Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 28th April 2020

Correct Answer – D. Adam Higginbotham

Correct Answer – C. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)

Explanation: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) launched ‘e-karyalay’ an electronic office application to enable the movement of files and documents without physical touch so as to prevent coronavirus infection.

Correct Answer – B. Invest India

Explanation:  Pakistan women’s cricket team’s former captain Sana Mir on Saturday announced her decision to retire from international cricket, bringing down curtains on a 15-year-long successful career. During a successful career, Mir, 34, played 226 internationals, including 137 as captain from 2009 to 2017.

Correct Answer – B. 25th April

Explanation: The United Nations (UN) organized the first official International Delegate’s Day on April 25, 2020 and this year it is a special observance because it also marks the 75th anniversary of the San-Francisco Conference, an event that laid the foundations of the United Nations (UN).

Correct Answer – C. 11

Explanation:  With lockdown violations in several districts of the country posing a serious threat to the lives of common people, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted 5 new Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCTs) to review the grave situation arising out of Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking the total of such teams to 11.

Correct Answer – A. Assam

Explanation: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is now rampant across the country & many people are now in dire straits without getting the required medicine in their area during the lockdown. In view of this, the Assam state government’s health department has launched a special scheme called ‘Dhanwantari’, under which locally unavailable medicines will be delivered to patients at home. This medicine is free up to 200 rupees.

Correct Answer – D. Transcorp International Limited

Explanation: The Leading forex and payment solutions provider Transcorp International Limited (TIL) becomes the 1st non-bank company to receive Reserve Bank of India (RBI) nod to enter into co-branding arrangements for prepaid Instruments to be used in over 35 lakh stores and online gateways due to the current outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. It will launch Application Programming Interface (API) based co-branded partnerships for digital, physical and contactless cards with select marquee clients in its own Bank Identification Number (BINs).

These cards can be used by partners, financial institutions and corporate houses to ease their core business activities & facilitates the accounting department to manage expenses by not having to check every individual bill & eliminates cash as a medium of paying for company expenses.

Correct Answer – B. 50,000 crores

Explanation:  To ease liquidity pressures on mutual funds, Reserve Bank of India today announced a special liquidity facility of ₹50,000 crore for mutual funds. The RBI’s liquidity facility for mutual funds will be effective from today till May 11, 2020 or up to utilization of the allocated amount, whichever is earlier. The RBI also assured that it will review the timeline and amount, depending upon market conditions.

Under this facility, the RBI will provide funds to banks at lower rates and banks can avail funds for exclusively meeting the liquidity requirements of mutual funds. Banks can extend loans to mutual funds, undertaking outright purchase of and/or repos against the collateral of investment grade corporate bonds, commercial papers (CPs), debentures and certificates of deposit (CDs) held by mutual funds.

Correct Answer – D. Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala

Explanation: The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala (IIITM-K) has developed an AI Semantic search engine called ‘Vilokana’, which in Sanskrit means ‘finding out’. This search engine enables researchers to get deeper insights into scientific studies, especially when they need to find an early solution to the COVID-19 crisis. The search engine is developed by a team led by A.P. James, Professor at Centre for Artificial General Intelligence and Neuromorphic Systems (neuro GI), IIITM-K.

Correct Answer – C. 57th

Explanation: According to Times Higher Education (THE)’s 2nd edition of Impact rankings 2020, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is ranked 57th with a score of 87.9 among global universities. It ranked 766 universities from 85 countries. The list is topped by the University of Auckland, New Zealand with a score of 98.5, followed by University of Sydney (98.1), Western Sydney University(97.9) in Australia.

Correct Answer – B. Madhya Pradesh

Explanation: Madhya Pradesh government has launched the “Jivan Shakti Yojana” to provide home-based employment to women. Under this scheme, women entrepreneurs of urban areas in MP can start the construction of masks by registering themselves on a portal. The masks manufactured by women will be purchased at the district level at the rate fixed by the Madhya Pradesh government.