Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 16th May 2020

Correct Answer: C. RE-START

Explanation: Technology Development Board (TDB) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have jointly organised a Digital Conference “RE-START”. The digital conference “RE-START (Reboot the Economy through Science, Technology and Research Translations).

Correct Answer – C. Gujarat

Explanation: The Gujarat government has mandated the digital payment for all home delivery services in Ahmedabad. This step has been taken by the state government in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 through currency notes. Therefore, the payment of all the home delivery services in the city would be cashless i.e. via digital mode of payment. Hence the Cash On delivery (COD) option will not be available to the customers. Apart from making the home delivery services cashless, the state government has also issued a protocol which must be abide by all the delivery persons. The protocol involves the use of hand gloves, sanitation cap as well as sanitizer. The delivery persons are also required to follow the social distancing norms. They must be having Aarogya Setu app downloaded on their mobile phone.

Correct Answer – A. Jharkhand

Explanation: The Sohrai Khovar painting of Jharkhand and Telia Rumal of Telangana have received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag from the Geographical Indications Registry. For the Sohrai Khovar painting of Jharkhand, application of GI-tag was made by Sohrai Kala Mahila Vikas Sahyog Samiti Limited. For the Telia Rumal of Telangana, application of GI-tag was made by Consortium of Puttapaka Handloom Cluster-IHDS. Local tribal women of Jharkhand practices the Sohrai Khovar painting which is a traditional and ritualistic mural art. It is primarily practised only in the district of Hazaribagh during local harvest and marriage seasons. It involves the use of local and naturally available soils of different colours in the area of Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand.

• CM of Jharkhand: Hemant Soren
• Governor: Shrimati Droupadi Murmu.
• CM of Telangana: K Chandrasekhar Rao
• Governor: Tamilisai Soundararajan.

Correct Answer – B. Manoj Ahuja

Explanation:  As a major bureaucratic reshuffle by the Centre, Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has got a new Chairman for the Board. IAS Officer Manoj Ahuja has been appointed as the new Chairman. Among the 19 appointments that were approved the Appointment Committee of the Cabinet, Ahuja was one among them.

Manoj Ahuja is a 1990 batch Odisha cadre officer and is currently working as Special Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Department of Personnel and Training. Ahuja will be replacing Anita Karwal, who has been appointed as Secretary in the Department of Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development in April.

Correct Answer – A. 2021

Explanation: FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020 has been postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic. FIFA-Confederations Covid-19 Working Group has taken the decision to hold the U-17 Women’s World Cup in India from February 17-March 7, 2021.

Correct Answer – D. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Explanation: The External Affairs ministers represented India at the 7 nation meeting initiated by the United States. The meeting was held on the same day, the US Senate passed an act directing the Secretary of the State to frame a strategy to make Taiwan an observer at the World Health Organization. The meeting was held to gain support from the participating nations. It includes Australia, India, Brazil, Japan, Israel and Republic of Korea.

Correct Answer – B. Uttarakhand

Explanation: Uttarakhand government has launched Helping Out People Everywhere (HOPE) portal aimed at creating employment avenues for the trained youth as well as offering them skill development opportunities to increase their employability. The portal will be used to collect the data on the youths of the state who are staying in as well as the recently returned migrant youths. This platform will help unemployed youths for job seeking and skill development. The database in the portal will help employers to find suitable candidates for their requirements. The employers will get knowledge about the candidates like where they worked. When the database is ready it’ll be linked with the Mukhya Mantri Swarojgar Yojana.

Correct Answer – A. 10 Crore

Explanation: The GoI has changed the definition of MSMEs. The new definition has increased the investment limit upwards. Previously, an enterprise with investment up to Rs 25 lakh was called a micro unit. Under the new definition, a firm upto investment of Rs 1 crore is to be called Micro unit, of Rs 10 crore is to be called as small unit and investment greater than Rs 20 crore will be called as medium unit.

Correct Answer – B. 74th

Explanation:  The World Economic Forum released Global Energy Transition Index (GET Index). India has moved up to 74th rank showing improvements in key parameters such as energy security, growth and environmental sustainability. The World Economic Forum has ranked 115 countries based on GET Index in its report “WEF Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2020 report”. Sweden has topped the ranking for the third consecutive year. It was followed by Switzerland and Finland.

Correct Answer – B. Indian Council for Cultural Relations

Explanation: Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR) has unveiled a musical creation “United we Fight”, which was Written and composed by Joe Alvares to fight against COVID-19.The Indian Embassy stated that the song is dedicated to the world by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India.

Correct Answer: B. USD 1 Billion

Explanation: In order to provide a financial aid to Indian economy which is facing human, social and economic losses due to COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, the New Development Bank of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries has fully disbursed USD 1 billion emergency assistance loan to India.

Correct Answer – D. Kempegowda International Airport

Explanation: The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru (Karnataka) has won the SKYTRAX Award 2020 for Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia. It ranks 68th in World’s Top 100 Airports 2020 list, which was topped by Singapore Changi Airport.

Correct Answer – B. 1st June 2020

Explanation: Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) will sell only indigenous products in their canteens. This will be applicable to all or any CAPF canteens across the country from 01 June 2020.

Correct Answer – B. Singer

Explanation:  The Grammy-winning soul singer, Betty Wright passed away. Her real name is Bessie Regina Norris. She is an R&B (Rhythm & blues) singer, songwriter and background vocalist. She received her first Grammy Award for the Best Song, “Where is the Love?”, at the age of 23.

Correct Answer – B. Jerry Stiller

Explanation: US comedian Jerry Stiller passed away recently. He was renowned for his recurring role as George Costanza’s father on TV’s Seinfeld for which he was also nominated for Emmy Awards in 1997.