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Current Affairs JUNE-2020

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181. Which international organisation has launched the “Alliance for Poverty Eradication”, amid COVID-19 pandemic?

A
G-20

B
United Nations

C
World Bank

D
World Economic Forum

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Correct Answer : B [United Nations]

Explaination : [The United Nations has launched the “Alliance for Poverty Eradication”. India has recently become a founding member of the Alliance. The President of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande announced the alliance in an informal meeting. He will formally launch the ‘Alliance for Poverty Eradication’ on June 30, which aims to provide a platform for member states to boost global economy after the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. ]

182. What is the theme of the “Day of the Seafarer”, celebrated by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)?

A
Seafarers are Key Workers

B
Importance of Seafarers

C
Role of Seafarers in Economy

D
Support Seafarers

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Correct Answer : A [Seafarers are Key Workers]

Explaination : [Every year, 25 June is celebrated as the “Day of the Seafarer”, to recognise the contribution of seafarers in international trade and the global economy. The Day of the Seafarer was first celebrated in 2011 after it was designated by a resolution in the Conference of Parties to the International Convention (STCW), held in Philippines, in 2010. The theme of the Day of the Seafarer is ‘Seafarers are Key Workers’. ]

183. Khushinagar Airport, that has been declared as an International Airport, is located in which Indian state?

A
Maharashtra

B
Uttar Pradesh

C
Madhya Pradesh

D
Karnataka

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Correct Answer : B [Uttar Pradesh]

Explaination : [The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave its approval to declare Kushinagar airport as an international airport. The airport is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Kushinagar is a Buddhist cultural site and its declaration as international airport will improve connectivity to several other Buddhist sites including Sravasti, Kapilvastu and Lumbini. As the place is near the international border, it would improve tourism and economic development of the region. ]

184. As per the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is the first country to control Desert Locust through Drones?

A
China

B
India

C
Bangladesh

D
Nepal

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Correct Answer : B [India]

Explaination : [As per the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, India is the first country in the world which is controlling Desert Locust through Drones. Under Make in India initiative, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW), Agriculture Ministry has indigenously developed a vehicle mounted Ultra-low volume (ULV) sprayer for locust control. After Ministry of Civil Aviation approved conditional exemption for Drone operations for locust control, trials were conducted in Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh). ]

185. Two Bridges named ‘Devika’ and ‘Puneja’ were recently inaugurated in which Indian state/UT?

A
Himachal Pradesh

B
Jammu & Kashmir

C
Arunachal Pradesh

D
Assam

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Correct Answer : B [Jammu & Kashmir]

Explaination : [Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh has recently inaugurated two important Bridges Devika and Puneja in Jammu and Kashmir, virtually. The 10-meter-long Devika Bridge inaugurated in Udhampur district, was constructed in about one-year time span by the Border Roads Organisation. The cost of construction of the bridge is Rs 75 lakhs. Another bridge named Puneja has also been inaugurated at a cost of Rs 4 Crore in Doda District. ]

186. When is ‘Passport Seva Divas (PSD)’ celebrated in India every year?

A
June 20

B
June 22

C
June 24

D
June 26

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Correct Answer : C [June 24]

Explaination : [Every year ‘Passport Seva Divas (PSD)’ is celebrated on 24 June in India, to commemorate the enactment of the Passports Act on 24 June, 1967. This year, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) celebrated Passport Seva Divas (PSD) on 24 June, 2020, by organising a special virtual event. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar noted that more than 1.22 crore passports were issued during 2019 in India and abroad. Passport Seva Puraskars were announced for the best performing Passport Offices and their personnel. ]

187. Which Indian state has signed an agreement with Reliance Jio TV to telecast education material to school children?

A
Uttar Pradesh

B
Haryana

C
Gujarat

D
Odisha

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Correct Answer : B [Haryana]

Explaination : [The state government of Haryana and Reliance Jio TV have signed an agreement to telecast education material to school children. The new agreement is done under the Chief Minister’s Distance Education Programme in order to expand education in rural areas. All four channels of the ‘Edusat’ platform will be available on the Jio platform free of cost, which will benefit around 52 lakh school children in rural areas. ]

