Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2021
1. Which country is set to gift nearly 2 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the UN Peace keepers?
[A] China
[B] Russia
[C] India
[D] UK
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Correct Answer: C [India]
Notes:
India has announced 200,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines as a gift to the UN peacekeepers. It will be sent on March 27 and will be distributed to the peacekeeping missions.
With this, it will be possible to administer the double doses of COVID-19 vaccines to all 85,782 UN peacekeepers serving in 12 peacekeeping operations across the world.
2. Which institution in its report “South Asia Vaccinates”, estimates India’s GDP growth in FY 22 would be in the range from 7.5% to 12.5%?
[A] IMF
[B] World Bank
[C] ADB
[D] S&P
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Correct Answer: B [World Bank]
Notes:
World Bank has recently released a report titled “South Asia Vaccinates”. It highlighted that private consumption and public investment will make the Indian economy grow by 10.1% in 2021-22 (FY22).
It also estimated that on account of uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, it said India’s economic growth in FY22 will be in the range from 7.5% to 12.5%. It also forecasts that the Indian economy to contract by 8.5% in FY21.
3. ‘AIM-PRIME’ programme launched by the NITI Aayog, is associated with which objective?
[A] Promote innovation among students
[B] Promote Science-based start-ups
[C] Promote AI & ML in schools
[D] Support student entrepreneurs
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Correct Answer: B [Promote Science-based start-ups]
Notes:
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog has launched AIM-PRIME (Program for Researchers on Innovations, Market-Readiness & Entrepreneurship).
It aims to promote and support science-based start-ups & ventures across India. AIM has partnered with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to launch this program. It will be implemented by Venture Center – a non-profit technology business incubator.
4. Which body decides the interest cut on small saving schemes such as the PPF and NSC?
[A] NITI Aayog
[B] Finance Commission
[C] Department of Economic Affairs
[D] Department of Financial Services
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Correct Answer: C [Department of Economic Affairs]
Notes:
The Department of Economic Affairs, Union Finance Ministry decides the small saving schemes such as the PPF, NSC and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana.
The Government announces interest rates for small saving schemes at the end of every quarter. Recently after announcing steep cuts in the rates, the Finance Minister rolled back the changes to previous rates for the next quarter.
5. Which Ministry has released the “Women and Men in India 2020” report?
[A] Ministry of Home Affairs
[B] Ministry of Women and Child Development
[C] Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
[D] Ministry of Defence
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Correct Answer: C [Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation]
Notes:
The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has recently released a report titled “Women and Men in India 2020”.
This report has been published by MoSPI since 1995 and this year’s report is 20th in the series. It provides gender related data for policy makers, planners and other stakeholders.
6. Xenobots, which were seen in the news recently, are robots developed from the stem cells of which organism?
[A] Crocodile
[B] Frog
[C] Rabbit
[D] Sheep
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Correct Answer: B [Frog]
Notes:
Researchers at Tufts University have developed robots named ‘Xenobots’ from the stem cells of frogs.
These robots are able to self-heal after damage and move using particles on their surface -cilia. They can work together in teams and can record information about their surroundings. The robots can be used in bio-medical and environmental studies.
7. A massive data leak has been witnessed by which social networking giant, recently?
[A] WhatsApp
[B] Orkut
[C] Twitter
[D] Facebook
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Correct Answer: D [Facebook]
Notes:
A massive data leak has been recently reported on Facebook. Information of about 533 million Facebook users has been leaked online, which includes contact numbers, IDs, birth dates and more personal information.
Among the affected, were the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other co-founders.
8. As per the ‘Tribunals Reforms Ordinance’ promulgated recently, the powers of Appellate authorities are vested with which body?
[A] Supreme Court
[B] High Courts
[C] Home Affairs Ministry
[D] Enforcement Directorate
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Correct Answer: B [High Courts]
Notes:
The Centre promulgated the Tribunal Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance 2021 recently.
As per the ordinance, existing appellate authorities are replaced and their powers are vested High Courts. The laws covered are Cinematograph Act; Copyright Act; Customs Act; Patents Act; AAI Act; Trade Marks Act; GI of Goods (registration and protection) Act; Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act and Control of NH (land and traffic) Act.
9. The Barakah nuclear power plant, which started its commercial operation recently, is situated in which country?
[A] Qatar
[B] UAE
[C] Saudi Arabia
[D] Kuwait
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Correct Answer: B [UAE]
Notes:
The Barakah nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates is the first nuclear power station in the Arab world.
The nuclear power plant located in Abu Dhabi started commercial operations recently. As per the country’s leaders, the first megawatt from the nuclear plant has entered the national power grid. It was opened in the year 2019.
10. Who has been appointed as the Mission Director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)?
[A] Amit Khare
[B] Chintan Vaishnav
[C] Amitabh Khant
[D] Rajiv Kumar
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Correct Answer: B [Chintan Vaishnav]
Notes:
Dr Chintan Vaishnav has been appointed as the Mission director of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the flagship initiative under NITI Aayog.
He will take over from Ramanathan Ramanan, who has been leading AIM as its first mission director since June 2017. Chintan Vaishnav is a socio-technologist who is currently serving at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US.
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