Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 281: July 01-03, 2020

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Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz Set 281 : July 01 – 03, 2020

( Daily and Monthly Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz & MCQ for APSC Exams and various Assam exams)

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Q1. Recently, two new species of butterfly named- ‘Striped Hairstreak and Elusive Prince’ has been discovered in which state?

  1. Goa
  2. Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Bihar
  4. Punjab
B. Arunachal Pradesh

Striped Hairstreak found in Vijaynagar village of Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh.  Elusive Prince is found in Miao subdivision situated on the periphery of the Namdapha National Park.

 

Q2. Government of India has declared entire area of which state as “Disturbed Area” for six more months?

  1. Assam
  2. Nagaland
  3. Arunachal Pradesh
  4. Mizoram
B. Nagaland

 

Q3. Which IIT has recently launches world’s first online B.Sc Degree in Programming and Data science?

  1. IIT Bangalore
  2. IIT Madras
  3. IIT Bombay
  4. IIT Delhi
B. IIT Madras

 

Q4. Who among the following has been recently appointed as the Solicitor General of India?

  1. Tushar Mehta
  2. Ramesh Bais
  3. Rakesh Tewari
  4. Pramod Kumar Misra
A. Tushar Mehta 

 

Q5. Asia’s first Continuous Galvanized Rebar Production Facility was inaugurated in which state recently?

  1. Maharashtra
  2. Jharkhand
  3. Punjab
  4. Uttar Pradesh

C. Punjab 

Union Minister of Steel Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Continuous Galvanized Rebar Production Facility at Mandi Gobindgarh in Punjab. It was launched by Madhav KRD Group in partnership with International Zinc Association (IZA) in the support of Hindustan Zinc Limited.

 

Q6. Who has been appointed as India’s next Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva?

  1. Indra Mani Pandey
  2. Shrikant Madhav Vaidya
  3. Shashank Manohar
  4. Manu Sawhney
A. Indra Mani Pandey

 

Q7. The World Bank and the Government of India signed a loan agreement of what amount to enhance support for the Namami Gange programme that seeks to rejuvenate the Ganga?

  1. $500 million
  2. $400 million
  3. $800 million
  4. $300 million
B. $400 million

 

Q8. Recently, state has launched ‘Balaram’ to provide agricultural credit to landless farmers?

  1. Telangana
  2. Uttarakhand
  3. Odisha
  4. West Bengal

C. Odisha

The Scheme is designed in collaboration with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).

 

Q9. Who launched the 1st edition of “Matsya Sampada” – newsletter fisheries and aquaculture recently?

  1. Ravi Shankar Prasad
  2. Narendra Singh Tomar
  3. Giriraj Singh
  4. Pralhad Joshi
C. Giriraj Singh

Giriraj Singh, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, launched the 1st edition of “Matsya Sampada” – newsletter fisheries and aquaculture published by the Department of Fisheries and the operational guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY)

 

Q10. Who laid foundation stone for “Sanskritik Sadbhav Mandap” in Uttar Pradesh?

  1. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
  2. Shripad Yasso Naik
  3. Narendra Singh Tomar
  4. Hardeep Singh Puri
A. Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi laid the foundation stone for “Sanskritik Sadbhav Mandap” at Numaish Ground in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. It aims for a “Self-reliant India” which is the guarantee of “Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat”.

 

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