1st August 2020 Daily Current Affairs MCQ’s with Android APP Explanation Telegram: @ambitiousbaba Q.1. Green-Ag project, funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF) has been launched in which state? 嵍लोबल इनवायरमᴂट फैसिसलटी (GEF) 饍वारा ववत्त पोवित ग्रीन-एजी पररयोजना किि रा煍य मᴂ शु셂 िी गई है? (a) Andhra Pradesh / आंध्र प्रदेश (b) Meghalaya / मेघालय C (c) Mizoram / समजोरम (d) Assam / अिम (e) Haryana / हररयाणा A project which aims to catalyze sustainable transformation of agriculture without compromising the country's food security and farmers income was launched in Mizoram. The project will be implemented in Dampa Tiger Reserve in west Mizoram's Mamit district and Thorangtlang Wildlife Sanctuary in Lunglei district in the southern part of the state covering more than 30 villages. Mizoram is among the five states where the Green-Ag project, funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF), is being implemented. The other states are Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. The project seeks to mainstream biodiversity, climate change, Capital: Aizawl sustainable land management objectives and practices into the Chief minister: Zoramthanga agriculture sector. Governor: P. S. Sreedharan Pillai daily_current_affairss Ambitiousbaba.com Telegram - @ambitiousbaba Q.2. Which city’s three Metro stations have been renamed after C.N. Annadurai, M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa? किि शहर िे तीन मेट्रो स्टेशनⴂ िा नाम बदलिर िीएन अन्नादरु ई, एमजी रामचंद्रन और जयलसलता िे नाम पर रखा गया है? (a) Hyderabad / हैदराबाद (b) Mumbai / मुंबई E (c) Bengaluru / बᴂगलु셁 (d) Delhi / दद쥍ली (e) Chennai / चेन्नई The Tamil Nadu government on 31st July renamed three Chennai Metro stations after former Chief Ministers C.N. Annadurai, M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa. Alandur Metro station: Now, Arignar Anna Alandur Metro Central Metro Station: Now, Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. CMBT metro stations: Now, Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa CMBT Metro daily_current_affairss Ambitiousbaba.com Telegram - @ambitiousbaba Q.3. Which district has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by Niti Aayog for the February-June 2020 period? फरवरी-जून 2020 िी अवधि िे सलए नीतीयोग 饍वारा रℂि किए गए आिांक्षा配मि जजलⴂ िी िूची मᴂ किि जजले ने शीिष स्थान प्राप्त किया है? (a) Bahraich / बहराइच (b) Ri-Bhoi / री-भोई C (c) Bijapur / बीजापुर (d) Saharanpur / िहारनपुर (e) Nawada / नवादा Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh has topped the list of aspirational districts ranked by government think-tank Niti Aayog for the February-June 2020 period. The delta rankings took into account incremental progress made by over 112 aspirational districts across six developmental areas during February- June this year. Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and 2nd Rank: Ri-Bhoi (Meghalaya) water resources, financial inclusion, skill 3rd Rank: Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) development and basic infrastructure were the 4th Rank: Nawada (Bihar) development areas that were taken into 5th Rank: Moga (Punjab) consideration for the ranking. daily_current_affairss Ambitiousbaba.com Telegram - @ambitiousbaba Q.4. The first batch of 5 Rafale fighter jets from France landed at which air force base of India? फ्ांि िे 5 राफेल फाइटर जेट िा पहला ज配था भारत िे किि वायुिेना अ蕍डे पर उतरा? (a) Bathinda / बद ंडा (b) Ambala/ अंबाला B (c) Sulur/ िुलूर (d) Begumpet / बेगमपेट (e) Sarsawa/ िरिावा Ans.4.(b) Exp. The first five of the 36 Rafale fighter jets India procured from the Dassault Aviation company of France arrived in Haryana's Ambala Indian Air Force (IAF) station on 29th July. The aircraft landed nearly three- and-a-half hours after they took off from Al Dhafra airbase of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Q.5. PM Modi virtually inaugurated new Supreme Court building of which country? पीएम मोदी ने किि देश िे नए िुप्रीम िोटष भवन िा उ饍घाटन किया? (a) Mauritius/ मॉरीशि (b) Singapore/ सिगं ापुर (c) South Korea/ दक्षक्षणिोररया A (d) Hong Kong/ हांगिांग (e) US / अमेररिा Ans.5.(a) Exp. