Current Affairs Quiz , 07 Oct 2020

1) Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) is an indicator of business activity in

a) Manufacturingsectors
b) Services sectors
c) Primary sectors
d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer: d
• PMI is an indicator of business activity- in the manufacturing and services sectors.It is a survey-based measure that asks the respondents about changes in their perception about key business variables as compared with the previous month.

2) ‘Gupkar Declaration II’, recently heard in news, deals with

a) Rising crime against women
b) Abrogationof Article 370
c) Power sharing in Afghanistan
d) Rising environmental pollution

Answer: b
• The statement has come to be known as Gupkar Declaration II. The first Gupkar Declaration was made on August 4, 2019, when political parties in Jammu and Kashmir had met and vowed to protect its autonomy and special status, guaranteed under Article 370.

3) National Startup Awards 2020 had invited applications across 12 sectors. Which among the following is not one among them?

a) Industry 4.0
b) Space
c) Tourism
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• The government will announce the results of the National Start-up Awards on Tuesday that will recognise and reward start-ups and ecosystem enablers that are building innovative products or solutions and scalable enterprises, with high potential of employment generation or wealth creation, demonstrating measurable social impact.
• 12 sectors included Agriculture, Education, Enterprise Technology, Energy, Finance, Food, Health, Industry 4.0, Space, Security, Tourism and Urban Services.

4) Wildlife week is celebrated all over the country in the month of October from 2nd to 8th October every year with the view to preserve India’s fauna. Theme for 2020 is

a) RoaR – Respect and Revive
b) Big Cats-Predators under threat
c) Learning, loving and living with wildlife
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• First conceptualised in 1952, the idea behind celebrating the Week is to take steps to save the animal species of India from extinction.Wildlife Day was observed from 1955 and it was upgraded to Wildlife Week in 1957.

5) CAWACH is an initiative by the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST). It deals with

a) Missile testing
b) Satellite re-routing
c) Corona crisis
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• CAWACH supports innovations in the areas of diagnostics, devices, informatics including bio-informatics & information management systems, any intervention for the control of COVID-19 and/or startup ideas to address/mitigate various challenges faced by country/society due to the severe impact of COVID-19.
• It offers funding to the tune of Rs. 50 lakhs to Rs. 200 lakhs to selected startups.