Current Affairs 16th June 2020 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Employees’ Provident Fund Organization has partnered with which facility to enable its pensioners submit digital life partner?
A. India Post Payment Bank
B. Common Service Centre
C. Passport Seva Kendra
D. UIDAI
Answer [B] Common Service Centre
2. Which organization submitted the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)-III to the United Nations?
A. National Human Rights Commission
B. NITI Aayog
C. National Women Commission
D. Central Vigilance Commission
Answer [A] National Human Rights Commission
3. Where is the headquarters of the Indian Chamber of Commerce located?
A. New Delhi
B. Kolkata
C. Mumbai
D. Ahmedabad
Answer [B] Kolkata
4. Which technology company has banned police from using its facial recognition software “Rekognition”?
A. Google
B. Amazon
C. IBM
D. Apple
Answer [B] Amazon
5. Government has issued advisory for import and possession of exotic live species under which agreement?
A. CITES
B. UNFCCC
C. CBD
D. CMS
Answer [A] CITES
6. What is the name of the special “Yoga Module” developed by India’s Permanent Mission to the UN to mark International Yoga Day 2020?
A. Yoga for Health- Yoga at Home
B. Yoga for Heart
C. Yoga during Covid-19
D. Yoga during Lock Down
Answer [A] Yoga for Health- Yoga at Home
7. When is the ‘World Day against Child Labour’ celebrated?
A. June 10
B. June 12
C. June 14
D. June 15
Answer [B] June 12
8. Which technology company has launched an initiative called ‘Summer of Ideas’ Initiative for college students?
A. Tata Consultancy Services
B. Infosys
C. Wipro
D. Accenture
Answer [B] Infosys
9. Which country’s railways is the first to successfully run Double stake container train in electric zone?
A. China
B. India
C. South Korea
D. Israel
Answer [B] India
10. Which Indian state/UT provides an incentive of Rs 2000 per migrant after successful completion of quarantine period?
A. West Bengal
B. Odisha
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Bihar
Answer [B] Odisha