DAILY GK QUIZ 7 NOV 2020
[Q] Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved Rs.1810.56 crore for 210 MW Luhri Stage-I Hydro Electric Project in which state/UT?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Ladakh
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Telangana
[ANS] c
[Q] Name the
first Country to formally exit the Paris Climate Agreement (November 2020).
(a) China
(b) United States (US)
(c) India
(d) Australia
(e) France
[ANS] b
1. EXERCISE “BULL STRIKE” AT TERESSA ISLAND
• Andaman
and Nicobar Command (ANC) conducted a three-day Tri-Service Combat Exercise
code named “Bull Strike” from November 3-5,2020 at Teressa Island in Nicobar
Group of Islands.
• The
exercise saw participation from three service components of ANC, elements of
Indian Army’s Parachute Brigade, MARCOS (Marine Commando Force) and Special
Forces.
2.
GLOBAL INVESTOR ROUNDTABLE 2020 CONFERENCE
• In
order to attract investments in India, the Global Investor Roundtable (VGIR)
2020 conference was held virtually which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.
• It
focuses on discussions around India’s economic and investment outlook,
structural reforms and the government’s vision for making the country a $5
trillion economy.
DAILY GK QUIZ 6 NOV 2020
[Q] In which
state did the Energy Efficiency Bureau (PEE) launch the ‘Go Electric’ campaign
to set up 400 electric vehicle charging stations?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Pudhucherry
[ANS] c
[Q] Union
Minister for Earth Science (MoES), Harsh Vardhan released the report
“Estimating the Economic Benefits of Investment in National Monsoon Mission
(NMM) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) Facilities”. Who prepared the
Report?
(a) Investment Information and Credit Rating Agency
(b) National Council of Applied Economic Research
(NCAER)
(c) Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations
(d) Sardar Patel Institute of Economic & Social
Research
(e) National Institute of Agricultural Economics and
Policy Research (NIAP)
[ANS] b
DAILY GK 6 NOV 2020
1. PRASAR
BHARATI SIGNED MOU WITH BISAG-N
• Prasar Bharati, the public broadcaster
of India signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with Bhaskaracharya National
Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics(BISAG-N) under the
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to enable 51
direct-to-home (DTH) Educational television(TV) channels to all DD Free Dish
Viewers.
2. CHACHA CHAUDHARY NAMED AS BRAND
AMBASSADOR OF NAMAMI GANGE
• A three-day long Ganga Utsav 2020 from
November 2-4, 2020 was virtually organized by National Mission for Clean Ganga
(NMCG) amid COVID-19 to spread awareness about river Ganga and the need to keep
the river clean and rejuvenated.
• The 2020 edition marks the 12th
anniversary of Ganga being accorded the status of National River, on 4th
November 2008.
3. 2ND BATCH OF THREE RAFALE FIGHTER
JETS LANDED
•
2nd Batch of Three Rafale Fighter Jets
landed at the Jamnagar Air Base in Gujarat.
•
The fighter jets took off from Istres
air base, France and flew continuously over eight hours covering 3, 700
nautical miles (6, 852 Kilometres) before landing in India.
•
With the arrival of the Three fighter
jets, Indian Air Force (IAF) now has 8 Rafale Fighter jets.
•
The Second batch will be stationed at
Hasimara Air Force Station, West Bengal.
4. UNITED STATES FORMALLY EXITS PARIS
CLIMATE AGREEMENT
•
United States (US) became the first
country to formally exit the Paris Climate Agreement.
• The formal exit from the agreement
happened over a period of three years, after President Donald Trump declared
pull- out from the climate accord in June 2017.
• US is the second largest emitter of
Greenhouse gases in the world (1st – China), accounting for a total of 25
percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
•
US had promised to reduce its emissions
by 26 percent to 28 percent by the year 2025 from 2005 levels.
5. INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TESTED PINAKA
ROCKET SYSTEM
•
India successfully flight tested the
Enhanced version of PINAKA Rocket System from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha.
•
It has been indigenously developed by
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
• The Enhanced variant of the missile will
achieve longer range performance compared to earlier versions of the Pinaka missile and are expected to replace the existing PINAKA Mk-I rockets.
DAILY GK 5 NOV 2020
1.
