Daily GK and Current Affairs Quiz – 15th October 2020

Correct Answer: C. Rajasthan

Explanation: The Rajasthan government will build temporary shelters for migratory birds near the famous Sambhar Lake. They will be built before 2020’s winter season when a large number of birds from the cold northern regions of Central Asia are expected to arrive at the country’s largest inland saline water body. More than 20,000 migratory birds had died due to avian botulism in the lake in 2019.

Correct Answer – A. Spialia Zebra

Explanation: India’s 1328th species of butterfly were seen and photographed in Rajasthan six years ago. It has been declared so by the Bhimtal-based Butterfly Research Centre and validated by Wildlife Institute of India. Spialia Zebra, the butterfly species that are normally found in Pakistan, was photographed at Sangwara in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district on November 8, 2014.

Correct Answer – D. Bryan Stevenson

Explanation: An Alabama human rights attorney whose work for fighting racial injustice was depicted in the Hollywood movie “Just Mercy” has won an honour, sometimes referred to as the “alternative Nobel.” Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson was named a recipient of the annual Right Livelihood Award. The award is presented annually by the Swedish Right Livelihood Foundation.

Correct Answer – C. $486 million

Explanation:  The U.S. govt has awarded $486 million to AstraZeneca Plc to develop and secure supplies of up to 100,000 doses of COVID-19 antibody treatment. The agreement, under the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed, is for developing a monoclonal antibody cocktail that can prevent COVID-19, especially in high-risk populations like those over 80 years old.

Correct Answer – A. Harvard

Explanation: Eminent Indian-origin academician Srikant Datar has been named as Dean of Harvard Business School, succeeding Nitin Nohria. He has become the second consecutive dean hailing from India to lead the prestigious 112-year-old institution. Datar, an alumnus of the University of Bombay and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration.

Correct Answer – B. 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 standardization 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 organization 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).

Correct Answer – C. Andhra Pradesh

Explanation: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched a new scheme named the ‘Jagananna Vidya Kanuka’ scheme to distribute school kits among the poor children of the state. The state shall spend around Rs 650 crore on the scheme. 42,34,322 kits will be distributed across the state under the scheme. Under this scheme, the government school students from classes 1 to 10 across the state will set the school kits or Vidya Kanuka, which will contain three pairs of uniform, one pair of shoes, two pairs of socks, a belt, one set of textbooks and notebooks and one school bag.

Correct Answer – A. Chetan Anand

Explanation: Commonwealth Games medallist in Badminton, Chetan Anand has been roped in as the brand ambassador for India’s first-ever homegrown professional badminton brand “Transform”. Transform Badminton is India’s 1st professional badminton brand at par with the best racquets available in the market that are currently imported from abroad for playing in India. Transform racquets have been made out of the military-grade graphite.

Correct Answer – D. Los Angeles Lakers

Explanation:  The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat to win the National Basketball Association (NBA) Championship 2020. This is the 17th NBA title win for LA Lakers and also there first since 2010, after late Kobe Bryant’s fifth and final title a decade ago. LeBron James of the Lakers’ was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the fourth time in his career. With this, he became the first player in league history to be named Finals MVP with three different franchises.

Correct Answer – B. Bangladesh

Explanation: Bangladesh introduced the death penalty for rape on Monday after days of protests sparked by a string of sexual assaults. Demonstrations have broken out across the country after harrowing footage of a group of men stripping and attacking a woman went viral on social media. The clip sparked outrage in the South Asian country, where activists say only a tiny percentage of sexual assault victims see justice. Previously, the maximum punishment for rape was life imprisonment.

Correct Answer – C. Kerala

Explanation: The State of Kerala is the first state in the country to make public education completely digital. The state Government has achieved it at a cost of Rs 42.36 crores. The initiative was launched in 2018. The project of making public education completely digital in Kerala was implemented by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education. Around 3,74,274 digital services were distributed in 16,027 schools in Kerala. The project also set up high-tech labs in more than 11,275 schools at primary and secondary levels. Kerala has been achieving highest literacy rate in the country. The current literacy rate of Kerala is 93.91%.

Correct Answer – B. Haryana

Explanation: The state government of Haryana launched “Lab on Wheels” to test the water quality in the state. The water quality of Haryana is mainly affected by fluoride, iron, nitrate and alkalinity. Lab on wheels is a mobile laboratory. The mobile laboratory has been launched under Jal Jeevan Mission. The mobile laboratory will test for alkalinity, hardness, chlorine, nitrate, zinc, turbidity, PH and other microbiological tests. The mobile water testing laboratory has been loaded with latest technological features such as e GPS-enabled Location tracking, power backup, sample data transmission and smart reporting devices with the ability to send the result directly to a central server. The lab also carries a LED display that will display the result immediately after analysis.

Correct Answer – C. Nagaland

Explanation:  Nagaland’s environment minister, C M Chang passed away due to COVID-19. He was a retired IAS officer and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (2009-13). He was elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from 51 Noksen constituencies under Tuensang district in 2013 and later retained the same seat in 2018 on Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) ticket.

Correct Answer: A. 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.