Current Affairs 15 June 2020 Quiz
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- Which state government has launched Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana” to educate child labourers?
A)Bihar
B)Uttarakhand
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Uttar Pradesh
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Option D
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath has launched ‘Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana’ to educate child labourers in the state.
- Which city police has launched STREE’ programme for women?
A)Kolkata
B)Chennai
C)Lucknow
D)Hyderabad
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Option D
Explanation: Hyderabad City Police in association with Hyderabad City Security Council (HCSC) has launched a program called “She Triumphs through Respect, Equality, and Empowerment” (STREE) to assist and empower women victims of domestic violence and abuse.
- Recently RBI barred People’s Coperative Bank from granting fresh loans, accepting deposits for 6 months.It is based in which city?
A)Kolkata
B)Chennai
C)Mumbai
D)Kanpur
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Option D
Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it has barred Kanpur-based People’s Co-operative Bank from granting fresh loans and accepting deposits for six months, due to its weak financial position.
- How much amount of line of credit was given by EXIM Bank to the Malawi government for drinking water supply schemes and other development projects?
A)USD $300 million
B)USD $315 million
C)USD $200 million
D)USD $216 million
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Option D
Explanation: Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) said it has extended a line of credit (LOC) worth USD 215.68 million to the Malawi government for drinking water supply schemes and other development projects.
- Who will head the committee that has been set up by RBI to review ownership, corporate structure of Private sector banks?
A)P K Mohanty
B)MK Singh
C)Sanjay Rawat
D)DP Singh Chaturvedi
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Option A
Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a five-member Internal Working Group to review the guidelines related to ownership, governance and corporate structure of private sector banks.
- As per UNCTAD, Global goods trade to fall by how much percent in Q2?
A)21%
B)25%
C)22%
D)27%
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Option D
Explanation: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said that the value of international trade in goods declined around 5% in the first quarter of 2020 and is expected to decline further by 27% in the ongoing quarter with trade in many developing countries projected to nosedive due to the “unprecedented effects of the pandemic”.
- Which has become first construction sector organisation to go ‘fully digital’?
A)Mphasis
B)L&T
C)DLF
D)NHAI
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Option D
Explanation: In view of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) said it has gone fully digital with cloud-based ‘Data Lake Software’, becoming the first such construction sector organisation.
- Which became the first State in the country to get ISO certification for its tribal hostels?
A)Odisha
B)Maharashtra
C)Telangana
D)Assam
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Option A
Explanation: Odisha became the first State in the country to get ISO certification for its tribal hostels. In the first phase, 44 hostels of Keonjhar and Sambalpur districts have been accorded ISO 9001:2015 Certification.
- Who has been appointed as the CEO of UTI Mutual Fund?
A)Imtaiyazur Rahman
B)Mohammed Mustafa
C)Leo Puri
D)Vikas Singroul
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Option A
Explanation: UTI Asset Management Company (AMC) appointed Imtaiyazur Rahman as its chief executive officer (CEO), a move that will expedite the fund house’s plan to go public.
- In which state, a new flood warning system ‘IFLOWS’ was launched?
A)Assam
B)Maharashtra
C)Gujarat
D)Kerala
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Option B
Explanation: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated the new integrated flood warning system (IFLOWS) developed for Mumbai, calling it “boon” for the city.
- Which portal was launched for the healthcare supply chain by the government to serve manufacturers, suppliers and customers to effectively deal with the Covid-19 pandemic?
A)AarogyaPath
B)Aarogya Setu
C)Aarogya Van
D)Arogya Vayu
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Option A
Explanation: AarogyaPath, a web based solution for the healthcare supply chain was launched to serve manufacturers, suppliers and customers to effectively deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
- in which city, Robotic ‘CAPTAIN ARJUN’ will be used to intensify screening, surveillance?
A)NewDelhi
B)Chennai
C)Kolkata
D)Pune
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Option D
Explanation: Railway Protection Force, Pune has launched a Robotic ‘CAPTAIN ARJUN’ (Always be Responsible and Just Use to be Nice) to intensify the screening and surveillance.
- Which state government has launched mobile App- ‘Ghar Ghar Nigrani’?
A)Andhra Pradesh
B)Maharashtra
C)Telangana
D)Punjab
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Option D
Explanation: In a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at checking the community spread of Covid-19, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has launched a mobile based app – ‘Ghar Ghar Nigrani’, to undertake house to house surveillance in the state till the elimination of the pandemic.
- Recently Anand Mohan Zutshi ‘Gulzar’ Dehlvi passed away.He was related to which field?
A)Journalist
B)Actor
C)Sports
D)Poet
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Option D
Explanation: Veteran Urdu poet Anand Mohan Zutshi ‘Gulzar’ Dehlvi passed away, five days after he recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19). He was 94.
- Recently former Head of Publications Division and Directorate of Advertising & Visual publicity passed away.Name him/her?
A)Rakhi Singh
B)Taruna Gupta
C)Namita Singh
D)Surinder Kaur
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Option D
Explanation: Mrs. Surinder Kaur, former Head of Publications Division and Directorate of Advertising & Visual publicity passed away after a brief illness. Shr was 77.
- Who is the author of Lockdown Liaisons: Leaving and Other Stories”?
A)Shobha De
B)Namrata Das
C)Anubhav Sinha
D)Anurag Sen
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Option A
Explanation: Celebrated author, columnist and publisher Shobhaa De released an e-book titled ‘Lockdown Liaisons’.
- What is the theme of this year International Albinism Awareness Day?
A)Human Rights of persons
B)Shining Outside
C)Albinism worldwide
D)Made to Shine
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Option D
Explanation: International Albinism Awareness Day is celebrated annually on June 13 to celebrate the human rights of persons with albinism worldwide.The theme of the 5th anniversary of International Albinism Awareness Day is “Made To Shine.” This day is an appeal to stand in solidarity with people living with this condition.
- What is the theme of this year’s World Blood Donor Day?
A)Safe blood saves lives
B)Safe Blood for All
C)Blood connect us all
D)Save blood
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Option A
Explanation: World Blood Donor Day takes place every year on 14 June to raise awareness of the need for safe blood transfusion.
STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
- Where is the HQ of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development?
A)NewYork
B)Paris
C)Geneva
D)Rome
- Where is the HQ of National Highway Authority of India?
A)Chennai
B)Kolkata
C)Mumbai
D)NewDelhi
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