Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2020
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41. ‘e-Night Beat Checking System’ is an initiative of which state government?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Andhra Pradesh
[D] Uttarakhand
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Correct Answer: B [Himachal Pradesh]
Notes:
The State government of Himachal Pradesh recently launched two initiatives namely Police Station Visitor Survey System and e-Night Beat Checking System for Himachal police.
The Visitor survey system would be used for the surveillance of visitors visiting the Police Stations, Police Posts and all police units and will help in creating a database of visitors. The Night Beat Checking system for the Police Department would help the State Police to keep track of the suspected vehicles and criminals who move in the night.
42. Which Indian city has deployed drones to sanitize its region against the coronavirus outbreak by sprinkling chemicals?
[A] Mumbai
[B] Cochin
[C] Indore
[D] Nagpur
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Correct Answer: C [Indore]
Notes:
The city of Indore of Madhya Pradesh has become the first city in the country to deploy drones to sanitize city areas against the coronavirus outbreak by sprinkling chemicals.
The Municipal Corporation of Indore has hired two drones for sprinkling sanitising chemicals. Public places like vegetables markets and streets of the city are being disinfected by spraying. The chemicals are selected such that they are not harmful to the people.
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 Filmmaker won the IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020 at the `8th India International Film Tourism Conclave’?
[A] Aditya Dhar
[B] Zoya Akhter
[C] Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
[D] Ayan Mukerji
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Correct Answer: B [Zoya Akhter]
Notes:
Bollywood film-maker Zoya Akhter was presented the IIFTC Tourism Impact Award 2020, at the Asia’s largest film tourism event, 8th India International Film Tourism Conclave (IIFTC), held recently in Mumbai.
The Director was selected for her outstanding contribution to the world tourism through her films which were shot in Spain and Turkey.
46. What is the rank of India in the Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom 2020?
[A] 87
[B] 95
[C] 103
[D] 120
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Correct Answer: D [120]
Notes:
America-based Heritage Foundation released its Index of Economic Freedom last week. Singapore emerged as the top nation in the index and overtook Hong Kong as the world’s most independent and free economy.
Singapore achieved this feat for the first time since 1995, the report was first published. Hong Kong has ever been placed at the top since then. India is ranked in 120th position in the report and It improved its score by 1.3 points from 2019 to score 56.5 in 2020
47. A 650 TFLOPS-Supercomputing facility is set to be installed in which institution?
[A] IIT Mumbai
[B] IIT Delhi
[C] IIT Guwahati
[D] IIT Chennai
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Correct Answer: C [IIT Guwahati]
Notes:
The Technical Advisory Committee of the National Supercomputing Mission (MSM-TAC) has approved the installation of a Supercomputing facility with 650 TFLOPS, at IIT Guwahati, Assam.
The installation of the supercomputing system has been started under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). It is co-ordinated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The mission is being implemented by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.
48. According to a recent study, the glaciers of which India state are losing mass faster than other parts of the Himalayas?
[A] Uttarakhand
[B] Sikkim
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Assam
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Correct Answer: B [Sikkim]
Notes:
The Scientists from Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun have recently found that glaciers in Sikkim are melting at a higher magnitude than other Himalayan regions. The Institute is an autonomous research institute for the study of Geology of the Himalayas, under the Department of Science and Technology.
The study, which has been published in Science of the Total Environment, revealed that glaciers in Sikkim have deglaciated at a higher magnitude from 1991 to 2015. They also revealed that small-sized glaciers in Sikkim are disappearing and larger glaciers are thinning due to climate change.
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. What is the name of the mobile application launched by the Indian government to track the risk of coronavirus infection?
[A] Corona Suraksha
[B] Corona Kavach
[C] Corona Raksh
[D] Corona Sevak
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Correct Answer: B [Corona Kavach]
Notes:
The Government of India has launched a mobile application to track the risk of coronavirus infection called ‘Corona Kavach’.
The application is jointly developed by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It uses the person’s location to assess if they are in the high risk geographical zone. It is now available in beta version in the Google Play Store.
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