Current Affairs Quiz: March 01-02, 2020
March 2, 2020 May 21, 2021
1. Ritesh Agarwal, who was named as the world’s second youngest billionaire, is the founder of which Indian start-up company?
[A] Zomato
[B] Oyo Hotels
[C] Swiggy
[D] Byjus
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Correct Answer: B [Oyo Hotels]
Notes:
As per the recently released Hurun Global Rich List 2020, Ritesh Agarwal- the founder of Oyo Hotels, has been named as the world’s second youngest billionaire.
His wealth was estimated at $1.1 billion, at the age of 24. In the global list, Kylie Jenner, the cosmetics star was only ahead of the Indian entrepreneur at the age of 22. Ritesh is also the richest self-made Indian billionaire aged under 40. He is followed by founders of Zerodha, Flipkart and Byjus.
2. Which state recently passed resolution to conduct a caste-based census in the state?
[A] Kerala
[B] Bihar
[C] West Bengal
[D] Odisha
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Correct Answer: B [Bihar]
Notes:
The Bihar Legislative Assembly recently passed a resolution to conduct a caste-based census in the state. The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar proposed a caste-based census in the Assembly and it was passed unanimously.
The Speaker of the state assembly announced that the proposal has been passed and the resolution would be sent to the central government.
3. The Diamond Princess cruise ship, which witnessed the largest coronavirus outbreak, is quarantined in which country?
[A] Australia
[B] China
[C] South Korea
[D] Japan
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Correct Answer: D [Japan]
Notes:
After several passengers and crew members were diagnosed with the coronavirus infection, the Diamond Princess cruise ship has been quarantined in the Port of Yokohama, Japan.
Recently, a special Air India flight departed to Tokyo and brought back 119 Indian nationals (113 crew members and 6 passengers) who were on-board the Diamond Princess Cruise ship. It also evacuated 5 foreign nationals, who are all quarantined at the facility of Indian Army at Haryana.
4. CARO 2020, which was in news recently, is associated with which field?
[A] Coronavirus outbreak
[B] Regulations for companies
[C] Automobile conference
[D] Clinical conference
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Correct Answer: B [Regulations for companies]
Notes:
The Union Ministry of Corporate affairs recently notified the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020).
As per the notification, all listed companies should mandatorily disclose all whistle-blower complaints to the auditor and the complaints should be mentioned in the audit reports. This mandate would be applicable to all audits from the financial year starting from April 2019.
5. ‘The International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha Medicines’ was held in which city?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Kanpur
[C] New Delhi
[D] Varanasi
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Correct Answer: C [New Delhi]
Notes:
The two-day International Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis and Terminologies in Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha Systems of Medicine-ICoSDiTAUS-2020 recently concluded in New Delhi.
The “New Delhi Declaration on Collection and Classification of Traditional Medicine (TM) Diagnostic Data” was adopted in the conference. As many as 16 countries participated in the conference. This is the biggest ever international event dedicated to standardisation of diagnosis and terminologies.
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