11. Kobe Bryant along with eight others, were selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The museum cum hall of fame is located in which country?
[A] Brazil
[B] United States
[C] United Kingdom
[D] Germany
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Correct Answer: B [United States]
Notes:
Basketball legend, who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year, Kobe Bryant along with eight others, were selected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Other personalities include American basketball coach Tim Duncan and former professional basketball player Kevin Garnett. The Honourees will be officially inducted in on August 29 in Massachusetts, United States, where the basketball museum, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located.
12. Pravin Rao has been appointed as the new Chairman of which industry body of India?
[A] NASSCOM
[B] CII
[C] FICCI
[D] IAMAI
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Correct Answer: A [NASSCOM]
Notes:
The Information Technology Industry body NASSCOM announced that it has appointed Infosys Chief Operating Officer UB Pravin Rao as its chairman for the year 2020-21.
Pravin Rao is set to replace the incumbent Chairman WNS Global Services Group CEO Keshav Murugesh. The Chairman and Senior Managing Director of Accenture in India, Rekha M Menon has been named as the vice chairperson for 2020-21.
13. Mahmoud Jibril, who recently passed away from the Covid-19, was the former Prime Minister of which country?
[A] Italy
[B] Brazil
[C] Libya
[D] France
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Correct Answer: C [Libya]
Notes:
The former Prime Minister of Libya, Mahmoud Jibril passed away recently at the age of 68, after contracting coronavirus.
He was the founder of the National Forces Alliance and the former head of the Libyan rebel government that overthrew the country’s long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. He had also been the interim leader until Libya conducted its first free elections in 2012.
14. What is the name of the online challenge for students, launched by the innovation cell of MHRD and AICTE, for developing solutions to the Coronavirus pandemic?
[A] SAMRIDDHI
[B] SAMADHAN
[C] SOOCHNA
[D] CHUNAUTI
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Correct Answer: B [SAMADHAN]
Notes:
The innovation cell of Ministry of HRD and AICTE have recently launched an online challenge for students called ‘SAMADHAN’, in collaboration with Forge and InnovatioCuris.
This challenge calls for students to search and develop quick solutions to the Coronavirus pandemic, that will assist the government agencies and health services. Under the programme, the students and teachers of the country will be motivated for conducting new experiments.
15. Which state government has unveiled a five-step plan named “5 Ts Plan”, to tackle the spread of coronavirus?
[A] Maharashtra
[B] New Delhi
[C] Chandigarh
[D] Kerala
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Correct Answer: B [New Delhi]
Notes:
The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that the state government has formed a five-step plan named “5 Ts Plan” for tackling the spread of coronavirus.
The Chief Minister explained that the 5Ts are Testing, Tracing, Treatment, Teamwork, Tracking and Monitoring. He also revealed that mass testing like South Korea will be initiated in Delhi. More kits for testing 50000 people and rapid testing 1 lakh people have been ordered by the UT.
16. As per the notification of WIPO, which country topped the world in filing International Patents filed with WIPO, in 2019?
[A] United States
[B] China
[C] Russia
[D] Germany
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Correct Answer: B [China]
Notes:
As per the recent notification of WIPO, China topped the world in filing International Patents filed with WIPO, in 2019.
China has filed 58,990 applications in 2019 via WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System thereby surpassing the United States, which topped every year since the PCT began operations in 1978. China also recorded growth in the international intellectual property (IP) services, treaty-adherence activity of WIPO.
17. The Government of India has extended the term of Banks Board Bureau members by how many years?
[A] One
[B] Two
[C] Three
[D] Five
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Correct Answer: B [Two]
Notes:
The Indian government has extended term of board members of the Banks Board Bureau (BBB), for a period of two years beyond April 11 or until further orders whichever is earlier.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has also approved to extend the term of existing part-time chairman B P Sharma. Bank Boards Bureau was constituted in 2016 to recommend appointment of whole-time directors and non-executive chairpersons of public sector banks (PSBs) and financial institutions owned by the government.
18. Representatives of SAARC had a discussion impact of Covid-19 situation on intra-regional trade through video-conferencing. How many member countries are present in SAARC bloc?
[A] Five
[B] Seven
[C] Eight
[D] Ten
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Correct Answer: C [Eight]
Notes:
Representatives of SAARC had a discussion on the impact of Covid-19 situation on intra-regional trade through video-conferencing.
The senior trade officials of all SAARC countries except Pakistan, also discussed the impact of travel restrictions. This is the follow-up of the first virtual meeting held on March 15. The eight member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
19. As per a recently conducted online survey among the IT professionals, which city was the most preferred city to work for?
[A] Hyderabad
[B] Mumbai
[C] Bengaluru
[D] Chennai
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Correct Answer: C [Bengaluru]
Notes:
According to a recent online survey conducted by the technology community website owned by Times Internet-TechGig, most IT professionals prefer Bengaluru as the best city to work for.
Bengaluru has been voted by over 40 per cent of the professionals, mainly for the high living standards, highest appraisal and career growth opportunities it provide. While Hyderabad and Pune secured the second and third spots respectively, Delhi-NCR secured the least votes among the chart.
20. According to the Digidhan Dashboard, which was the most popular means of digital transaction in the Financial year 2019-20?
[A] BHIM UPI
[B] Debit cards
[C] Prepaid instruments
[D] Internet Banking
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Correct Answer: A [BHIM UPI]
Notes:
According to the Digidhan Dashboard, launched by the Electronics and IT Ministry, the total transactions through the digital channels reached ₹4,116.74 crore in 2019-20, which is an increase by over 31 per cent from the last year.
As per the data, BHIM UPI has been the most popular means, with 30.19 per cent share in digital transactions amounting to ₹1,242.98 crore of payment. It was followed by prepaid instruments and debit cards in the second and third place.