Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020 || 26 Aug 2020 ||

Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020

26 AUG 2020

(Q.01) Find the organization which released the report titled ‘Elephants. Not commodities’.
1) World Animal Protection
2) Elephant Protection Federation
3) Best Friends Animal Society
4) Animal Friends of the Valleys

Ans. :-(1)  World Animal Protection

During the observance of World Elephant Day 2020, World Animal Protection released the third edition of the report ‘Elephants. Not commodities’ which highlighted that over 200 Elephants in India are kept in ‘Severely Inadequate Conditions’. The report comprises research spanning over a decade in elephant tourism and assessed the entertainment venues across Thailand, India, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.

(Q.02) Which is the 1st foreign bank to launch a ‘Green Deposit Programme’in India?
1) HSBC India
2) Deutsche Bank
3) Standard Chartered Bank
4) DBS Bank

Ans. :-(1) HSBC India

HSBC India becomes 1st Foreign Bank in India to launch a ‘Green Deposit Programme’ exclusively for corporate clients to finance green initiatives and eco-friendly projects like renewable energy, clean transportation, and pollution prevention among others, that promote transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient and sustainable economy. This will enable companies to support environmentally-beneficial projects.

About HSBC India
HeadQuarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra

(Q.03) Mahesh Kumar Jain the deputy governor of RBI has released the National Strategy for Financial Education (NSFE) 2020-2025 recently. The NFSE 2020-2025 recommends which strategy?
1) 3A
2) 4B
3) 5C
4) 6D

Ans. :-(3) 5C

On the lines of the review of progress made under the first National Strategy for Financial Education (NSFE: 2013-2018) the revised NSFE (2020-2025) has been prepared and the document for the same was released by Mahesh Kumar Jain, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on August 20, 2020.There are the Strategic Objectives laid down in NSFE 2020-2025 and in order to achieve them, the document recommends adoption of a ‘5 C’ approach viz. Content, Capacity, Community, Communication and Collaboration.There should be development of a financial literacy mobile app, and leverage social media.The Strategy also suggests adoption of a robust ‘Monitoring and Evaluation Framework’ to assess the progress made under the Strategy.

(Q.04) Which ministry has signed MoU with Ministry of shipping for development in port and maritime sector?
1) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
2) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
3) Ministry of Culture
4) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Ans. :-(2) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Shipping (MoS) and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship(MSDE) for skilling, re-skilling and upskilling of manpower in Port, Maritime sectors.

(Q.05) Which IIM has signed MoU with Switzerland based HELP logistics?
1) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
2) Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
3) Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam
4) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

Ans. :-(4) Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Switzerland based HELP Logistics to engage in a collaborative partnership to provide consulting services and logistics training for the humanitarian community in South Asia.

About IIM-K:
Director of IIM-K – Professor Debashis Chatterjee
Chairman – Arunachalam Vellayan

(Q.06) Which India company enters into top 100 on Fortune Global 500 list (August 2020)?
1) Reliance Industries
2) Indian Oil Corporation
3) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
4) State Bank of India

Ans. :-(1) Reliance Industries

Billionaire MukeshAmbani’s Reliance Industries has jumped 10 places to break into the world’s top 100 companies on the Fortune Global 500 list. The oil-to-telecom conglomerate is ranked 96th in the 2020 ranking released by Fortune. This is the highest any Indian company has been ranked on the Fortune Global 500 list.

(Q.07) Which organization has signed agreement with Business Swedento boost start-up ecosystem?
1) National Development Council (NDC)
2) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
3) Finance Commission (FC)
4) Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

Ans. :-(4) Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and Business Sweden on behalf of India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre signed a virtual Statement of Intent (SoI) to boost the culture of innovation in India. R Ramanan, Mission Director of AIM, NITI Aayog and Anders Wickberg, Swedish Trade Commissioner to India, on behalf of India Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre virtually signed the SoI.

