Daily GK and Current Affairs Quiz – 5th May 2021

Correct Answer: B. Follow the Data: Invest in Midwives

Explanation: International Day of the Midwife is observed globally on 5 May every year since 1992. This day is celebrated to recognise the work of midwives and raise awareness about the status of midwives for the essential care they provide to mothers and their newborns.The theme for 2021 International Day of the Midwife is “Follow the Data: Invest in Midwives.”

History of the day:

The idea of having a day to recognize and honour midwives came out of the 1987 International Confederation of Midwives conference in the Netherlands. International Midwives’ Day was first celebrated May 5, 1991, and has been observed in more than 50 nations around the world.

Important Points:

• International Confederation of Midwives President: Franka Cadee;
• International Confederation of Midwives Headquarters: Hague, Netherlands.

Correct Answer – A. P.V. Sindhu

Explanation:The Badminton World Federation announced that India shuttler PV Sindhu and Canada’s Michelle Li have been nominated as athlete ambassadors for the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) ‘Believe in Sport’ campaign aimed at preventing competition manipulation. Sindhu and Li will be working alongside other athlete ambassadors from around the world to raise awareness on the topic of competition manipulation amongst athletes and encourage. The pair have been global ambassadors for BWF’s ‘i am badminton’ campaign since April 2020. The IOC’s ‘Believe in Sport’ campaign was launched in 2018 to raise awareness among athletes, coaches and officials of the threat of competition manipulation.

Important Points:

• International Olympic Committee Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland;
• International Olympic Committee President: Thomas Bach;
• International Olympic Committee Founded: 23 June 1894, Paris, France.

Correct Answer – D. Nuwan Zoysa

Explanation: Former Sri Lanka player and coach, Nuwan Zoysa has been banned from all cricket for six years after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC anti-corruption code. The ban for Zoysa is backdated to 31 October 2018, when he was provisionally suspended. Zoysa guilty of “being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or another aspect (s) of an International Match.” The other charge is about “directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.”

Important Points:

• Chairman of ICC: Greg Barclay.
• CEO of ICC: Manu Sawhney.
• Headquarters of ICC: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Correct Answer – A. Seconds Save Lives: Clean Your Hands

Explanation:  Every year, the World Hand Hygiene Day is observed on May 5. The day is organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness among people across the globe about the importance of hand hygiene in warding off many serious infections. The theme for 2021 is ‘Seconds Save Lives: Clean Your Hands’. The day recognizes hand washing as one of the most effective actions that can be taken to avoid a huge range of infections including the COVID-19 virus.

Important Points:

• Director-General of the World Health Organization: Tedros Adhanom.
• Headquarters of WHO: Geneva, Switzerland.

Correct Answer – B. Maria Ressa

Explanation: Maria Ressa has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.The $25,000 prize “recognizes outstanding contributions to the defence or promotion of press freedom especially in the face of danger,” according to UNESCO. The prize was named after Guillermo Cano Isaza, the Colombian journalist.UNESCO cited Ressa’s more than a 3-decade career as a journalist, including her work as CNN’s lead investigative reporter for Asia and as news chief of Philippine broadcast giant ABS-CBN. Recently, her citation added, Ressa “has been the target of online attacks and judicial processes” for her investigative work and her position as CEO of Rappler.

Correct Answer – B. SAIL

Explanation: The state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) entered in to the league of top 100 most valued companies in terms of market capitalisation.It regained market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs 50,000 crore, after its stock climbed over 80 per cent in the past one and half month.SAIL stood at 78th position in the overall m-cap ranking with a market cap of Rs 55,529 crore.SAIL is one of the leading steel producers in India, which has 5 large integrated steel plants (Bhillai steel plant, Rourkela steel plant, Durgapur steel plant, Bokaro steel plant and IISCO) spread across 4 states in eastern India (Chattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand).In addition, SAIL also has 3 special steel plants (Salem Steel plant, Alloy Steel plant and Visvesvaraya iron and steel plant) and a Ferro Alloy plant at Chandrapur.

