GK Questions 2020 for June 24 | Daily Updated Quiz On National & International Affairs

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Top GK Questions for June 24, 2020

1. Which state launched Karmo Bhumi, a job portal to help Information Technology professionals who have lost their jobs after the outbreak of COVID-19 and returned to the state?

• West Bengal
• Odisha
• Assam
• Sikkim

2. The Union Civil Aviation Minister stated on June 16, 2020, that the decision to resume international flights will be taken in the coming month. Who is the current Union Civil Aviation Minister?

• Narendra Singh Tomar
• Shripad Yesso Naik
• Hardeep Singh Puri
• Dharmendra Pradhan

3. Who has been appointed as auditors of Prime Minister's Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund for the next three years?

• Oportuno Corporate Solutions
• Ravi Varshney & Associates
• SARC & Associates
• RPMG & Associates

4. Who has been appointed as Kyrgyzstan's new Prime Minister?

• Askar Akayev
• Roza Otunbayeva
• Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziyev
• Kubatbek Boronov

5. Which Housing Finance Company launched SARAL, a special affordable housing loan scheme to finance homes in urban and rural areas?

• L&T Housing Finance Limited
• Ind Bank Housing Ltd
• ICICI Home Finance Company Limited
• PNB Housing Finance Ltd.

6. Which state/UTs approved the Agriculture Production Department's proposal to change its nomenclature to "Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare Department"?

• Punjab
• Jammu & Kashmir
• Haryana
• Delhi

7. Who inaugurated and flagged off India's first Infectious disease diagnostic lab for COVID-19 testing in rural and inaccessible areas of India?

• Nirmala Sitharaman
• V. Sadananda Gowda
• Nitin Jairam Gadkari
• Dr Harsh Vardhan

8. Who was elected as the president of the 75th United Nations General Assembly?

• Ahmet Davutoglu
• Volkan Bozkir
• Abdullah Gul
• Omer Celik

9. According to the report titled "Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition" released by FAO, how many people fell into acute food insecurity since February 2020?

• 40 million
• 35 million
• 25 million
• 45 million

10. Which country was the second biggest growth driver of primary energy consumption in the world, behind China, in 2019?

• Brazil
• India
• Germany
• Russia

11. The Sports Ministry prepared to establish Khelo India State Centres of Excellence under the Khelo India Scheme and identified how many sports facilities to upgrade as KISCE?

• 9 state
• 4 state
• 8 state
• 6 state

12. The All India Football Federation recommended which former Indian football team captain for Padma Shri?

• Anirudh Thapa
• Udanta Singh
• IM Vijayan
• Gouramangi Singh

13. The tenure of which former supreme court judge as the ethics officer and ombudsman of BCCI got a 1-year extension in June 2020?

• Ananga Kumar Patnaik
• Abhay Manohar Sapre
• DK Jain
• Jasti Chelameswar

14. In accordance with the "SIPRI Yearbook 2020-Armaments, Disarmament and International Security", from 2019 there is an increase in the nuclear weapons stockpile of India and Chin Where are SIPRI Headquarters located?

• Vienna
• Berlin
• Edinburgh
• Stockholm

15. Which state signed 12 MoUs with 12 domestic and foreign companies for Foreign Direct Investment worth over Rs 16,000 crores?

• Maharashtra
• Uttar Pradesh
• Haryana
• Tamil Nadu

16. India & China got engaged into a violent face-off on 15th June night when the troops of both the armies fired at each other in which valley in Ladakh?

• Nubra Valley
• Galwan Valley
• Dha Hanu valley
• Markha valley

17. Which Payments did Bank launch 'Suraksha Salary Account' for the micro, small and medium enterprises?

• Jio Payments Bank
• Airtel Payments Bank
• India Post Payments Bank
• Fino Payments Bank

18. India has pledged to construct an Rs.2.33 crore sanitation facility at the Pashupatinath Temple complex in which country?

• Bangladesh
• Nepal
• Bhutan
• China

19. Who is the writer of the novel - A Burning?

• Vikram Seth
• Ravinder Singh
• Megha Majumdar
• Amish Tripathi

20. India was elected unopposed for the 8th term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for how many years starting January 2021?

• 2 years
• 3 years
• 5 years
• 1 year

21. Who will launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on 20 June 2020 from Beldaur of Khagaria District of Bihar?

• Raj Nath Singh
• Narendra Modi
• Nitin Jairam Gadkari
• Amit Shah

22. Which institute received permission to carry out Phase III randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled trial of efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antiviral drugs Umifenovir?

• Employees' State Insurance Corporation
• CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
• The Indian Council of Medical Research
• All India Institute Of Medical Science

23. Indian economy is to grow by how much per cent in 2021-22 according to ADB's Asian Development Outlook report?

• 6%
• 7%
• 8%
• 5%

24. China's Great Wall Motor Company signs MoU with which Indian state govt. to invest $1 billion in the state?

• Rajasthan
• Punjab
• Tamil Nadu
• Maharashtra

25. What is the name of a novel written by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro?

• Klara and the Sun
• Death in Her Hands
• My Dark Vanessa
• The Glass Hotel

26. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission launched a project in Palghar district of Maharashtra, a state with more than 50 lakh palm trees. Headquarters of KVIC is located in which city?

