Current Affairs Quiz , 07 Aug 2020

1) Salaries, allowances and pensions of Comptroller and Auditor General of India serving in that office decided by

a) Parliament
b) Government of India
c) Constitution
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Former Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu was recently appointed as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG).

2) Indian Society of Oriental Art was founded by

a) Rabindranath Tagore
b) Abanindranath Tagore
c) Bakim Chandra Chatterjee
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• He first created the ‘Indian Society of Oriental Art’ and later went on to establish Bengal school of art.

3) “Blackrain”, an event in history, refers to

a) Nuclear Attack in Japan
b) Fukushima reactor melt
c) Chernobyl reactor accident
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, and three days later, on August 9, it dropped another bomb on Nagasaki, killing hundreds of thousands of people and affecting many more who would suffer the effects of the radiation from the blast and the “black rain” that fell in the aftermath of the explosions.

4) Once a constitution bench is constituted in the Supreme Court of India, what is the minimum number of judges to hear the case?

a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 1

Answer: b
• The Supreme Court has referred to a five-judge Bench the “substantial question of law” whether grant of 10% reservation to economically weaker sections of the society is unconstitutional and violates the 50% ceiling cap on quota declared by the court itself.

5) Which among the following doesn’t come under about Priority Sector Lending (PSL)?

a) Startup sector
b) Social Infrastructure
c) Renewable Energy
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• The Reserve Bank of India has assigned priority sector lending (PSL) status to India’s startup sector.