Current Affairs 7th July 2020 : Daily GK Update in English
1. Which Union Ministry implements the “PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana” scheme?
A. Ministry of Rural Development
B. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
C. Ministry of Food and Public Distribution
D. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Answer [C] Ministry of Food and Public Distribution
2. ‘Striped Hairstreak and Elusive Prince’ are the recently discovered species of which creature?
A. Turtle
B. Snake
C. Butterfly
D. Spider
Answer [C] Butterfly
3. Which country voted for constitutional amendments, that let its President to remain in power till 2036?
A. China
B. North Korea
C. Russia
D. New Zealand
Answer [C] Russia
4. Which Indian American author and oncologist has been named as ‘2020 Great Immigrants’ honouree?
A. Siddhartha Mukherjee
B. Jhumpa Lahiri
C. Fareed Zakaria
D. Sanjay Gupta
Answer [A] Siddhartha Mukherjee
5. What is the corpus of the new Special Liquidity Scheme launched to support Non-Banking Finance Companies and Housing Finance Companies?
A. 10000 crore
B. 20000 crore
C. 30000 crore
D. 40000 crore
Answer [C] 30000 crore
6. Which famous technology company has launched a short music videos application called ‘Collab’?
A. Amazon
B. Microsoft
C. Google
D. Facebook
Answer [D] Facebook
7. Which state has launched the ‘Rozgar Setu’ scheme for skilled migrant workers?
A. Maharashtra
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Odisha
Answer [B] Madhya Pradesh
8. How many additional Minor Forest produce items were included in Minimum Support Price List by the Tribal Affairs Ministry?
A. 8
B. 11
C. 23
D. 35
Answer [C] 23
9. Top Executive Thierry Delaporte has been appointed as the MD and CEO of which major IT firm of India?
A. Tata Consultancy Services
B. Infosys
C. HCL
D. Wipro
Answer [D] Wipro
10. Which country is the last among G7 nations to join the association’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) group?
A. Canada
B. France
C. United Kingdom
D. United States
Answer [D] United States