Current Affairs Quiz , 02 Aug 2019

1) Draft National Education Policy, prepared by a committee headed by Kasturirangan recommends Right to Education Act till

a) Class 5
b) Class 8
c) Class 10
d) Class 12

Answer: d
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2) Time Release Study is a tool to measure the actual time required for the release and/or clearance of goods, from the time of arrival until the physical release of cargo. It is used by

a) WTO
b) WCO
c) IMF
d) World Bank

Answer: b
• The revenue department is conducting India’s first national Time Release Study (TRS) at 15 ports, including sea and air, with an aim to identify and address bottlenecks in the cross-border trade flow process. TRS, an internationally recognised tool advocated by World Customs Organisation, is being conducted from August 1-7, the finance ministry said in a statement Thursday.

3) Thudumbattam is a festival belonging to

a) Kerala
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Tamil Nadu

Answer: d
• It is one of the folk art form belongs to the Kongu region (Coimbatore, Erode, Salem) of Tamil Nadu.

4) Samarth is an initiative launched to bring Indian artisans, weavers, and makers of handicrafts to its platform. Who launched it?

a) Amazon
b) Flipkart
c) TATA
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• Flipkart launches initiative ‘Samarth’ to bring Indian artisans, weavers, handicrafts makers on platform

5) Which is the last country to join Global Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators

a) South Sudan
b) Nigeria
c) North Korea
d) India

Answer: b
• Recently Nigeria became the 4th African country to join the “Global Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators”
• This Coalition was formed to follow up on the findings of IPBES assessment on Pollinators and Food Production.