Project” in which state?
1) Gujarat
2) Rajasthan
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Telangana
Answer – 4) Madhya Pradesh
Explanation:
Asia’s largest solar power project: Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project in Madhya Pradesh is inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, through video conferencing. The 750 MW ultra-solar power plant spread over 1,590 acres. It was developed by Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), a joint venture of Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVN) and Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). The Rewa Solar Power project received the World Bank Group President’s Award.
2. Which ministry released first 5 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur Manuscript recently (presented to
President Ram Nath Govind).
1) Ministry of Culture
2) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
3) Ministry of Human Resource Development
4) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
5) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Answer – 1) Ministry of Culture
Explanation:
Under the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM), The Ministry of Culture has taken up the project of re-
printing 108 volumes of Mongolian Kanjur. A set of First Five manuscripts were presented to Shri Ram Nath
Kovind, the President of India on Guru Purnima (Dharma Chakra Day) on 4th July 2020. The present edition
is being published by the National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM).
3. Which company has partnered with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY)
& Digital India to lead the scale up program of Digital India for hardware and IoT start-ups?
1) DLabs
2) NASSCOM
3) Cubex
4) H-innovative
5) T-Hub
Answer – 5) T-Hub
Explanation:
T-Hub announced their partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
and Digital India to lead the scale up program of Digital India for hardware and Internet of Things (IoT)
startups and to support the startups with investments and market access.
4. N. Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of which Indian state has inaugurated 5 Water Supply projects
worth Rs 48.39 crore recently?
1) Manipur
2) Mizoram
3) Meghalaya
4) Maharashtra
5) Madhya Pradesh
Answer – 1) Manipur
Explanation:
Manipur Chief Minister (CM) N. Biren Singh inaugurates 5 Water Supply projects worth Rs 48.39 crore, which have a total capacity of more than 26.15 million of liters per day (MLD) through video conferencing from the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Imphal. With addition to the projects one office building of Weight and Measures Department and Rapid Antigen Detection Testing Centre at Jiribam were also inaugurated. The New Development Bank has sanctioned Rs 3,000 crore to provide drinking water to every household of the state and work orders for the projects have been issued.
5. Uttar Pradesh cabinet chaired by CM Yogi Adityanath approved the Uttar Pradesh Start-up Policy
2020 recently. Who is the Governor of UP?
1) Banwarilal Purohit
2) Ramesh Bais
3) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
4) Anandiben Patel
5) Tamilisai Soundararajan
Answer – 4) Anandiben Patel
Explanation:
The cabinet of Uttar Pradesh Government chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved the new startup policy – Uttar Pradesh Startup Policy 2020 to increase the job opportunities and employment in Uttar Pradesh by promoting the developing units in agriculture, health, power, education, tourism and transport sectors. UP Governor– Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
6. What will be the mean average global temperature in next 5 years as per report “Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update for 2020-2024” released by World Meteorological Organization (WMO)?
1) 2° Celsius
2) 1.5° Celsius
3) 2.5° Celsius
4) 3° Celsius
5) 3.5° Celsius
Answer – 2) 1.5° Celsius
Explanation:
The United Nations (UN) weather Agency, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in its "Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update for 2020-2024" has forecasted that the annual mean global temperature are already at least 1 C higher now than during the period from 1850-1900 because of man-made greenhouse emissions and there is a 20% chance that it will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) in at least one year between 2020-2024. Overall, it is very likely to be within the range 0.91 – 1.59°C.
7. Who chairs the independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response (IPPR) formulated
by World Health Organisation (WHO)?
1) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
2) Helen Elizabeth Clark
3) Harsh Vardhan
4) Both 1) and 2)
5) Both 1) and 3)
Answer – 4) Both 1) and 2)
Explanation:
World Health Organization (WHO) has formulated an Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Panel will be co-chaired by former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Elizabeth Clark and former President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. While Helen Clark served as an administrator of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), on the other hand, Ellen Sirleaf is a recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
BANKING AND FINANCE
8. Find the bank which renewed MoU with International Energy Agency (IEA) to increase the collaboration on sustainability with a focus on energy sector.
1) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
2) New Development Bank (NDB)
3) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
4) World Bank (WB)
5) None of these
Answer – 3) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Explanation:
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has renewed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with International Energy Agency (IEA) during IEA’s Clean Energy Transitions Summit 2020 with the aim to further increase the collaboration on sustainability with a focus on energy sector resilience in Asia and the Pacific.
9. Asian Development Bank has entered into agreement with Qatar-based Education Above All
(EAA) Foundation to work jointly for project worth of __________.
1) $100 million
2) $200 million
3) $150 million
4) $250 million
5) $500 million
Answer – 1) $100 million
Explanation:
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help India and 9 other Asian nations to ensure quality education for the out-of-school and at-risk children in the primary level. In its preliminary effort, ADB has entered into a 5-year agreement with Qatar-based Education Above All (EAA) Foundation to work jointly for project worth of $100 million to put at least 3.2 lakh out-of-school children, including refugees and internally displaced children into quality primary education.
10. The IRDAI has removed the _______ maximum cap on sum insured for Arogya Sanjeevani policies
recently.
1) Rs. 1 Lakh
2) Rs. 2 Lakh
3) Rs. 50,000
4) Rs. 25,000
5) Rs. 5 Lakh
Answer – 5) Rs. 5 Lakh
Explanation:
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has allowed all general and health insurance companies to increase the sum insured on the Standard Individual Health Insurance Product namely “Arogya Sanjeevani” beyond Rs 5 lakh. This decision has been taken in view of the increasing cost of healthcare in the country amid the covid-19 pandemic. Arogya Sanjeevani, is a product for which all insurers are mandated to offer had a cap of Rs 5 lakh on the sum insured and the minimum cover for it was of Rs 1 lakh. The regulator has now allowed insurers to offer sum insured as low as Rs 50,000 with no upper limit. The sum insured has to be in multiples of Rs 50,000.
إرسال تعليق