Current Affairs - 9th June, 2020 to 15th June, 2020

CURRENT AFFAIRS

9th JUNE, 2020 TO 15th JUNE, 2020

1. What is the rank of India in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2020 with an EPI score of 27.6?

a) 168^th

b) 170^th

c) 152^nd

d) 163^rd

2. Which country is top ranked in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2020 with an EPI score of 82.5?

(a) Canada

(b) Denmark

(c) Switzerland

(d) Sweden

3. Which country stood at the bottom in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2020 with an EPI score of 22.6?

(a) Pakistan

(b) Bangladesh

(c) Syria

(d) Liberia

4. Which country became the first to run Double Stack Container with high reach pantograph in high rise Over Head Equipment (OHE) territory?

(a) France

(b) Italy

(c) India

(d) Nigeria

5. On which day the first high rise Over Head Equipment (OHE) was operated successfully from Palanpur and Botad stations in Gujarat?

(a) 10^th June, 2020

(b) 14^th June, 2020

(c) 9^th June, 2020

(d) 13^th June, 2020

6. How many Indian institutes have managed to feature in the top 500 of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking 2021?

(a) 9

(b) 6

(c) 8

(d) 10

7. Which institute is ranked top in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking 2021?

(a) University of Oxford, UK

(b) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

(d) Harvard University, USA

8. What is the rank of Indian Institute of India (IIT) Bombay in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking 2021?

(a) 185^th

(b) 172^nd

(c) 90^th

(d) 128^th

9. India has signed an MOU on “Energy Cooperation” with which country?

(a) USA

(b) France

(c) Denmark

(d) Australia

10. Which institute ranked to top in the 5^th edition of “India Rankings 2020” of Institutions of Higher Educational Institutions in overall category?

(a) Indian Institute of India Bombay

(b) Indian Institute of India Guwahati

(c) Indian Institute of India Madras

(d) Indian Institute of India Kharagpur

11. Which institute ranked to top in the 5^th edition of “India Rankings 2020” of Institutions of Higher Educational Institutions in university category?

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

(b) Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

(c) Jadavpur University, Kolkata

(d) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

12. Which State Government has launched “Jagananna Chedodu” scheme to provide financial assistance to tailors, barbers and washermen , who has lost their livelihood due to COVID-19 pandemic?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) West Bengal

(c) Kerala

(d)  Odisha

13. Which State Government has received a loan amount of Rs. 1950 crore from the World Bank to tackle COVID-19 situation and development work in the state?

(a) Tamil Nadu

(b) Maharastra

(c) Gujarat

(d) West Bengal

14. Which State Government has started “Street Vendor Registration” and “Mukhyamantri Shahri Path Vyavsayi Utthan Yojana” and transferred Rs. 300 crore to urban local bodies?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Rajasthan

(d) Bihar

15. Which State has launched “Panchvati Yojana” for the senior citizens of rural areas of the State?

(a) Arunachal Pradesh

(b) Haryana

(c) Punjab

(d) Himachal Pradesh

16. Which country has launched an initiative named “Shohojodha” which is an online network to facilitate plasma exchange between recovered patients of COVID-19 treatment?

(a) Bhutan

(b) Nepal

(c) Bangladesh

(d) India

17. Which country has declared itself free from “Coronavirus” after 75 days of restrictions?

(a) New Zealand

(b) Australia

(c) Spain

(d) Denmark

18. On which day “World Day Against Child Labour” is observed?

(a) 11^th June, 2020

(b) 9^th June, 2020

(c) 12^th June, 2020

(d) 15^th June, 2020

19. Which country ranked first in the latest FIFA rankings?

(a) France

(b) Belgium

(c) Italy

(d) Brazil

20. What is current rank of Indian football team in the latest FIFA rankings?

(a) 101^st

(b) 103^rd

(c) 97^th

(d) 108^th

 

Answers:

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