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- The World Population Day is celebrated on __________
A) 9 July
B) 10 July
C) 11 July
D) Second Saturday of July
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Option C
Explanation: The World Population Day is observed every year on July 11 to raise awareness of global population issues. The day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989 in commemoration of the day in 1987, when the world reached the population of 5 billion. Theme of 2020 World Population Day is Safeguarding the Health and Rights of Women and Girls
- Name the Artificial Intelligence-based platform launched by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to bridge the demand-supply gap in the skilled workforce market?
A) ASEEM
B) SETU
C) KUSHAL
D) APAAR
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Option A
Explanation: Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched ‘Aatamanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping (ASEEM)’ portal on 10 July 2020 to help skilled people find sustainable livelihood opportunities. ASEEM is an Artificial Intelligence-based platform to improve the information flow and bridge the demand-supply gap in the skilled workforce market.
- IRDAI has formed a 9 member working group to examine the feasibility of forming ‘Pandemic Risk Pool’. Who will head this working group?
A) Hitesh Kotak
B) Suresh Mathur
C) Ruchita Gupta
D) Susilendra Rao
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Option B
Explanation: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has formed a 9-member working group to examine the feasibility of ‘Pandemic Risk Pool’. The working group will be chaired by Suresh Mathur, Executive Director of IRDAI. The main aim to this risk pool will be to address various risks which have been triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as offer protection in case of a similar crisis in the future.
- The 2020 Asia Cup Cricket tournament has been postponed to be held in June 2021. Which country will host the tournament?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Pakistan
C) Indonesia
D) Malaysia
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Option A
Explanation: The 2020 edition of the Asia Cup Cricket tournament has been postponed till June 2021 by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) due to ongoing increase in COVID-19 cases in the region. Now Sri Lanka will host the Asia Cup in 2021 while Pakistan have been awarded the hosting rights in 2022.
- As per the Dun and Bradstreet, what will be the growth rate of global economy in the year 2020?
A) -6%
B) -3.7%
C) -4.9%
D) -5.2%
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Option D
Explanation: The global economy is likely to contract by 5.2 percent in 2020, according to Dun and Bradstreet’s (DNB) Country Risk and Global Outlook Report, that covered 132 countries.
- Egypt’s world champion player Raneem El Welily has announced her retirement from which of these sports?
A) Tennis
B) Badminton
C) Squash
D) Hockey
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Option C
Explanation: World’s top-ranked women’s squash player, Raneem El Welily from Egypt has announced her retirement on 9 July 2020. The 31-year-old was the first Arab woman to be world No. 1 in any sport.
- Which state has launched the week long campaign titled ”Pure for Sure” to ensure purity of milk and its products.
A) Gujarat
B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana
D) Madhya Pradesh
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Option B
Explanation: The Rajasthan state government has launched a week-long campaign ”Pure for Sure” to ensure purity of milk and its products. The campaign will run from July 8-July 14, 2020.Under the campaign samples of milk and dairy products will be collected for testing at Food Testing Laboratory available at the divisional level.
- Which Indian institution has collaborated with the US technology company NVIDIA to launch India’s first ‘NVIDIA AI Technology Centre’(NVAITC)?
A) IIT-Hyderabad
B) IIT-Delhi
C) IIT-Madras
D) IIT-Indore
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Option A
Explanation: The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) has collaborated with NVIDIA, a US-based multinational technology company, to establish India’s first ‘NVIDIA AI Technology Centre’(NVAITC) to accelerate research on Artificial Intelligence and its commercial adoption. The operations at the state-of-the-art facility commenced on July 9, 2020.
- Dr Suresh Amonkar, who passed away recently due to coronavirus, was the former minister of which state?
A) Karnataka
B) Maharashtra
C) Goa
D) Gujarat
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Option C
Explanation: Dr Suresh Amonkar, the former health minister of Goa has passed away due to Covid-19 infection. He was 68. He served as the health minister in the first Manohar Parrikar cabinet in 2000.
- The Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power project is Asia’s largest solar power project. It is in which state?
A) Haryana
B) Uttarakhand
C) Bihar
D) Madhya Pradesh
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Option D
Explanation: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the Nation the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power project via video conference on 10th July 2020. The new 750 MW Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power project has been set up at Rewa, in Madhya Pradesh. It is Asia’s largest solar power project, been developed over a total area of 1500 hectares.
