Daily Current Affairs Quiz 27-03-2020

1. Global Social mobility Index is published by

 
 
 
 

2. Which of the following are saline lakes:

  1. 1.Sambhar Lake
  2. 2.Chilika Lake
  3. 3.Kolleru Lake
  4. 4.Pulicat Lake
  5. 5.Loktak Lake
  6. Choose the correct statement using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

3. Which one of the following doesn’t come under the purview of RTI, 2005:

  1. 1.NGO that receives substantiate funding from government
  2. 2.Prime minister’s office
  3. 3.CJI of Supreme court
  4. Choose the correct statement using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

4. With reference to the Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways, which of the statement(s) given below is/are correct?

  1. 1.Payment Aggregators facilitate e-commerce sites and merchants in accepting payment instruments from the customers for completion of their payment while Payment Gateways are entities that provide technology infrastructure to route and facilitate processing of an online payment transaction.
  2. 2.A Payment Gateway allows the merchants to deal in a specific payment option put on the portal, whereas a Payment Aggregator allows one to have multitudes of options for payment.
  3. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

 
 
 
 

5. In the context to the Minimum Support Price or the Minor Forest Produce, consider the following statements:

  1. 1.The Ministry of Tribal Affairs will be the nodal Ministry for implementation and monitoring of the scheme.
  2. 2.The scheme supports primary value addition as well as provides for supply chain infrastructure like cold storage, warehouses etc.
  3. 3.It ensures that the tribal population gets a remunerative price for the produce they collect from the forest and provide alternative employment avenues to them.
  4. Which of the statements given above are correct?

 
 
 
 

6. Consider the following, with regard to Kuril Islands:

  1. 1.The Islands dispute between Japan and Russia is over the sovereignty of north Kuril Islands.
  2. 2.It was originally inhabited by the Ainu people, and they were later settled by the Russians and Japanese.
  3. 3.Etorofu island, Kunashiri island, Shikotan island and the Habomai island are claimed by Japan.
  4. Which of the statements given above are correct?

 
 
 
 

7. In context to Biominig, consider the following:

  1. 1.It is the process of using microorganisms to extract metals of economic interest from rock ores or mine waste.
  2. 2.Its techniques may also be used to clean up sites that have been polluted with metals.
  3. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

8. Consider the following statements

  1. 1.A Producer Organisation (PO) is a legal entity formed by the end producers like sugar and rice mills
  2. 2.The main aim of PO is to ensure better income for the producers through an organization of their own.
  3. 3.A PO can be a producer company, a cooperative society or any other legal form which provides for sharing of profits/benefits among the members.
  4. Which of the above statements is/ are correct?

 
 
 
 

9. Consider the following statements regarding ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana’

  1. 1. The scheme will provide insurance cover for the COVID-19 affected families.
  2. 2. The scheme has been launched as an economic help package for people to fight against COVID-19 and its effects.
  3. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

 
 
 
 

10. Recently, ’IMF Policy Tracker’ was seen in the news. It serves which of the following purposes?

 
 
 
 

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