Daily GK and Current Affairs Quiz – 14th October 2020

Correct Answer: C. Goa

Explanation: Goa has become the 1st Har Ghar Jal State in the country by providing a tap water connection to every rural household. The state has provided tap water connections to 2,30,000 rural households. North Goa with 1,65,000 rural households and South Goa with 98,000 rural households in 191 Gram Panchayats are fully saturated with assured piped water supply through tap connections.

Correct Answer – C. Maharashtra

Explanation: Maharashtra government has appointed Additional Director General of Police Jai Jeet Singh as chief of the state’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). Mr Singh, currently posted as ADG, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), will now head the ATS. The 1990-batch IPS officer will succeed Deven Bharti who has been transferred as ADG, State Security Corporation.

Correct Answer – D. Both  B & C

Explanation: Foreign ministers of Japan and Mongolia have agreed to cooperate in promoting a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. The move is being seen as a step to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region. The recent meeting of foreign ministers of QUAD nations – India, United States, Australia and Japan held in Tokyo had agreed to seek more countries support for the Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

Correct Answer – B. 3,951

Explanation:  Road Transport and Highways Ministry has successfully completed construction of road length of 3,951 kilometres during the first six months of this fiscal year. It has achieved a construction pace of 21.60 kilometres per day despite COVID-19 difficulties. The Ministry has set an ambitious target of constructing 11,000 kilometre road length during this fiscal year.

Correct Answer – A. 14th October

Explanation: World Standards Day or International Standards Day is observed globally on 14 October every year. The day aims to raise awareness about the importance of standardisation to the global economy among the consumers, regulators and industry. World Standards Day 2020 theme is “Protecting the planet with standards”. It is marked to celebrate the contributions of experts and scientists across the world in developing voluntary standards within standards development organisation such as the International Organisation for Standards (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

• The winner: Jyoti Bisht from India
• The two runners-up: Avishek Sahoo from India and Mohsen Jafari from the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Correct Answer – D. Jammu and Kashmir

Explanation: Government will set up bamboo clusters across the country beginning from Jammu and Kashmir. Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh said this while chairing a high-level meeting of his Ministry. Three bamboo clusters will be developed in Jammu, Katra and Samba areas for making bamboo basketry, agarbatti and bamboo charcoal.

Correct Answer – B. Nihal Sarin

Explanation: Young Indian player Nihal Sarin emerged winner in the Chess.com’s 2020 Junior Speed Online Chess Championship, beating Russia’s world junior No. 6 Alexey Sarana 18-7 in the final. The title win earned the 16-year old Sarin $ 8,766 and enabled him to qualify for the 2020 Speed Chess Championship Final which will feature the world’s best players. Sarin had beaten American Andrew Tang, Australia’s Anton Smirnov and Armenian Haik Martirosyan en route the title. Past winners of the Speed Chess Championship include Magnus Carlsen (2017) and Hikaru Nakamura (2018, 2019).

Correct Answer – B. Delhi

Explanation: The Delhi government has exempted road tax on its battery-operated vehicles under its new Electric Vehicle Policy. The Transport department, in it notification issued stated that the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi exempted the tax levied upon all battery electric vehicles with immediate effect.

Correct Answer – C. Uttarakhand

Explanation:  Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Trivendra Singh Rawat has launched the “Mukhya Mantri Saur Swarojgar Yojana” at the Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Auditorium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The scheme is aimed at promoting self-employment of the youth and promoting the production of Green Energy. The targeted beneficiaries include youths and migrant workers, who returned home after leaving jobs in various parts of the country due to pandemic.

• 10, 000 Youths and Migrants will get self-employment in the Green Energy Sector.
• The targeted beneficiaries will be allocated Solar Plants of 25 Kilowatts (KW) each.
• 5-2 nalis (Land Measurement Unit) of Land and INR 10 Lakh at the rate of INR 40,000 per unit are required to set up each plant.
• The plants will generate 38,000 Units of Electricity per annum which will be bought by Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited for 25 years.

Correct Answer – B. Football

Explanation: Former Indian football captain, Carlton Chapman passed away. He was born on 13th April 1971 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He announced his retirement from professional Football in 2001. He was the captain of the Indian team when India won the South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup in 1997. He was a leading midfielder played for Indian from 1995 to 2001. He joined Quartz FC, Kozhikode as the technical director in 2017.

Correct Answer – B. Narendra Modi

Explanation: PM Narendra Modi launches physical distribution of property cards under ‘SVAMITVA’ scheme.  Under this scheme, beneficiaries of ‘SVAMITVA Scheme’ can use the property as a financial asset for taking loans and other financial benefits. SVAMITVA Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme on National Panchayat Day 24th April 2020. In the States, the Revenue Department /Land Records Department are the Nodal Department and shall carry out the scheme with the support of State Panchayati Raj Department. Survey of India shall work as the technology partner for implementation. The purpose of this scheme is to provide the ‘record of rights’ to village household owners in rural areas and issue property cards.

Correct Answer – C. Iga Swiatek

Explanation: Polish teenager Iga Swiatek won her country’s first-ever Grand Slam singles title. She defeated American fourth seed Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-1 to become the youngest women’s French Open champion since 1992. The 19-year-old Swiatek, at 54 the lowest-ranked woman to capture the Roland Garros title in the modern era, is the ninth first-time Major champion in the past 14 Grand Slams. Swiatek is the youngest women’s French Open winner since Monica Seles 28 years ago.

Correct Answer – A. 13th October

Explanation:  The United Nations International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed globally on 13th October. The day is celebrated to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction and also celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face. This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is all about governance. You can measure good disaster risk governance in lives saved, reduced numbers of disaster-affected people and reduced economic losses. COVID-19 and the climate emergency are telling us that we need a clear vision, plans and competent, empowered institutions acting on scientific evidence for the public good.

Correct Answer: B. Lewis Hamilton

Explanation: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes-Great Britain) has won the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix, held at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany. This is Hamilton’s 7th win of the season and 91st career race victory, which was till now achieved only by Michael Schumacher. Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands) came second followed by Daniel Ricciardo (Renault, Australia) at third position. The race was the eleventh race in the 2020 Formula One World Championship and the first running in the history of the Eifel Grand Prix.