Daily GK and Current Affairs Quiz – 25th December 2020

Correct Answer: A. Bihar

Explanation: In Bihar, neither Land Possession Certificate (LPC) nor receipt is required for paddy procurement in the state. Farmers have to put only particulars of land on website and they will be automatically registered to sell paddy. Those who are not owners of the land do not need to submit an affidavit. The paddy procurement target for the current season has been fixed to 45 lakh metric tonnes.

Correct Answer: C. Nalanda

Explanation: Bihar has built an interesting 200 ft glass bridge which will be inaugurated by March 2021 in Rajgir, Nalanda district. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inspected the ‘nature safari’ work at the tourists’ hotspot Rajgir. Kumar also inspected zip line, zip bike and main camp area of the nature safari during his visit.

Correct Answer – D. Jammu and Kashmir

Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch ‘SEHAT’ – Health Insurance Scheme for the entire Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on 26th December. This scheme will cover the remaining One crore population which was not covered under Ayushman Bharat Scheme. Under Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), eligible beneficiaries were covered under Health Cover of Rs 5 Lakh. Under PMJAY scheme, 30 lakh people are being covered in J&K. With the launch of ‘SEHAT’ Scheme by the Prime Minister on December 26, J&K will be among the first in the country to achieve Universal Health Coverage. Programmes will be organized across the UT and the distribution of Golden cards will be started on the same day. Around 16 Lakh registrations have been done as on date and the registrations for the rest of the beneficiaries is underway.

Correct Answer – B. 7

Explanation:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, jointly addressed the India-Vietnam Virtual Summit, via video conferencing. During the Summit, a ‘Joint Vision for Peace, Prosperity and People’ document was adopted to guide the future development of the India-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

India and Vietnam signed seven agreements during the virtual summit in areas such as defence, scientific research, renewable energy, nuclear energy, petro-chemicals, and cancer treatment. Both leaders agreed to support each other’s national development priorities and work together towards the shared objective of a peaceful, stable, secure, free, open, inclusive and rules-based Indo-Pacific region.

Correct Answer – B. 60%

Explanation: The Union environment minister, Prakash Javadekar has released a report titled the ‘Status of Leopard in India 2018’. As per the report, the population of leopard in India has increased by 60 per cent in four years since 2014. India now has 12,852 leopards as per 2018 estimate, compared to the previous estimate of 7910 conducted in 2014. The States of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Maharashtra recorded the highest leopard estimates at 3,421, 1,783, and 1,690 respectively.

Correct Answer – A. Amit Shah

Explanation: The central government has appointed a committee headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to celebrate Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary. The committee will include experts, historians, authors, and family members of Netaji, as well as eminent personalities associated with his Azad Hind Fauj and Indian National Army. The committee will lend guidance to the commemorative activities in Delhi, Kolkata and other places associated with Netaji and the Azad Hind Fauj in India as well as overseas.

Correct Answer – B. Bank of Baroda

Explanation: Public sector lender Bank of Baroda (BoB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard under which the bank would offer customised services along with a host of facilities to account holders. The bank has also renewed its existing MoU with the Indian Army to offer specially customised banking services through ‘Baroda Military Salary Package’. Services under ‘Baroda Military Salary Package’ will be offered to serving and retired personnel of Indian Armed Forces through the Bank’s network of over 8,200 domestic branches and around 20,000 business correspondent touch points.

Correct Answer – A. Central Bank of India

Explanation: Central Bank of India in association with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched a unique variant of contactless Debit Card – ‘RuPay Select’. This innovative offering by the bank in the form of RuPay Debit Select Card, will focus on customers’ lifestyle, fitness, rejuvenation, nutrition and personal care. Users of Central Bank RuPay Select Debit Card can avail complementary membership and concessional access to golf courses, gyms, spas and restaurants. Additionally they would be entitled for discounted health check-ups with this National Common Mobility Debit Card (NCMC) which also has the unique feature of facilitating offline transactions in both transit as well as retail purchases.

Correct Answer – B. 3,898

Explanation:  Bank of Baroda has completed the integration of 3,898 branches of erstwhile Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with itself. The bank completed the integration of 1,770 erstwhile Dena Bank branches in December 2020. It had earlier completed the integration of 2,128 erstwhile Vijaya Bank branches in September 2020. The merger process had begun in  April 2019.

Correct Answer – A. 5

Explanation: Five states have so far completed the stipulated reforms in the Ease of Doing Business. Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana have been granted permission to mobilize additional financial resources to the tune of 16,728 crore rupees through open market borrowings. Improvement in the ease of doing business will enable faster future growth of the state economy.

Correct Answer – C. Bangladesh

Explanation: The govt of Bangladesh will be buying ultra-modern and high-performance fighter planes. The Bangladesh Air Force is also soon going to acquire air defense system integration, unmanned aerial vehicle system, mobile gap-filler radar, and ultra-modern air defense radar. The govt has signed an agreement to buy 5 ultra-modern C-130J transport aircraft out of which 3 have already arrived.

Correct Answer – C. 25th December

Explanation: In India, Good Governance Day (Sushasan Divas) is observed annually on 25th December. In this day nation celebrates the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna and former-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Good Governance Day was established in 2014 to honour Prime Minister Vajpayee by fostering awareness among the Indian people of accountability in government. In keeping with this principle, the Good Governance Day has been declared to be a working day for the government.

Correct Answer – E. Both A & C

Explanation:  Indian boxers have bagged 9 medals including three gold, two silver and four bronze at the Cologne Boxing World Cup 2020, held in Cologne, Germany. India finished 2nd in the overall Medals List, Germany topped the list with 16 medals. The Cologne Boxing World 2020 was hosted by the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC).

List of Medal Winners

• Gold: The three gold medals for India were bagged by Amit Panghal (52kg), Manisha Moun (57kg) and Simranjit Kaur (60kg) in their respective categories.
• Silver: Silver medals were claimed by Sakshi Choudhary (57kg) and Satish Kumar (91kg).
• Bronze: Sonia Lather (57kg), Pooja Rani (75kg) Gaurav Solanki (57kg) and Mohamed Hussamudin (57kg) claimed the bronze medal in their respective categories.

Correct Answer – C. Politician

Explanation: Motilal Vora was a politician and veteran leader of congress. He passed away recently passed away after a prolonged illness. A former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Motialal Vora was also a Rajya Sabha member from Chhattisgarh till April this year. He was also the AICC general secretary (administration) before the recent party reshuffle by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.