Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 14th May 2020

Correct Answer: B. Art Of Living (AOL) Foundation

Explanation: Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) and the Art Of Living (AOL) Foundation have signed an MoU to collaborate in programmes of each organisation for promoting Tribal Enterprises. The Art of Living Foundation has agreed to provide Free Ration Kits to Needy Tribes India Artisans. TRIFED Regional Offices have compiled the list of needy tribal artisans and have identified 9,409 needy tribal artisans located across the country for distribution of ration kits under “I Stand With Humanity campaign” of AOL.

• Minister of Tribal Affairs: Arjun Munda.
• Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs: Renuka Singh Saruta.
• Founder of Art of Living: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
• Art of Living Founded:
• Art of Living Headquarters: Bengaluru, Karnataka

Correct Answer – D. Own-Online

Explanation: A car manufacturing corporation, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) has rolled out an end to end, online vehicle ownership solution titled ‘Own-Online’. This platform has been launched by (M&M) to offer its customers a transparent, seamless and contactless experience from selection to the delivery of the vehicle.

Managing Director & CEO of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd: Pawan Goenka.

Correct Answer – A. SBI General Insurance

Explanation: SBI General Insurance has launched the standard health insurance policy named “Aarogya Sanjeevani Health Insurance Policy”.

Correct Answer – B. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India

Explanation:  Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India (TRIFED) under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Art Of Living(AOL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in programmes of each organisation for promoting Tribal Enterprises.

Correct Answer – D. Narinder Batra

Explanation: Narinder Batra will remain President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) until May 2021. The FIH said in a statement on Friday while announcing the postponement of the 47th FIH Congress that the terms of Batra and the Executive Board members which were due to end in October 2020 have now been extended.

Correct Answer – C. Giriraj Singh

Explanation: Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh has presented the award to the winners of “Startup India-Animal Husbandry Grand Challenge”. The challenge was open for application to Startups from 11th of September, 2019 to 15th of November, 2019 on the Startup India portal – www.startupindia.gov.in. This award was launched by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, in partnership with Startup India to look out for innovative and commercially viable solutions to address the problems faced by the Animal Husbandry and Dairy sector.

• Value Added Products – Krushak Mitra Agro Services Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
• Eliminating Milk Adulteration – White Gold Technologies LLP, Mumbai
• Product Traceability – EmerTech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
• E-commerce Solutions – MoooFarm, Gurugram, Haryana
• Breed Improvement & Animal Nutrition – Adis Technologies, Belagavi, Karnataka

Correct Answer – E. None of these (Bharat Biotech International Limited)

Explanation: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and a Hyderabad based leading Vaccine manufacturing company Bharat Biotech International Limited have partnered to develop a fully indigenous vaccine for COVID-19. The vaccine will be developed using the virus strain which has been isolated at ICMR’s National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. The details of the virus strain has been successfully transferred from NIV, Pune to Bharat Biotech. Work on developing the vaccine has been initiated by the two partner entities.

Correct Answer – C. Siddharth Varadarajan

Explanation: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2020, 17 journalists from 14 countries have been named for Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award 2020 who have disappeared or been arrested or threatened because of their reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic. India’s Siddharth Varadarajan one among them. Siddharth Varadarajan, one of the founding editors of non-profit online newspage The Wire, was handed a notice for appearance by a police team on April 10, 2020 following a story about a politician violating COVID-19 guidelines by participating in a religious ceremony. The Wire was accused of “causing a riot” and “leading to panic.”

Correct Answer – C. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore

Explanation:  A Non-Invasive BiPAP Ventilator “SwasthVayu” has been developed by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore to treat COVID-19 patients. The unique features of the Non-Invasive BiPAP Ventilator “SwasthVayu” helps to alleviate the fear of the virus spread. The ventilator is very simple to use without any specialized nursing and is cost effective, compact and configured with majority of indigenous components. A BiPAP Non Invasive Ventilator “SwasthVayu” is a microcontroller-based precise closed-loop adaptive control system. It has a built-in biocompatible “3D printed manifold & coupler” with Highly Efficient Particulate Air (HEPA) filter.

Correct Answer – C. Bengaluru

Explanation: The Bengaluru City Corporation recently launched “Pranavayu Programme” to create awareness about the respiratory health of Bengaloreans. The initiative aims to help people in increasing oxygen level of the people by themselves. This will help them to keep track about their health before their ailments become fatal. There are several deaths reported in the country due to Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI).

Correct Answer: B. Nurses A Voice to Lead – Nursing the World to Health

Explanation: Every year, May 12 is commemorated as International Nurse Day. The birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale is celebrated as the International Nurse Day. She was also known as Lady with the Lamp. She was the founder of modern nursing and was a British social reformer and statistician. International Council of Nurses has published its theme for the year 2020 around the COVID-19 pandemic on its official website icn.ch “Nurses: A Voice to lead-Nursing the World to Health”. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated the year 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife.

Correct Answer – B. Madhya Pradsh

Explanation: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Dr Narottam Mishra launched country’s first ever ‘FIR Aapke Dwar Yojana’ in Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh is the first state in the country to implement such an innovative scheme under which now people would not be required to visit police station to lodge an FIR. ‘FIR Aapke Dwar’ Yojana has been started as a pilot project in 23 Police Stations including one urban and one rural Police Station at 11 Divisional Headquarters. For this Yojana “Dial 100” vehicle would have trained Head Constables to lodge FIR.

Correct Answer – B. Mission Sagar

Explanation: The government of India (GOI) has initiated a “Mission Sagar” as a part of their efforts to send medical aid to five Island nations in the Indian Ocean amid COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kesari departed for Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros, to provide Food items, COVID related Medicines including Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Tablets and Special Ayurvedic Medicines with Medical Assistance Teams. This mission is launched in coordination with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and other agencies of GOI.

Correct Answer – D. Bomma devara Sai Chandravadhan

Explanation:  Bomma devara Sai Chandravadhan writes under the Pen Name, Vadhan, has authored his third book titled “Fear of God”. The book was published by TreeShade publications.

Correct Answer – B. Historian

Explanation: Eminent Historian Hari Shankar Vasudevan passed away at the age of 68 in a private hospital at Kolkata after testing positive for novel coronavirus on May 6th 2020.