Current Affairs 3nd March 2020 : Daily GK Update in English

1. What is the corpus of the dedicated fund raised from the fines charged from the defaulting pesticides companies and contributions from the Central and state governments under the Pesticides Management Bill, 2020?
A. Rs 20,000 Crore
B. Rs 40,000 Crore
C. Rs 50,000 Crore
D. Rs 100,000 Crore
Answer [C] Rs 50,000 Crore
2. Which all three items are not under GST as of February 2020?
A. Fuel, Construction, Alcohol
B. Fuel, Movie, Tickets, Alcohol
C. Fuel, Tobacco, Alcohol
D. Fuel, Dairy Products, Tobacco
Answer [A] Fuel, Construction, Alcohol
3. Under the GST regime, E-Way bill is mandatory of the value of interstate movement of goods is more than ---?
A. Rs. 50,000
B. Rs. 100,000
C. Rs. 200,000
D. Rs. 250,000
Answer [A] Rs. 50,000
4. What is the highest income tax rate slab in India after Budget 2020-21?
A. 25%
B. 30%
C. 35%
D. 40%
Answer [B] 30%
5. A Paramilitary Sufi Group called Ahlu Sunna Waljama, Which is recently in news, is fighting with radical islamist group in Civil War of which country?
A. Sudan
B. Somalia
C. Syria
D. South Sudan
Answer [B] Somalia
6. The Term “Operation Car Wash” that was making news recently, is related to which country?
A. Argentina
B. Brazil
C. South Africa
D. Russia
Answer [B] Brazil
7. Recently, Ashraf Ghani was re-elected in the Afghanistan Presidential elections. What is the name of political party of Ashraf Ghani?
A. National Coalition of Afghanistan
B. National Congress Party of Afghanistan
C. Hezb-e islami Gulbuddin
D. None
Answer [D] None
8. The term “Key Starting Material (KSM)”, recently in news, is related to which industry?
A. Textile Industry
B. Pharmaceutical Industry
C. Cement Industry
D. Paper Industry
Answer [B] Pharmaceutical Industry
9. The Far East Development Fund, which recently submitted an expression of Interest (EoI) for the beleaguered Jet Airways, is based in which country?
A. France
B. England
C. Russia
D. Germany
Answer [C] Russia
10. Which Supranational union has recently proposed a “Framework for trustworthy artificial intelligence?
A. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
B. European Union
C. Arab League
D. Gulf Cooperation Council
Answer [B] European Union