Sunday, December 6, 2020
Current Affairs Daily Quiz, 06th December 2020
Q1. Which is the first country to grant its approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine?
USA
France
UK
India
Q2. Who released the ‘Smuggling in India Report 2019-20’ during the 63rd founding day of DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence) ?
Shri Anurag Thakur
Smt Nirmala Sitharaman
Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey
Shri Balesh Kumar
Q3. Who is the Director-General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) ?
Om Prakash Dadhich
Balesh Kumar
Sanjay Kumar Mishra
Rakesh Asthana
Q4. Indian defense ministry has approved creation of which of the following posts ?
Dy. Chief of Military Operations & Strategic Planning
Director General Information Warfare
Both of the above
None of the above
Quiz Answers
1. UK became the first country to grant its approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and it was granted by Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
2. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated DRI's 63rd Founding Day celebrations, and unveiled the 'Smuggling in India Report 2019-20’.
The report analyzed organized smuggling trends on Gold & Foreign Currency, Narcotic Drugs, Securi.ty, Environment, Commercial Frauds.
3. Balesh Kumar ---> Director-General of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
Om Prakash Dadhich--->Principal Director General, Directorate General of GST intelligence (DGGI)
Sanjay Kumar Mishra----> Director of Enforcement Directorate(ED)
Rakesh Asthana--->Director General of Border Security force (BSF) & Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
4. Both
Defence ministry has approved the creation of a new post of deputy chief for military operations and strategic planning in the Army. Lt Gen Paramjit Singh is set to become the first deputy chief of Army staff (strategy).
The Government has also cleared the creation of the post of Director General Information Warfare in the headquarters, for future battlefield, hybrid warfare and social media realities.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Current Affairs Daily Quiz, 05th December 2020
Q1. Born on 4th December 1919, he was the 12th Prime Minister of India, a commemorative stamp was launched in his honour on his 101st Birth Anniversary. Name the ex -PM.
PV Narasimha Rao
Chandra Sekhar
Inder Kumar Gujral
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Q2. 15 year old, Gitanjali Rao, has been named first-ever Kid of the Year, by which magazine?
TIME
New Yorker
Washington Post
The Week
Q3. Which country has declared Climate Emergency on Dec 2, 2020, and pledged that its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025?
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
UAE
Q4. Dronacharya Awardee Kuldeep Handoo from J&K has been appointed PM Modi’s 'Fit India’ Movement Ambassador. He is associated with which sport?
Judo
Archery
Boxing
Wushu
Q5. Who has won the Global Teacher Prize 2020 ?
Carlo Mazzone , Italy
Olasunkanmi Opeifa , Nigeria
Doani Emanuela Bertan, Brazil
Ranjitsinh Disale, India
Q6. Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, also known as” the grand old man of spices”, passed away at the age of 98 was the founder of ______
Everest spices
MDH spices
Badshah Masala
Catch Foods
Q7. What is the full form of MDH in spice company MDH private ltd?
Mahashian Di Handi
Masala Di Handi
Mahashay Di Hatti
Mahashian Di Hatti
______________________________________________________
Quiz Answers
1. Inder Kumar Gujral, was the 12th Prime Minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. He propounded the Gujral Doctrine, as a set of five principles to guide the conduct of foreign relations with India's immediate neighbours.
2. 15 year old, Gitanjali Rao was named first-ever TIME ‘Kid of the Year’. Her work includes to tackling contaminated drinking water, opioid addiction & cyberbullying, & to create a global community of young innovators.
3. New Zealand has declared a climate emergency on December 2, 2020 and pledged that its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025. It joins 32 other countries that have declared a climate emergency.
4. Wushu coach Kuldeep Handoo, was appointed as “Fit India” movement ambassador. He is the first person from the J&K UT to receive the Dronacharya award.
5. Ranjitsinh Disale, an Indian govt. school teacher,has won the Global Teacher Prize 2020. He is known for embedding QR codes in textbooks, which was adopted by NCERT &awareness on ills of teen marriage.
6. Mahashay Dharampal Gulati, was the founder and CEO of MDH, an Indian spice company.
7. In Indian spice company, MDH stands for Mahashian Di Hatti.
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Friday, November 6, 2020
Daily Competitive Quiz Answers+Notes November 6, 2020
A1:
- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) approved WhatsApp Pay in a limited manner and only allowed to have 20 million UPI users in India.
- NPCI said that the no third-party app part of UPI payment system would be allowed to carry out more than 30 per cent of all UPI transactions w.e.f January 1, 2021.
- NPCI is the nodal agency for retail payments system in India.
A2:
-The new entrants in ISL this season are Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.
- Mohun Bagan merged with ISL franchise ATK to become ATK Mohun Bagan.
- East Bengal sold a majority stake in the club to Shree Cement to become SC East Bengal.
A3:
- Rafael Nadal became the 4th men's player to reach 1000 match wins to join Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl.
A4:
- Shri Gadkari has asked Ministry of DoNER to formulate a comprehensive ''Bamboo Policy'' as most of the bamboo is produced in North East.
- Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) ~Shri Jitendra Singh
A5: one-time spectrum charge (OTSC)
A6:
- Under the Co-Lending Model (CLM), banks will be permitted to co-lend with all registered NBFCs (including HFCs) based on a prior agreement.
-The primary focus of "Co-Lending Model" (CLM), is to improve the flow of credit to the unserved and underserved sector of the economy.
A7:
- INS Airavat has delivered 100MT of food aid to Sudan as part of COVID relief package as a part of Mission Sagar II.
-First Mission Sagar was undertaken in May-June 2020, wherein India provided food and medicines to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros.
- SAGAR ~ Security and Growth for All in the Region
A8:
- Goni made landfall as a super typhoon, at Philippines on November 1, 2020 with wind speed of 225km/h (140mph).
- Goni is known as Rolly in the Philippines
- President of Philippines : Rodrigo Duterte
A9:
- Ganga was declared "National River' on November 4, 2008.
- National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is organized a 3-day 'Ganga Utsav 2020' on virtual platforms from November 2,2020
- Director-General of NMCG ~ Rajiv Ranjan Mishra
A10:
- US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement formally come into effect on November 4, 2020.
-Paris accord was adopted in 2015(signed in 2016), within United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is designed to boost greenhouse-gas-emissions mitigation worldwide.
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