Q1. Which state has been ranked as the best performer in the States’ Start-up Ranking Framework 2019 of DPIIT?
Assam
Gujarat
Karnataka
Goa
B. Gujarat
Gujarat has been named as the best performer among states followed by Karnataka and Kerala. Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been named as the best performer in the category of Union Territory.
Q2. Recently, India has initiated an anti-dumping investigation on imports of Vitamin C from which country?
Australia
Saudi Arabia
China
Germany
C. China
Q3. India was ranked at which position on the World Bank’s annual Human Capital Index?
116th
132nd
105th
121st
A. 116th
The 2020 Human Capital Index update includes health and education data for 174 countries covering 98 per cent of the world’s population up to March 2020.
Last year India was ranked 115 out of 157 countries. This year India finds itself at 116th from among 174 countries. However, India’s score increased to 0.49 from 0.44 in 2018, as per the Human Capital Index report released by the World Bank.
Q4. Who has been appointed as the Executive Director at the World Bank by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet?
Rajesh Khullar
David R. Malpass
Vladimir Putin
Angela Merkel
A. Rajesh Khullar
Rajesh Khullar, a 1988 batch IAS officer has been appointed as Executive Director at World Bank. Sameer Kumar Khare, additional secretary in the economic affairs department of the finance ministry and a 1989 batch IAS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will be the new executive director at Asian Development Bank. Both the appointments are for a period of three years.
Q5. Recently, the 2+2 inter-sessional meet was held between India and which country?
Singapore
Australia
US
China
C. US
Q6. Who among the following has been conferred Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2020 by Euromoney Awards of Excellence?
Harivansh Narayan Singh
Deepak Parekh
Manoj Jha
Aditya Puri
D. Aditya Puri
Aditya Puri, MD of HDFC Bank has been conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by Euromoney Awards of Excellence 2020 for his skills in building a world-class bank in India at a time where there were no similar institutions in existence.
Q7. India and which country has agreed on a 5-point plan to resolve border issues?
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Pakistan
China
D. China
Q8. Recently, who represented India in the virtual Meeting of Labour and Employment Ministers of G-20 nations?
Dharmendra Pradhan
Santosh Gangwar
Prakash Keshav
Javadekar Nirmala Sitharaman
B. Santosh Gangwar
Q9. Which among the following country has recently elected as a member of the United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women, a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)?
India
Pakistan
Malaysia
Canada
A. India
India, China and Afghanistan had contested the elections to the Commission on Status of Women. While India and Afghanistan had won the ballot among the 54 members, China failed to even cross the half-way mark.
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the main UN organs within the United Nations. CSW has been described as the UN organ promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women. Every year, representatives of Member States gather at United Nations Headquarters in New York to evaluate progress gender equality, identify challenges, set global standards and formulate concrete policies to promote gender equality and advancement of women worldwide.
Q10. A new publication “The Little Book of Green Nudges” has been launched by which of the following organisation?
World Bank (WB)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
B. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a new publication, “The Little Book of Green Nudges”. It aims to encourage around 200 million students around the world to adopt environmentally friendly habits and greener lifestyles.