INDIAN RAILWAYS TIES UP WITH ISB
• Indian
Railways (IR) has tied up with Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad to
improve its operational efficiency using digital tools such as Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and Data Analytics.
Indian School of Business will analyse the data generated by the Indian
Railways.
2.
MEETING OF THE INDIA-UAE
• India
hosted the 8th Meeting of the India-UAE(United Arab Emirates) High Level Joint
Task Force on Investments(the Joint Task Force)
virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
• The
meeting was co-chaired by Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Railways, Commerce
& Industry and Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, Government of
India and His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the
Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
DAILY GK QUIZ 5 NOV 2020
[Q] Where was
the India’s first solar energy-driven miniature train virtually inaugurated?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Kerala
(e) Andhra Pradesh
[ANS] d
[Q] Indo-Israeli
Centre of Excellence for Vegetables Protected Cultivation is being set up in
which state?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Assam
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Tripura
(e) Manipur
[ANS] b
[Q] Which bank
has become 1st corporate partner of edX from India to offer Massive open online
courses?
(a) Bank of Baroda (BOB)
(b) State Bank of India (SBI)
(c) Indian Bank
(d) Canara Bank
(e) Bank of Maharashtra (BOM)
[ANS] b
DAILY
GK 4 NOV 2020
1. INDIA’S FIRST SOLAR-POWERED
MINIATURE TRAIN LAUNCHED
• India’s first solar energy-driven
miniature train was virtually inaugurated at the Veli Tourist Village in Kerala
by state’s Chief Minister (CM) Pinarayi Vijayan.
• Developed with an outlay of Rs 10 crore,
this train is a part of Rs 60 crore projects undertaken to make facilities of
the Veli tourist village to international standards.
• Apart from this, he also dedicated Rs 5
crore Urban Park and Rs 2.5 crore swimming pool at the Veli tourist village
which is located on the outskirts of the capital Thiruvananthapuram where the
Veli lake meets the Arabian sea.
2. ‘MISSION SAGAR-II’
• Indian Naval Ship (INS) Airavat entered
Port Sudan with 100 Tonnes of Food aid as part of Mission Sagar-II. Under
Mission ‘SAGAR’ Indian government is providing assistance to Friendly Foreign
Countries to overcome natural calamities and COVID-19 pandemic.
• The mission is being done in close
coordination with the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of External Affairs and
other agencies of Indian Government.
DAILY GK QUIZ 3, 4 NOV 2020
[Q] Who has won
the Emmett Leahy Award 2020?
(a) Charanjit Attra
(b) Dinesh Katre
(c) Vijay P Bhatkar
(d) Dinesh Kumar Khara
(e) Ravi Solanki
[ANS] b
[Q] Who authored
the book titled “Pandemonium: The Great Indian Banking Tragedy”?
(a) Pradeep Srivastava
(b) Sarbpreet Singh
(c) Tamal Bandyopadhyay
(d) Anand Neelakantan
(e) Vikas Khanna
[ANS] c
Daily GK Quiz 1, 2 Nov 2020
[Q] Name the
initiative launched by India Railways to ensure safety of women passengers on
trains.
(a) Mera Dost
(b) Meri Sakhi
(c) Mera Mitra
(d) Meri Saheli
(e) Mera Sathi
[ANS] d
[Q] Which Bank
launched instant payouts “Visa Direct” in association with Visa?
(a) Axis Bank
(b) Indian Bank
(c) Bank of Maharashtra
(d) Bank of Baroda
(e) RBL Bank
[ANS] e
Daily GK 3 Nov 2020
1. INDIA’S FIRST-EVER E-RESOURCE
CENTER ‘NYAY KAUSHAL’
• CJI Sharad Arvind Bobde inaugurated ‘Nyay
Kaushal’ – India’s first ever E-resource centre and a virtual court for the
Maharashtra Transport and Traffic Department at Judicial Officers Training Institute
in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
• Nyay Kaushal will facilitate
electronic-filing of cases in Supreme Court, High Court and district courts
across the country.
• The virtual court will deal with all
traffic challan cases from every corner of Maharashtra online.
2. GOVT PROVIDED RS 670CR TO RRB
• Central Government has provided Rs 670
crore to Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in order to raise the Capital to Risk
(Weighted) Assets Ratio (CRAR) of about one-third of the 43 RRBs who are
suffering losses especially from north-eastern and eastern regions and need
funds to meet regulatory capital requirement of 9%.
