15 August 2020, Daily Quiz

1. The first consignment of 40-millimetre Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) ammunition, (which is fitted under a rifle in the 5.56 mm INSAS), was handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF).It was indigenously-designed and manufactured by _____

Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK)
Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur (GCF)
Grey Iron Foundry Jabalpur (GIF)
Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Tiruchirapalli (HAPP)

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2.How many “Tribal Freedom Fighters” Museums dedicated to the contributions of the tribal people in India to the freedom struggle, is being developed by the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry?

5
7
9
11

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3. Who was the first Defence minister of independent India?

N Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Baldev Singh Chokkar
VK Krishna Menon
Jawaharlal Nehru

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4.Which nation has declared a "state of environmental emergency" as a stranded Japanese ship MV Wakashio leaked oil into the ocean ?

Maldives
Mauritius
Japan
Sri Lanka

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5. Under the “Punjab Smart Connect Scheme”; launched by CM Amrinder Singh more than 1.74 lakh students will be given _________

Books
Laptops
Televisions
Smartphones

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6. What is the name of the portal developed by the Ministry of Defense, which will give information on items that can be taken up for indigenization by the private sector?

SURAKSHYA
SRIJAN
TULIP
SWASHTYA

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7. Who was the first Indian external affairs minister to deliver a speech in Hindi at the UNGA ( United Nations General Assembly)?

Sushma Swaraj
Gulzarilal Nanda
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Lal Bahadur Shastri

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8. Chandrayaan-2 has captured images of the Moon and one of the craters has been named by ISRO after____

APJ Abdul Kalam
Homi Bhabha
Sathish Dhawan
Vikram Sarabhai

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9.9. In 2008, consultancy firm Ernst & Young released a report, that detailed how small-town (22 towns) India consumers were hankering for more, and marketers and advertisers were unable to keep pace. What was it called ?

Halo Effect
Rhyme as reason effect
Dhoni Effect
Fresh start effect

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10.Which bank has launched a ‘Shaurya KGC Card’ for the armed forces personnel?

Yes Bank
Axis Bank
ICICI Bank
HDFC Bank

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15 August 2020 Quiz Answers + Notes

 1. Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK)

The first consignment of indigenously-designed and manufactured 40-millimetre Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) ammunition was handed over by Ammunition Factory Khadki (AFK)

2. 9

The Tribal Affairs Ministry said the nine museums dedicated to tribal freedom fighters will be completed by the end of 2022.

Rajpipla (Gujarat)  Ranchi (Jharkhand), Lambasingi (Andhra Pradesh), Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Kozhikode(Kerala), Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Hyderabad (Telangana), Senapati (Manipur) and Kelsi (Mizoram).

Rajpipla (Gujarat) is largest of Tribal museum

3. Baldev Singh Chokkar

4. Mauritius

5.Smartphones

6.SRIJAN

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched a portal SRIJAN which is a one stop shop online portal that provides access to the vendors to take up items for indigenization.

Department of Defence Production has developed an indigenization portal, srijandefence.gov.in, as 'opportunities for Make in India' in Defence.

7.Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Mr Vajpayee first addressed the UNGA's 32nd session in 1977 as the foreign minister government headed by then PM Shri Morarji Desai.It was the first time that an Indian leader had delivered the speech in Hindi at the UNGA.

8.Vikram Sarabhai

A photograph of Sarabhai crater, named after the ISRO's founder Dr Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, was released by ISRO.

9. Dhoni Effect

10. HDFC Bank

14 August 2020, Daily Quiz

1. UPASI objected to any move that might tinker with the import duty which will have a counterproductive impact on the tea growing sector. What is the full form of UPASI ?

United Plantation Association of Southern India
United Planters’ Association of Southern India
Union of Planters’ Association of Southern India
Union of Planters’ Association of Southern India

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2. Which institute has launched “Pavitrapati” Ayurvedic Biodegradable Face Mask and Anti-Microbial Body Suit Named “Aushada Tara"?

Defence Institute of High Altitude Research , DIHAR (Leh)
Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences ,DIPAS (Delhi)
Defence Research & Development Laboratory DRDL, (Hyderabad)
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, DIAT (Pune)

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3. Who launched the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) ?

Rajnath Singh
Amit Shah
Narendra Modi
Admiral Karambir Singh

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4. What is the name of the compendium of Indian Navy’s indigenisation perspective plans for self-reliance in defence under the vision of Atma Nirbhar Bharat?
Operation Samudra Setu
Operation Cheetah
SWAVLAMBAN
Sarthak

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5.Indian Coast Guard was launched and re-christened the Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) as ‘Sarthak. It has been designed & built indigenously by_______

Cochin Shipyard Limited
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)
Naval Dockyard (Visakhapatnam)
Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai

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6. Who is the government’s interlocutor in the Naga peace talks with (National Socialist Council of Nagaland) NSCN?

