Current Affairs 9th august 2020
Current Affairs of the morning are here with the top headlines of the morning. Current Affairs are very important for all competitive exams including Banking, SSC, RBI, NABARD, etc.
01. Which of the following countries recently conducted tests for its Minuteman 3 Intercontinental Ballistic
Missile?
A. Russia
B. China
C. US
D. Japan
Answer:C.
Explanation: An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from California on a test flight to a target in the Pacific Ocean.
● Test launches are essential to sustaining the aging Minuteman 3 nuclear weapon system.
02. National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) has in collaboration with IMD organises webinar series on “Hydro- Meteorological Hazards Risk Reduction”. NIDM works under the aegis of ________.
A. Ministry of Defence
B. Ministry of Home Affairs
C. Ministry of Environment, Forest
and Climate Change
D. Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
Answer: B.
Explanation: National Institute of Disaster Management in collaboration with India Meteorological Department organised a webinar series on “Hydro-Meteorological Hazards Risk Reduction”.
● The webinar series include four webinars focusing on Thunderstorms and Lightning, Cloudburst and Floods, Cyclones and Storm Surges and Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events.
● National Institute of Disaster Management is a premier institute for training and capacity development programs for managing natural disasters in India.
● NIDM works under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
03. India’s first ICMR approved mobile
RTPCR COVID lab, Mobile Infection
Testing and Reporting lab, MITR has
been developed by ________.
A. Indian Space Research
Organisation
B. Indian Institute of Science in
Bengaluru
C. Defence Research and
Development Organisation
D. Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi
Answer:B.
Explanation: Nation’s first ICMR approved mobile RTPCR COVID lab developed by Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru was
inaugurated by Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr.K Sudhakar.
● Packed with all the safety features, this unique lab is capable of producing accurate results within four hours.
● In a month the mobile lab can conduct 9000 tests.
04. Which of the following telecom
company has announced a multi-
year strategic pact with Amazon
Web Services (AWS) to deliver
Cloud solutions to large as well as
small and medium enterprise
(SME) customers in India?
A.Bharti Airtel
A. Jio
B. BSNL
C. Vodafone Idea
Answer:A.
Explanation: ● Bharti Airtel announced a multi-year strategic pact with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver Cloud solutions to
large as well as small and medium enterprise (SME) customers in India.
● The products linked to artificial intelligence and Edge among others will be offered to the SMBs.
05. Who among the following has
been appointed as the new
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu
and Kashmir?
A. Rajdeep Kumar
B. Manoj Sinha
C. Satish Chaudhary
D. YD Kashyap
Answer: B.
Explanation: The President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Manoj Sinha as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
● The President accepted the resignation of Girish Chandra Murmu as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and
Kashmir.
06. Recently, Ram Pradhan passed
away. He served as the governor
of which of the following Indian
state?
A. Assam
B. Bihar
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: D.
Explanation: The former Union Home Secretary Ram Pradhan has passed away due to age-related ailments.
● Mr Pradhan served as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh during the Rajiv Gandhi government.
● He also headed a two-member committee set up in December 2008 to probe the security forces’ response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
07. Which of the following state has
launched “Shaheed Mahendra Karma
Tendupatta Sangrahak Samajik
Suraksha Yojana” for tendu leave
collectors in the state?
A. Gujarat
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Bihar
Answer: C.
Explanation: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Bhupesh Baghel has launched a social security scheme “Shaheed Mahendra
Karma Tendupatta Sangrahak Samajik Suraksha Yojana” for tendu leave collectors in the state.
● Tendu leaves, used for making bidis (leaf-wrapped cigarettes), are collected by forest dwellers and from
them, it is purchased by the state government.
08. Tanner-Whitehouse 3 (TW3) test is
recently in news. It is used for
________.
A. Intensity of lightning
B. Age of planets
C. Bone age of children
D. Calorific value of fuel
Answer: C.
Explanation: Recently, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) made it compulsory for all junior players competing at
the nationals to undergo an age-verification test.
● The most popular age-verification test is called the Tanner-Whitehouse 3 (TW3), being used by the BCCI
and proposed by AITA.
● TW3 essentially involves an x-ray of the left wrist to check what stage of bone fusion a child has reached.
09. Recently, the process of payment
of ‘Godhan Nyay Yojana’ has been
started. Godhan Nyay Yojana
scheme was launched by
_________.
A. Assam
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Chhattisgarh
Answer: D.
Explanation: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the process of payment against cow dung procurement to
the bank accounts of beneficiaries under the state government’s Godhan Nyay Yojana.
● Cow dung is being procured by the government from cattle owners at Rs 2 per kg.
● The dung so procured is utilised for preparing vermicompost fertiliser.
10. Recently, Ebrahim Alkazi passed
away. He was a/an ________.
A. Politician
B. Journalist
C. Theatre Director
D. Painter
Answer:C.
Explanation: Theatre director Ebrahim Alkazi, who revolutionised Indian theatre and was the longest-serving director of the National School of Drama, passed away at the age of 94.
● He was an Indian theatre director and drama teacher.
● He is remembered as the father of Indian theatre.
