31. What is ‘NavRakshak’, that was seen in news recently?
[A] Light Combat Aircraft
[B] Fighter Jet
[C] Personal Protective Equipment
[D] Covid-19 Drug
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Correct Answer: C [Personal Protective Equipment]
Notes:
The manufacturing know-how of a PPE Suit being named ‘NavRakshak’ has been licensed by National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) to 5 five MSMEs.
The manufacturers are expected to mass produce more than 10 million PPEs per year, to meet the demand of quality PPE kits across the country. This know-how has been developed at the Mumbai-based Innovation Cell of the Institute of Naval Medicine. Intellectual property rights are also to be obtained.
32. What is the name of the special campaign of FICCI-FLO, launched by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development?
[A] Power to Empower
[B] Empowering the Greater 50%
[C] Women Entrepreneur Power
[D] Empowering Women ecosystem
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Correct Answer: B [Empowering the Greater 50%]
Notes:
Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani launched a special campaign titled ‘Empowering the Greater 50%’.
This campaign is an initiative of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and its division FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO). It seeks to create an ecosystem to support women entrepreneurship and empower as many as 1 lakh women in India over the next three years.
33. Which Union Ministry celebrates International Yoga Day 2020 with a campaign titled ‘Namaste Yoga’?
[A] Ministry of AYUSH
[B] Ministry of Culture
[C] Ministry of External Affairs
[D] Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Culture]
Notes:
Ministry of Culture is celebrating International Yoga Day 2020 by organising a campaign titled ‘Namaste Yoga’ from 19th to 21st June, 2020.
Union Minister of State for Culture Prahlad Singh Patel urged everyone to join him for a Surya Namaskar. He also asked them to post their Surya Namaskar videos on social media platforms to create health awareness among all citizens.
34. Which Indian state/UT became the first to operationalise rail coaches converted into isolation units for Covid-19?
[A] New Delhi
[B] Madhya Pradesh
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Gujarat
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Correct Answer: C [Uttar Pradesh]
Notes:
The Uttar Pradesh Government has started using rail coaches as isolation units for COVID-19 suspected patients.
COVID coaches are deployed at Mau junction in Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in a first in the country. Indian Railways is ready to offer as many as 5,231 isolation coaches to the states and the respective zonal railways have converted the coaches as quarantine facilities. After Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh have also been using rail coaches.
35. Which major technology company has shut its video game streaming service ‘Mixer’?
[A] Facebook
[B] Microsoft
[C] Amazon
[D] Apple
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Correct Answer: B [Microsoft]
Notes:
Major technology company Microsoft has recently announced to shut its video game streaming service Mixer.
Microsoft partnered with Facebook to enable the users of Mixer to transit to Facebook Gaming. If the user is voluntary to switch over to Gaming service of Facebook, it has been made easy. Earlier, Apple rejected Facebook Gaming app on the iOS App Store. However, Microsoft is working on their new project ‘xCloud’.
36. Which country has successfully launched the last satellite of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS)?
[A] Japan
[B] South Korea
[C] China
[D] North Korea
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Correct Answer: C [China]
Notes:
China has successfully launched the last satellite of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), onboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
This BDS system is claimed to be a competitor to the popular Global Positioning System (GPS) of the United States. The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in Southwest China. It is the 55th in the family of BeiDou, which means “Big Dipper” in Chinese language.
37. When is the United Nations Public Service Day celebrated?
[A] June 21
[B] June 23
[C] June 25
[D] June 24
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Correct Answer: B [June 23]
Notes:
Every year the United Nations Public Service day is observed on June 23 to honour people engaged in public service, around the world.
On 20 December 2002, the United General Assembly designated 23 June as UN Public Service Day. The United Nations also established the UN Public Service Awards (UNPSA) programme in 2003, to recognise the UN Public Service Day and to encourage youngsters to take up their career in public sector.
38. Which Indian has won the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade?
[A] Amartya Sen
[B] Raghuram Rajan
[C] Urjit Patel
[D] Manmohan Singh
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Correct Answer: A [Amartya Sen]
Notes:
Veteran Indian economist and Nobel-laureate Amartya Sen has won the prestigious Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
The 86-year-old economist has been named for the award for his decades-long work on global justice and social inequality. The German Publishers and Booksellers Association, Börsenverein constituted the award. The association also mentioned Amartya Sen’s three significant concepts: ‘Human Development Index’, the ‘capabilities approach’ and the notion of ‘missing women’.
39. Which paramilitary force has been named the nodal agency of the new 10000-bed Covid Care Centre, New Delhi?
[A] Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
[B] Central Reserve Police Frce (CRPF)
[C] Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
[D] National Security Guard (NSG)
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Correct Answer: C [Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)]
Notes:
Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has been named the nodal agency of the new 10000-bed Covid Care Centre at Chattarpur, New Delhi.
The Home Ministry had nominated ITBP as nodal agency to provide a team of doctors and other medical professionals to this centre. 2000 bed facility is to be made operationalised this week. It will be further expanded to over 10000 beds. This would be the largest single Covid Care Centre in the country.
40. Two Bridges named ‘Devika’ and ‘Puneja’ were recently inaugurated in which Indian state/UT?
[A] Himachal Pradesh
[B] Jammu & Kashmir
[C] Arunachal Pradesh
[D] Assam
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Correct Answer: B [Jammu & Kashmir]
Notes:
Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh has recently inaugurated two important Bridges Devika and Puneja in Jammu and Kashmir, virtually.
The 10-meter-long Devika Bridge inaugurated in Udhampur district, was constructed in about one-year time span by the Border Roads Organisation. The cost of construction of the bridge is Rs 75 lakhs. Another bridge named Puneja has also been inaugurated at a cost of Rs 4 Crore in Doda District.