188. What is the name of the platform launched by the HRD Minister, for higher educational institutions?

A
DHRUV 2.0

B
YUKTI 2.0

C
SHAKTI 2.0

D
EKTA 2.0

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Correct Answer : B [YUKTI 2.0]

Explaination : [Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has recently launched an initiative named ‘YUKTI 2.0’. YUKTI stands for ‘Young India combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation’. Earlier, the Minister launched the YUKTI portal on April 11, 2020. The 2.0 portal will serve as an online depository for innovative ideas and help students, teachers and researchers in higher educational institutions. ]

189. Which E-Commerce portal has mandated the sellers to mention ‘Country of Origin’?

A
Amazon

B
Flipkart

C
Government e-Marketplace (GeM)

D
Bharat Mart

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Correct Answer : C [Government e-Marketplace (GeM)]

Explaination : [Government e-Marketplace (GeM), the online procurement platform for government bodies, has made the sellers mandatory to mention the ‘country of origin’ while registering all new products. GeM is a special purpose vehicle under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Besides mandating fresh sellers, the GeM also mandates the sellers who had already uploaded their products to update the ‘country of origin’, with a warning that their products shall be removed if they fail to update. ]

190. Who are the beneficiaries of the recent and first allocation of Rs 1000 crore from the PM CARES Fund?

A
MSME owners

B
Migrant workers

C
Farmers

D
Street vendors

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Correct Answer : B [Migrant workers]

Explaination : [The PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs 1000 crore for the welfare of migrant labourers, to all states and UTs. The distribution of the fund is based on the formula of 50% weightage for the population as per 2011 census, 40% weightage for number of positive COVID-19 cases and 10% for equal distribution among all the States/UTs. This fund will be deployed for arranging accommodation, food, medical treatment and transportation of the migrants. ]

191. Which organisation is manufacturing around 30000 ventilators, ordered from the PM Cares Fund?

A
Defence Research and Development Organisation

B
Bharat Electronics Limited

C
Hindustan Aeronautical Limited

D
Ordnance Factory Board

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Correct Answer : B [Bharat Electronics Limited]

Explaination : [The PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs 2000 crore for supply of 50000 ‘Made-in-India’ ventilators to government-run COVID hospitals in all States and UTs. Out of the 50,000 ventilators ordered, 30,000 ventilators are being manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). The remaining ventilators are being jointly manufactured by other Indian companies including AgVa Healthcare and AMTZ Basic among others. Maharashtra, Delhi and Gujarat received maximum out of 1340 ventilators distributed. ]

192. As per the National Statistical Office (NSO), what is the rank of India as the world’s largest economy, in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) for 2017?

A
Three

B
Four

C
Five

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Correct Answer : A [Three]

Explaination : [The National Statistical Office (NSO) has recently announced that India has retained its position as the third-largest economy after China and the US in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) for 2017. The government quoted the World Bank data and said that India accounted for 6.7 per cent (USD 8,051 billion out of the total of USD 119,547 billion) of global GDP in terms of PPP. India is also third-largest economy in terms of its PPP-based share in global actual individual consumption and global gross capital formation ]

193. Which fund has been made open to contributions from individuals or institutions, by the Finance Ministry?

A
National Disaster Response Fund

B
PM CARES Fund

C
Consolidated Fund of India

D
Public Account Fund

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Correct Answer : A [National Disaster Response Fund]

Explaination : [The Department of Economic Affairs, Finance Ministry has recently announced that there is no objection to the proposal of contributions from individuals or institutions towards the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF). The proposal has been accepted based on the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The NDRF was constituted under the same act and it supplements SDRF of a state, when adequate funds are not available in SDRF in case of a severe disaster. The central government may constitute a fund to be called the NDRF for meeting any severe disaster. ]

