Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 3rd June 2020

Correct Answer: C. SpaceX

Explanation: The SpaceX has become the first private rocket company to send astronauts to space. The company sent Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to space initiating a new business model for NASA. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft with two NASA astronauts successfully docked with the International Space Station last night after a historic launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It has marked the dawn of a new age in commercial space travel. SpaceX was the first private company in the world to return rockets back to the earth. Usually the rockets burn away after putting the satellites on their orbit or simply get thrown away to the space adding up space debris. SpaceX was actively involved in delivering cargo to the International Space Station.

Correct Answer – B. Ministry of AYUSH

Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a video blogging competition and invited citizens to participate in it during his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on 31st May 2020. The ‘My Life, My Yoga’ contest (also called ‘Jeevan Yoga) is a joint effort by the Ministry of AYUSH and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). It focuses on the transformative impact of Yoga on the lives of individuals and it comes as one of the activities related to the observation of the sixth International Day of Yoga (IDY) coming up on June 21.

Correct Answer – D. Responsible AI for Youth

Explanation: National Program for the youth titled “Responsible AI for Youth” has been launched by the Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology, Communications and Law & Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad. The program has been launched to empower the youth of India with appropriate new age tech mind-set, hence making them digitally ready for the future. This program will provide students from Government schools pan India an opportunity to become part of the skilled workforce in an inclusive manner.

National Program for the youth titled “Responsible AI for Youth” has been rolled out by National e-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics & IT in collaboration with Intel India, along with the support from Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of Human Resource Development. The program aims to provide India’s youth a platform where they can acquire appropriate new age tech mind-set, relevant AI skill-sets and access to required AI tool-sets and hence become digitally ready for the future. The knowledge of artificial intelligence will enable the nation’s youth to create meaningful social impact solutions along with bridging the skill gap.

Correct Answer – B. 1st June

Explanation:  United Nations celebrates Global Day of Parents on 1st of June every year to honour all the parents throughout the world. The Global Day of Parents recognizes the primary responsibility of the family in nurturing and protecting their children. Hence, the day acknowledge the selfless commitment of all parents for their children including their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship. The Global Day of Parents emphasizes on the critical role of parents in the rearing of children. The day was designated by the General Assembly in 2012 to honour all the parents throughout the world.

Correct Answer – C. V.S. Venkata

Explanation: Vasantharao Satya Venkata has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director for Small Industries Development Bank of India..

Correct Answer – B. 50-60 billion

Explanation: The National Institution for Transforming India(NITI) Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar stated that India’s access to USD 50-60 billion worth of carbon credits can be achieved if it propagates natural farming and agroecology while suggesting adoption of innovative farming methods based on ecological principles during a virtual high-level round-table on ‘Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture’.

Correct Answer – C. YES Bank

Explanation: Private sector lender Yes Bank Limited has acquired a 24.19% stake in Dish TV India Ltd, a company providing Direct to Home (DTH) television service in India, following invocation of 44.53 crore pledged shares due to default in payment of debt by Dish TV and some other companies.

Correct Answer – C. Chalo

Explanation: YES Bank has partnered with Chalo to launch of a co-branded contactless travel card in Mangalore and Udupi, which would enable users to load money on the card to make ‘tap to pay’ payments across buses.

Correct Answer – B. 1st June

Explanation:  World Milk Day (WMD) is observed every year on June 1 globally, with the aim to raise awareness about milk and its importance as global food. The day encourages to talk about the benefits of dairy with regards to health and nutrition, affordability and accessibility, the sector’s passion and commitment to feeding our communities. Theme for the year 2020: 20th Anniversary of World Milk Day.

Correct Answer – D. Switzerland

Explanation: The developer team of EPFL& ETH of Switzerland has developed the “SwissCovid”, first of its kind for digital contact tracing app utilizing the Exposure Notification API (Application Programming Interface) of Apple and Google and based on a decentralized approach to track the spread of coronavirus.

Correct Answer: C. Harsha Bangari

Explanation: Ms. Harsha Bangari has been appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank). Prior to this appointment, Ms. Bangari was the Chief General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. She joined Exim Bank in 1995 and is currently heading the Treasury and Accounts Group of the Bank. Ms. Bangari is a seasoned finance professional with experience of more than 25 years in the financial sector and has thorough knowledge of the Bank’s processes and business policies across functions covering all products of the Bank including cross border project financing as well as Risk Management, Client Servicing and Liability side management including Treasury Functions and Foreign Currency Resources. Her areas of interest include international debt capital markets and international project finance.

Correct Answer – D. Sunil Kumar Bansal

Explanation: Shri Sunil Kumar Bansal presently CGM, NABARD, has been appointed as Deputy Managing Director (DMD), IFCI Ltd. from the date of his taking over charge of the post and till the date of his attaining the age of 60 years i.e. till 12.09.2022.

Correct Answer – B. Karnataka

Explanation: The National Association of Software and Services Companies(NASSCOM) announced that it has delivered an end-to-end coronavirus tracking platform for Karnataka, called the Karnataka Listening Dashboard for COVID-19. As part of the launch, NASSCOM has provided the 1st set of dashboards to state government’s use.

Correct Answer – D. United States

Explanation:  American Sprinter, the San Benito Buller, Bobby Morrow, one of the four men (Jesse Owens(1936), Carl Lewis(1984), Usain Bolt(2012 & 2016)) to win three events at a single game (100m, 200m and 4x100m relay) died of natural causes at the age of 84 in his home in San Benito, Texas. He was born in October 1935, in Harlingen,Texas.

Correct Answer C. Music Composer

Explanation: Singer & music composer Wajid Khan passed away. The singer was renowned for his partnership with his brother Sajid and the duo was known as Sajid-Wajid. They made their Bollywood debut in 1998 with movie Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya and went on to work in various films such as Garv, Tere Naam, Tumko Na Bhool Payenge, Partner and various others.