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritius counterpart Pravind Jugnauth will jointly inaugurate the new Supreme Court building of Mauritius on July 30. The virtual inauguration will take place through video- conference in presence of senior members of Judiciary from Mauritius and other dignitaries from both the countries. Note: About Mauritius Capital: Port Louis Currency: Mauritian rupee Q.6. The union cabinet has approved an MoU between India and which country on traditional medicine and homeopathy? िᴂ द्रीय मंत्रिमंडल ने भारत और किि देश िे बीच पारंपररि धचकि配िा और हो륍योपैथी िे बीच एि िमझौता ज्ञापन िो मंजूरी दी है? (a) Kenya / िेन्या (b) Lesotho / लेिोथो D (c) Botswana / बो配िवाना (d) Zimbabwe / जज륍बा녍वे (e) Tanzania / तंज़ाननया The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval to Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Republic of India and the Republic of Zimbabwe on Cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy. The MoU was signed on November 3rd, 2018. This will provide a frame work for the cooperation between the two countries for the promotion of Currencies: United States Dollar, RTGS traditional systems of medicine and homeopathy dollar and will mutually benefit the two countries in the Capital: Harare field of Traditional Medicine. President: Emmerson Mnangagwa daily_current_affairss Ambitiousbaba.com Telegram - @ambitiousbaba Q.7. Power Finance Corporation has signed an agreement with which IIT for research, training and Entrepreneurship Development in smart grid technology? पावर फाइनᴂि िॉपोरेशन ने स्माटष धग्रड तिनीि मᴂ अनुिंिान, प्रसशक्षण और उ饍यसमता वविाि िे सलए किि IIT िे िाथ एि िमझौते पर हस्ताक्षर किए हℂ? (a) IIT-New Delhi / IIT-नई दद쥍ली B (b) IIT-Kanpur / IIT-िानपूर (c) IIT-Madras / IIT-मद्राि (d) IIT-Bombay / IIT-बॉ륍बे (e) IIT-Guwahati/ IIT-गुवाहाटी Ans.7.(b) Exp. Power Finance Corporation, PFC, a PSU under Ministry of Power has signed an agreement with Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur for Training, Research, and Entrepreneurship Development in Smart Grid Technology. The objective of the pact is to provide support to IIT-Kanpur in developing infrastructure for research and development on smart grid technology. Q.8. Which of the following organization has slapped Rs 2 crores fine on 4 entities in HDFC AMC front-running case? नन륍नसलखखत मᴂ िे किि िंग न ने HDFC AMC फ्ंट-रननंग मामले मᴂ 4 िंस्थाओं पर 2 िरो蔼 셁पये िा जुमाषना लगाया है? (a) Reserve Bank of India / भारतीय ररजवष बिℂ (b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development / नेशनल बिℂ फॉर एग्रीि쥍चर एंड 셂रल डवे लपमᴂट C (c) Securities and Exchange Board of India / भारतीय प्रनतभूनत और ववननमय बोडष (d) Ministry of Finance / ववत्त मंिालय (e) National Housing Bank / राष्ट्ट्रीय आवाि बिℂ Ans.8.(c) Exp. Markets regulator Sebi on 30th July posed a penalty totalling Rs 2 crore on four entities in HDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) front-running case. Front-running refers to an unethical practice by someone trading in shares on the basis of advance information given by a broker, analyst or other executive at a market intermediary before the trades are conducted by that entity. The regulator levied a fine of Rs 50 lakh each on Nilesh Kapadia and Dharmesh Shah, Rs 40 lakh on Ashok Nayak and Rs 60 lakh on IKAB Securities and Investments Ltd. Q.9. Which company has been selected as strategic partner by Metro Bank (a large UK-based retail and commercial bank) to drive IT transformation? आईटी पररवतषन प्रदान िरने िे सलए, किि िंपनी िो मेट्रो बिℂ (एि ब蔼े यूिे -आिाररत खुदरा और वाखणज煍यि बिℂ ) 饍वारा रणनीनति भागीदार िे 셂प मᴂ चनाु गया है? (a) Infosys / इंफोसिि (b) Accenture / ए啍िचᴂ र E (c) Tech Mahindra / टेि मदहंद्रा (d) Tata Consultancy Services / टाटा िं ि쥍टᴂिी िववषिेज (e) Wipro / ववप्रो Ans.9.(e) Exp. Wipro Limited on 30th July announced that Metro Bank, a large UK-based retail and commercial bank, has awarded a multi-year contract to deliver and transform testing and environment management services. As part of this partnership, Wipro said in a statement it will leverage its digital and quality engineering capabilities to drive transformation through automation, service virtualisation and DevSecOps enablement. This will help Metro Bank achieve its objectives around cost, pace and quality of operations and further differentiate them from other high street banks. Q.10. Who has been appointed as the personal secretary to PM Modi? पीएम मोदी िो ननजी िधचव िे 셂प मᴂ कििे ननयु啍त किया गया है? (a) Giridhar Aramane / धगररिर अरमाने (b) Kapil Dev Tripathi / िवपल देव त्रिपा ी (c) Hardik Satishchandra Shah / हाददषि ितीशचंद्रC शाह (d) T S Tirumurti / टी एि नत셁मूनतष (e) Ravi Mittal / रवव समत्तल Ans.10.(c) Exp. Hardik Satishchandra Shah was appointed Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30th July Shah is a 2010-batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and is currently serving as a Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Q.11. On which date, International Friendship Day (World Friendship Day) is observed every year? हर िाल अंतराषष्ट्ट्रीय समिता ददवि (ववश्व मैिी ददवि) किि तारीख िो मनाया जाता है? (a) 27 July / 27 जुलाई (b) 28 July / 28 जुलाई D (c) 29 July / 29 जुलाई (d) 30 July / 30 जुलाई (e) 31 July / 31 जुलाई Ans.11.(d) Exp.