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1. World Asteroid Day is celebrated on-

a. 15th June.

b. 30th June.

c. 22nd June.

d. none of these. 

[30th June is celebrated as the World Asteroid Day to provide online education about the asteroid. The Union Nations passed a resolution for celebrating 30 June as Asteroid Day.]

2. National Statistics Day is celebrated on-

a. 28th June.

b.29th June.

c. 30th June.

d. none of these.

[National Statistics Day is celebrated on 29th June on the birthday anniversary of Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis. The government of India declared this day as National Statistic Day.
This day is celebrated to create awareness among youth about the role of statistics in socio-economic planning and policy formulation.

The theme of Statistic Day 2020: SDG-3(Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) & SDG-5 (Achieve gender quality and empower all women and girls).

 Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is known as the father of  Indian Statistics.]

• Minister of State(Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation: Rao Inderjit Singh.
• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Established: 15th October 1999.

3. Who has become the 1st Woman Chief Secretary of Punjab, Recently?

a. Amarinder Singh.

b. Vini Mahajan.

c. V.P Singh Badnore.

d. none of these. 

[Vini Mahajan becomes 1st woman Chief Secretary of Punjab. She is an  IAS officer of batch 1987. She will replace Karan Avtar Singh, who has been posted as Special Chief Secretary, Governance Reforms and Public Grievances.
She has received the National Literacy Award and she also became the 1st woman officer to be posted as Deputy Commissioner(DC) in Punjab 1995.]

• Capital of Punjab: Chandigarh.
• The Chief Minister of Punjab: Amarinder Singh.
• Governor of Punjab: V.P. Singh Badnore.

4. Who has launched the "Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan" web portal?

a. Narendra Modi.

b. Narendra Singh Tomar.

c. Amit Shah

d. none of these.

[To provide the information to the public regarding the various district-wise and Scheme-wise components of the Abhiyaan, a web portal named "Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan" has been launched by Narendra Singh Tomar. He is a Union Minister of Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, and Agriculture & Farmer's Welfare.

This Abhiyaan is an employment generation-cum-rural infrastructure creation program launched by the Government of India to officer employment opportunities to returnee migrant workers at their native place.]

5. Who has launched the "Sankalp Prava" initiative?

a. The Ministry of Home Affairs.

b. The Ministry of Culture.

c. Ministry of law.

d. none of these. 

[On the call of PM Shri Narendra Modi, the Ministry of Culture has been launched the "Sankalp Prava" initiative from 28th June to 12th July 2020. The aim of this initiative to plant at least five trees either in-office campus or wherever it is possible in order to ensure a clean and healthy environment of our country.]

• Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (I/C): Prahlad Singh Patel.

6. With whom PhonePe has tie-up to launch UPI multi-bank model?

a. Paytm Bank.

b. ICICI Bank.

c. YesBank.

d. none of these.

[PhonePe has partnered with ICICI Bank to launch the UPI Multi-bank model. Through this partnership, PhonePe gives the option to its users to create and use multiple UPI IDs with ICICI and Yes Bank's handles on the PhonePe app.]

• PhonePe founded: December 2015.
• CEO of PhonePe: Sameer Nigam.
• Headquarters Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka.

7. Which is the 1st country to control locusts through drones?

a. The US.

b. India.

c. Africa.

d. none of these. 

[Under the make in initiatives, India is the first country to control locusts through drones. The Department of  Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmer's Welfare (DAC&FW), Agriculture Ministry has developed a vehicle-mounted ultra-low volume (ULV) sprayer for locust control.

Locust is a crop-threatening migratory pest that has entered the country through the Inia-Pakistan border.]

8. Who has become the new PM of Ireland, recently?

a. Narendra Modi.

b. Micheal Martin.

c. Sheikh Hassina.

d. none of these. 

[Micheal Martin has been elected as new Prime Minister fo Ireland by the lower house of the Irish Parliament. ]

• Capital of Ireland: Dublin.
• President of Ireland: Micheal D Higgins.
• The Official Currency of Ireland: Euro.

9. Which Indian Umpire inducted in ICC Elite Panel, recently?

a. 

b. Nitin Menon.

c. Nigel 

d. none of these. 

[ Indian Umpire Nitin Menon has been inducted into the International Cricket council's Elite Panel of Umpires for the Upcoming 2020-21 season. He has replaced England's umpire Nigel Llong.]

10. Advanced Torpedo Decoy System "Maareech" has been inducted by-

a. US Navy.

b. Indian Navy.

c. Pakistan Navy.

d. none of these. 

[The Indian Navy has inducted an Advanced anti-torpedo decoy called 'Maareech'. The system has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). This system is capable of detecting, locating, and neutralizing the incoming torpedo. ]

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