Current Affairs Quiz , 20 Dec 2019

1) Vaccination on Wheels Clinic was launched in the city of

a) Pune
b) Kolkata
c) Bangalore
d) Hyderabad

Answer: c
• Jignesh Patel, a former Business Executive who joined the CfHE in 2018, is a winner of ‘Grand Challenges Explorations’ Grant and will take up his project titled ‘VaccineOnWheels.com’ under the firm Jivika Healthcare Private Limited. Thanks to the funding, he is working on increasing the demand for vaccination through convenience and will implement his unique and low-cost but high-on-convenience model in Pune as a pilot project.

2) Indian peacekeepers have received the United Nations Medal for their dedication and sacrifice serving so far away from home to protect civilians and build durable peace in

a) Syria
b) Afghanistan
c) South Sudan
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• Indian peacekeepers have received the United Nations Medal for their dedication and sacrifice serving so far away from home to protect civilians and build durable peace in South Sudan.

3) First edition of the Gandhi Citizenship Education Prize was awarded to

a) social welfare
b) animal welfare
c) international peace
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• The first edition of the education prize will be dedicated to animal welfare since Gandhi used to say that the way animals were treated in a nation was indicative of its greatness

4) National Committee for the Commemoration Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birth Anniversary was recently met for the second time. The only foreign Prime Minister to be a part of the committee is from

a) France
b) Portugal
c) UK
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• The committee is chaired by President Ram Nath Kovind.
• The committee includes Vice-President, PM, the Union Cabinet, Chief Ministers, Gandhians etc.
• The only foreign Prime Minister to be a part of the committee is Portugal Prime Minister Antonio Costa.

5) RBI have recently decided to launch India’s version of Operation Twist, which was the idea of US Federal Reserve. Which among the following is incorrect about Operation Twist?

a) It involves the purchase and sale of bonds
b) It is aimed at managing the bond yields
c) It will sell the longer-term bonds and purchase short term bonds.
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• RBI will purchase the longer-term government bonds maturing in 2029 at 6.45% and simultaneously sell short term bonds maturing in 2020.