Current Affairs Quiz , 15 Oct 2020

1) ‘Sujal – Drink from Tap Mission’ is aimed to provide quality drinking water, fit for direct consumption from the pipe, to over 15 lakh people in 15 towns. It is an initiative by the government of

a) Kerala
b) Bihar
c) Odisha
d) Maharashtra

Answer: c
• Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launches Drink from Tap Mission Sujal. Naveen Patnaik announced that by March, 2021, another 50 towns, and by March, 2022, all 114 urban centres in the State will have 100 per cent piped water connection.

2) International Debt Statistics (IDS) report, recently released, is an initiative of

a) World Bank
b) IMF
c) BIS
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The total external debt of the world’s poorest countries climbed 9.5 per cent to a record 744 billion US dollars in 2019, according to the World Bank Group’s latest International Debt Statistics (IDS) report released Monday.

3) Exercise Suraksha Kavach is Joint Anti-Terrorist Exercise conducted by Indian Army and state police of

a) Tamil Nadu
b) Gujarat
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• The exercise involved participation of Quick Reaction Teams, Dog Squads and Bomb Disposal Teams of Army as well as Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Quick Reaction Team of Maharashtra Police.

4) International e-waste day is celebrated by Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) on

a) 14th October
b) 15th October
c) 13th September
d) 14th December

Answer: a
• As we celebrate the third international E-waste day October 14, 2020, let’s move a step back and take stock of the stark reality of E-waste.

5) The committee constituted under MS Ananth by AICTE is for drafting report on

a) Feasibility of making new IITs
b) Professional Engineers Bill
c) Converting existing NITs into IITs
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has informed K. Somaprasad, MP, that the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has constituted a committee for preparing the Professional Engineers Bill.