Daily Current Affair Quiz: 24th January 2020
1. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Trade Receivables Discounting System or TReDS is an initiative undertaken by Ministry of MSME.
2. It aims to safeguard the interest of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: b
Justification:
- Trade Receivables Discounting System or TReDS is an initiative undertaken by Reserve Bank Of India to safeguard the interest of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that, because of large organizations, always finds it very hard to convert their trade receivables into liquid funds in short period.
2. Kala-azar is caused by
(a) Leishmania donovani
(b) Giardia duodenalis
(c) Taenia solium
(d) Diphyllobothrium latum
Ans: a
Justification:
- Kala-azar: A chronic and potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs, particularly the liver, spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes) due to infection by the parasite called Leishmania donovani.
3. Bhoomi Rashi portal is launched by
(a) Niti Ayog
(b) MoEFCC
(c) MORTH
(d) NGT
Ans: c
Justification:
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Govt. of India has designed Bhoomi Rashi as a single point platform for online processing of land acquisition notifications to accelerate highway infrastructure development projects in India.
4. Which of the following statement/s is/are true.
1. Rashtriya Uchchattar Shiksha Abhiyan is a holistic scheme of development for higher education in India initiated in 2013 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
2. The centrally sponsored scheme aims at providing strategic funding to higher educational institutions throughout the country.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Ans: c
Justification:
- Self Explanatory
5. PARIVESH Portal is launched by
(a) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(b) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(c) Ministry of Labour & Employment
(d) Ministry of MSME
Ans: a
Justification:
- PARIVESH is a web based, role based workflow application which has been developed for online submission and monitoring of the proposals submitted by the proponents for seeking Environment, Forest, Wildlife and CRZ Clearances from Central, State and district level authorities.
