Current Affairs Quiz, 03 April 2020

1) Under Operation Sanjeevani, Indian Air Force (IAF) delivered essential medicines and hospital consumables to

a) Maldives
b) Mauritius
c) Sri Lanka
d) Nepal

Ans: a

• An Indian Air Force (IAF) C-130J transport aircraft recently delivered 6.2 tonne of essential medicines and hospital consumables to Maldives under Operation Sanjeevani.

2) Project Praana developed indigenous ventilator prototype amid COVID-19 crisis. It is developed by

a) IISc Bangalore
b) IIT Madras
c) ICMR
d) None of the above

Ans: a

• IISc Bengaluru has developed an indigenous ventilator prototype under project Praana in view of COVID-19 crisis.

3) Agasthyavanam Biological Park is a wildlife sanctuary located in the state of

a) Kerala
b) Maharashtra
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Karnataka

Ans: a

• Embarking on a market intervention initiative to cushion the impacts of the slowdown, the Forest Department has begun to procure forest produce collected by the tribes people of the Agasthyavanam Biological Park (ABP) and the Neyyar and Peppara forest ranges to be sold to commercial establishments and various collectives.

4) BCG or bacille Calmette-Guerin, recently seen in news, is a preventive vaccine against

a) Tuberculosis
b) Small Pox
c) AIDS
d) None of the above

Ans: a

• BCG, or bacille Calmette-Guerin, is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease. The BCG vaccine is known to confer a strong immune response and a significant degree of protection against leprosy and non-invasive bladder cancers.

5) Geofencing, recently seen in news, finds application in

a) Marketing
b) Human Resource management
c) Security
d) All of the above

Ans: c

• Applications of geofence include:
  • Social networking.
  • Marketing
  • Audience engagement.
  • Smart appliances.
  • Human Resource management.
  • Telematics
  • Security