Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 274: June 10-12, 2020

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Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz Set 274 : June 10 – 12, 2020

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Q1. Who among the following has been recently appointed as the State Information Commissioner (SIC) of Assam?

  1. Samudra Gupta Kashyap
  2. D N Chakraborty
  3. Rahul Karmakar
  4. Bijay Sankar Bora
A. Samudra Gupta Kashyap 

Samudra Gupta Kashyap has also been working as a State resource person for the RTI Act. He retired as a senior assistant editor from The Indian Express.

 

Q2. The students of which IIT have recently developed a mobile application, called ‘Flyzy’, to provide a seamless air travelling experience to passengers during the pandemic?

  1. IIT Madras
  2. IIT Ahmedabad
  3. IIT Guwahati
  4. IIT Delhi
C. IIT Guwahati

 

Q3.  Baghjan oil well of Oil India Limited is located in district of Assam?

  1. Barpeta
  2. Dhubri
  3. Tinsukia
  4. Darang
C. Tinsukia

Recently, fire broke out at the Baghjan Oil Field in Tinsukia district of Assam.

 

Q4. What is India’s rank in the Environment Performance Index (EPI) 2020 released jointly by Yale University and Columbia University recently?

  1. 155th
  2. 173rd
  3. 168th
  4. 145th
C. 168th

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a method of quantifying and numerically marking the environmental performance of a state’s policies. It was developed from the Pilot Environmental Performance Index and was first published in 2002.

 

Q5. Name the scheme which was launched by government on occasion of World Environment Day to develop 200 Urban Forests across country in the next five years?

  1. Nagar Van
  2. Welfare for Forest
  3. Smart Mission
  4. Green India

A. Nagar Van

Under the Nagar Van scheme around 200 urban forests are to be developed all over India in the next five years.

 

Q6. Recently, how much amount was assigned under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the current financial year 2020-2021?

  1. Rs. 1,01,500 crore
  2. Rs. 11,500 crore
  3. Rs. 21,000 crore
  4. Rs. 1,00,800 crore
A. Rs.1,01,500 crore

A provision of Rs. 1,01,500 crore has been made under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in the current financial year 2020-2021. It is the highest ever provision of funds under the programme.

 

Q7. Gairsain declared as the summer capital of which state/UT recently?

  1. Tamil Nadu
  2. Uttarakhand
  3. Himachal Pradesh
  4. Meghalaya
B. Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya declared Gairsain as the new summer capital of the state. Gairsain is a town and Nagar Panchayat in Chamoli district.

 

Q8. India and which country signed MoU to develop strong cooperation and promote strategic intervention in the power sector?

  1. Germany
  2. Japan
  3. Denmark
  4. Russia

C. Denmark

 

Q9. Recently, the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) complex was inaugurated in which city?

  1. Chennai
  2. Kolkata
  3. Bhubaneswar
  4. Visakhapatnam
D. Visakhapatnam

A Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) Complex was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in Visakhapatnam.

 

Q10. Recently, government of which state has implemented ‘Food forest’ project in tribal belts of Attapady in Palakkad district?

  1. Telangana
  2. Kerala
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Odisha
B. Kerala

 

 

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