Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020 || 28 Aug 2020 ||

Current Affairs Quiz Questions and Answers 2020

28 AUG 2020

(Q.01) The central government has formulated the National Council for Transgender Persons recently. Who is the present chairperson of the council?
1) Narendra Singh Tomar
2) Ram Vilas Paswan
3) Ravi Shankar Prasad
4) Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Ans. :-(4) Thaawar Chand Gehlot

On August 21, 2020, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (40 of 2019) the Central Government constituted the India’s first 30-member National Council for Transgender Persons to advice, monitor and evaluate measures for the protection of the rights of Transgender community.The 30-member council is consisted of 1Chairperson, 1 Vice-Chairperson, 13 members, 14 nominated members and 1-member secretary. The Chairperson of the council is Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment (SJ&E) (Thaawar Chand Gehlot at present) &Vice-chairperson: Minister of State (MoS), SJ&E.

(Q.02) The Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA) has partnered with which organisation to set up a help desk for MSMEs?
1) United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
2) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
3) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
4) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Ans. :-(4) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

The Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA) has joined hands with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to set up a help desk for MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) for providing information on various government safety guidelines, regulatory norms, schemes and support measures during the Covid-19 related business challenges pandemic by hosting regular webinars, consultation and interactive sessions for MSMEs.

About Chamber of Marathwada Industries and Agriculture (CMIA):
President– Kamleish Dhoot
Headquarter– Aurangabad, Maharashtra
About United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):
Administrator– Achim Steiner
Headquarter– New York, United States of America (USA)

(Q.03) India’s longest river ropeway project connecting the northern and southern banks of the Brahmaputra river was inaugurated at which state?
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Tripura
3) Assam
4) Meghalaya

Ans. :-(3) Assam

The Guwahati Passenger Ropeway Project connecting the Northern and Southern banks of the Brahmaputra River was inaugurated by the Assam State Minister of Finance, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Guwahati Development Department (GDD) Minister, Siddhartha Bhattacharya. The ropeway service is 1.8 Kilometres long, making it the longest ropeway distance over a river in the entire country. The project is set to become operational by August 24, 2021 and has been built at an estimated cost of Rs 56 Crore.

About Assam:
Capital – Dispur
Chief Minister – Sarbananda Sonowal 
National Parks – Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, Kaziranga National Park, Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Nameri National Park, The Orang National Park.

(Q.04) The India – Uzbekistan co-chaired the first National Coordination Committee meeting recently. What is the capital of Uzbekistan?
1) Nur-Sultan
2) Tashkent
3) Bishkek
4) Ashgabat

Ans. :-(2) Tashkent

V Muraleedharan, Minister of State(MoS) for External Affairs, Government of India and Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Foregin Economic Relations, Uzbekistan co-chaired the first National Coordination Committee Meeting over a virtual platform. Issues on bilateral interests like, Line of Credit(LoC) projects, bilateral trade and investments were discussed during the meeting.The capital and currency of Uzbekistan are Tashkent and Uzbekistani som respectively.

About Uzbekistan:
President– Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Prime Minister- Abdulla Aripov 
Capital– Tashkent
Currency– Uzbekistani soʻm

(Q.05) Vice president of India Venkaiah Naidu has released two reports namely ‘Status of Sex Ratio at Birth in India’ and ‘Elderly Population in India: Status and Support Systems’ prepared by Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (IAPPD). Who is the chairman of IAPPD?
1) P.J. Kurien
2) J.S. Yadav
3) P.P. Talwar
4) Manmohan Sharma

Ans. :-(1) P.J. Kurien

M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice president of India released 2 research reports of the Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (IAPPD) namely, ‘Status of Sex Ratio at Birth in India’, that describes about the imbalance in the number of females and males in the population and ‘Elderly Population in India: Status and Support Systems’, which highlights the issues of the elderly population in the country and states some useful recommendations to improve their plight.Prof. P.J. Kurien, Chairman of IAPPD and the former Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha; Manmohan Sharma, Secretary of IAPPD among others were also present on the occasion.

About IAPPD:
It is a national level Non-Governmental organization.
Headquarters– New Delhi, India
Chairman– Prof. P.J. Kurien

(Q.06) “Thumbimahotsavam 2020” is the 1stever dragonfly festival of which state?
1) Kerala
2) Karnataka
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Arunachal Pradesh

Ans. :-(1) Kerala

The first ever Kerala State Dragonfly Festival 2020 aka “Thumbimahotsavam 2020” was launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-India State unit in collaboration with Society for Odonate Studies (SOS) and Thumbipuranam through a virtual ceremony from Kerala. Dr. Subramanian K.A., scientist at Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Southern Regional Center, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) addressed the inaugural session. The festival will culminate with the State dragonfly summit, most probably in January 2021. The official mascot of the festival is “Pantalu” which is the genus of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae commonly known as rainpool gliders.

About World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-India:
President– Jamshyd Naoroji Godrej
Secretariat– New Delhi

(Q.07) Name the company which has launched ‘The Anywhere School’ initiative to boost online education.
1) Facebook
2) Microsoft
3) TCS
4) Google

Ans. :-(4) Google

Google launched ‘The Anywhere School’ initiative in more than 250 countries around the world. The initiative is expected to benefit millions of students who have switched to learning from home, due to the pandemic.

