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Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 25th April 2020
- When is the World Intellectual Property Day observed?
- 20 April
- 24 April
- 26 April
- 30 April
- What is the theme for the 2020 World Immunization Week?
- #VaccinesWork for All
- Get Immunized
- Vaccines Save Lives
- Vaccines and Immunization
- When is the World Immunization Week observed?
- First week of April
- Last week of April
- First week of May
- Last week of May
- Former cricketer Graeme Watson passed away recently. He belongs to which country?
- Zimbabwe
- Australia
- Pakistan
- West Indies
- Which Payments bank has partnered with Mastercard to issue virtual and physical debit cards?
- Jio Payment Bank
- Airtel Payment Bank
- Paytm Payment Bank
- Fino Payment Bank
- Eminent personality Usha Ganguly passed away recently, she was associated with which field?
- Politics
- Theater
- Sports
- Journalism
- World Malaria Day is observed every year on which day?
- 23 April
- 24 April
- 25 April
- 21 April
- Vodafone-Idea has partnered with which payment app to launch ‘Recharge Saathi’ programme?
- PhonePe
- Google Pay
- Paytm
- Amazon Pay
- Which state in India has become the first to introduce software-based in-house facility of virtual courts for hearing court proceedings in High court and district courts?
- Gujarat
- Karnataka
- Maharashtra
- Uttar Pradesh
- Name the twitter campaign launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on the occasion of World Book Day, to urge people to read at least one book and share the same on social media
- #ReadABook
- #MyBookDay
- #ReadBook
- #MyBookMyFriend
- Fitch Ratings has lowered the GDP growth forecast for India in 2020-21. What is the new growth rate?
- 0%
- 0.8%
- 0.5%
- 0.2%
- The World Bank report on impact of the COVID-19 on migration and remittances, has stated that the remittances to India are likely to drop by________ percent in 2020 compared to previous year
- 23%
- 15%
- 29%
- 18%
- In Chess, Alireza Firouzja has recently won the Banter Blitz Cup 2020, by defeating which player?
- Sergey Karjakin
- Fabiano Caruana
- Magnus Carlsen
- Garry Kasparov
- Former Rajya Sabha MP Basanta Das, who died recently represented which state?
- Assam
- West Bengal
- Odisha
- Tamil Nadu
- What is the rank of India in the World Press Freedom Index 2020?
- 121
- 138
- 142
- 156
- Which among these companies has recently bought 9.9% stake in Reliance Jio to become largest minority shareholder in the company?
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- The ‘WashKaro’ app has been built by which of the following institutes to warn about COVID-19 containment zones & filter fake news?
- IIIT Delhi
- IIIT Bengaluru
- IIIT Hyderabad
- IIIT Allahabad
- Name the winner of 2020 William E. Colby Military Writers’ Award?
- Paul Scharre
- Steven E. Sodergren
- Adam Higginbotham
- Douglas V. Mastriano
- Which Indian company has been given the charge to launch the first fully digital bank of Israel?
- Wipro
- TCS
- Infosys
- HCL
- Name the Indian who has been appointed as the new President of International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA)?
- Rakesh Sharma
- Dheeraj Pandey
- Varun Dubey
- Siddharth Mishra
- Who has been appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India?
- Nittoor Srinivasa Rau
- Sanjay Kothari
- K V Chowdary
- Pratyush Sinha
- Noor, a small military spacecraft, has recently been launched by which country in the orbit?
- Iran
- Syria
- Pakistan
- Afghanistan
- Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally (VITAL) is a high-pressure ventilator launched by which organisation for the treatment of COVID-19 patients?
- Roscosmos
- ISRO
- NASA
- DRDO
- Caladium Investment PTE Ltd, an affiliate of GIC, Singapore, has increased its stake in Bandhan Bank to _______ percent recently.
- 6.35%
- 4.49%
- 2.66%
- 3.72%
Answers with Explanations:
- c. 26 April
Answer: World Intellectual Property Day is observed on 26 April every year. The day is observed to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity.
- a. “#VaccinesWork for All
Answer: The theme for the 2020 World Immunization Week is “#VaccinesWork for All.” The campaign will focus on how vaccines, and the people who develop, deliver, and receive them, are heroes as they work to protect the health of everyone across the globe.
- b. Last week of April
Answer: World Immunization Week is celebrated from 24-30 April. It is celebrated in the last week of April by the World Health Organization (WHO). The observation of the week aims to promote the use of vaccines in order to protect people of all ages against disease.
