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

Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020

26 JUL 2020

(Q.01) The Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched ‘Vriksharopan Abhiyan’ the tree plantation campaign of the Coal Ministry. Who is our coal minister?

1) Shri Pralhad Joshi
2) Babul Supriyo
3) Prakash Keshav Javadekar
4) Mr. Dinesh K Tripathi

Ans. :-(1)Shri Pralhad Joshi

  • The campaign was conducted virtually at more than 130 locations in around 38 districts of 10 coal/lignite bearing States.
  • 6 lakh seedlings have been planted across 600 acres.
  • Amit Shah led foundation stones for six eco parks and tourism sites during the ‘Tree Plantation Campaign’ through video-conferencing. 

(Q.02) In which place Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawal, Flag Officer Commanding-in-chief, Southern Naval Command (SNC), virtually employed the 3 MegaWatt (MW) largest Solar Power Plant?

1) INA, Ezhimala
2) INA, Delhi
3) INA,Chennai
4) INA,Mumbai

Ans. :-(1)INA, Ezhimala

Indian Naval Academy
Motto – Shaping Future Naval Leadership
Commandant – Vice Admiral Mr. Dinesh K Tripathi, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM), Nau Sena Medal (NM) 
Deputy Commandant – Rear Admiral Mr. Tarun Saobiy, Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM)
Location – Ezhimala, Kannur, Kerala, India 

(Q.03) In accordance with the “Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2016-18”, released by the Office of the Registrar General’s Sample Registration System (SRS), the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in India has declined to ____ in 2016-18 from 122 in 2015-17?
1) 130
2) 118
3) 113
4) NONE

Ans. :-(3) 113

About Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (ORGI):
The Office of the Registrar General, India works under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Registrar General & Census Commissioner– Dr. Vivek Joshi

(Q.04) Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman informed that so far Rs _____ crore has been approved for 81 projects under Special Window for Affordable and Mid Income Housing (SWAMIH) Investment Fund I.
1) 8776
2) 8767
3) 8967
4) 9767

Ans. :-(2) 8767

About SWAMIH investment fund I

i.It is a Special Window for Completion of Construction of Affordable and Mid-Income Housing Projects.

ii.The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal in November 2019 to set up a ‘Special Window’ in the form of an alternative investment fund (AIF) to provide priority debt financing for the completion of stalled housing projects. SVL will be the Investment Manager to the first AIF set-up under this special window.

iii.The fund will be set up as a Category-II AIF (Alternate Investment Fund) debt fund registered with SEBI and would be professionally run.

(Q.05) Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) becomes the 1st Indian port and 7th Port globally to sign up for the Science-Based Targets initiative(SBTi). Where is the head office of APSEZ ?
1) Gujarat
2) Delhi
3) Haryana
4) Maharashtra

Ans. :-(1) Gujarat

About APSEZ:
Head Office– Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Chief Executive Officer and Whole Time Director of APSEZ– Karan Adani

About TCFD:
Chairman– Michael R. Bloomberg

(Q.06) Through which project the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to develop a biotechnology based water treatment system for the purification of sewage water flowing into the rivers Ganga and Godavari ?
1) SUMMER
2) AUTTOM
3) WINTER
4) SPRING

Ans. :-(4) SPRING

About IIT (BHU)
Director – Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain
Location – Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

(Q.07) Which ministry has conducted the first ever Indian Scholastic Assessment (Ind-SAT) Test 2020 under study in India Programme on July 22, 2020.
1) HRD
2) Home
3) Finance
4) Health

Ans. :-(1) HRD

‘Study in India’ programme: The Primary objective is to target foreign students by branding India as an attractive education destination. 
About Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD):
Union Minister: Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
Minister of State: Sanjay Dhotre

(Q.08) The World Health Organization (WHO) along with other key bodies had launched COVID-19 Law Lab. Where is the headquarter of WHO?
1) Paris
2) Geneva
3) Newyork
4) Delhi

Ans. :- (2) Geneva

About WHO:
Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland
Director-General– Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

(Q.09) _______ and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) agreed to partner toward the “Green Recovery”, which is to help hands for the people who are facing the harsh economic impact due to COVID-19 pandemic. 
1) WHO
2) UN
3) AIIB
4) ADB

Ans. :-(4) ADB

About ADB
Headquarters– Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. Philippines 
Membership – 68 countries
President – Masatsugu Asakawa

About GCF
Headquarters – Songdo International Business District, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South Korea
Executive Director – Mr. Yannick Glemarec

(Q.10) Which edition of two days long (July 22-23, 2020) world’s largest Global Fintech Fest (GFF) was held virtually, which was organized by Payments Council of India (PCI) and Fintech Convergence Council (FCC) at National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) under the theme Fintech : With and Beyond COVID.
1) 2nd
2) 4th
3) 1st
4) 3rd

Ans. :-(3) 1st

About National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI):
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)–  Dilip Asbe
Headquarter– Mumbai, Maharashtra

(Q.11) Who has publicized the “Report of the Committee for Analysis of QR (Quick Response) Code” under the chairmanship of Prof. Deepak B. Phatak on its website for  comments / suggestions of various industry players.
1) RBI
2) NPCI
3) IRCTC
4) SEBI

Ans. :-(1) RBI

About Reserve Bank of India (RBI):
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Formation– 1 April 1935
Governor– Shaktikanta Das
Deputy Governors– 4 (Bibhu Prasad Kanungo, Mahesh Kumar Jain, Michael Debabrata Patra, one is yet to be appointed).

(Q.12) Amazon Pay, the payments arm of Amazon India has partnered with which General Insurance Ltd to offer auto insurance for two and four-wheelers in India, a 100% paperless insurance plan? 
1) ICICI
2) NIPPON
3) SBI
4) ACKO

Ans. :-(4) ACKO

About Amazon:
Headquarters– Washington, United States
Founder & CEO– Jeff Bezos
About Acko General Insurance Ltd
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
MD & CEO– Varun Dua

(Q.13) In partnership with whom, PhonePe has launched Hospital Daily cash benefit under its Group Safeguard Insurance policy, a sachet-based group insurance product?
1) RIL
2) HDFC Life
3) LIC
4) ICICI Lombard

Ans. :-(4) ICICI Lombard

About PhonePe:
HeadQuarter– Bengaluru, Karnataka
Chief Executive Officer(CEO)– Sameer Nigam
About ICICI Lombard:
HeadQuarter– Mumbai, Maharashtra
Managing director(MD) & CEO– Bhargav Dasgupta

(Q.14) Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has appointed Mr. Partha Pratim Sengupta as its new Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In which year IOB was formed?
1) 1937
2) 1935
3) 1921
4) 1947

Ans. :-(1) 1937

About IOB
Founded – 10 February 1937
Founder – Mr. M.Ct.M Chidambaram Chettyar 
Headquaders – Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Chairman -Mr. T. C. A Ranganathan (Non-Exe Chairman)

(Q.15) The Deputy Commissioner of Mumbai Customs and a 2011 batch Indian Revenue Service Officer, Mr. Sahil Seth, has been appointed as an honorary advisor for the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) for the period 2020 to 2030. In BRICS what is C stand for?

1) Cambodia
2) Chile
3) China
4) Canada

Ans. :-(3) China

  • About BRICS CCI
    Parent Organization of BRICS nation
    Type: non-profit, non-governmental organization 
    Chairman – Mr. Vishwas Tripathi
    Vice Chairman – Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh
    Theme for 2020 – “BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth”.

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