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

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

19072020 DAILY QUIZ Key + Notes

1. Which Mobile App was launched on 23rd May, 2020 on the occasion of World Turtle Day, as a unique tool for tracking and reporting Indian turtles?

1. TULIP

2. SANKALP

3. KURMA

4. PRAGYATA

- Union Environment and Information and Broadcasting Minister ~ Prakash Javadekar.

- The Mobile Application, KURMA, was launched on 23rd May this year on the occasion of World Turtle Day.

- The citizen science initiative aims at conservation of turtles and tortoises.

2. Which Temple Trust has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay the foundation stone of the temple ?

1. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams

2. Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust

3. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri

4. None of the above

3. Which country is being considered by Indian Ministry of Defence, to be made a part of Malabar naval Exercise along with Japan and US  ? 

1. Singapore

2. Russia

3. Taiwan

4. Australia

The Malabar exercise started in 1992 as a bilateral drill between the Indian Navy and the US Navy in the Indian Ocean. Japan became a permanent member of the exercise in 2015.

4.  Which country elevated their ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership and signed a landmark deal for reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support during an online summit last month. ?

1. Sri Lanka

2. Bangladesh

3. Australia 

4. Japan

In November 2017, India, US, Japan &Australia formed "Quad" coalition to develop a new strategy to keep the critical sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence.

during an online summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.

5. Which cooperation agreement  allows militaries of the two countries to use each other's bases for repair and replenishment of supplies besides facilitating scaling up of overall defense cooperation?

1. Most Favored Nation (MFN)

2. Market Economy Nation(MEN)

3. Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)

4. Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA)

6. Which is the first state in India to get DGCA approval for use of drones for aerial surveillance & inspection of Extra HV power transmission lines & towers?

1. Uttar Pradesh 

2. Karnataka

3. Tamil Nadu

4. Maharashtra

- state-owned Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company (MSETCL) will use drones with video cameras & thermo-vision cameras to check faults in power transmission lines across the state

- MSETCL has procured 16 drones for the project.

7. Under Disaster Management act 2005, contributions to the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) have been allowed through these modes _______  ? 

1. Physical instruments 

2. RTGS/ NEFT/ UPI 

3. https://bharatkosh.gov.in

4. b & c

5. a & c

6. a, b & c

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the contributions to the NDRF have been allowed through any of the modes like physical instruments, Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)/National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT)/ Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and https://bharatkosh.gov.in

These contributions have been allowed as per Section 46(1)(b) of the Disaster Management (DM) Act, 2005

8. Which Nodal agency under MeitY has issued a notice to Twitter about recent global hack targeting high profile users & affected Indians and overall impact? 

1. CERT-in

2. DPIIT

3. NSA 

4. NATGRID

India's cyber security agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

9. Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) established in 1955 is located in 

1. Mysuru

2. Thiruvananthapuram

3. Kottayam

4. Kochi

10. Who is the Chairman of the Rubber Board ?

1. Sawar Dhanania

2. K.N. Raghavan 

3. G R Chintala

4. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu

The Rubber Board is a statutory body constituted by the Government of India, under the Rubber Act 1947, for the overall development of the rubber industry in the country.

GR Chintala - NABARD Chairman

Sukhbir Singh Sandhu - NHAI Chairman

11.What is the name of the app developed by Rubber Board in association with National Informatics Centre (NIC), available in Google Play Store?

1. Kheti badi

2. Kisan Suvidha

3. Rubber Kisan

4. Krishi Gyan

The Rubber Board has developed a new Mobile App ‘Rubber Kisan’ for rubber growers. The application developed in association with National Informatics Centre (NIC)

12. What is the 10 member cell set up by the Civil Aviation Ministry for prompt assistance & clearance of proposals; expedite investments in Indian aviation?

1. UDAN

2. Investment Clearance Cell

3. AirSewa

4. e Sahaj

-Civil Aviation Ministry has set up an Investment Clearance Cell, ICC for prompt assistance and clearance of proposals. The ten-member cell will be headed by a Joint Secretary in the Ministry.

-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) is an initiative by the government to connect the country's under-served and unserved airports

-AirSewa enables travelers to submit grievances and seek information on air travel in India. It is an initiative by MoCA, Govt. of India. Airport Information

-Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) launched e-Sahaj portal to facilitate individuals and private companies in seeking security clearance for setting up businesses in certain sensitive sectors & geographies.

13. Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission launched on 10 Feb 2020, became the first spacecraft to take images of the Sun’s surface from a closer distance is a joint operation by two space agencies ?

1. NASA & ISRO

2. NASA & JAXA

3. NASA & ESA

4. NASA & SpaceX

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) observed a unique phenomenon near the surface of the sun— miniature solar flares, dubbed “campfires,

Solar Orbiter, a new Sun-observing mission became the first spacecraft to take images of the Sun’s surface from a closer distance.

14. Nelson Mandela International Day is an annual international day in honour     of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on ________________

1. 19th July

2. 18th July

3. 17th July

4. 20th July

officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. 

15. Who will have a virtual meeting with his American counterpart US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette,  as part of the second India-US Strategic Energy Partnership (SEP) Ministerial ?

1. Piyush Goyal

2. Nirmala Sitharaman

3. Dharmendra Pradhan

4. Nitin Gadkari

16. PM Modi delivered the keynote address themed "Multilateralism after Covid-19: What kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary”. Which High-Level Segment of the principal organ of the UN did PM address?

1. UNGA (General Assembly)

2. UN Secretariat

3. UNSC (Security Council)

4. ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council)

-Six main organs of the United Nations—the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Trusteeship Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. 

- The Court has its seat at The Hague, Netherlands. All other organs are based at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

17. Name the first “cable-stayed” Indian Railways bridge that will connect Katra and Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir

1. Nehru Sethu

2. BogiBeel Bridge

3. Pamban Bridge 

4. Anji Khad Bridge

first cable-stayed” Indian Railways bridge – the magnificent Anji Khad Bridge will soon connect Katra and Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir

developed by Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, which is a Government of India undertaking. The cable-stayed railway bridge is a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project over river Chenab