194. Which Indian state/UT became the first to operationalise rail coaches converted into isolation units for Covid-19?

A
New Delhi

B
Madhya Pradesh

C
Uttar Pradesh

D
Gujarat

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Correct Answer : C [Uttar Pradesh]

Explaination : [The Uttar Pradesh Government has started using rail coaches as isolation units for COVID-19 suspected patients. COVID coaches are deployed at Mau junction in Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in a first in the country. Indian Railways is ready to offer as many as 5,231 isolation coaches to the states and the respective zonal railways have converted the coaches as quarantine facilities. After Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh have also been using rail coaches. ]

195. What is ‘Dhruva’, that has been developed by researchers and students of IIT-Bombay?

A
Personal Protective Equipment

B
COVID-19 Test Kit

C
Receiver chip for NAVIC

D
Microprocessor

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Correct Answer : C [Receiver chip for NAVIC]

Explaination : [The students and researchers of IIT-Bombay has recently developed a homegrown receiver chip – Dhruva. The chip can be used in smartphones and navigation devices to find locations and routes within the country. It will receive signals from NAVIC group of navigation satellites of India, as well as the US Global Positioning System-based satellites to determine a person’s location precisely. ]

196. What is the name of the investment promotion agency, that functions under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade?

A
Bharat Invest

B
Vocal for Local

C
Invest India

D
Investment made easy

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Correct Answer : C [Invest India]

Explaination : [Invest India was set up as a non-profit venture under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry in 2009. It focusses on sector-specific investor targeting and develops new partnerships for investments in India. Recently, the Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched the Food Processing Edition of the Exclusive Investment Forum, designed by Invest India. ]

197. The Indian pavilion at Cannes Film Market has been jointly set up by Information & Broadcasting Ministry and which association of India?

B
FICCI

C
NASSCOM

D
Digital Media Association

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Correct Answer : B [FICCI]

Explaination : [Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has recently inaugurated the India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Market 2020 virtually. The Indian pavilion at Cannes Film Market has been jointly set up by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The Minister also informed that the Marathi movie titled ‘Mai Ghat’ and the Gujarati movie ‘Hellaro’ are the official entrants to be showcased in the Cannes film festival this year ]

198. Which Indian stands at the ninth position in the Forbes Real-time Billionaires List with a net worth of $64.6 billion?

A
Mukesh Ambani

B
Gautam Adani

C
Shiv Nadar

D
Lakshmi Mittal

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Correct Answer : A [Mukesh Ambani]

Explaination : [The Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani is the world’s ninth richest billionaire on the Forbes Real-time Billionaires List. With a net worth of $64.6 billion, he is ahead of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The market capitalisation of Reliance Industries (RIL) crossed the Rs 11-trillion mark recently. The company also announced itself net debt free while it had net debt of Rs 1.61 trillion in March 2020. In the same month, Ambani was ranked 21st on Forbes’ annual billionaire list. ]

199. Which country provided a tariff exemption for 97 per cent of exports from Bangladesh?

A
United States

B
India

C
China

D
Russia

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Correct Answer : C [China]

Explaination : [China has recently provided a huge boost in trade with Bangladesh by offering them a tariff exemption for 97 per cent of their exports. The exemption is to be made effective from July 1. Earlier, the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a discussion on upgrading their bilateral relations. With this exemption, as many as 8,256 products of Bangladesh will come under the 97 per cent of products that would be exempted. ]

200. Which organisation has received a patent for its Liquid Cooling and Heating Garment (LCHG)?

A
Defence Research and Development Organisation

B
Indian Space Research Organisation

C
Indian Navy

D
Hindustan Aeronautical Ltd

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Correct Answer : B [Indian Space Research Organisation]

Explaination : [The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has received a patent for its Liquid Cooling and Heating Garment (LCHG). The special garment is made up of bio-compatible fabrics and a system for circulating temperature controlling fluid into and out of the garments. This would provide a comfortable temperature to the astronauts wearing it in space. The garments can also be used in other military applications, fire-fighting and in extreme environments in industrial areas. ]