Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 14th April 2020

Correct Answer – C. UNICEF

Explanation: Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) has collaborated with UNICEF for developing a digital communication strategy for promoting a digital campaign for Self Help Groups (SHGs). The partnership aims to highlight the importance of Social Distancing. UNICEF would provide the necessary support to be circulated to the SHG centres in the form of Digital Multimedia content, Webinars for Virtual training (basic orientation on COVID response, key preventive behaviours), Social Media campaigns (on social distancing, home quarantine, etc.) and Vanya Radio. It is aimed to reach more than 18,000 participants and would cover tribal regions across all the 27 States.

A total of 1205 Van Dhan Vikas Kendras (VDVKs) have been sanctioned in 27 States and 1 Union territory involving around 18,075 Van Dhan Self Help Groups. This involves over 3.6 Lakhs, tribal gatherers, in the Scheme. To start with, 15,000 of these SHGs will be promoted as Van Dhan Social Distancing Awareness cum Livelihood Centers’ through a digital training program.

Correct Answer – C. iGOT e-learning platform

Explanation: The Government of India has launched an iGOT e-learning platform to combat COVID-19 for all front-line workers to equip them with the training and updates in coping with COVID-19 pandemic.

Correct Answer – C. Jeff Bezos

Explanation: Forbes has launched the 34th annual world’s billionaires list named as “The Richest in 2020”. The list titled “The Richest in 2020” has been topped by the Amazon Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos. This was 3rd time in a row that he has topped the annual world’s billionaires list released by Forbes. He has topped the list with a net worth of $113 billion. Here is the list of top 10 billionaires of the world as per the list “The Richest in 2020”:

1. Jeff Bezos
2. Bill Gates
3. Bernard Arnault
4. Warren Buffett
5. Larry Ellison
6. Amancio Ortega
7. Mark Zuckerberg
8. Jim Walton
9. Alice Walton
10. Rob Walton

Correct Answer – D. Hollywood Actress

Explanation:  James Bond film actress Honor Blackman has passed away. She was best known for playing the legendary Bond girl Pussy Galore in the 1964 James Bond movie ‘Goldfinger’ starring alongside Sean Connery. She also featured in the popular 1960s TV spy series ‘The Avengers’ while playing the character of “Cathy Gale”.

Correct Answer – A. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Explanation:  The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has released a revised version of the current Swachhata-MoHUA App, a famous grievance redressal platform for people under the ambit of the Swachh Bharat Mission –Urban (SBM-U).

Correct Answer – C. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)

Explanation: Hyderabad- based Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), has inked agreement with Australia’s Griffith University to develop a Live Attenuated SARS CoV-2 Vaccine or COVID- 19 vaccine using the latest codon de-optimisation technology.

Correct Answer – A. Wesley King

Explanation: The book ‘The Wizenard Series: Season One’ is created by American Basket baller Kobe Bryant & authored by Wesley King tops the New York Times’ middle-grade hardcover list, which is to be released on April 19, 2020. It is published by Kobe Bryant’s Granity Studios(April 1, 2020).

Correct Answer – C. 4.8%

Explanation: As per the UN ‘Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 2020 India’s GDP growth for the current fiscal is expected to slow down to 4.8 per cent. The survey said that COVID-19 is having far-reaching economic and social consequences for the region, with strong cross-border spillover effects through trade, tourism and financial linkages. As per the report Economic growth for the country could stand at 5.1 per cent for fiscal year 2021-22.

Correct Answer – C. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)   

Explanation: Hindustan Unilever has partnered with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support India to combat COVID-19. The partnership aims to initiate a mass communication campaign with an objective of informing and empowering the general public against the COVID-19 pandemic. The mass communication campaign titled ‘#BreakTheChain‘ or ‘#VirusKiKadiTodo‘ will unite the technical knowledge of UNICEF with the marketing expertise and scale of HUL.

Correct Answer – E. All 1,2 and 3

Explanation: President Ram Nath Kovind presented the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ to IAF’s first women fighter pilots, Mohana Jitarwal, Avani Chaturvedi and Bhawana Kanth, on Sunday at Rashtrapati Bhawan.