Current Affairs Quiz , 19 Jun 2020

1) Civil Services Board, a Supreme Court of India mandated body, is headed by

a) Chief secretary
b) Principal secretary
c) UPSC
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The Punjab government, last week, constituted a three-member civil services board to decide on IAS transfers and postings in the state.The civil services board is headed by chief secretary of a state.

2) Unicorn companies, recently heard in news, refers to

a) Greenfield company
b) Brownfield company
c) Limited Liability Partnership
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• Over a period of five years ending March 2020, 18 of India’s 30 unicorns are now Chinese-funded.Unicorn is the term used in the venture capital industry to describe a startup company with a value of over $1 billion. The term was first coined by venture capitalist Aileen Lee.

3) Uighurs, a Muslim minority community, are concentrated in

a) Pakistan
b) China
c) UK
d) Myanmar

Answer: b
• Uighurs are a Muslim minority community concentrated in the country’s northwestern Xinjiang province. They claim closer ethnic ties to Turkey and other central Asian countries than to China, by brute — and brutal — force.U.S. President Donald Trump has signed legislation calling for sanctions over the repression of China’s Uighur Muslims.

4) The Kodumanal excavation of 10 pots and bowls, instead of the usual three or four pots, placed outside three-chambered burial cists and inside the cairn-circle, threw light on burial rituals and the concept of afterlife in megalithic culture. It is excavated from the state of

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

Answer: a
• Kodumanal is a village located in the Erode district in Tamil Nadu. It is located on the northern banks of Noyyal River, a tributary of the Cauvery.

5) Popularly known as the ‘Festival of Chariots’, the festival in honour of Lord Jagannath is celebrated in the state of

a) Odisha
b) West Bengal
c) Maharashtra
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Supreme Court of India has stayed annual Rath Yatra at Puri’s Jagannath Temple in Odisha which was scheduled from June 23. The apex court said that ‘Lord Jagannath won’t forgive us if we allow this year’s Rath Yatra’.