Current affairs Quiz, 30 Mar 2020

1) Business Immunity Platform to fight against covid-19 is an initiative of

a) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
b) Invest India
c) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
d) All of the above

Ans: b

• Invest India has launched The Invest India Business Immunity Platform
• Invest India is the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of India, set up as a non-profit venture under the aegis of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

2) The Disaster Management Act, 2005, under Section 8 enjoins the Central Government to constitute a National Executive Committee (NEC) to assist the National Disaster Management Authority. It is headed by

a) Prime Minister
b) Home Minister
c) Minister of Health
d) None of the above

Ans: b

• The Home secretary serving as the Chairperson, ex officio. The Chief of the Integrated Defence Staff of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, is an ex officio member.

3) Exercise Red Flag is a two-week advanced training exercise held several times a year conducted by the US. It is a/an

a) Naval Exercise
b) Army Exercise
c) Air Exercise
d) Submarine warfare

Ans: c

• The U.S. Air Force has cancelled Phase-I of its flagship multilateral air exercise, Red Flag, scheduled in Alaska from April 30.

4) Ossification test, recently seen in news, is used to evaluate the status of

a) COVID 19
b) Age of a person
c) Water quality
d) None of the above

Ans: b

• It is the primary test for age determination.

5) Himalayan Ibex, seen recently in news, is found in

a) Jammu and Kashmir
b) Ladakh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) All of the above

Ans: d

• A recent study by scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has proved that Himalayan Ibex, distributed in the trans-Himalayan ranges of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, is a distinct species from the Siberian Ibex.
• They are divergent from Siberian Ibex, reveals a genetic study