Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 292: August 04-06, 2020

Assam Current Affairs & GK Quiz Set 292 : August 04 – 06, 2020

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Q1. Recently, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar launched a 24×7 channel dedicated for Assam. Name of the channel is

  1. Assam TV
  2. Doordarshan Purnvanchal
  3. Doordarshan Assam
  4. NE Doordarshan
C. Doordarshan Assam

Channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Assam situated at Guwahati. DD Assam is a channel exclusive for the state available on DD Free dish DTH, at channel no.0052.

 

Q2. Which district from Northeast region has been ranked second best in the NITI Aayog’s Aspirational District for the period of February-June 2020?

  1. Kamrup
  2. Ri-Bhoi
  3. Hailakandi
  4. Bishnupur
B. Ri-Bhoi

In January, 2018 the Government of India has launched the ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ initiative with a vision of a New India by 2022 where the focus is to improve India’s ranking under Human Development Index, raising living standards of its citizens and ensuring inclusive growth of all.

 

Q3. Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel inaugrated “Thenzawl Golf Resort”, which is the first golf course of which Indian state?

  1. Manipur
  2. Nagaland
  3. Mizoram
  4. Tripura
C. Mizoram

The project was sanctioned under the Integrated Development of New Eco Tourism under the Swadesh Darshan-North East Circuit at Thenzawl.  The project has been planned and created with an aim to provide fine quality golfing experience and this resort will generate employment for nearby villages and will promote tourism in the state.

 

Q4. How much amount was contributed by India to the India-UN development partnership fund?

  1. $10.38 million
  2. $15.46 million
  3. $20.70 million
  4. $25.20 million
B. $15.46 million

India has contributed the funds to the United Nations Office for South-south Cooperation (UNOSSC) as a permanent representative of the UN. Of this, 6 million USD to the overall fund and 9.46 million USD has been dedicated to the Commonwealth countries.

India-UN Development Partnership Fund is managed by UNOSSC which was established in 2017 with the aim to contribute to the efforts of developing countries towards the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

 

 

Q5. Which state/UT planned to develop India’s first snow leopard conservation centre?

  1. Jammu and Kashmir
  2. Himachal Pradesh
  3. Andaman and Nicobar
  4. Uttarakhand

D. Uttarakhand

The aim of the project is to secure livelihoods, conservation, sustainable use and restoration of high range Himalayan ecosystems and also conversation of snow leopards and other endangered species and their habitats, found in Himalayas.

 

Q6. “India Report on Digital Education, 2020” has been launched virtually by which Ministry?

  1. Ministry of Finance
  2. Ministry of Civil Aviation
  3. Ministry of Human Resource Development
  4. Ministry of Culture
C. Ministry of Human Resource Development

The aim of the initiative is to assist teachers, scholars and students in their pursuit of learning. Some of the major medium to connect to the students were using WhatsApp Group for all the classes, Online classes through YouTube channel, Google meet, Skype etc., Some of the major digital initiatives Like Assam has launched the Biswa Vidya Assam Mobile Application for class 6 to 10. TRIPURA has an application titled ‘EmpowerU Shiksha Darpan’ in order to facilitate student’s appraisal.

 

Q7. Which company has partnered with Prasar Bharati for AI-enabled Independence Day celebration?

  1. Microsoft
  2. Facebook
  3. IBM
  4. Google
D. Google

Google India has collaborated with Prasar Bharati and Virtual Bharat for AI-enabled Independence Day celebration of India. The participants are only required to sing the National Anthem, then goggle by using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology will convert that voice into any of the three traditional instruments enlisted by Google – shehnai, sarangi or bansuri.

 

Q8. Recently, which IIT researchers has received the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards 2020 for generating electricity from wet clothes?

  1. IIT Madras
  2. IIT Bombay
  3. IIT Guwahati
  4. IIT Kharagpur

D. IIT Kharagpur

Another team from the institute was separately granted the same award for addressing the problem of energy conservation and thermal management in wearable and flexible electronic devices.

 

Q9. Nokia to set up Center of Excellence (CoE) for Networked Robotics at which Indian Institute?

  1. IIT Hyderabad
  2. IISc Bangalore
  3. IIT Delhi
  4. IIIT Bangalore
B. IISc Bangalore

Nokia Center of Excellence (CoE) for networked robotics will promote interdisciplinary research involving robotics, advanced communication technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop socially relevant use cases across areas like emergency management, agriculture and industrial automation.

 

Q10. Who is appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir?

  1. Girish Chandra Murmu
  2. Rajesh Bhushan
  3. Pradeep Kumar Joshi
  4. Manoj Sinha
D. Manoj Sinha

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the head of state of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He is appointed by the President of India. A Council of Ministers led by a Chief Minister is appointed by him from the membership of the legislative assembly. He also has the power to promulgate ordinances which have the same force as the acts of the legislative assembly.

 

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