Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 16th April 2020

Correct Answer – D. IBM

Explanation: IBM is offering Watson Assistant for Citizens to speedy reliable responses to COVID-19 questions. With a flood of information requests from citizens, waiting time in many areas to receive answers can exceed two hours, according to the company. IBM Watson Assistant for Citizens on the IBM public cloud brings together Watson Assistant, Natural Language Processing capabilities from IBM Research, and enterprise AI search capabilities with Watson Discovery, to understand and respond to common questions about COVID-19.

Correct Answer – B. 108

Explanation: According to the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association)/Coca-Cola World Ranking 2020, released on April 09, 2020, Indian football team retained its 108th position with 1187 points. While Belgium ranked first and world champion France is in 2nd place and Brazil is at 3rd spot.

Correct Answer – B. Shafali Verma

Explanation: Beverage Major PepsiCo has named Shafali Verma, 16 years old, Indian Women Cricketer, as one of its brand ambassadors for one year. Pepsi will be Shafali’s first contract with a major brand. The beverage firm recently signed Bollywood star Salman Khan as its face for 2 years.

Correct Answer – B. Apple

Explanation:  Apple has acquired the Dark Sky, a weather app, which states about the time of rain, its iPhone Operating System (iOS) app which costs USD 3.99 will not be modifiedand does not allow the users to download it. Its Application Programming Interface (API) service will not accept new signups & will continue to function through the end of 2021, it has also updated its branding on its website as ‘Dark Sky by Apple’.

Correct Answer – A. Mahabaleshwara M S

Explanation:  Karnataka Bank’s board has re-appointed Mahabaleshwara MS as its MD & CEO for a further period of three years. The Private lender has also appointed P. Jayarama Bhat as a non-executive chairman till 13 November 2021. The appointments were approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Karnataka Bank Limited is a Class ‘A’ Scheduled Commercial Bank. It stands as the 12th largest private sector bank. It has adopted Core banking, Internet banking across the country.

Karnataka Bank:

• Founded on: 18 February 1924
• Headquarters: Mangaluru, Karnataka
• MD & CEO: Mahabaleshwara M.S

Correct Answer – C. Ahmedabad Railway Station

Explanation: Under Western Railway, Ahmedabad railway station at Kalupur, Gujarat becomes the 1st station of Indian Railways (IR) to install a “Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel”. This Walk Through Mass Sanitizing Tunnel is installed to ensure the safety of staff and passengers in the view of the COVID-19.

What is Sanitizing tunnel ? The tunnel uses WHO (World Health Organization) approved sanitizer and fitted with a sensor, so that when a passenger approaches the tunnel entrance it starts fogging automatically. The sanitization system runs on the principle of Vaporization process which converts the sanitizer mixture into vapour which forms a uniform layer over the surface & dries up quickly.

Correct Answer – A. Andhra Pradesh

Explanation: Government of Andhra Pradesh has issued a “Letter of Award” to GMR Airports Limited for the development of greenfield International Airport at Bhogapuram. GMR Airports (GAL) has received the Letter of Award (LoA) for the development and operations of Greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram in Andhra Pradesh from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. In February 2019, GAL had emerged as the highest bidder for project on a public-private partnership (PPP) basis.

Correct Answer – C. V.K. Saxena

Explanation: Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has developed a double layered Khadi mask in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. Chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) is V.K. Saxena.

Correct Answer – A. Ministry of Human Resource and Development

Explanation: Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) minister has launched ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign in New Delhi for crowd sourcing of ideas to improve the online education ecosystem of India, the main target audience are teachers & students.The campaign aims to invite all the best brains in India to share suggestions or solutions directly with the HRD Ministry, to overcome the obstacles of online education while promoting the available digital education platforms.

Correct Answer – A. 23.4%

Explanation: Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE) released a data which showed that unemployment rate during March 30 – April 5, 2020 rise to 23.4% from 8.7% for the whole of March 2020 which reflects the impact of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic breakdown.The Labour Participation Rate (LPR) fell to 36%, an all-time low from 41.9% in March 2020. The employment rate fell to 27.7% from an all-time low of 38.2 per cent in March 2020.