Topics Covered:
1) Madhuban Gajar
2) 34th Forbes List
3) Karnataka's YouTube channel to engage students
4) Wuhan - epicentre of COVID-19
5) Hydroxychloroquinine
6) CCMB to start Genome Sequencing of Coronavirus
7) Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter donated $1 bn to fight COVID-19
8) 7th Economic Census
9) 19th Asian Games
10) Caruna Initiative,
11) CDSCO, drug regulator of India
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Q.1 Vasrambhai Marvaniya, who has developed “Madhuban Gajar” belongs to which state?
a) Punjab
b) Rajasthan
c) Gujarat
d) Maharashtra
Q.2 Who is the top ranked Indian in the 34th Forbes list of Billionaires in the world?
a) Radhakishan Damani
b) Mukesh Ambani
c) Shiv Nadar
d) Uday Kotak
Q.3 Which state has launched YouTube channel to engage students during lockdown?
a) New Delhi
b) Maharashtra
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
Q-4. Which city of China is said to be epicentre of COVID-19 outbreak?
a) Beijing
b) Shanghai
c) Taipei
d) Wuhan
Q.5 Which pharma company will be donating Hydroxychloroquine sulphate tablets to USA?
a) Bione
b) Biocon
c) Amneal Pharmaceutical
d) Cipla
Q.6 Which R&D institute has started working on Genome Sequencing of Coronavirus?
a) National Institute of Virology
b) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
c) Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
d) National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research
Q.7 Who among the following has donated $1 billion to fight COVID-19?
a) Sundar Pichai
b) Satya Nadella
c) Mark Zuckerberg
d) Jack Dorsey
Q.8 7th Economic Census is performed by:
a) Ministry of Finance
b) Ministry of Human Resource Development
c) Ministry of Labour & Employment
d) Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation
Q.9 Which of the following is NOT the mascot of 19th Asian Games?
a) Congcong
b) Lianlian
c) Chenchen
d) Xhouxhou
Q.10 Who has launched Caruna initiative?
a) Civil services associations
b) Cricketers associations
c) Medical Council of India
d) Health Ministry
Q.11 Who is India’s Drug and Medical Device regulator?
a) Drug Controller General of India
b) Medical Council of India
c) Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation
d) Indian Council of Medical Research
Explanation:
Answer-1: C (Gujarat)
1) Vasrambhai Marvaniya, a farmer scientist from Junagarh, Gujarat has developed a highly nutritious biofortified carrot called Madhuban Gajar.
2) Carrot has higher content of:
• Beta-carotene (277.75 mg/kg)
• Iron (276.7 mg/kg)
3) Developed through: Selection method
4) Awards: Padma Shri in 2019
5) Biofortification: improve nutritious quality of food crops through selective breeding or genetic engineering.
6) Area of cultivation:
The variety is being cultivated in more than 1000 hectares of land in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh during the last 3 years.
7) Validation Trials conducted by:
National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India conducted validation trials for this variety at Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute (RARI), Jaipur, between 2016 and 2017.
Answer-2: B (Mukesh Ambani)
1) Mukesh Ambani was ranked 17th in the annual 34th Forbes list of top billionaires in the world.
2) Net worth: $44.3 billion
3) Top ranked Indian in the list
4) Chairman and MD of Reliance Industries Ltd.
5) 2nd Indian on the list : Radhakishan Damani, founder of DMart Supermarket chain.
• Net Worth: $16.6 billion
• Rank: 65th
6) 3rd Indian on list: Shiv Nadar
• Founder of HCL Technologies
• Rank: 114th , Net Worth: $12.4 billion
7) Key Findings:
· 1st Rank: Jeff Bezos (Amazon)
· 2nd Rank: Bill Gates (Microsoft)
· Among the billionaires who are listed, around 51% are poorer in comparison to last year.
· Worth of the world’s billionaires has reduced by almost $700 billion from 2019.
Answer-3: C (Karnataka)
1) Karnataka has launched YouTube channel to engage students during lockdown.
2) Crowd-sourced videos
3) Karnataka has also launched a YouTube channel named “Jagruti Karnataka” to create Covid-19 awareness amongst healthcare workers.
Ø Content of the channel has been devised by two doctors —
• PC Jaffer
• Aniruddha Shravan.
Answer-4: D (Wuhan)
1) China has lifted 76 days long lockdown in Wuhan.
2) Wuhan’s seafood market is said to be epicenter of Coronavirus outbreak.
Answer-5: C (Amneal Pharmaceutical)
1) Amneal Pharmaceutical is an Indian-American pharma company based in New Jersey.
2) It has pledged to donate 3.4 million tablets of Hydroxychloroquine sulphate to USA, to help fight COVID-19.
Answer-6: B (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology)
1) Indian researchers have started working on Genome Sequencing of Coronavirus.
2) Researcher’s belong to:
a) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (CCMB)
b) Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi
c) Both institutes are part of Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
3) Study: evolution of virus, how fast it mutates
Answer-7: D (Jack Dorsey)
1) Jack Dorsey is the CEO of Twitter
2) He will donate $1 billion of his Square Inc. company, which is around 28% of his wealth, to charity fund “Start Small LLC” to fund global COVID-19 relief.
3) Jack Dorsey founded:
a) Twitter: 2006
b) Square Inc: 2009
4) Other key donators:
a) Jeff Bezos: $100 mn to Feedbank America
b) Bill and Melinda Gates foundation: $ 100 mn
c) Michael Dell: $ 100 mn
Answer-8: D (Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation)
1) Data collection period for 7th Economic Census has been extended by 6 months till 30th Sept, 2020.
2) Importance: Economic Census is the only source of information on large unorganized sector in the country.
3) Conducted: every 5 years by Central Statistical Office of MoSPI
4) Partner: CSC e-governance Services Ltd. (CSC SPV)
5) 7th Economic Survey Launched from: Tripura
6) Data collection:
Door to door survey of each household and commercial establishment under the provisions of Collection of Statistics Act 2008.
7) In 1976, Indian Govt. launched a plan called Economic Census and Surveys.
8) First Economic Survey was conducted in 1977 by CSO in collaboration with Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES) of State and UR.
Answer-9: D (Xhouxhou)
19th Asian Games:
1. Host: Hangzhou, China
2. Held in: 2022
3. Mascot: Smart Triplets
• Congcong
• Lianlian
• Chenchen
Answer-10: A (Civil Services Associations)
1) Acronym 'Caruna' stands for Civil Services Associations Reach to Support in Natural Disasters
2) Caruna is a technology platform formed by Associations representing officers of Central Civil Services, including IAS, IPS, IFoS, IRS etc. to support Govt in the fight against COVID19.
Answer-11: C (Central Drugs Standard Control Organization)
1) CDSCO is the competent authority for approval and issuance of licence for importer/manufacturer for marketing of coronavirus diagnostics kits.
2) It has not licensed the Covid-19 home-based diagnostic kit manufactured by Bengaluru-based Bione Ventures Pvt Ltd for import, manufacture or marketing.
3) Bione Ventures has manufactured the Rapid Antibody based, single use finger-prick tests for coronavirus which will give result in 5-10 minutes.
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