Current Affairs Quiz , 07 May 2020

1) Vande Bharat Mission, recently seen in news, is associated with

1. It aims to bring back Indians stranded in different parts of the world due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2. OCI cardholders or green cardholders of the other country cannot travel on the repatriation flight leaving for India

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below

a) bringing back Indians stranded in different parts of the world
b) semi-high speed intercity electric multiple unit.
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Answer: a
• Union Ministry of Home Affairs stated that a person who has an OCI card, or held the citizenship of a foreign country, or held a valid visa of more than one year of that country, or had the green card of that country, can travel on the repatriation flight leaving India under the Vande Bharat mission.

2) Which among the following countries prepare to revalue and rename their currency to Toman?

a) Greece
b) Venezuela
c) Iran
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• Iran’s currency is set to be re-named and re-valued.Long called the rial, Iran’s money will soon likely be called the Toman, and an impressive four zeros will be shaved off all denominations.

3) ‘Vesak’, the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is being observed by United Nations on May 7, 2020.The day commemorates Lord Buddha’s

a) Birth
b) Enlightenment
c) Death
d) All of the above

Answer: d
• The day commemorates birth, enlightenment and Death (or Parinirvana) of Lord Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, all of which is said to take have taken place on the same day.

4) Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (Sarfaesi) Act, 2002 is not applicable on

a) Public Sector Banks
b) Private Sector Banks
c) Co-operative Banks
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• The Supreme Court has held that the cooperative banks involved in the activities related to banking are covered within the meaning of ‘banking company’ and Parliament has legislative competence to provide for procedure for recovery of loan under the Sarfaesi Act.

5) Who among the following released his first collection of poems under the pen name ‘Bhanusimha’?

a) Rajaram Mohan Roy
b) Madan Mohan Malaviya
c) Rabindranath Tagore
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• National Gallery of Modern Art will organise the Virtual Tour titled “Gurudev – Journey of the Maestro through his visual vocabulary” from 7th May 2020 to commemorate the 159th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore.