DAILY GK QUIZ: 4 DEC 2020
[Q] Where will the
‘Ramayan Cruise Service’ be launched making it India’s 1st luxury Cruise
service on the Saryu River?
(a)
Kevadiya, Gujarat
(b)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
(c)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(d)
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh
(e)
Patna, Bihar
[ANS]
d
[Q] The Indian Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) partnered with ___________ to improve mutual
cybersecurity capabilities.
(a)
Avast
(b)
McAfee
(c)
Kaspersky
(d)
Adobe
(e)
Norton
[ANS]
c
DAILY GK : 4 DEC 2020
1. INTERNATIONAL SAND ART FESTIVAL
• Odisha government tourism department has
organised the 9th edition of International Sand Art festival at Chandrabhaga
Beach in Odisha’s Puri district and parallely the 31st edition of Konark dance
festival following the COVID-19 protocols.
• Theme of the 2020 International Sand Art
festival is “environment” and “COVID-19”.
• India’s renowned sand artist and Padma
Shri Awardee, Sudarsan Pattnaik, is the Chief Curator of the event.
2. DR HARSH VARDHAN CHAIRED “HEALTH
TALKS”
• As a part of 13th Sweden India Nobel
Memorial Week 2020, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare (MoHFW) chaired the inaugural session of “Health Talks”, an
annual conference of the India Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre.
• The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week was
instituted in the memory of Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel
and celebrates his biggest contributions viz. innovations, entrepreneurship and
creativity.
DAILY GK QUIZ: 2, 3 DEC 2020
[Q] Government
of India has allocated Rs 900 crore to Department of Biotechnology (DBT) for
research and development of COVID-19 vaccines under ______________.
(a) Mission
Samudra Setu
(b) Mission COVID Suraksha
(c) National Health Mission
(d) Mission Innovation
(e) ATAL Mission
[ANS] b
[Q] Which Body released the report ‘The
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Trade and Development: Transitioning to a
New Normal’?
(a) International
Trade Centre
(b) World Trade Organization (WTO)
(c) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
(d) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(e) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
[ANS] c
DAILY GK: 3 DEC 2020
1. INDIA’S 1ST 100 OCTANE PETROL,
‘XP-100’ DEVELOPED BY IOC
• Ministry of Petroleum and Natural
gas(MOP&NG) Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the India’s first 100
Octane Petrol also known as XP 100 manufactured by Indian Oil Corporation(IOC).
• XP 100, the premium grade petrol is
manufactured at IOC’s Mathura refinery in Uttar Pradesh, and will be rolled out
in two Phases at selected Petrol stations.
• Phase1(10 cities)– Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida,
Agra, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad
2. 1ST VIRTUAL AADI MAHOTSAV IN
MADHYA PRADESH
• Cabinet Minister of Tribal Affairs, Arjun
Munda launched the first ever virtual edition of Aadi Mahotsav, at Madhya
Pradesh.
• Aadi Mahostav also known as National
Tribal festival is conducted to promote the tribal, products, culture thereby
increasing Tribal income.
• Festival is Jointly organised by the
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India and Tribal Cooperative
Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED).
DAILY GK: 2 DEC 2020
1.
HORNBILL FESTIVAL 2020
• Nagaland started celebrating the 21st
edition of Hornbill festival 2020 from 1st-5th of December organised virtually
for the first time due to the pandemic.
• Hornbill festival known as “Festival of
Festivals” is organised by the state tourism of arts and culture department of
Nagaland at the Naga Heritage Village of Kisama, Kohima.
• It is a 10-day event.
2. SCO CHG HOSTED BY INDIA
• India virtually hosted the 19th meeting of
the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (SCO
CHG) which was chaired by Vice President of India Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu
from New Delhi.
• This was the first Summit-level Meeting
held under India’s Chairmanship, since it gained full -membership of the
organization in 2017.
DAILY GK QUIZ : 1 DEC 2020
[Q] Where did PM
Narendra Modi Unveil the Rs.100 Commemorative Coin & Postal Stamp to Mark
Centennial Foundation Day of University of Lucknow?
(a) Uttarakhand
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Gujarat
[ANS] c
[Q] Which State
Government has signed a MoU Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
to develop the MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) ecosystem in the
state?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Kerala
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Maharashtra
[ANS] d
DAILY GK QUIZ: 28, 29, 30 NOV 2020
[Q] Where the
Song Dam drinking water project is to be set up (Fund allocation of Rs. 1100
crore)?
(a) Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
(b) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
(c) Kevadia, Gujarat
(d) Vadodara, Gujarat
(e) Amarkantak, Madhya Prdaesh
[ANS] b
[Q] Which Public
Sector Company becomes 1st company to market CBG (Compressed Bio Gas) from 10
retail outlets spread across Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat, under the
brand name Indi Green?
