Latest Current Affairs: 9th April 2020 Current Affairs
1) The cabinet approved the temporary suspension of the MPLAD (Members of Parliament Local Area
Development Scheme) fund for how many years because of the Corona Virus Pandemic?
A) 1 B)
2 C)
3 D)
4
Answer: B
MPLAD stands for Members
of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme, for two years this fund has
been suspended and therefore the amount of this MPLAD scheme will be move to CFI.
CFI stands for Consolidated Fund of India. It is important to note that this MPLAD is a scheme of MAS by a TAS Ministry statistics and program implementation and as for this Scheme
the members of parliament used to get 5 crore’s per year for the development of
work. Apart from that the cabinet also promulgated an ordinance to reduce the
salaries and pensions of the members of parliament by 30% for one year.
2) The government has constituted an Empowered Committee to coordinate with the private sector NGO and
international organizations related to COVID-19.
Who is the chairperson of the Empowered Committee?
A) Rajiv Kumar B)
Amitabh Kant C) Surjit
Bhalla D) Amit Shah
Answer: B
Mr Amitabh Kant who is the CEO
of NITI Aayog at present will be
headed for this empowered committee.
So this empowered group is going to coordinate with private sector, nongovernmental
organizations and with the international organizations in the context of COVID-19. NITI Aayog, it is an executive body recently it was released first India Innovation Index and this index
was topped by Karnataka. NITI Aayog was also released School Education Quality Index and this
index was topped by Kerala. Kerala
stated India's first LNG bus service
in Kochi.
3) The highest ever highway
construction by the National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) was achieved in which financial year?
A) 2016-17 B) 2017-18 C) 2018-19 D)
2019-20
Answer: D
NSCA announced the completion of construction of 3979 kilometer of highways in the
financial year 2019-20 and as per
the official statement this is the highest ever highway construction achieved
in a financial year by NHAI. NHAI is under ministry of road
transport and highways, the present minister Mr. Nitin Gadkari his constituencies Nagpur. Recently Mr. Nitin Gadkari was launched India's first intercity Electric Bus service
and this service is between Mumbai to
Pune.
4) India has received 1.70
lakh Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) coveralls, donated by which
country after opening up supply lines from abroad?
A) Australia B) China C) United
States D) Saudi Arabia
Answer: B
PPE stands for Personal Protection Equipment. India
recently received PPE coveralls which have been donated by China.
5) Pravin Rao has been
appointed as the new chairman of which industry body of India?
A) NASSCOM B)CII C)FICCI D)IAMAI
Answer: A
Mr. Pravin Rao is going to be the chairman of NASSCOM while Rekha M Menon is going to be the vice chairperson. Apart from this
few other appointments are: Mr. Bimal Julka
was appointed as Chief Information Commissioner
on the other hand Mr. Ravindra singh
till now was appointed as the New CMBO Power
Finance Corporation in addition to that Mr. Rajiv Bajaj was reappointed as the MD and CEO of Baja Auto.
6) Which Port-trust became the first state owned port trust to
invoke the clause of force majeure at the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak?
A) Kolkata port trust B) Mumbai
port trust
C) Chennai port trust D) Cochin
port trust
Answer: A
This clause is invoked when forms are not able to meet contractual
commitments that means they're not able to fulfill the contract obligations for
the reasons beyond their control that means if there was a contract and if
there was a commitment because of that contract and the commitment cannot be
fulfilled because of some reason which is beyond the control. Due to the
coronava virus the Kolkata port trust became the first state owned that means first
government owned port trust to invoke this clause. Kolkata port trust completed
150 years and this port was renamed
as Shama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust.
7) Which day that is celebrated on April 6, focuses on health
benefits of participating in sporting and physical activity amid social-distancing,
this year?
A) International day of Sport and Physical Exercise
B) International day of Sport for development and peace
C) International day of Healthy Habits
D) International day of Sport and Games
Answer: B
International day of
sport for development and peace and it was observed on 6th of April and this year the United Nations announced a tagline for
this day and that tagline is for the international day of sport this year let
be active and healthy to beat the covid19
8 ) What is the tagline for World Health Day 2020?
A) Support Doctors and Health professionals
B) Support nurses and midwives
C) Support health care
D) Contribute to Health Care
Answer: B
World Health Day is observed on 7th April every year and the tagline for world health
day is support nurses and midwives and it is celebrated by WHO. WHO gave the
official name to the disease caused by corona
virus and the name of this disease is Covid-19
and to prevent the transmission of this disease the government of India has
announce 21 days lockdown.
9) Which Asian country
has declared a state of emergency over coronavirus?
A) China B) Japan C) Thailand D)
Singapore
Answer: B
Japan has declared emergency the prime minister of Japan is Shinzo
Abe. Japan was host of 2020 Summer
Olympic Games and these games were supposed to be in Tokyo in Japan and they
were postponed to 2021.
10) Which firm has bagged the order from the Indian Army to set up a unified network management system?
A) Tata Consultancy Services B)
Larsen & Toubro C) Infosys D) Wipro
Answer: B
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