Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 1st April 2020

Correct Answer: C. Rajasthan

Explanation: Rajasthan Police start giving permit on the app for movement during the lockdown. This app will help law-abiding citizens to go out of their home in case of emergency or essential services during the lockdown with a valid permit. The developer of the app Data Ingenious GLobal Limited to address the immediate need of the people during the lockdown and its team is working from home to bring changes that will be asked by the government.

• CM of Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot.
• Capital of Rajasthan:
• Governor of Rajasthan: Kalraj Mishra.

Correct Answer – A. Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Explanation: In pursuance of the Government of India’s efforts to provide relief to law abiding companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) in the wake of COVID 19, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), has introduced the “Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020” and revised the “LLP Settlement Scheme, 2020” which is already in vogue to provide a first of its kind opportunity to both companies and LLPs to make good any filing related defaults, irrespective of duration of default, and make a fresh start as a fully compliant entity.

The Fresh Start scheme and modified LLP Settlement Scheme incentivise compliance and reduce compliance burden during the unprecedented public health situation caused by COVID-19. The USP of both the schemes is a one-time waiver of additional filing fees for delayed filings by the companies or LLPs with the Registrar of Companies during the currency of the Schemes, i.e. during the period starting from 1st April, 2020 and ending on 30th September, 2020.

Correct Answer – A. Jharkhand

Explanation: The Jharkhand Government has launched a mobile app PRAGYAAM to issue e-passes. The app was launched by the State Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The app aims to issue e-passes to everyone associated with the delivery of essential services during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19.

• Jharkhand was created on 15h November 2000
• Chief Minister of Jharkhand : Hemant Soren
• Governor of Jharkhand: Droupadi Murmu.
• Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand

Correct Answer – D. International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Explanation:  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that the world has clearly entered a recession due to the coronavirus pandemic. It has emphasized that the current recession is even worse than that of 2009.

Correct Answer – B. IIT Bombay

Explanation: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has come up with a mobile application to ensure that coronavirus cases under quarantine stay confined to the designated place. The app, named ‘corontine’, will help authorities track the asymptomatic coronavirus carriers and see to it that they stay confined to their confined zone, preventing the spread of the virus. A team led by Manjesh K Hanawal and Ganesh Ramakrishnan, both teachers at IITB, developed the app.

Correct Answer – C. Karnataka

Explanation: The Karnataka government has devised a GPS coordinate-based mechanism that tracks persons under order of home quarantine and has instructed them to send selfies or photos to the monitoring team to ensure they are following the isolation norms. The government has developed the mobile app and is instructing all persons under order of home quarantine to send their selfies to the government every one hour from home. The selfie or photo contains GPS coordinates. So the location of the sender gets known. If the home quarantine person fails to send a selfie every hour (except sleep time, from 10 pm to 7 am), the government team will reach such defaulters and they are liable to be shifted to a government-created mass quarantine facility.

Correct Answer – A. Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Explanation: Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest $100 million into the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) of India Fund of Funds (FoF). With this, the FoF has now received a total of $700 million in commitments. The investment comes at a time when India’s economy is expected to suffer huge losses due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

Correct Answer – E. Both B & C

Explanation: The Hindu Annual Prize 2019 is awarded to Mirza Waheed’s Tell Her Everything (Fiction)-2019 and Santanu Das’s India, Empire, and First World War Culture: Writings, Images and Songs (Non-Fiction)-2018. Mirza Waheed’s novel talks about human ethics, noble love & the corrosive nature of companionship & is published by Westland Publications Limited (Context). He also has written 2 other novels namely: The Collaborator (2012), The Book of Gold Leaves(2014) & also is a journalist. Santanu Das’ book retrieves the intellectual worlds of militants, non-combatants and civilians from India, who were not divided in World War I, is published by Cambridge University Press.

Correct Answer – C. Corona Kavach

Explanation:  The Government of India has launched a coronavirus risk-tracking app called ‘Corona Kavach’ to protect Indian citizens from getting infected by COVID-19. Jointly developed by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the app uses a person’s location to assess whether they are in the high-risk geographical zone or not. The app is now available for download on Google Play Store for Android phones.

Correct Answer – B. Folk Singer

Explanation: Tamil folk singer and actress Paravai Muniyamma passed away. She was born on June 26, 1937, in Paravai, Madurai, Tamil Nadu (TN). The acting career of Muniyamma began in the year 2003 in the film Dhool. Her song “Madurai Veeran” became a huge hit. She had appeared in over 50 films, usually playing grandmother roles. In March 2019, Muniyamma was honoured with the Kalaimamani title by the Tamil Nadu government.