the Singhbhum Elephant Reserve in 2001 in the state of Jharkhand. Today there are 30 Elephant reserves, covering an area of around 65,000 sq km in 14 states.

4. Sputnik V

Russia names new Covid-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' in reference to world's first satellite.

5. Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005

The Supreme Court reiterated that the Hindu Succession Act - that was amended in 2005 to give women equal inheritance rights - can have a retrospective effect.

The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that a daughter "by birth become a coparcener in her own right in the same manner as the son."

6. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

7. Vikram Sarabhai

On August 12th,  National Remote Sensing Day is observed which also marks the birth anniversary of 'Father of Indian Space Programme,' Dr. Vikram Sarabhai.

8. August 12th

In 1999, the UN General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth that 12 August be declared International Youth Day.

9. Vice President of India

10. Dell 

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, in collaboration with Dell Technologies launched Student Entrepreneurship Programme 2.0 (SEP 2.0) for young innovators of Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs).

11 August 2020, Daily Quiz

1.When is the World Lion Day observed?

August 09th
August 10th
August 11th
August 12th

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2. When is the World Elephant Day observed?

August 09th
August 10th
August 11th
August 12th

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3. What is the name of the national portal on human elephant conflict, that was launched by Environment Minister Prakash Javedekar?

Surakhsya
Kurma
BhuNaksha
Namami Gange

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4. Which state has announced "Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana" for all the farmers in the current Kharif season?

Rajasthan
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh

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5. What is the title of the book chronicling Shri Venkaiah Naidu’s 3 years in office, as the Vice President of India?

'Chronicling, Communicating, Changing'
'Connecting, Communicating, Changing'
'Changing, Communicating, Connecting’
‘Chronicling, connecting, Changing’

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6. What was the theme of the Webinar conducted by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,on August 10th, 2020 also theWorld Biofuel Day?

Biofuels in next century
Biofuels in next decade
Biofuels and India
Biofuels towards Atmanirbhar Bharat

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7. Which of the following has launched a multi-branded loyalty platform called “nth reward”?

PayTM
RuPay
VISA
NPCI

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8. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Sunday said it has been awarded the 'Food System Vision Prize' for its ________movement.

Save Food, Share Food, Share Joy
Eat Right India
Food Safety Mitra
BHOG (Blissful Hygienic Offering to God)

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9. Which state is all set to launch a first-of-its-kind ‘silk training-cum-production centre’ by the Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) ?

Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh

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10. Recently inagurated Hubballi Railway Museum, is in which state ?

Kerala
Karnataka
Telengana
Tamil Nadu

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11. What is the assembly of tribal elders,Afghanistan's most powerful institution called that approved of the release of 400 Taliban prisoners ?

Loya Jirga
Stera Mahkama
National Directorate of Security
None of the above

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11 August 2020, Daily Quiz Answers + Notes

 1. World Lion day- August 10th

2. World Elephant Day - August 12th

3. Surakshya  

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar launches portal Suraksha on the eve of World ElephantDay 2020. He also released a booklet on “Best practices of Human-Elephant Conflict Management in India” during the event.

4. Gujarat

 CM Vijay Rupani announces Mukhya Mantri Kisan Sahay Yojana for the current Kharif season. He said all farmers of the state will be covered under this scheme.

5. 'Connecting, Communicating, Changing' 

A book titled 'Connecting, Communicating, Changing' chronicling Shri Venkaiah Naidu’s  three years in office as the Vice President of India.

Released by the Union Minister of Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas in Delhi on August 11, 2020 & E version by Prakash Javedekar.

6. “Biofuels towards Atmanirbhar Bharat”

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas organized a webinar with the theme “Biofuels towards Atmanirbhar Bharat”. 

World Biofuel Day is observed every year on 10th August to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels

     

7. NPCI

National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched ‘nth Rewards’, a business intelligence and analytics enabled omni-channel multi-branded loyalty platform.

8. 'Eat Right India'

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Sunday said it has been awarded the 'Food System Vision Prize' for its 'Eat Right India' movement's vision.

9. Arunachal Pradesh

The Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is all set to launch a first-of-its-kind ‘silk training-cum-production centre’ in Chullyu village, Arunachal Pradesh.

KVIC Chairman - Vinai Kumar Saxena

10 . Karnataka

 Karnataka’s Hubballi Railway Museum is open for visitors from Aug 5

artifacts are broadly arranged in three sections — within two cottages named Malaprabha and Ghataprabha (originally constructed in 1907) and the outdoor section.

11. Loya Jirga

The Loya Jirga, or the assembly of tribal elders, is Afghanistan's most powerful institution. Its approval of the release of Taliban prisoners has paved the way for intra-Afghan talks and possibly an end to the conflict.

10 August 2020, DAILY QUIZ

1.Who will launch Atma Nirbhar Bharat Saptah today ?

Narendra Modi
Rajnath Singh
Narendra Singh Tomar
Nitin Gadkari

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2.Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate video conferencing the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) on 10th August, 2020, to provide high speed broadband connectivity with which state/ UT?