(a) Bharat Petroleum
(b) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
(c) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
(d) Indian Oil Corporation
(e) GAIL India Ltd (formerly known as Gas Authority
of India Limited)
[ANS] d
DAILY GK: 1 DEC 2020
1. RS.900 CRORE TO MISSION COVID
SURAKSHA
• Government of India has allocated Rs.900
crore to Department of Biotechnology(DBT) for research and development of
COVID-19 vaccines under Mission COVID Suraksha.
• This is the third stimulus package,
already a stimulus of Rs.900 crore for a period of 12 months has been allocated
for phase 1 trials.
• National Technical Advisory Group on
Immunization(NTAGI), approved Mission COVID Suraksha to focus on development of
vaccines to combat the spread of COVID-19 infection in mission mode.
• Fund Allocated– Rs.3000 crore in a
timeline of 12 to 18 months
2. MOST NUMBER OF EDUCATED MIGRANTS
TO OECD COUNTRIES
• According to the data released by OECD
“Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development” in the Most Common
birth countries of Highly Educated Migrants residing in OECD Nations, India
came at the top with around 3.12 Million Highly Educated Migrants living in the
OECD Nations as of 2015-16 data.
• For India, the share of individuals in
Migrants who have High Education Status is 65% i.e high educations means having
received vocational or academic training.
DAILY GK: 29, 30 NOV 2020
1. COMMEMORATIVE COIN TO MARK
FOUNDATION DAY
• PM Narendra Modi, unveiled the University
of Lucknow’s centennial commemorative coin of Rs.100 over a virtual platform.
• He also released the commemorative stamp
issued by the India Post and its cover at the event organised for the
celebration of the 100th Foundation day of the University of Lucknow.
2. INDIA- VIETNAM VIRTUAL DEFENCE
BILATERAL TALKS
• India and Vietnam hold virtual Defence
Ministers bilateral talks where India was represented by Union Minister Rajnath
Singh.
• In order to further deepen bilateral
cooperation, both sides signed an implementing arrangement for cooperation in
the field of Hydrography.
• It was signed between Dehradun
(Uttarakhand) based National Hydrographic Office, India and Vietnam
Hydrographic Office in the presence of the two Ministers.
DAILY GK: 27, 28 NOV 2020
1. BILATERAL Maritime Exercise
SIMBEX-20
• Indian Navy (IN) hosted the 27th edition
of India – Singapore Bilateral Maritime Exercise SIMBEX-20 from 23 to 25
November 2020 in Andaman Sea in a “non-contact, at sea only” Format amid
COVID-19.
• It is an Annual Exercise between IN and
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).
2. SONG DAM DRINKING WATER PROJECT
• The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has announced a Fund allocation of Rs. 1100 crore
towards the Construction of Song Dam Drinking Water Project in Dehradun,
Uttarakhand.
• This Project is aimed at providing 24
hours drinking water to the city of Dehradun and will help the revival of River
Rispana a Tributary of River Song.
3. NAFED’S HONEY FPO PROGRAMME
• Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of
Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare virtually inaugurated the Honey Farmer
Producer Organizations (FPO) Programs of National Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) under the “Formation &
Promotion of 10,000 FPOs” Scheme in 5 States.
• The areas covered under the Honey FPO
programme are, Sundarbans in West Bengal, East Champaran in Bihar, Mathura in
Uttar Pradesh, Morena in Madhya Pradesh and Bharatpur in Rajasthan.
DAILY GK QUIZ: 27 NOV 2020
[Q]
ICCI
(Inventivepreneur Chamber of Commerce and Industries) has signed MoU
(Memorandum of Understanding) with which Bank to empower SMEs and Startups?
(a) IDFC
First Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) Axis Bank
(d) Yes Bank
(e) ICICI Bank
[ANS] b
DAILY GK: 26 NOV 2020
1. ESIC EXTENDED ABVKY SCHEME
• The Employees State Insurance Corporation
(ESIC) has extended the “Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY)” by another
one year i.e. from 1st July, 2020 to 30th June, 2021 amid COVID-19.
• It has also relaxed the eligibility
conditions for the period between March 24, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
• The rate of unemployment relief under the
scheme has also been enhanced to 50% of wages from earlier rate of 25%.
• ABVKY is a welfare measure for employees
covered under Section 2(9) of ESI Act, 1948, in the form of relief payment upto
90 days, once in a lifetime.
2. NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
“GCNEP”
• India and the United States of America
(USA) extended the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning cooperation
with the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership (GCNEP) India, for 10
more years.
