Sep 05-06 Quiz answers + Notes

 

1.Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (APIIC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with CSIR-IICT (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - Indian Institute of Chemical Technology )

Bulk drug park on 2,000 acres in East Godavari district with a cost of Rs.6,940 crore 

CSIR-IICT (Director) - Dr. Srivari Chandrasekhar

2. Onam

 Pookalam, Pulikali, Sadhya are cultural aspects of Onam which is an annual holiday and  harvest festival celebrated in Kerala, India.

Pang Lhabsol is unique to Sikkim and commemorates the consecration of Mount Khangchendzonga as the guardian deity of Sikkim.

Pang in Bhutia means ‘Witness’ and Lhabsol means ‘Worship’.It also commemorates the historic swearing of blood brotherhood between the Lepchas and the Bhutias at Kabi Longchok under the witness of Mount Khangchendzonga.

Nuakhai is an agricultural festival observed by people of Western Odisha in India.

“nua” means new and “khai” means food or festival to celebrate newly harvested food by the farmers.

Harela is a Hindu festival celebrated in the Uttarakhand state of India and some regions of Himachal Pradesh.

Harela literally means 'green leaves' and is celebrated to mark the onset of monsoon and the beginning of the sowing season of crops.

3. 1965

 6 September is celebrated as Defence Day in Pakistan, in commemoration of the successful defence of Lahore against the Indian army, in the Indo-Pakistani War of1965

4.Pope Francis

"Let Us Dream” is a book which is contains exchanges between Pope Francis and his biographer Austen Ivereigh, set to release in December of 2020.

5. US, Japan, and Australia

According to CDS Bipin Rawat, Quad can become a system to ensure freedom of navigation at high seas.

Quad or a grouping of 4 countries--India, US, Japan, and Australia

6. Freedom of Navigation Operations

FONOPs are one of the principal tools by which the United States challenges maritime claims deemed excessive under international law.

Context -South China sea

7. 48

India has moved up four places to rank 48th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 report which was released on Wednesday.

GII is compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Cornell University and INSEAD business school, the index assessed 131 economies.

8. Vice President

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan served as the first Vice President of India and the second President of India.

Born: 5 September 1888

9. Adani Green Energy

Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Monday said Mercom Capital has ranked it as the world’s largest solar power generation asset owner in terms of operating, under-construction and awarded projects

AGEL's under-construction and awarded capacity stands at 10.1 GW, while its operational capacity is nearly 3 GW.

10. L C Goyal

A one-year extension was given to L C Goyal on Monday as the Chairman and Managing Director of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) and he will continue in the post till September 1, 2021

11  P. Iniyan

GM P. Iniyan won the 48th annual world open chess tournament (online) recently.

12. Punjab

Punjab State Forest Department on Thursday launched 'I Rakhwali' application to help netizens to become 'Greenery Saviours'.

Punjab Forest Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot launched  the application, with its main aim to inspire people to plant more trees.

04 September Daily Quiz

1. MeitY has banned another 118 Chinese mobile apps, under section 69A of ____________?

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Right to Education Act
Information Technology Act
Right to Information Act

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2. Who has developed remote-controlled medical trolley ‘MEDBOT’ to deliver food, medicines to COVID-19 patients?

CSIR CMERI
DIAT, Pune
DIHAR, Leh
Indian Railways

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3.Who has partnered with Bangladesh Water Development Board to bring the flood warning services to the country?

Google
Facebook
IBM
Microsoft

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4. Who is the author of the upcoming book titled 'The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind'?

Harsha Bhogle
Ayaz Memon
Ramachandra Guha
Mohandas Menon

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5.Which Hollywood actor is set to release a Children's Picture Book "The One and Only Sparkella"?

Tom Hanks
Tom Cruise
Harrison Ford
Channing Tatum

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6.Who has written the Childresn's Book "The Big Thoughts of Little Luv" ?

Aamir Khan
Twinkle Khanna
Karan Johar
Aditya Chopra

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7."Pang Lhabsol" is a culturally and historically significant festival celebrated annually in the which Indian state?

Assam
Sikkim
Nagaland
Arunachal Pradesh

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8.Which of the following institute's startup has launched ‘Chakr DeCoV’ to decontaminate N95 masks ?

IIT Delhi
IIT Bombay
IIT Kanpur
IIT Kharagpur

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9. Who has been elected as the Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)?

Aveek Sarkar
Vijay Kumar Chopra
N Ram
Prannoy Roy

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10.Who has beeen appointed managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of South Indian Bank from October 1,2020?