Lakshadweep
Rameswaram
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Mizoram

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3. PM Modi launched a financing facility under Agri-Infra Fund; for setting up storage & processing facilities, which will help farmers get higher prices for their crops for an amount of

$1 lakh crore
INR 1 lakh crore
$ 17000 cr
INR 17000 crore

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4.Quit India movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, demanding an end to British Rule of India, and asking Indians to “do or die” after the failure of _______

Simon Commission
Cripps Mission
Cabinet Mission
Hunter Commission

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5.Which institute in collaboration with Imperial College, London have joined hands to develop a tailored ‘meta-grid’ of nanoparticles that could make LEDs more efficient ?

IIT Kharagpur
IIT Guwahati
IIT Kanpur
IIT Delhi

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6.Who is the newly appointed Chairman of UPSC?

Arvind Saxena
Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”
Pradeep Kumar Joshi
K Kasturirangan

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7.Under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, Defence ministry will introduce an import embargo on _________ items beyond the given timeline to boost indigenisation of defence production.

100
101
103
99

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8.What is the name of the portal launched by Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Z Irani for weavers and organisations to apply for benefits under various handloom schemes?

MyHandloom
HandloomMark(HLM)
#Vocal4Handmade
MakeinIndia

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9.Who has been appointed as the head coach of Italian Football club Juventus ?

Maurizio Sarri
Andrea Pirlo
Antonio Conte
Jose Mourinho

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10. According to the Ministry of Health, tele-consultation by eSanjeevani and eSanjeevani OPD have been implemented by ___ states in India.

20
21
22
23

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11.Western Railways, is transporting Cloth, Dye & Chemicals in a special train loaded from Kankaria in Gujarat, to which place in Bangladesh ?

Dhaka
Benapol
Rajshahi
Khulna

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12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 6th installment of Rs 17,100 crore to about 8.5 crore farmers under which scheme ?

PM KISAN
PM SVANIDHI
PM GKAY
PM KUSUM

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10 August 2020 QuiZ Answers + Notes

1.Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched Atma Nirbhar Bharat week. The initiative was further to recently imposed import embargo on 101 items, to boost indigenisation of defence production.

2.Andaman &Nicobar Islands

PM Modi inaugurated the first ever undersea optical fibre project for Andaman and Nicobar Islands which will provide high speed broadband connections in the Union Territory.

 On December 30, 2018, Prime Minister had laid the foundation for the 2,312-Kilometers long submarine optical fibre cable project connecting Chennai - Andaman and Nicobar Islands (CANI).

Work of laying undersea cable has been executed by BSNL.

internet speed of 400 gigabyte (Gb) per second will be provided at Port Blair and for other islands it will be 200 Gb per second.

Lt. Governor of A&N Islands Admiral D.K. Joshi

3. INR 1lakh crore

PM Modi launched a financing facility of Rs 1 lakh cr under Agri-Infra Fund; for setting up storage & processing facilities, which will help farmers get higher prices for their crops.

4. Cripps Mission

Quit India movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, demanding an end to British Rule of India.

Mahatma Gandhi gave the call for the Indians to “do or die” to make this happen, after the failure of Cripps mission.

5. IIT Guwahati 

Researchers from IIT Guwahati and Imperial College, London have joined hands to develop a tailored ‘meta-grid’ of nanoparticles that could make LEDs more efficient.

6.Pradeep Kumar Joshi

Chairman of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)~ Prof (Dr.) Pradeep Kumar Joshi. 

Arvind Saxena, the outgoing chairman of the UPSC.

7.101

Rajnath Singh said Defence ministry will introduce an import embargo on 101 items in a phased manner,to boost indigenisation of defence production

8. MyHandloom

On August 7, 2020, on the occasion of National Handloom Day, ‘My handloom portal’ was launched. It will act as a single platform for all the information and schemes related to the handloom industry, and one stop for weavers and handloom producers.

9.Andrea Pirlo

Serie A champions Juventus named former midfielder Andrea Pirlo as the new coach. Pirlo was a World Cup winner with Italy in 2006.

He takes over from Maurizio Sarri.

10.23

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan reviewed meeting with states &UTs over the ''eSanjeevani'' and ''eSanjeevaniOPD'' platforms.

This eSanjeevani platform has enabled two types of telemedicine services -  Doctor-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani) and Patient-to-Doctor (eSanjeevani OPD) Tele-consultations.

1.5 lakh tele-consultations (In 23 States) were completed on the tele-medicine service platforms of the Health Ministry. 

11. Benapole

Western Railway Zone has achieved a unique record after deciding to run a parcel train from Ahmedabad division in Gujarat to neighbouring country Bangladesh. It will be traversing 2110 km to reach Benapole in Bangladesh.

12. PM KISAN

PM Modi released the 6th installment of Rs 17,000 cr to over 8.5 cr beneficiaries under PM-KISAN scheme.

Pradhan Mantri KIsan SAmman Nidhi -PM-KISAN.