Current Affairs Quiz , 15 Jun 2020

1) Which among the following countries are not a part of Indian Ocean Commission?

a) India
b) Seychelles
c) Mauritius
d) Madagascar

Answer: a
• Founded in 1982, the IOC is an intergovernmental organisation comprising five small-island states in the Western Indian Ocean: the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion (a French department), and Seychelles.

2) Raja Parba festival is a three-day-long festival dedicated to Mother Earth (Bhuma Devi) and womanhood at large. It is celebrated in the state of

a) West Bengal
b) Assam
c) Odisha
d) Gujarat

Answer: c
• The festival is being celebrated in Odisha.

3) Which among the following panel was constituted by RBI to review guidelines of ownership of private sector banks?

a) PK Mohanty
b) Bimal Jalan
c) Nachiket Mor
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said it has constituted an internal working group to review the existing guidelines on ownership and corporate structure of private sector banks. The group will be headed by RBI executive director P.K. Mohanty

4) The Nature Index is a database of author affiliation information collated from research articles published in an independently selected group of 82 high-quality science journals. India was ranked at

a) 103
b) 63
c) 90
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• The overall ranking of India is 12th in the index and top 3 Ranking of Institutions from India are as follows:
o Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
o Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc)
o Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

5) Which among the following are the features of the art form Talamaddale, performed in South India?

a) Dance
b) Costumes
c) Stageconventions
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• It is an art form minus dance, costumes and stage conventions.Unlike the Yakshagana performance, in the conventional ‘talamaddale,’ the artists sit across in a place without any costumes and engage in testing their oratory skills based on the episode chosen.