Correct Answer – A. JSW Renew Energy

Explanation: JSW Renew Energy, the renewable energy wing of JSW Energy has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for supplying 540 MegaWatt (MW) out of the total awarded capacity of 810 MW of blended wind power capacity.It is the single largest PPA for wind/blended wind power capacity awarded to a company.JSW Renew Energy won the contract for 810 MW of blended Wind Power Project in a competitive bidding done by SECI in September, 2020.India has set a target to raise the capacity of installed Renewable Energy (RE) generation plants to 450 GW by 2030.The Current installed RE generation capacity stands 94 GW.

Correct Answer – D. Jammu and Kashmir

Explanation: Former Union minister and Jammu and Kashmir(J&K) governor Jagmohan Malhotra passed away at the age of 93 after battling a brief spell of illness.He was born on 25th January 1927 in Punjab(British India).Jagmohan served two terms as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir.He had also served as the lieutenant governor of Delhi and governor of Goa.He belonged to BJP and served as the Union Minister for Urban Development and Tourism in Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led government.He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1971, Padma Bhushan in 1977 and Padma Vibhushan in 2016.

Correct Answer – C. Tripura

Explanation: Ratan Lal Nath, Education Minister of Tripura launched the first of its kind Auro Scholarship Programme of Sri Aurobindo Society for all the students of Tripura. The programme was launched at the virtual event organised by the Sri Aurobindo Society.Auro Scholar is the World’s first Micro Scholarship programme aimed to encourage the students to improve their learning.Sri Aurobindo Society partnered with the Government of Tripura to make the scholarship accessible to all the students of Tripura.

Correct Answer – C. International Film Festival of India (IFFI)

Explanation: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting(I&B) has instituted the “Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Cinema” which will be given at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) every year starting from 2021.The award consists of a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh, a certificate, shawl along with a silver peacock medal and a scroll.The award is instituted as a part of the celebration of the birth centenary of Bharat Ratna Awardee Satyajit Ray, who was born on 2nd May 1921 in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Correct Answer – C. 1000

Explanation: SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) has enhanced its daily limit of oxygen supply to over 1,100 metric tonnes (MT).The country’s largest steelmaker SAIL has five integrated steel plants located at Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, Rourkela in Odisha, Bokaro in Jharkhand, Durgapur, and Burnpur in West Bengal.It has so far supplied around 50,000 MT of LMO to health facilities.In addition to the supply of LMO, SAIL is also going to set up additional 2,500 hospital beds outside its current medical facilities with the support of gaseous oxygen brought by dedicated gas pipelines from the plants.

Correct Answer – A. RBI

Explanation: The RBI has announced the rationalization of the Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance norms on May 5, 2021.It includes the extension of the scope of video KYC, known as the video-based customer Identification process (V-CIP) for new categories of customers such as proprietorship firms, authorized signatories, and beneficial owners of Legal Entities and for periodic updation of KYC.

RBI:

• Governor – Shaktikanta Das.
• Headquarters – Mumbai.
• Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata.

Correct Answer – C. Mamata Banerjee

Explanation:  TMC leader Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time on 5 May 2021.After the swearing-in of the Chief Minister, newly elected MLAs of the state will take oath in the Assembly in two phases on 6 and 7 May 2021.Mamata Banerjee is serving as the 8th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011, the first woman to hold the office.

​West Bengal:

• Chief Minister – Mamata Banerjee.
• Governor – Jagdeep Dhankhar.
• Lok Sabha seats – 42.
• Rajya Sabha seats – 16.

Correct Answer: D. 581

Explanation: The government has identified 581 sites for setting up additional Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) medical oxygen plants in various states.The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will be the nodal agency for executing civil and electrical work for these plants and will complete them on a war footing.NHAI will construct infrastructure at a record speed.