Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2020
31. For the FY 2019-20, which sea food was the largest product to be exported from India?
[A] Prawn
[B] Shrimp
[C] Tuna
[D] Crab
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Correct Answer: B [Shrimp]
Notes:
Frozen shrimp was the major export product among the sea food followed by frozen fish in FY 2010-20. India has shipped 12.89 lakh tones of seafood during the last financial year amounting USD 6.68 billion.
The USA and China were the largest importers of Indian seafood. The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) is aiming to increase the country’s sea food exports to Rs 1 trillion by 2030.
32. What is the name of the project launched by the Tribal Affairs Ministry, to establish tertiary processing centres?
[A] Trifood
[B] Tribe India
[C] MFP Enhance
[D] Tribal Value
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Correct Answer: A [Trifood]
Notes:
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda has virtually launched the tertiary processing centres of ‘Trifood Project’.
It is an initiative of TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, in association with Ministry of Food Processing (MoFPI). The Minister launched the project in Raigad of Maharashtra and Jagdalpur of Chhattisgarh. It aims to enhance the income of tribal population by making value addition in the Minor Forest Produces.
33. Which Indian power company is to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary for its renewable energy business?
[A] NTPC
[B] ONGC
[C] NHPC
[D] GAIL
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Correct Answer: A [NTPC]
Notes:
Government owned power major NTPC Limited has recently announced that it is to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary for its renewable energy business.
The company has recently obtained the approval from the Niti Aayog and Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), Ministry of Finance for formation of a wholly-owned subsidiary.
34. Who is the Chief Executive Officer of NPCI International Payments Limited (NPIL)?
[A] Ritesh Shukla
[B] Nandan Nilekani
[C] Urjit Patel
[D] Rina Penkar
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Correct Answer: A [Ritesh Shukla]
Notes:
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched its wholly-owned subsidiary, NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL).
The company aims to popularise NPCI’s domestic payments technologies such as UPI and RuPay in other countries and co-create payment technologies with them. NPCI has appointed Ritesh Shukla as the Chief Executive Officer of NIPL.
35. Which state is to become the first to recruit through National Recruitment Agency (NRA)’s common test?
[A] Kerala
[B] Bihar
[C] Madhya Pradesh
[D] Rajasthan
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Correct Answer: C [Madhya Pradesh]
Notes:
Madhya Pradesh is set to be the first state in the country to recruit candidates to government jobs on the basis of National Recruitment Agency (NRA) test.
This decision has been informed by the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan, a day after the Union cabinet approved setting up of NRA to conduct a Common Eligibility Test (CET), for conducting examinations which are presently conducted by IBPS, RRB, SSC among others
36. Which Indian state/UT has launched the Indira Rasoi scheme?
[A] Maharashtra
[B] Punjab
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Chattisgarh
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Correct Answer: C [Rajasthan]
Notes:
Indira Rasoi scheme has been launched by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Under the scheme, poor and needy people will be provided with quality food at Rs 8 per plate in urban areas.
The subsidy is estimated to have an expenditure of Rs 100 crore every year to the state. The scheme will be rolled out in 213 urban local bodies of the state and food will be served to 1.34 lakh people per day.
37. What is the limit of Late Payment Surcharge, as advised by the Powers Ministry, to the Gencos and Trancos?
[A] 12%
[B] 14%
[C] 15%
[D] 20%
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Correct Answer: A [12%]
Notes:
Union Ministry of Power recommends all power generating companies and transmission companies to charge Late payment surcharge (LPS) within 12% per annum.
In many cases, LPS is up to 18 per cent per annum and the high cap has adversely impacted Discoms during the nation-wide lockdown. This measure aims at easing the financial burden on Discoms as well as the consumers.
38. Which Ministry partnered with Tribal Ministry, to promote opportunities among tribal women SHGs?
[A] Ministry of Agriculture
[B] Ministry of Rural Development
[C] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
[D] Ministry of Culture
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Rural Development]
Notes:
Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Rural Development has recently signed a Joint Communication to promote sustainable livelihood opportunities Among Tribal Women SHGs in rural areas.
Rural Development Ministry will identify and map tribal women SHG members while Ministry of Tribal Affairs will promote livelihood opportunities among women identified by State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) through several arenas.
39. Who has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner by the Central Government?
[A] Amitabh Kant
[B] Ajay Bushan Pandey
[C] Debashis Panda
[D] Rajiv Kumar
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Correct Answer: D [Rajiv Kumar]
Notes:
The Government of India has appointed former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar as the new Election Commissioner. He is set to succeed Ashok Lavasa, who has resigned from the post, to join the Asian Development Bank.
Rajiv Kumar is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Jharkhand cadre. He has been instrumental in merger of 10 public sector banks into four.
40. Which is the most downloaded Covid-19 contact tracing application in the world, as on date?
[A] COVIDSafe
[B] Stopp Corona
[C] eRouška
[D] Aarogya Setu
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Correct Answer: D [Aarogya Setu]
Notes:
With more than 15 crore users and more than 6.6 million Bluetooth traced contacts, the official contact tracing application of India, Aarogya Setu is the most downloaded contact tracing app in the world, as on date.
The application team has recently introduced ‘Open API Service’, which is used to obtain answers for real-time queries about the health status of their employees or any other Aarogya Setu User who has consented to share their health status.
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