41. ‘RAISE 2020’, which was seen in news, is the first global Artificial Intelligence Summit of which country?
[A] France
[B] United States
[C] India
[D] United Arab Emirates
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Correct Answer: C [India]
Notes:
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is to organise the first Global AI Summit in India (RAISE 2020).
This was in news recently, as the AI summit was postponed to October 5-6, 2020 due to the rising number of cases of Covid-19. It was initially scheduled to be held in the month of April. The summit is to be attended by academics, AI start-ups and big tech firms.
42. Which organisation announced on World Water Day, that between 3.5 and 4.4 billion people in the world will live with limited access to water?
[A]
Food And Agricultural Organisation
[B] United Nations
[C] World Food Programme
[D] World Wide Fund For Nature
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Correct Answer: B [United Nations]
Notes:
On the World Water Day, which falls on March 22, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that between 3.5 and 4.4 billion people in the world will live with limited access to water.
He also announced that out of the people with limited access, more than 1 billion of them would be in major cities. He revealed that the world’s water resources are under threat and 2.2 billion people and 4.2 billion people lack safe drinking water and sanitation facilities respectively.
43. Veteran Director cum Actor M.R. Viswanathan, who recently passed away, was a famous personality in which language?
[A] Malayalam
[B] Tamil
[C] Kannada
[D] Telugu
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Correct Answer: B [Tamil]
Notes:
Veteran Kollywood Director cum Actor M.R. Viswanathan, who was popularly known as Visu, passed away at the age of 75.
Besides being a stage artist, he had also worked as a screen writer for several famous Tamil films. He was famous for his witty and funny one-liners. He acted in more than 60 films and directed nearly 25 films, most of which were celebrated by people then.
44. SDMC recently launched a website for information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a Disaster Management agency of which bloc?
[A] BIMSTEC
[B] SAARC
[C] ASEAN
[D] OPEC
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Correct Answer: B [SAARC]
Notes:
The SAARC Disaster Management Centre has recently launched a website for information related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.
The website shows the number of coronavirus cases in the SAARC member states with live updates on the count of active cases. This initiative was earlier proposed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the recent video conference with the leaders SAARC member nations.
45. Which Indian state/UT launched the ‘Mukhya Mantri Health Card’ scheme, during its budget?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Assam
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Chandigarh
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Correct Answer: A [New Delhi]
Notes:
The Delhi Government has recently presented its budget in the Assembly. The Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia presented the first budget of the AAP government’s second term.
The government of Delhi announced the ‘Mukhya Mantri Health Card’ scheme for the people of Delhi. Under this scheme, health ID cards will be prepared and distributed to all the residents of Delhi. It will be linked to the hospital information management system across all the health centres of the government.
46. Which Indian author won the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award of PEN America?
[A] Ruchika Tomar
[B] Madhuri Vijay
[C] Arundhati Roy
[D] Jhumpa Lahiri
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Correct Answer: A [Ruchika Tomar]
Notes:
Debut novelist Ruchika Tomar has been selected as the winner of the 2020 PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel ‘A Prayer for Travelers’.
PEN America was founded in 1922, in New York City. The prize is backed by the Hemingway family and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. The PEN/Hemingway Award includes a $25,000 prize, which is proposed to allow significant time and resources to pursue a subsequent work of fiction.
47. ‘Mo Jeeban (My Life)’ is an initiative of which Indian state to advise people to stay indoors amid the coronavirus pandemic?
[A] West Bengal
[B] Odisha
[C] Telangana
[D] Bihar
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Correct Answer: B [Odisha]
Notes:
Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik launched ‘Mo Jeeban’ programme and advised people to take a pledge for staying indoors to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
The Chief Minister asked people to take oaths of staying indoors and send him those videos. He also asked the people to paste a sticker on the gate of their houses to show their determination to follow this direction.
48. Which country, that holds the presidency of G20 bloc, is to chair an emergency virtual summit of G20 leaders?
[A] Germany
[B] Saudi Arabia
[C] Italy
[D] France
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Correct Answer: B [Saudi Arabia]
Notes:
The King of Saudi Arabia Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is set to chair an emergency virtual summit of G20 leaders, to accelerate the response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
At present, Saudi Arabia holds the G20 presidency and it called for the Virtual Leaders’ summit to be held on March 26. This is the first meeting of the G20 leaders after the world has been affected by the outbreak of coronavirus.
49. In the G-20’s first virtual summit, what is the stimulus package the member countries pledged to infuse into the global economy?
[A] $1 trillion
[B] $2 trillion
[C] $5 trillion
[D] $10 trillion
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Correct Answer: C [$5 trillion]
Notes:
The G-20’s first ever virtual summit, chaired by Saudi Arabia, was recently held through video conferencing. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi also attended the virtual meeting.
Leaders of the G20 major economies pledged to restore global growth and infuse over $5 trillion into the global economy. The countries also vowed to take necessary steps to minimize the economic and social impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
50. Which organisation has launched a campaign called ‘StayHomeIndiaWithBooks’, to encourage people to stay home amid the Covid-19 pandemic?
[A] National Book Trust
[B] National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
[C] National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
[D] Press Trust of India
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Correct Answer: A [National Book Trust]
Notes:
National Book Trust of the Union Human Resource Development Ministry has launched a campaign called ‘StayHomeIndiaWithBooks’, to encourage people to stay home amid the Covid 19 pandemic.
As a part of this initiative, NBT is making its select and best-selling books available for free Download. More than 100 books are made available in PDF format and can be downloaded from the website of NBT.