• Surat
• Ahmedabad
• Delhi
• Mumbai

27. Sanitary Napkin is being made available in more than 6,300 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras across the country at what price?

• ₹  15/- per pad
• ₹  1/- per pad
• ₹  5/- per pad
• ₹  10/- per pad

28. What is the name of Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister who resigned amid an ongoing criminal investigation into whether the government illegally sold radio frequencies?

• Askar Akayev
• Roza Otunbayeva
• Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziyev
• Kurmanbek Bakiyev

29. The fifth state of matter has been observed by the scientists for the first time in space. What is the name of the fifth state of matter?

• Bose-Einstein condensates
• Plasma
• Gas
• Solid

30. Deepak Kumar Nayak, Project Assistant of INTACH with Rabindra Rana, heritage enthusiast of Odisha located the 500-year-old submerged temple in which river?

• Hooghly River
• Mahanadi River
• Kosi River
• Subarnarekha River

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GK 2020 Answer

1. Which state launched Karmo Bhumi, a job portal to help Information Technology professionals who have lost their jobs after the outbreak of COVID-19 and returned to the state?

Answer- West Bengal

2. The Union Civil Aviation Minister stated on June 16, 2020, that the decision to resume international flights will be taken in the coming month. Who is the current Union Civil Aviation Minister?

Answer- Hardeep Singh Puri

3. Who has been appointed as auditors of Prime Minister's Citizens Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) fund for the next three years?

Answer- SARC & Associates

4. Who has been appointed as Kyrgyzstan's new Prime Minister?

Answer- Kubatbek Boronov

5. Which Housing Finance Company launched SARAL, a special affordable housing loan scheme to finance homes in urban and rural areas?

Answer- ICICI Home Finance Company Limited

6. Which state/UTs approved the Agriculture Production Department's proposal to change its nomenclature to "Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare Department"?

Answer- Jammu & Kashmir

7. Who inaugurated and flagged off India's first Infectious disease diagnostic lab for COVID-19 testing in rural and inaccessible areas of India?

Answer- Dr Harsh Vardhan

8. Who was elected as the president of the 75th United Nations General Assembly?

Answer- Volkan Bozkir

9. According to the report titled "Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition" released by FAO, how many people fell into acute food insecurity since February 2020?

Answer- 45 million

10. Which country was the second biggest growth driver of primary energy consumption in the world, behind China, in 2019?

Answer- India

11. The Sports Ministry prepared to establish Khelo India State Centres of Excellence under the Khelo India Scheme and identified how many sports facilities to upgrade as KISCE?

Answer- 8 state

12. The All India Football Federation recommended which former Indian football team captain for Padma Shri?

Answer- IM Vijayan

13. The tenure of which former supreme court judge as the ethics officer and ombudsman of BCCI got a 1-year extension in June 2020?

Answer- DK Jain

14. In accordance with the "SIPRI Yearbook 2020-Armaments, Disarmament and International Security", from 2019 there is an increase in the nuclear weapons stockpile of India and Chin Where is SIPRI Headquarters located?

Answer- Stockholm

15. Which state signed 12 MoUs with 12 domestic and foreign companies for Foreign Direct Investment worth over Rs 16,000 crores?

Answer- Maharashtra

16. India & China got engaged into a violent face-off on 15th June night when the troops of both the armies fired at each other in which valley in Ladakh?

Answer- Galwan Valley

17. Which Payments did Bank launch 'Suraksha Salary Account' for the micro, small and medium enterprises?

Answer- Airtel Payments Bank

18. India has pledged to construct an Rs.2.33 crore sanitation facility at the Pashupatinath Temple complex in which country?

Answer- Nepal

19. Who is the writer of the novel - A Burning?

Answer- Megha Majumdar

20. India was elected unopposed for the 8th term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for how many years starting January 2021?

Answer- 2 years

21. Who will launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on 20 June 2020 from Beldaur of Khagaria District of Bihar?

Answer- Narendra Modi

22. Which institute received permission to carry out Phase III randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled trial of efficacy, safety, and tolerability of antiviral drugs Umifenovir?

Answer- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute

23. Indian economy is to grow by how much per cent in 2021-22 according to ADB's Asian Development Outlook report?

Answer- 5%

24. China's Great Wall Motor Company signs MoU with which Indian state govt. to invest $1 billion in the state?

Answer- Maharashtra

25. What is the name of a novel written by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro?

Answer- Klara and the Sun

26. The Khadi and Village Industries Commission launched a project in Palghar district of Maharashtra, a state with more than 50 lakh palm trees. Headquarters of KVIC is located in which city?

Answer- Mumbai

27. Sanitary Napkin is being made available in more than 6,300 Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras across the country at what price?

Answer- Rs 1/- per pad

28. What is the name of Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister who resigned amid an ongoing criminal investigation into whether the government illegally sold radio frequencies?

Answer- Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziyev

29. The fifth state of matter has been observed by the scientists for the first time in space. What is the name of the fifth state of matter?

Answer- Bose-Einstein condensates

30. Deepak Kumar Nayak, Project Assistant of INTACH with Rabindra Rana, heritage enthusiast of Odisha located the 500-year-old submerged temple in which river?

Answer- Mahanadi River

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