Daily Current Affairs Quiz (22nd August) 2020-21

1. Swachh Survekshan 2020 conducted by

a. Ministry of Environment and Forest

b. Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

c. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

d. NITI Aayog

Answer (c) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

2. According to Swachh Survekshan 2020 the cleanest Indian city is

a. Surat

b. Indore

c. Bhopal

d. Varanasi

Answer (b) Indore.

• Swachh Survekshan was launched in 2016. It is world's largest urban sanitation and cleanliness survey.

• Indore ranked 1st in Swachh Survekshan 2020 (4th time cleanest City of India) and followed by Surat.

Cleanest Ganga Town : Varanasi

Cleanest Capital City : New Delhi

Cleanest Megacity with more than 40 lakh population : Ahmedabad

• Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the 5th edition and covered 4,242 cities, 62 cantonment boards and 92 Ganga towns.

3. Teesta river flows between

a. India and Pakistan

b. India and Myanmar

c. India and Bangladesh

d. India and Afghanistan

Answer (c) India and Bangladesh.

Recently China to lend Bangladesh $1 billion for Teesta river project.

4. Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament jointly organised by

a. Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliament of Britain

b. Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliament of Europe

c. Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliament of Austria

d. Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliament of France

Answer (c) Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliament of Austria.

It is organised with the support United Nations (UN).

• Inter-Parliamentary Union was established in 1889 as International organisation of Parliaments.

• It is being organised in virtual mode and second part of the conference will be held next year in physical mode in Vienna, Austria.

5. National Strategy for Financial Education (NSFE) : 2020-2025 documents released by

a. RBI

b. Ministry of Finance

c. NITI Aayog

d. SEBI

Answer (a) RBI.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the NSFE 2020-25 document for creating a financial aware and empowered India. It's the second NSFE, the first one being released in 2013.

6. Which is a landlocked country

a. Côte d'Ivoire

b. Guinea

c. Mali

d. Mauritania

Answer (c) Mali.

7. In which zone of India traditionally consumes organic food

a. North India

b. East India

c. North East India

d. West India

Answer (c)  North East India.

8. Lt General DB Shekatkar (Retd) Committee for

a. Recruitment of CRPF

b. Recruitment of NCC

c. Recruitment of Police

d. Recruitment of BSF

Answer (b) Recruitment of NCC.

Why in News ?

Recently, the Ministry of Defence has approved the proposal to expand the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in border and Coastal district.

9. What is eligibility of Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Program (PMEGP) ?

a. Poor people, above  18 years of age

b. Any individual, above 18 years of age

c. Any women, above 18 years of age

d. Any individual from rural India, above 18 years of age

Answer (b) Any individual, above 18 years of age.

PMEGP projects implementation rate 44% jump in 2020.

10. Major organic export from India have been

a. Wheat, tea, Soybeen, rice

b. Almond, saffron, rice, pulses

c. Sesame, soyabean, rice, pulses

d. Wheat, seasame, pulses, tea

Answer (c) Seasame, soyabean, rice, pulses.

The major organic exports from India have been flax seeds, sesame, soybean, tea, medicinal plants, rice and pulses.

11. Under Swachh Survekshan 2020, which state with more than 100 urban local bodies ranked 1st 

a. Maharashtra

b. Madhya Pradesh

c. Chhattisgarh

d. Rajsthan

Answer (c) Chhattisgarh.

References

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