(Q.08) The Uttar Pradesh government has signed MoU with which country for water resource management in Bundelkhand?
1) Bangladesh
2) Israel
3) Nepal
4) Myanmar

Ans. :- (2) Israel

The government of Uttar Pradesh (UP) signed an agreement with the Israel’s Water Resource Minister for the water resource management in Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh. Ron Malka, Israel’s Ambassador to India and Alok Sinha, Agriculture Production Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh signed the ‘plan of cooperation’ on behalf of Israel and India respectively. The ‘plan of cooperation’ is initially signed for 2 years, with the interest of the project, this will be extended in the future. The project was developed by the MASHAV — Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.This cooperation will help with the Indo-Israel Bundelkhand water project undertaken in this region for long term reforms in water management.

(Q.09) Which state government has signed MoU with Reliance Retail, Reliance JioInfocomm and Allana Group to empower women and help women SHGs in the state?
1) Telangana
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Andhra Pradesh

Ans. :-(4) Andhra Pradesh

As part of implementation of the YSR Cheyutha scheme, Andhra Pradesh(AP) government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Reliance Retail, Reliance JioInfocomm and Allana Group to empower women and help women Self-Help Groups(SHGs) in the state to market their products.

About Andhra Pradesh:
Chief Minister– YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
Governor– Biswa Bhushan Harichandan
Capital– Amaravati

(Q.10) The Interceptor Boat ‘ICGS C-454’ developed by which company was inducted into the service of the Indian Coast Guard at Surat, Gujarat?
1) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
2) Cochin Shipyard Limited
3) Mazagon Dock Limited
4) Larsen and Toubro Limited

Ans. :-(4) Larsen and Toubro Limited

The 27-meter-long Interceptor Boat(IB) ‘ICGS C-454’, built by Larsen and Toubro Ltd(L&T) was launched into the service of the Indian Coast Guard(ICG) by DrHiral Patel, wife of Surat district Collector, Dhaval Patel during a ceremony in Surat.

(Q.11) Defence ministry has approved the proposed to expand NCC to how many border and coastal districts?
1) 173
2) 215
3) 156
4) 111

Ans. :-(1) 173

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal of the National Cadet Corps(NCC) for a major expansion scheme in 173 border and coastal districts,where one lakh new cadets will be inducted and one-third of them will be girls. A total of 83 NCC units will be upgraded (Army 53, Navy 20, Air Force 10) to provide training to the cadets.

(Q.12) The National Commission on Population has projected India’s population to be more feminine in which year?
1) 2022
2) 2030
3) 2040
4) 2036

Ans. :-(4) 2036

The National Commission on Population under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) submitted the Report of the Technical group on population projections July 2020, titled “Population projections for India and States 2011- 2036”. The report projected that the India’s sex ratio of the total population (females per 1000 males) is expected to be more feminine in 2036 compared to the population as of 2011.

(Q.13) The UN’s International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief was observed annually on ______.
1) August 25
2) August 24
3) August 23
4) August 22

Ans. :-(4) August 22

United Nations(UN)’s International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is observed annually on August 22 as a response to the violence based on religion and belief. This year marks the 2nd International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. The first International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief was observed on 22nd August 2019. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the resolution A/RES/73/296 on 28th May 2019, declaring 22nd August as the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief.

(Q.14) The earth overshoot day 2020 was observed on August 22, 2020. The first ever earth overshoot day campaign was launched in which year?
1) 2006
2) 2008
3) 2010
4) 2004

Ans. :-(1) 2006

Earth Overshoot Day 2020 is observed on August 22, 2020. Earth Overshoot Day is the date when the demands of biological resources and services of the year by humanity exceeds the generation capacity of Earth in that year. The first Global Earth Overshoot Day campaign was launched in 2006. Compared to 2019, The 2020 Earth Overshoot Day was postponed by three weeks to August 22 due to the rare reversal after the lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic which caused a temporary decline in the carbon emission and wood harvesting and reduced humanity’s footprint by 9.3 percent compared to last year.

(Q.15) Name the mobile app which was developed by National Highways Authority of India to monitor highway plantation.
1) Gora Path
2) Harit Path
3) Vishwa Path
4) Nova Path

Ans. :-(2) Harit Path

Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways launched the mobile app, “Harit Path” for monitoring plantations and transplantation of trees along the highway. during the meeting to review the New Green Highway Policy (Plantation). The mobile app was developed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the Ministry of Road and Transport.