Shyam Srinivasan
Sashidhar Jagdishan
Karnam Sekar
Murali Ramakrishnan

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04 September Daily Quiz Answers & Notes

 1.Information Technology Act

Section 69A of the IT Act gives the Union government the power to restrict websites that threaten India’s defence and sovereignty, but it doesn’t come under the RTI Act.

Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, was introduced by an amendment to the Act in 2008. 

It gives the Central government the power to block public access to any information online — whether on websites or mobile apps

2. Indian Railways

Indian Railways developed remote-controlled medical trolley ‘MEDBOT’ to deliver food, medicines to COVID-19 patients

3.Google

Google has partnered with Bangladesh Water Development Board to bring the flood warning services to the country.

4.Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha's  upcoming book is titled 'The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind',

5.Channing Tatum

Channing Tatum is set to release his first children’s picture book titled The One and Only Sparkella

6.Karan Johar

Karan Johar his first children's book titled The Big Thoughts of Little Luv.

released his autobiography named An Unsuitable Boy back in 2017

7. Pang Lhabsol

Pang in Bhutia means ‘Witness’ and Lhabsol means ‘Worship’.

This festival is unique to Sikkim and commemorates the consecration of Mount Khangchendzonga as the guardian deity of Sikkim.

It commemorates the historic swearing of blood brotherhood between the Lepchas and the Bhutias at Kabi Longchok under the witness of Mount Khangchendzonga.

Chief minister: Prem Singh Tamang

Sikkim joined India on 16 May 1975

8. IIT Delhi

IIT Delhi incubated startup Chakr Innovation has launched ‘Chakr DeCoV’ to decontaminate N95 masks

9.Aveek Sarkar

Aveek Sarkar, the Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of the Ananda Bazar Group of Publications, has been elected Chairman of Press Trust of India

10.Murali Ramakrishnan

Murali Ramakrishnan as the new managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of South Indian Bank, the Kerala-based bank will have a new chief from October 1.

03 September Daily Quiz

1. What is the name of Dubai Multi Commodities Centre’s(DMCC) agricultural platform developed with India’s CropData Technology?

Weqaya
Agriota
al-Amal
Barakah

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2. Who has assumed charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Hindustan Shipyard Ltd ?

Rajeev Kumar
Hemant Khatri
Sunil Arora
Sukbhir Singh Sandhu

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3. What is the name of the mission given for National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB),for civil services capacity building & efficient public service delivery?

Mission Indradhanush
Mission Shakti
Mission Karmayogi
Mission Mangal

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4. Who has developed herbal-based immunity boosting room freshener product named “Healthy Air” to contain the spread of COVID-19?

IIT Delhi
Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Leh
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune
IIT Mombay

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5.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is on a 3-day visit to Russia from September 2 to attend the Defence Ministers’ Meet of ________?

G7
BRICS
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic  Cooperation(BIMSTEC)
Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO)

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6.Who launched two citizen-centric mobile apps "Ama Sahar" and "Swachha Sahar Odisha" ?

Naveen Pattanaik
Bhupesh Baghel
Nitish Kumar
Hemant Soren

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7.Which airport has won the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Godrej Green Business Centre (GBC) 'National Energy Leader' and 'Excellent Energy Efficient Unit' award.?

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
Kempegowda International Airport,Bengaluru
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad

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8.Which of the following plans to come out with a detailed set of Forensic Accounting and Investigation standards by the end of December 2020?

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India
Institute of Company Secretaries of India(ICSI)
Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI)

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9. Who became the first woman Director General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security?

Swati Maliwal
Rekha Sharma
Usha Padhee
Charu Sinha

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10.Who has beeen appointed IG CRPF in Srinagar,also the first female IPS officer to do so?

Swati Maliwal
Rekha Sharma
Usha Padhee
Charu Sinha

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03 September Daily Quiz Answers + Notes

 1.Agriota 

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre’s platform, named Agriota and developed with India’s CropData Technology, will enable trading in cereals, pulses, oil seeds, fruits, vegetables, spices and condiments.

2.Hemant Khatri

Commodore Hemant Khatri (retd) assumed charge as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Hindustan Shipyard Limited.

3."Mission Karmayogi"

Cabinet approves "Mission Karmayogi"- National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB), with the aim of this program is to build new national architecture for civil services capacity building

Comprehensive reform of the capacity building apparatus at individual, institutional and process levels for efficient public service delivery

Wholly owned SPV to own and operate the online learning platform and facilitate world-class learning content market-place

4.Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune has now developed herbal-based immunity boosting room freshener product named “Healthy Air” to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Developed by Deptt of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering with various extracts of herbal oils like Neem, Neelgiri, Camphor, Daalcheeni, Tulsi, Lemon, Turmeric, Laung, Ajwain, Lavender, Elaichi, Turmeric, Natural Vetiveru, Raimuniya and Pine Oil.

5. Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has reached Russia on Sep 02 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defence Ministers’ Meet.

 

The SCO grouping comprises China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

SCO is a permanent intergovernmental international organisation, the creation of which was announced on 15 June 2001 in Shanghai (China).

India and Pakistan officially joined SCO 9 June 2017

6. Naveen Pattnaik 

Shri Naveen Pattnaik Chief Minister of Odisha, launched two citizen-centric mobile applications “Ama Sahar” and “Swachha Sahar Odisha”.

7.Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,Hyderabad

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport,Hyderabad has won the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Godrej Green Business Centre (GBC) 'National Energy Leader' and 'Excellent Energy Efficient Unit' award.

8. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) plans to come out with a detailed set of Forensic Accounting and Investigation standards by the end of December 2020.

9.Usha Padhee 

Usha Padhee, IAS officer of 1996 batch from Odisha Cadre became the first Women and the third IAS officer to be appointed as the Director General(DG) of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security(BCAS).

 She succeeds Rakesh Asthana(IPS) who was appointed as the Director General of Border Security Force(BSF) on 17th August 2020.

10.Charu Sinha

Charu Sinha appointed IG CRPF in Srinagar, first female IPS officer to take charge in this sector.

02 September Daily Quiz

1.Article 280 provides for a Finance Commission, constituted by the President every fifth year or earlier. It is a ______________?

statutory regulatory body
judicial body
quasi-judicial body
None of the above

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2.Which state has launched the "Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana" under which 19 international players from the state will get road connectivity to their houses ?

Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan

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3.Who is the "Father of Science Centre Movement in India"?

Saroj Ghose
M. Visvesvaraya
Homi Bhabha
G S Rautela

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4.The Supreme Court has given telecom companies 10 years to clear AGR dues of around 1.43 lakh crore rupees to the Centre. What is the full form of AGR?

accountable gross revenue
accountable government revenue
adjusted government revenue
adjusted gross revenue

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5.Central Government has approved 27 projects for Rs 743 crores, towards development of integrated cold chains & infrastructure for the food processing sector under which of the following schemes ?

Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana

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6.Who assumed charge as new Election Commissioner of India replacing Ashok Lavasa?

Sushil Chandra
Sunil Arora
Rajeev Kumar
Kshatrapati Shivaji

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7.Who has developed & installed the World’s Largest Solar Tree?

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research (CSIR-CMERI)
IIT Delhi
IIT Kanpur

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8.'World Coconut Day' is observed annually on ___________?

September 1
September 2
September 3
September 4

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9.Which month to be observed as "Nutrition Month" in India?

July
August
September
October

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10.Which country has announced national mourning on 2nd September,2020 to honour the memory of the former President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee?

Nepal
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Myanmar

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02 September Daily Quiz Answer + Notes

 1. quasi-judicial body

Article 280 provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi-judicial body. It is constituted by the President of India every fifth year or even earlier.

Chairman of 15th Finance Commission of India- Shri N.K. Singh

The First Commission was established in 1951 under The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951.

2. Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya launched the Major Dhyan Chand Vijaypath Yojana under which 19 international players from the state will get road connectivity to their houses. 

3. Saroj Ghose

Dr. Saroj Ghose, the Father of Science Centre Movement in India turned 85 on September 1, 2020

He played a pivotal role in establishing the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) in 1978.

4. adjusted gross revenue

The Supreme Court has given telecom companies in India 10 years to clear AGR dues of around 1.43 lakh crore rupees to the Centre.

5.Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana

Government approved 27 projects today under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana for development of integrated cold chains and value addition infrastructure  for the food processing sector

It will help in streamlining the agricultural supply chain & generate direct and indirect employment opportunities in rural areas for a total investment of Rs 743 crore.

Union Minister of Food Processing Industries- Harsimrat Kaur Badal 

6. Rajeev Kumar

Rajeev Kumar assumed charge as new Election Commissioner of India.

He joins the Election Commission of India with Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra.

7. CSIR-CMERI 

CSIR-CMERI has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree, which is installed at CSIR-CMERI Residential Colony, Durgapur.

The installed capacity of the Solar Tree is above 11.5 kWp

Dr. Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI

CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

CMERI Central Mechanical Engineering Research 

8. September 2nd

World Coconut day 

9. September

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced that September will be observed as "Nutrition Month", to spread awareness about nutritional needs, deficiencies and malnutrition.

10.Bangladesh

The government of Bangladesh has announced national mourning on Sep 02 to honour the memory of the former President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee