Current Affairs Quiz, 31 Mar 2020

1) Earth Hour is an annual event organized by

a) World Wildlife Fund
b) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
c) United Nations Environment Programme
d) None of the above

Ans: a

• It is an annual event organized by the World Wildlife Fund.
• Every year, Earth Hour is observed on the last Saturday of March at 8:30 pm. And while previously it brought the public out onto the roads to mark the hour, this year the famous environmental initiative went digital as many countries are in lockdown.

2) Sodium Hypochlorite, recently seen in news, is a

a) Artificial food sweetener
b) Bleaching agent
c) Hand sanitizer
d) None of the above

Ans: b

• In several places migrant workers travelling to their home states, or their belongings, were sprayed with sodium hypochlorite solution, apparently to sanitize them.

3) VIX (Volatility index) is an index used to measure the near-term volatility expectations of

a) Markets
b) Exports and Imports
c) Global corona positives
d)None of the above

Ans: a

• Volatility signifies the rate and magnitude of change in the stock price or index value.

4) Conservation reserves and community reserves of India gets its legal backing from

a) Wildlife Protection Act
b) Environment Protection Act
c) Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules
d) All of the above

Ans: a

• These protected area categories were first introduced in the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act of 2002 − the amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.

5) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) is located in

a) New Delhi
b) Kolkata
c) Mumbai
d) None of the above

Ans: c

• The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) is the leading stock exchange of India, located in Mumbai. The NSE was established in 1992 as the first dematerialized electronic exchange in the country.