(Q.08) Which state government has launched new scheme ‘Promotion of Intensive Aquaculture through Introduction of Bio-flocTechnology during the year 2020-21’?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Rajasthan
4) Maharashtra

Ans. :- (2) Odisha

The Fisheries and Animal Resources Department of the Odisha Government has launched a new scheme ‘Promotion of Intensive Aquaculture through Introduction of Bio-flocTechnology during the year 2020-21’. The state with this scheme aims to increase the fish productivity and make the state self-sufficient in fish production. The scheme will provide income and livelihood support to entrepreneurs, unemployed youth and interested progressive fish farmers. Under this programme, 1080 Bio-floc tanks will be developed with subsidy support, under state plan scheme during 2020-21 in all 30 districts of Odisha. The total outlay of the programme is Rs.310.00 lakh.

(Q.09) Name the state/UT which has launched Niraman Mazdoor Registration Abhiyan for construction workers.
1) Puducherry
2) Karnataka
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Delhi

Ans. :-(4) Delhi

The Delhi Government launched Niraman Mazdoor Registration Abhiyan for construction workers to register and utilise around 18 assistance schemesunder which a mega registration campaign for construction workers will be conducted from 24th August 2020 to 11th September 2020.

(Q.10) Indian railways has generated 6 lakh 40 thousand man-days of work under which scheme in 6 states?
1) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
2) Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana
3) Integrated Rural Development Programme
4) Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan

Ans. :-(4) Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan

Railways have generated more than six lakh 40 thousand man-days of work under Gareeb Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan in six States. The States are Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. Rail Minister Piyush Goyal is closely monitoring the progress made in these projects and generation of work opportunities for the migrant labourers under the scheme. Around 165 Railway infrastructure projects are being executed in these states. Railway Ministry said, 12,276 workers have been engaged in this Abhiyaan and the payment of over Rs 1,410 crore has been released to the contractors for the projects being implemented.

(Q.11) Who among the following has not been inducted into International Cricket Council (ICC)’s cricket hall of fame 2020?
1) Michael Clarke
2) Lisa Sthalekar
3) Jacques Kallis
4) Syed Zaheer Abbas

Ans. :-(1) Michael Clarke

Former players Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Lisa Caprini Sthalekar(Australia) and Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani(Pakistan) were inducted into the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame of the class of 2020 in a virtual ceremony. ICC Cricket Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of the legends of the game from cricket’s long and illustrious history.

(Q.12) The central government has launched new feature ‘Open API Service’ of which application recently to help the people, businesses and the economy?
1) Quarantine Monitor
2) MahaKavach
3) COVID App
4) Aarogya Setu

Ans. :-(4) Aarogya Setu

The Government of India has introduced a new feature, ‘Open API(Application Programming Interface) Service’ of Aarogya Setu, which will address the risk of COVID-19 infections and help the people, businesses and the economy to return to normalcy. It enables the organizations to check the status of Aarogya Setu and integrate it into its various Work from Home features. It was developed by Aarogya Setu team.

(Q.13) The Indian coast guard ship C-449 built and designed by M/s Larsen and Toubro Ltd was commissioned in which city?
1) Kochi
2) Port Blair
3) Mumbai
4) Chennai

Ans. :-(4) Chennai

Indian Coast Guard Ship C-449 was commissioned in Chennai by Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam. The ship is the Forty Ninth Interceptor Boat of the series, which are indigenously built and designed by M/s Larsen and Toubro Ltd, Hazira (Surat). It will be commanded by Assistant Commandant Ashish Sharma and will be based at Krishnapatnam under the administrative and operational control of the Commander, Coast Guard District Headquarters No.6, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

(Q.14) Which country has launched a remote sensing satellite named “Gaofen-9 05” recently?
1) China
2) Japan
3) Russia
4) USA

Ans. :-(1) China

China launched its fifth Gaofen-9 series satellite named “Gaofen-9 05” along with two smaller payloads viz. Tiantuo-5 and Duo Gongneng Shiyan Weixing through Long March-2D carrier rocket from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre (JSLC) in northwest China. This launch was the 343rd mission of the Long March rocket series and the 23rd for China in 2020.Gaofen-9 (05) is an optical remote sensing satellite developed by Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Co.Ltd, part of China Academy of Space Technology (CAST), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The major upcoming Chinese mission in 2020, probably in November, is the Chang’e-5 lunar sample return.

About China:
Capital– Beijing
Currency– Renminbi
President– Xi Jinping

(Q.15) Find the company which has won 2020 Global water award of Global water intelligence for its TRTO plant at Koyambedu, Chennai.
1) GE Water
2) VА Тесh Wаbаg
3) Тhеrmах Іndіа
4) ЅFС Еnvіrоnmеntаl Тесhnоlоgіеs

Ans. :-(2) VА Тесh Wаbаg

Water technology major Va Tech Wabag bagged the 2020 Global Water Award for its 45 million litres a day Tertiary Treatment Reverse Osmosis (TTRO) plant at Koyambedu in Chennai.The plant bagged the distinction award under the ‘Wastewater project of the year’ category.The Global Water Awards were established in 2006 by Global Water Intelligence to reward initiatives in the water, wastewater and desalination sectors that are moving the industry forward through operating performance, innovative technology adoption and sustainable financial models.