- b. Australia
Answer: Former Australian cricketer Graeme Watson passed away.He was a middle-order batsman and a medium-pace bowler.
- c. Paytm Payments Bank
Answer: Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) inks partnership with Mastercard to issue virtual and physical debit cards.
- b. Theatre
Answer: Eminent theatre director, actor and activist, Usha Ganguly passed away. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for direction in 1998.
- c. 25 April
Answer: World Malaria Day is an international event observed on 25 April every year. The day aims to spread awareness about malaria disease globally.
- c. Paytm
Answer: Vodafone idea ties up with Paytm have launched the ‘Recharge Saathi’ program.This program will help individuals and small businesses to earn additional income.
- d. Uttar Pradesh
Answer: Uttar Pradesh has become the 1st state with a software-based in-house facility of virtual courts, where requisite infrastructure in Allahabad High Court and all its courts for hearing cases through video conferencing.
- d. #MyBookMyFriend
Answer: The Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has launched a campaign on Twitter called #MyBookMyFriend, on the occasion of the World Book Day on 23 April.
- b. 0.8%
Answer: Fitch Ratings has reduced the GDP growth rate prediction for India for FY21 (2020-21) to 0.8%.
- a. 23%
Answer: According to a World Bank report on the impact of the COVID-19 on migration and remittances, the remittances to India are likely to drop by 23 percent in 2020 to USD 64 billion, due to the Corona virus pandemic, which has resulted in a global recession. This is in contrast with the growth of 5.5 percent and receipts of USD 83 billion in 2019.
- c. Magnus Carlsen
Answer: In Chess, 16-year-old Iranian chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja claimed a historic win after defeating World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (29) in the final of the Banter Blitz Cup 2020. Alireza Firouzja defeated the Norwegian 8.5-7.5 to claim the $14,000 prize.
- c. Odisha
Answer: Former Rajya Sabha MP Basanta Das from Odisha passed away following a prolonged illness. He was 80. Das was Rajya Sabha member from 1990 to 1996 as Janata Dal nominee.
- c. 142
Answer: India has been ranked at 142nd position in the World Press Freedom Index 2020 out of 180 countries. The index is released every year by “Reporters Without Border”. India has dropped two places from last year’s ranking.
- c. Facebook
Answer: Social Media giant Facebook on April 22, 2020 has bought 9.9% stake in Reliance Jio for $5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 crore). With this investment, Facebook has become the largest minority shareholder of Reliance Jio , the telecom unit of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).
- a. IIIT Delhi
Answer: Researchers at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-Delhi) have developed an app named ‘WashKaro’ to warn people about a coronavirus containment zone nearby as well as help them to check whether a news item about the pandemic is genuine or fake. The app has been developed by a team led by professor Ponnurangam Kumaraguru and Dr Tavpritesh Sethi along with five students.
- c. Adam Higginbotham
Answer: Adam Higginbotham has been awarded with the 2020 William E. Colby Military Writers’ Award for his book “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster”. The $5,000 prize is presented annually by the Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont for an outstanding book on military or intelligence history.
- b. TCS
Answer: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will launch Israel’s first fully digital bank. TCS is India’s largest software services firm.
- a. Rakesh Sharma
Answer: Rakesh Sharma, the Executive Director (ED) at Bajaj Auto, has been appointed as the new President of International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association (IMMA) on 22 April 2020.
- b. Sanjay Kothari
Answer: Sanjay Kothari took oath as Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). The oath office was administered by President Ram Nath Kovind on 25 April 2020 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
- a. Iran
Answer: Iran launched its first military satellite called “Noor” into orbit. This launch has raised tensions with the US at a time the two countries are already facing off in the Persian Gulf.
- c. NASA
Answer: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has developed an easy-to-build high-pressure ventilator named VITAL, which has been specially designed for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.VITAL stands for Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally.VITAL will help to treat COVID-19 patients with milder symptoms, so that the limited number of traditional ventilators available in the country can be used for treatment of patients with more severe COVID-19 symptoms.
- b. 4.49%
Answer: Caladium Investment PTE Ltd, an affiliate of GIC, Singapore, has increased its stake in Kolkata-based private sector lender Bandhan Bank by 1.1% to 4.49% as on March 31, 2020. Caladium Investments held 7.22 crore shares in Bandhan Bank at the end of the fourth quarter of FY20.
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