• This MoU, inked on November 7, 2010 in New
Delhi also marked the 10 years of partnership on nuclear energy cooperation.
DAILY GK QUIZ : 26 NOV 2020
[Q] Which State
Government issued a notification to rename the Haveri Railway Station as
Mahadevappa Mailara Railway Station after a Freedom Fighter?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Andhra Pradesh
[ANS] c
[Q] Where did PM
Narendra Modi launch “Har Ghar Nal Yojna” worth Rs 5,555.38 crore for Drinking
Water Projects ?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Odisha
(e) Karnataka
[ANS] c
DAILY GK QUIZ : 25 NOV 2020
[Q] Which state
has been allotted the maximum loan worth Rs 1,357.93 crore from Rs 3,971.31
crore by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoAFW) under Micro
Irrigation Fund (MIF) for implementing micro-irrigation projects?
(a) Tamil
Nadu
(b) Haryana
(c) Gujarat
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) West Bengal
[ANS] a
[Q] Where has
India’s First Moss Garden been inaugurated?
(a) Kevadia,
Gujarat
(b) Nainital, Uttarakhand
(c) Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
(d) Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh
(e) Kochi, Kerala
[ANS] b
DAILY GK:25 NOV 2020
1. “HAR GHAR NAL YOJNA”
• PM Narendra Modi launched “Har Ghar Nal
Yojna” (tap water to every household) worth Rs 5,555.38 crore for drinking
water projects in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts in Vindhyachal region of
Uttar Pradesh (UP).
2. KARNATAKA TO RENAME HAVERI
RAILWAY STATION
• Government of Karnataka issued a
notification to rename the Haveri Railway station as Mahadevappa Mailara
Railway Station, after Mahadevappa Mailara, a freedom fighter from Haveri
district, Karnataka.
• Mahadevappa Mailara was born in 1911 who
was popularly known as “Karnataka’s Bhagat Singh” for his revolutionary acts
against British Rule in Karnataka.
• He was the only representative from Mysore
state in the Dandi March of Mahatma Gandhi.
3. “MUTHOOT GOLD SHIELD” TO INSURE
GOLD JEWELLERY
• Gold loan Non-Banking Financial Company
(NBFC) Muthoot Finance in collaboration with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
(BAGIC) has launched “Muthoot Gold Shield” to provide insurance to its
customers on gold jewellery.
• The policy will cover burglary, robbery,
theft from insured person’s home, loss-in-transit and 13 other disasters
(natural calamities).
DAILY GK: 24 NOV 2020
1. SUBSIDIZED LOANS
MICRO-IRRIGATION PROJECTS
• Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers
Welfare (MoAFW) has approved subsidized loans worth Rs 3,971.31 crore under
Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF) for implementing micro-irrigation projects.
• These funds were earlier approved by the
steering committee of MIF.
• The maximum loan worth Rs 1,357.93 crore
has been approved for the state of Tamil Nadu, followed by Rs 790.94 crore for
Haryana & Rs 764.13 crore for Gujarat
2. 2ND EDITION OF ‘SITMEX-20’
• The 2nd Edition of SITMEX-20 – A
Trilateral Naval Exercise between Indian Navy, Royal Thai Navy (RTN) &
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) took place from November 21-22, 2020 at the
Andaman Sea.
• 1st Edition of SITMEX-19 was hosted by
India in Port Blair in 2019.
3. SDG INVESTOR MAP REPORT FOR
INDIA
• The United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and Invest India launched the SDG Investor Map Report for India, which
presents 18 investment opportunities areas (IOAs) in 6 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) enabling sectors that will support India to advance in sustainable
development.
4. INDIA’S FIRST MOSS GARDEN
• India’s First Moss Garden was inaugurated
at Khurpatal, Nainital District of Uttarakhand by renowned Water Conservation
Activist of India, Rajendra Singh (also known as Water Man of India).
• The Garden has been set up for the purpose
of conservation of different species of moss.
• Two moss species found in the park –
Hyophila Involuta (Cement Moss) & Brachythecium Buchanani are listed under
in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.
5. RBI RESTRICTS WITHDRAWALS FROM
MANTHA URBAN COOP BANK
• In exercise of powers vested in it under
sub section (1) of Section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 read with
Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
imposed restrictions on withdrawals from Jalna,
• Maharashtra-based Mantha Urban Cooperative
Bank for six months from November 17, 2020.
6. NASA, ESA LAUNCH ‘SENTINEL-6
MICHAEL FREILICH’
• ‘Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich’ – A
Satellite developed by NASA & European Space Agency (ESA) to monitor rising
global sea levels was successfully launched into the orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9
rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
7. MUSHROOM SPECIES GLOW BRIGHT
GREEN
• A new species of mushroom that emits
bright green light in the dark was found in the West Jaintia Hills District of
Meghalaya by a team of scientists from India and China following the reports of
the locals.
