Current Affairs Quiz, 20 Mar 2020

1) The National Crisis Management Committee is headed by

a) Prime Minister
b) Cabinet Secretary
c) National Security Advisor
d) Home Minister

Ans: b

• The National Crisis Management Committee is headed by the Cabinet Secretary.

2) Saranda and Chaibasa, one of the largest iron ore reserves in India, is located at

a) Bihar
b) Jharkhand
c) Odisha
d) None of the above

Ans: b

• Saranda and Chaibasa — in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district has large iron ore reserves.
• Management Plan for Sustainable Mining (MPSM), which regulates mining in Chaibasa and the Saranda Sal forest area.

3) Country-by-Country (CbC) Report, recently seen in news, is released by

a) FATF
b) G20
c) OECD
d) none of the above

Ans: c

• The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action 13 report (Transfer Pricing Documentation and Country-by-Country Reporting) provides a template for multinational enterprises (MNEs) to report annually and for each tax jurisdiction in which they do business the information set out therein. This report is called the Country-by-Country (CbC) Report.

4) Naya Savera scheme implemented by Ministry of Minority Affairs aims at

a) Free coaching to entrance examinations
b) Skill development
c) Providing loans for starting new initiatives
d) None of the above

Ans: a

• The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements Naya Savera – Free Coaching and Allied Scheme under which free coaching is provided to students of six centrally notified minority communities namely Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Zoroastrians (Parsis). So as to enable them to qualify in entrance examinations for admission in technical/ professional courses, and various Competitive examinations.

5) According to World Energy Statistics 2019 report, India is the 3rd largest producer of electricity in the world. It is published by

a) International Energy Agency (IEA)
b) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
c) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
d) None of the above

Ans: a

• As per the latest key world energy statistics published by the IEA in 2019, India is the 3rd largest producer of electricity in the world and it ranks 106th in terms of per capita consumption in 2017.