Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 285: July 13-15, 2020

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Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz Set 285 : July 13 – 15, 2020

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Q1. The first-ever Bamboo Industrial Park to be set up in which district of Assam?

  1. Goalpara
  2. Majuli
  3. Dima Hasao
  4. Udalguri
C. Dima Hasao

The Bamboo Industrial Park will be set up in Manderdisa in Dima Hasao. The park will be set-up within an area of 75 hectares.

 

Q2. Recently, the government of which state has inaugurated five Water Supply projects worth Rs 48.39 crore?

  1. Manipur
  2. Himachal Pradesh
  3. West Bengal
  4. Meghalaya
A. Manipur

Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh inaugurates five Water Supply projects and one office building of Weight and Measures Department and Rapid Antigen Detection Testing Centre at Jiribam through video conferencing.

 

Q3. Recently, who has been honoured with the “Top Publicist” award in the Global Humanitarian Awards 2020?

  1. Sachin Awasthi
  2. Anil Prakash Joshi
  3. Venu Srinivasan
  4. Anand Mahindra
A. Sachin Awasthi

The Global Humanitarian Award is known as a part of the honouring the honourable initiative of the World Humanitarian Drive (WHD). The award is to honour the popular men and women who contribute to the betterment of the society and the world.

 

Q4. Which country remains the top trading partner of India in FY 2019-20, according to the recent data released by Commerce Industry?

  1. China
  2. UK
  3. USA
  4. Bangladesh
C. USA

As per the data, the bilateral trade between the US and India in the fiscal year 2019-20 has increased from $87.96 billion in 2018-19 to $88.75 billion.

 

Q5. Which ministry released the ‘PRAGYATA’ Guidelines on Digital Education?

  1. Ministry of Civil Aviation
  2. Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
  3. Ministry of Health
  4. Human Resource Development Ministry

D. Human Resource Development Ministry

Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’  released PRAGYATA guidelines on Digital Education to  provide a roadmap for carrying forward online education to enhance the quality of education. The guidelines include eight steps of digital learning that is, Plan- Review- Arrange- Guide- talk- Assign- Track- Appreciate.

 

Q6. Recently, which giant company announced to invest $10 Billion digitalization fund in India?

  1. Facebook
  2. Google
  3. Apple
  4. Twitter
B. Google

Google will invest close to $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years through a “Google for India Digitisation Fund”which will be utilized in another five to seven years to digitize the Indian Economy.

 

Q7. Which IIT has developed Ultraviolet sanitizing device ‘SHUDH’ to make the surroundings COVID free?

  1. IIT Ropar
  2. IIT Kanpur
  3. IIT Gandhinagar
  4. IIT Jodhpur
B. IIT Kanpur

IIT Kanpur has developed an Ultraviolet (UV) sanitizing product named SHUDH. It is a smartphone operated Handy UV Disinfection Helper. It helps in killing the spread of corona virus at the highly prone places such as hospitals, hotels, malls, offices and schools.

 

 

Q8. India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge ‘AnjiKhad bridge’ is located in which state/UT?

  1. New Delhi
  2. Haryana
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Jammu and Kashmir

D. Jammu and Kashmir

 

Q9. Name the organization, which has recently prepared the White paper on ‘Focused Interventions for ‘Make in India’: Post COVID 19’?

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  2. Health for All
  3. Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)
  4. Healthcare trade unions in India
C. Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC)

 

 

Q10. Scientists from which country have developed a low-cost method to turn waste into ethanol for use as sanitizers?

  1. India
  2. Russia
  3. UK
  4. Israel
D. Israel

 

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