• The species is named Roridomyces
hyllostachydis, this is the first record of the genus Roridomyces in India.
• This species is now added to the 97 other
species of bioluminescent mushrooms in the world.
8. “LOKTANTRA KE SWAR” & “THE REPUBLICAN
ETHIC”
• Raksha Mantri, Rajnath Singh released two
books titled “Loktantra Ke Swar” and “The Republican Ethic volume 3”,
collection of the selected speeches of President Ram Nath Kovind in Hindi and
English respectively.
• The books were published by the
Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting(MIB).
9. WORLD FISHERIES DAY 2020 –
NOVEMBER 21
• The World Fisheries Day is annually
celebrated across the globe on 21st November 2020, to create and spread
awareness about the importance of the healthy ocean ecosystem and to ensure the
sustainable stock of fisheries in the world.
10. MP SETS UP ‘GAU CABINET’ FOR
COW PROTECTION
• CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan established a
‘Gau Cabinet’ for the protection and promotion of cattle in the state. 6
Departments – Animal Husbandry, Forest, Panchayat and Rural Development,
Revenue, Home and Farmers Welfare Departments will be part of the ‘Gau
Cabinet’.
• The First meeting of the ‘Gau Cabinet’ was
held virtually on November 22, 2020 at Kamdhenu Gau Abhayaranya in Agar Malwa
distinct – India’s First cow sanctuary.
• Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
chaired the meeting.
• They discussed levying ‘Gau Seva kar (Cow
Cess)’.
DAILY GK QUIZ: 24 NOV 2020
[Q] Which
Country has destroyed mock ICBM with Ship-Launched Raytheon SM-3 Block IIA for
the first time?
(a) United States
(b) Russia
(c) Japan
(d) India
(e) China
[ANS] a
[Q] Which
Ministry launched a campaign for Diwali- “Local4Diwali”?
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs
(b) Ministry of Textiles
(c) Minister of Commerce and Industry
(d) Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
(e) Minister of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprise
[ANS] b
DAILY GK QUIZ 22-23 NOV 2020
[Q]
Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi together with his counterpart launched RuPay card
Phase-II in Bhutan. Who is the Prime Minister of Bhutan?
(a) K P
Sharma Oli
(b) Tsai Ing-wen
(c) Lotay Tshering
(d) Win Myint
(e) Aung San Suu Kyi
[ANS] c
[Q]
The Department
of Post has launched a special stamp under its new concept ‘MY STAMP’ and a
special cover for which festival?
(a) Diwali
(b) Bhai Dooj
(c) Chhath Puja
(d) Govardhan Puja
(e) Ratha Yatra
[ANS] c
DAILY GK 22-23 NOV 2020
1. “ZERO-EMISSION E-MOBILITY”
• Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), through
its company statement has notified that it successfully conducted a ‘Proof of
Concept’ feasibility study on ‘zero-emission electric mobility’ at one of its
fuel stations in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• This study will help in promoting electric
mobility in the country.
2. INDIA’S FIRST BULLET TRAIN
PROJECT
• The Transportation Infrastructure business
of L&T (Larsen & Toubro) Construction, the construction arm of L&T
secured the contract to build 87.569 Kms of India’s first high-speed rail
corridor or Bullet Train Project -‘Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR)’
from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL).
• The project is valued more than INR 7, 000
Crores.
3. 2ND PHASE OF MALABAR NAVAL
EXERCISE 2020
• Phase 2 of the 24th Edition of the
Four-nation Naval Exercise Malabar 2020 took place in the Arabian Sea from
November 17-20, 2020.
• This is the First time since 2007, that
all the QUAD (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) Countries (India, United States,
Japan, Australia) are participating in the Malabar Naval Exercise.
• The Phase-1 of the Four-Nation exercise
took place in the Bay of Bengal.
DAILY GK QUIZ: 21 NOV 2020
[Q] Which is the
first Indian City to have an urban plan with gender-specific designated spaces
for the needs of women ?
(a) Mumbai, Maharashtra
(b) Jaipur, Rajasthan
(c) Hyderabad, Telangana
(d) New Delhi
(e) Amravati, Andhra Pradesh
[ANS] a
[Q] NK Singh,
Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission, suggested increasing public spending
on the health sector to what % of the GDP by 2024 from 0.95% at present.
(a) 3.2 %
(b) 1.4 %
(c) 4.1 %
(d) 2.5 %
(e) 3.7 %
[ANS] d