Isak Chishi Swu
R. N. Ravi
Narendra Modi
Ajit Doval

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7. Which institute has conducted a study on seed germination , which will determine the optimum timing of seed germination and ensure high plant yields by interplay of plant hormones and environmental factors like light and darkness?

IISER Bhopal
IISc Bangalore
DIHAR Leh
IIT Kharagpur

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8. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Skill Development Centre (SDC) established at Indian Institute of Science's Challakere campus, Karnataka. It is in a collaboration with which PSU?

IOC
HAL
BPCL
DRDO

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9.Delhi-Amritsar-Katra Expressway will be a 687-kilometre-long 6 to 8 lanes expressway, which will connect Delhi with Amritsar in Punjab and Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the Union Minister Jitendra Singh,when will it be completed ?

2021
2022
2023
2024

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10.Which Arab country was a part of the historic deal brokered by the US President Donald Trump , making it only the third Israel-Arab peace deal since Israel's declaration of independence in 1948, after Egypt and Jordan?

Saudi Arabia
Qatar
UAE
Iraq

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14 August 2020 Daily Quiz, Answers + Notes

 1.United Planters’ Association of Southern India

UPASI president AL RM Nagappan, said tea was an important agro-industry that employed 2.12 lakh growers and 11.65 lakh workers, of which more than 70% were women.

2.Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, DIAT

Pune based Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, DIAT launched “Pavitrapati” Ayurvedic Biodegradable Face Mask and Anti-Microbial Body Suit Named “Aushada Tara"

3.Rajnath Singh

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO) 

The NIIO puts in place dedicated structures for the end users to interact with academia and industry towards fostering innovation and indigenisation for self-reliance in defence in keeping with the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat

4. ‘SWAVLAMBAN’

A compendium of Indian Navy’s Indigenisation perspective plans titled ‘SWAVLAMBAN’ was released by RM Rajnath Singh

5. Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)

An Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) for the Indian Coast Guard was launched and re-christened as Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sarthak.

OPV Sarthak is the 4th in the series of five OPVs. It has been designed & built indigenously by M/s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL)

6. R. N. Ravi

Nagaland Peace Accord was signed on 3 August 2015 by the Govt of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) to end the insurgency. 

Government’s Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks R. N. Ravi signed it on behalf of the Government of India whereas Lt. Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman and Thuingaleng Muivah, General Secretary signed on behalf of the NSCN

7. IISER Bhopal

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, has conducted a study on seed germination that could have a major impact on agriculture in the long run by helping determine the optimum timing of seed germination and thus ensure high plant yields.

 It focused on the interplay between plant hormones like abscisic acid (ABA) which inhibit the sprouting of the seed & environmental factors like light (which promotes the sprouting process) and darkness.

8. HAL 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre (SDC) established at Indian Institute of Science''s Challakere campus in Chitradurga district, Karnataka.

9.  2023

Katra (J&K) - Delhi express road corridor which will be ready by 2023 and when it becomes functional, the travel time from Katra to Delhi will get reduced to around six and half hours

The project is expected to cost Rs 35,000 crore.

10.UAE

UAE -Israel deal is the third Israel-Arab peace deal since Israel's declaration of independence in 1948, after Egypt and Jordan.

13 August 2020 Daily Quiz

1. Who has been named as the Vice President nominee by Democratic Party in US?

Tulsi Gabbard
Kamala Harris
Alexandria Occassio Cortez
Rishi Sunak

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2.Which State government has launched 'Karma Sathi Prakalpa' scheme under which one lakh unemployed youth would be provided soft loans and subsidies to make them self-reliant??

Odisha
Rajasthan
West Bengal
Assam

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3. Who will launch the platform for "Transparent Taxation – Honoring the Honest" through video conferencing on Aug 13th, 2020?

Nirmala Sitharaman
Dr Jitendra Singh
Piyush Goyal
Narendra Modi

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4.Who is the Chairman of National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration ?

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Dr VK Paul
Dr Harsh Vardhan
Subroto Bagchi

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5.Which company has launched a pocket Android POS (point of sale) device with an aim to reduce contact while ordering and making payments at Rs 499?

PhonePe
PayTM
Mobikwik
JioMoney

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6. India has signed a contract for development of five eco-tourism zones with which country, to be implemented under the High-Impact Community Development project (HICDP) scheme?

Mauritius
Maldives
Malaysia
Sri Lanka

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7.Which state cabinet approved a proposal to make Bajali the 34th full-fledged district of the state?

Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Goa

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8.Which state has introduced YSR CHEYUTHA PADHAKAM scheme under which Govt. will offer financial assistance of Rs 18750,. to SC, ST, OBC and minorities women who are aged between 45-60?

Telangana
Tamil Nadu
Puducherry
Andhra Pradesh

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9.When is the World Organ Donation Day observed?

August 12
August 13
August 14
August 15

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10.‘Project Kuiper’ constellation, which entails sending 3,236 satellites into orbit to beam internet coverage down to Earth has been approved by FCC. It is a project by ______

Google
Facebook
Amazon
Microsoft

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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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