Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020 || 22 Sept 2020 ||

Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020

22 SEPT 2020

(Q.01) Name the person who has been appointed as the chairman of high-level committee constituted by GoI to prepare roadmap to regularise land leasing in agri sector.
1) Niranjan Jyoti
2) Pradip Shah
3) Ajay Tirkey
4) VK Paul

Ans. :-(3) Ajay Tirkey

In order to prepare a roadmap for regularisation of land leasing in the agriculture sector, the Centre has set up a high-level committee headed by Ajay Tirkey, secretary of the department of land resources under the ministry of rural development. The reform will lay down rights of landless farm workers who are deprived of welfare benefits. The proposed framework will recognise the rights of landowners and cultivators and farm workers.

(Q.02) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) formed a 7-member task force for framing guidelines for vegan foods recently. Who is the CEO of FSSAI?
1) Arun Singhal
2) Harshad Pandurang Thakur
3) Randeep Guleria
4) Balram Bhargava

Ans. :-(1) Arun Singhal

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) formed a seven-member task force for framing guidelines/provisions for vegan foods in the country. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Arun Singhal.

(Q.03) Name the Indian who has been named to the 2020 Cohort of young leaders for SDG by United Nations.
1) Udit Singhal
2) Licypriya Kangujam
3) Archana Soreng
4) Nethra

Ans. :-(1) Udit Singhal

Udit Singhal (18 years), the founder of Glass2S and, a zero waste ecosystem to control the increasing menace of glass waste in Delhi, has been named to the 2020 Cohort of young leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the United Nations (UN).

(Q.04) Who has presented the 1st ever “AICTE Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020”?
1) Nitin Gadkari
2) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
3) Prakash Javadekar
4) Harsh Vardhan

Ans. :-(2) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

On the occasion of National Engineers Day, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union Minister of Education presented the first ever “AICTE Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020” to the 12 faculty members of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved institutions over a virtual ceremony.

(Q.05) Who represented India at 6th BRICS communication ministers meeting held virtually?
1) Jitendra Singh
2) Santosh Gangwar
3) Rao Inderjit Singh
4) Sanjay Dhotre

Ans. :-(4) Sanjay Dhotre

The 6th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Communication Ministers Meeting was hosted by Maxim Parshin, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia in a virtual format where India was represented by Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State (MoS) for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Education. It should be noted that this meet is held annually under the rotating Chairmanship of member countries. India will take over the Chairmanship of the next BRICS Communications Ministers’ Meeting to be hosted in 2021 by India.

(Q.06) Which city ranked top in the 2nd edition of smart city index 2020 released by Institute for Management Development (IMD) in collaboration with few other organisations?
1) Singapore
2) Zurich
3) Helsinki
4) Hyderabad

Ans. :-(1) Singapore

Institute for Management Development (IMD), in collaboration with Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD), IMD World Competitiveness Center, and Smart Cities Observatory (SCO) has released the 2nd edition of global listing of smart cities i.e. “Smart City Index (SCI) 2020” in which the ranking of four Indian cities- New Delhi, Mumbai (Maharashtra), Hyderabad (Telangana), and Bengaluru (Karnataka) were declined as the technological advancement in these cities is not up to date to cater the COVID19 Pandemic. The index was topped by Singapore followed by Helsinki (Finland) and Zurich (Switzerland) in the second and the third place respectively. It should be noted that Indian cities have suffered more from the pandemic because they were not prepared. The work of these rankings was led by IMD’s Professor Arturo Bris.

(Q.07) What is the name of 1st ever planet which orbits white dwarf discovered by international team of astronomers?
1) ‘WD 1856 a’
2) ‘WD 1856 b’
3) ‘WD 1856 c’
4) ‘WD 1856 d’

Ans. :-(2) ‘WD 1856 b’

An international team of astronomers have discovered the 1st ever planet, ‘WD 1856 b’ orbiting a white dwarf or a dead star, located about 80 light years away in the northern constellation Draco. The Jupiter sized planet has a very short orbital period, i.e., a year on this planet is only 1.4 days. The findings are published in the Journal Nature. The discovery was made using NASA’s (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope. WD 1856 b is about 7 times larger than ‘WD 1856+534’.

