Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 5th March 2020

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Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 5th March 2020

  1. Which team won the gold in the KPIT Sparkle 2020?
  1. IIT-Kharagpur
  2. Army Institute of Technology
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
  4. IIT-Guwahati

2. Which State/UT launched Student Health Card scheme for school children?

  1. Delhi
  2. Goa
  3. Jammu
  4. Nagaland

3. Who organized the Pragyan Conclave 2020?

  1. Centre for Land Warfare Studies
  2. Centre for Policy Research
  3. Jawaharlal Nehru University
  4. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

4. Where was the Pragyan Conclave 2020 held?

  1. Jaipur
  2. Ahmedabad
  3. Bhubaneshwar
  4. New Delhi

5. Who is the secretary-general of BIMSTEC?

  1. Smith Nakandala
  2. M Shahidul Islam
  3. Sully Erna
  4. Aaron Lewis

6. Which country is to lead science, technology, and innovation sector in BIMSTEC?

  1. India
  2. Thailand
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Myanmar

7. What is the currency of Cote d’Ivoire?

  1. West African Yen
  2. West African CFA franc
  3. West African dinar
  4. West African dirham

8. Which is the capital of the Ivory Coast?

  1. Yamoussoukro
  2. Abidjan
  3. Bouake
  4. Ouagadougou

9. ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 would be launched in which year?

  1. 2020
  2. 2021
  3. 2022
  4. 2023

10. With which country did India sign MoU to enhance cooperation in the field of health and regulate drugs and pharmaceutical products in March 2021?

  1. Cameroon
  2. Ghana
  3. Cote d’Ivoire
  4. Burkina Faso

11. Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank were amalgamated into which bank?

  1. Allahabad Bank
  2. Indian Bank
  3. Bank of Baroda
  4. Union Bank of India

12. Which country has become the first government to have made free public transport free?

  1. Malta
  2. Monaco
  3. Luxembourg
  4. Andorra

13. Who is the King of Luxembourg?

  1. Henri
  2. Félix
  3. Louis
  4. Guillaume

14. Which place has been designated as the summer capital of the Uttarakhand?

  1. Ranikhet
  2. Almora
  3. Binsar
  4. Gairsain

15. Google’s second cloud region in India will soon be launched in which city?

  1. Bengaluru
  2. Chennai
  3. Hyderabad
  4. New Delhi

16. Who among the following has been appointed as the new Indian Ambassador to Turkey?

  1. Vivek Mohan
  2. Sumit Arora
  3. Sanjay Kumar Panda
  4. Devnayak Gandhi

Answers with Explanations:

  1. (b) Army Institute of Technology

Answer: KPIT announced the winners of KPIT Sparkle 2020 on 4 March. Army Institute of Technology, Pune, was awarded gold and a cash prize of Rs.5 Lakhs Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru jointly won silver awards of Rs.2.5 Lakhs.

  1. (c) Jammu

Answer: The Jammu and Kashmir government launched a Student Health Card scheme in Jammu on 5 March. It was launched by Lt. Governor G.C. Murmu at a programme organized by Directorate of Mid Day Meal, School Education Department in association with National Health Mission at Teachers Bhavan Jammu.

  1. (a) Centre for Land Warfare Studies

Answer: Pragyan Conclave 2020 commenced on 4 March 2020 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi. It will be held on 4-5 March. The two-day Indian Army International Seminar is being organized by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).

  1. (d) New Delhi

Answer: Pragyan Conclave 2020 commenced on 4 March 2020 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi. It will be held on 4-5 March. The two-day Indian Army International Seminar is being organized by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS).

  1. (b) M Shahidul Islam

Answer: M Shahidul Islam is the Secretary-General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

  1. (c) Sri Lanka

Answer: The 20th Session of the senior officials’ meeting (SoM) was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 3 March 2020. The meeting was chaired by Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha. In the meeting, it was decided that Sri Lanka will lead the science, technology, and innovation sector in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

  1. (b) West African CFA franc

Answer: The West African CFA franc is the currency of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).

  1. (a) Yamoussoukro

Answer: Yamoussoukro is the capital city of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), in West Africa. It’s inland, northwest of the country’s economic and cultural hub, the coastal city of Abidjan. It’s known for the enormous Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, with its stained-glass windows and towering dome.

  1. (b) 2021

Answer: The Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced that ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 would be launched in the first half of 2021. A slight delay might happen in the launching of the third moon mission.

  1. (c) Cote d’Ivoire

Answer: The Union Cabinet approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India and the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene of Cote d’Ivoire. The MoU was aimed to enhance cooperation in the field of health. The MoU will regulate drugs and pharmaceutical products.

  1. (d) Union Bank of India

Answer: The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the consolidation of ten Public Sector Banks (PSBs) into four. Among those, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank into Union Bank of India.

  1. (c) Luxembourg

Answer: Luxembourg has become the first government to have made free public transport free. The move came with effect from 1 March. As per the move, buses, trams, and trains in the country became completely free of charge.

  1. (a) Henri

Answer: Henri is the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, reigning since 7 October 2000.

  1. (d) Gairsain

Answer: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat recently announced that Gairsain will be the summer capital of the state. The people in the state had been demanding to make Gairsain the capital of Uttarakhand for a long time.

  1. (d) New Delhi

Answer: Google on March 5, 2020 announced its plans of launching a Delhi Cloud Region. This will be the technology giant’s second cloud region in India, as it launched its first in the country in Mumbai in 2017. Google’s existing network includes 22 cloud regions across the globe with 8 in the Asia-Pacific region.

  1. (c) Sanjay Kumar Panda                                                  

Answer: Sanjay Kumar Panda has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to Turkey. He is a 1991 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer and is currently serving as Consulate General of India in San Francisco.

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