• This infusion would take care of their
capital needs till March 31, 2021.
Daily GK 1, 2 Nov 2020
1. BEST GOVERNED STATES & UNION
TERRITORY
• Kerala emerged as the Best Governed State
in the Large States Category, Goa emerged as the Best Governed State in Small
States Category, Chandigarh emerged as the Best Governed Union Territory based
on Governance in the 5th edition of Public Affairs Index 2020 (PAI 2020)
released by Public Affairs Centre (PAC).
2. INDIAN RAILWAYS LAUNCHES ‘MERI
SAHELI’ INITIATIVE
• Indian Railways launched the ‘Meri Saheli’
initiative to ensure safety of women passengers on trains across all zones.
• Under the initiative, women passengers
will be provided safety and security during their entire journey, i.e., from
originating station till destination station.
• Meri Saheli is an initiative of Railway
Protection Force (RPF).
Daily GK 31 Oct. 2020
1. THREE NEW UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVES
• International Coordinating Council (ICC)
of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme included Panna Biosphere
Reserve (Madhya Pradesh) in India, Fuvahmulah Biosphere Reserve (Maldives) and
Addu Atoll Biosphere Reserve (Maldives) to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere
Reserves.
2. KABARTAL WETLAND DESIGNATED AS RAMSAR SITE
• Ramsar Convention declared Kabartal
Wetland also known as Kanwar Jheel in Begusarai, Bihar as a site of
international importance. Kabartal Wetland has been included in the ‘List of
Wetlands of International Importance’ established by Article 2.1 of the
convention.
• After designating Asan Conservation
Reserve(ACR), Dehradun, Uttarakhand and Kabartal Wetland, Begusarai, Bihar, as
Ramsar sites, the total number of Ramsar Sites in India is 39, the highest in
South Asia.
Daily GK 30 Oct. 2020
1. UK-INDIA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DIALOGUE
• 10th Round of Ministerial the United
Kingdom (UK)-India Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) was held virtually
where India was represented by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of
Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Ministry of Finance and UK delegation was led by
Chancellor of Exchequer, Rishi Sunak.
2. LOAN AGREEMENT WITH JBIC
• NTPC (formerly known as National Thermal
Power Corporation Limited) Limited signed foreign currency loan agreement with
Japanese Government’s financial institution, Japan Bank for International
Co-operation (JBIC) for JPY (Japanese Yen) 50 billion (approx. USD 482 million
or Rs. 3,582 crore) under its Global Action for Reconciling Economic growth and
Environment preservation (GREEN) initiative.
• It should be noted that this is the first
funding for NTPC Ltd under JBIC’s GREEN .
• Apart from NTPC, State Bank of India (SBI)
also signed a loan agreement of $1 billion with JBIC under which the latter
will provide funds for the manufacturers, suppliers and dealers of Japanese
automakers in India.
3. GO LIVE ON RBI’S ACCOUNT AGGREGATOR FRAMEWORK
• IndusInd Bank announced that it has gone
live as a Financial Information Provider (FIP) under the new Account Aggregator
(AA) Framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
• IndusInd Bank becomes the 1st bank in
India to do so.
4. ASIA’S SAFEST BANK FOR 12TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
• Global Finance, New York based trade
publication released the list of World’s 50 Safest Banks 2020 which named DBS
Bank, Singapore as the Safest Bank in Asia for the 12th consecutive year.
• DBS secured the 4th rank as the safest
commercial bank in the world and 14th safest bank globally from 2019 and 2018.
• Global Finance has named State Bank of
India(SBI) as the Safest Bank in India.
TOP 3 WORLD’S SAFEST BANK & ASIA’S SAFEST BANK
2020:
Rank Top
3 World’s Safest Banks 2020 Top
3 Safest Banks in Asia 2020
1 KfW
(Germany) DBS
Group (Singapore)
2 Zuercher Kantonalbank
(Switzerland) Oversea-Chinese
Banking Corporation(Singapore)
3 BNG Bank (Netherlands) United
Overseas Bank(Singapore)
14 DBS Bank (Singapore)
Daily GK 29 Oct. 2020
1.
COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF UN
• Department of Posts released a
commemorative postage stamp on the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN)
Organisation. Dr. S Jaishankar, Union external affairs minister was the chief
guest of the event.
• Note– Dr. S Jaishankar mentioned the
release of the commemorative stamp as a ‘befitting tribute’ to the 75 years of
the UN.
2.
MOU FOR ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF CUSTOMS DATA
• Department of Posts and United States
Postal Service (USPS) have inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for
Electronic Exchange of Customs data related to postal shipments.
• This MoU enables Exchange of Electronic
Advance Data (EAD) i.e. transmitting and receiving of electronic data of
international postal items prior to their physical arrival at the destination
resulting in customs clearance of postal items in advance.
Daily GK 28 Oct. 2020
1.
DISBURSING LOANS UNDER PM SVANIDHI SCHEME
• Uttar
Pradesh has secured First Rank in
Disbursing Loans under PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi)
scheme by approving the highest number of loans under the scheme in the
country.
• Madhya
Pradesh came second in the list with over 1.25 Lakh Beneficiaries, followed by
Telangana (53, 777) in Loan Disbursement Scheme.
• Meanwhile,
Uttar Pradesh ranked first in all categories viz Applications of Loan, Sanction
of Loan and Disbursements of loans under the scheme.
2.
FIRST ‘QUAD’ EXERCISE
• The
naval exercise Malabar is held annually between the troika of India, United
States (US), and Japan but this year i.e. the 24th edition of exercise will
also see a participation of Australia making it first “quadrilateral” naval
exercise excercise.
• This
Quad grouping exercise will take place in India Ocean Region (IOR) viz. Bay of
Bengal and the Arabian Sea in a non-contact format amid COVID-19.
3.
WATER ON SUNLIT SURFACE OF MOON
• For
the first time, National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA)
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed water on
the sunlit surface of the Moon.
• SOFIA
has detected water molecules (H2O) in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters
visible from Earth, located in the Moon’s southern hemisphere.
• The
results are published in the latest issue of Nature Astronomy.
4.
WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE 2020: OCTOBER 27
• The
United Nations (UN) World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is annually celebrated
on October 27 globally to commemorate the adoption of the Recommendation for
the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images in 1980 by the 21st General
Conference of UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
• Theme
of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2020– ‘Your Window to the World’.
Daily GK 27 Oct. 2020
1.
WAVELRAMKALAWAN ELECTED AS SEYCHELLES PRESIDENT
• India origin Wavel Ramkalawan, of the
opposition LinyonDemokratik Seselwa (LDS) has been elected as the President of
Seychelles by defeating incumbent Danny Faure of United Seychelles party.
• His great grandfather was an indentured
labourer from Bihar.
• It should be noted that since 1977 it was
for the first time that Seychelles got a leader from opposition party.
2. 400TH BIRTH
ANNIVERSARY OF SHRI GURU TEGH BAHADUR
• Central government set up a high-level
70-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to commemorate the
400th birth anniversary of Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur.
• Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union ministers Rajnath Singh& others among the
members.
3. PORTUGESE GP
• British Driver Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
won the 2020 Portugese Grand Prix held at Algarve International circuit,
Portugal.
• With this win, Lewis Hamilton became the
most successful driver of Formula One with 92 wins.
• Finland driver Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
finished second, while Netherland’s Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) finished
third in the race.
4. MAHESH
KANODIA PASSED AWAY
• Mahesh Kanodia former Member of
Parliament(MP) and renowned Gujarati musician and singer passed away at the age
of 83 at his residence in Gandhinagar, Gujarat due to prolonged illness.
• He was born on 27th January 1937 in Kanoda
village, Mehsana district, Gujarat.
Daily GK 24 Oct. 2020
1. ANEMIA MUKT BHARAT INDEX
• 8th Governing
Body Meeting of the State Health Society of the National Health Mission (NHM)
was held in Chandigarh where Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Index was released which
has been topped by Haryana with a score of 46.7 among all the 29 states in the
country.
2. IMPLEMENTATION OF PMGSY
• The Union
Ministry of Rural Development declared the list of top performing 30 districts
in the country for implementing the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
programme.
• In this list,
Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh won top position among 30 districts of
India.
• PMGSY was
launched by the Govt. of India in 2000, to provide connectivity to unconnected
Habitations as part of a poverty reduction strategy.