(Q.08) “A Promised Land” is the memoir of whom?
1) Angela Merkel
2) Manmohan Singh
3) Barack Obama
4) Donald Trump

Ans. :- (3) Barack Obama

Penguin Random House announced that the first volume of the Former President of United States of America(USA), Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land” is set to hit the stores on 17th November 2020, two weeks after Election day. This book will be released by Crown, a division of Penguin Random House around the world in 25 languages which includes Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Czech, Finnish and Vietnamese.

(Q.09) Balli Durga Prasad Rao who passed away recently is the present Lok sabha MP from which state?
1) Telangana
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh

Ans. :-(4) Andhra Pradesh

Balli Durga Prasad Rao, Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh-AP) Lok Sabha MP (Members of Parliament) passed away of COVID-19 at Apollo Main Hospital in Chennai, TamilNadu. He was around the age of 64. He belongs to Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party(YSRCP). He was born in Nellore district, AP on June 15, 1956. The first-time MP from the Tirupati (SC-Scheduled Caste) reserved constituency served as the School Education Minister in the Chandrababu Naidu Cabinet in the undivided Andhra Pradesh during 1995-96. He is the 2nd sitting MP after H. Vasanthakumar, Congress MP, from Kanyakumari constituency in Tamil Nadu and 1st from AP to die of COVID-19.

(Q.10) When was the World Bamboo day observed annually (2020’s theme – ‘Bamboo now’)?
1) September 21
2) September 20
3) September 19
4) September 18

Ans. :-(4) September 18

11th World Bamboo Day (WBD) was observed on September 18, 2020 to increase the awareness of Bamboos globally by the World Bamboo Organization (WBO). The Theme for this edition of World Bamboo Day is “BAMBOO NOW”. The World Bamboo Day is observed annually on September 18. It was established by Mr. Kamesh Salam, Former President of World Bamboo Organization, during the 8th World Bamboo Congress (WBC) at Prachan Buri, Bangkok, Thailand in 2009.

(Q.11) Ashok Gasti who passed away recently is the present Rajya Sabha MP from which state?
1) Karnataka
2) Kerala
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Telangana

Ans. :-(1) Karnataka

Ashok Gasti, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP (Member of Parliament) from Karnataka, passed away of COVID-19 at a private hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He was around the age of 55. The BJP Karnataka leader was born in 1965 and belonged to Raichur district, Karnataka. The first-time Rajya Sabha member took oath as MP on July 22, 2020.

(Q.12) How much is the insurance amount provided per health worker under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package scheme?
1) 20 Lakh
2) 100 Lakh
3) 20 Lakh
4) 50 Lakh

Ans. :-(4) 50 Lakh

The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package(PMGKP) Insurance Scheme for Health Workers who are fighting against COVID-19 has been extended as 6 months’ scheme, i.e., 180 days. The central sector scheme was announced on March 30, 2020 for a period of 90 days, it was extended for further 90 days i.e. up to September 2020. The Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme is a part of the Rs 1.70 lakh Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package announced in March 2020.

(Q.13) Reserve Bank of India issued Draft Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2020 under which section of the RBI Act, 1934?
1) Section 45 A
2) Section 45 D
3) Section 45 W
4) Section 45 Z

Ans. :-(3) Section 45 W

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued Draft Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2020 under Section 45 W of the RBI Act, 1934 to allow foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to undertake exchange-traded rupee interest rate derivatives transactions subject to an overall ceiling of Rs 5,000 crore. The RBI has sought comment on these directions by October 15, 2020.

(Q.14) Yoshihide Suga has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of which country?
1) Thailand
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Philippines

Ans. :-(2) Japan

Yoshihide Suga was formally elected as Japan’s New Prime Minister. He will succeed Shinzo Abe, who was Japan’s Longest serving Prime Minister and stepped down due to health problems. The 71-year old Yoshihide received 314 votes (462 votes were cast) in the 465-member House of Representatives, and 142 votes in the 245-member House of Councillors (House of Representatives & House of Councillors are both part of DIET, National Parliament of Japan). Yoshihide’s party Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) holds a majority in the Japan Parliament.

(Q.15) Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of online poker platform, 9stacks?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Suresh Raina
3) MS Dhoni
4) Yuvraj Singh

Ans. :-(2) Suresh Raina

9stacks, India’s fastest growing online poker platform has roped in Suresh Raina, Indian cricketer as its brand ambassador. A left-handed batsman and a spin bowler, Suresh Raina will be a part of the upcoming campaigns and engagement activities of 9stacks. He will anchor the brand and help to create a higher brand recall among the key target audience.