Current Affairs 24th March 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Name the organization which launched the capacity building program ‘Tech for Tribals’ to bring technology to tribal entrepreneurs.
1) CCI
2) SFEC
3) APEDA
4) TRIFED
5) FICCI
Ans. 4
2. The Administrative council of which Indian state/UT has approved the implementation of Dairy Cooperative Scheme (March 2020)?
1) Punjab
2) Jammu & Kashmir
3) Haryana
4) New Delhi
5) Gujarat
Ans. 2
3. The Star Health and Allied Insurance company has launched ‘Star Novel Coronavirus Insurance Policy’ that provides coverage to patients who test positive for COVID-19. Where is the Headquarters of Star Health located?
1) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2) Mumbai, Maharashtra
3) Gurgaon, Haryana
4) Kolkata, West Bengal
5) Bengaluru, Karnataka
Ans. 1
4. Credit rating agency CRISIL has lowered the GDP forecast of India for fiscal 2021 to ______.
1) 5.7%
2) 5.5%
3) 5.2%
4) 5.3%
5) 5.1%
Ans. 3
5. Kamal Naththe Chief Minister of which state has resigned from his post (March 2020).
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Karnataka
3) Haryana
4) Uttarakhand
5) Goa
Ans. 1
6. The IRDAI has constituted a 16-member panel to strengthen its guidelines on corporate governance. Name the person who heads the panel.
1) Tapan Roy
2) UK Sinha
3) TN Manoharan
4) Nandan Nilekani
5) Pravin Kutumbe
Ans. 5
7. What is India’s rank in UN’s 8th World Happiness report 2020 which comprises of 156 countries?
1) 89
2) 112
3) 127
4) 116
5) 144
Ans. 5
8. The Union Defence Minister has proposed “Draft Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2020” featuring promotion of indigenous manufacturing. Name the Person who headed the Drafting committee of DPP-2020.
1) Bibek Debroy
2) Biplab Kumar Sarma
3) Kirit Parikh
4) Vivek Pandit
5) Apurva Chandra
Ans. 5
9. Name the Space agency which has detected 4 Asteroids namely, 2020 FK, 2020 FS,2020 DP4 & 2020 FF1 approaching the earth (March 2020).
1) JAXA
2) ROSCOSMOS
3) NASA
4) ISRO
5) NSA
Ans. 3
10. The Scientists of University of Cambridge have discovered the fossil of world’s oldest known modern bird skull dating to about 66.8m – 66.7m years ago. What is the name of the creature?
1) WonderBird
2) WonderFlu
3) WonderThunder
4) WonderChicken
5) WonderOne
Ans. 4