Current Affairs Quiz: 17 September 2020

17 September 2020:The Current Affairs Quizzes section of Jagranjosh aims to help every competitive exam aspirant to revise the day at ease. The day’s updated quizzes cover topics such as Global Smart City Index 2020, World Bank’s Human Capital Index and Kosi Rail Mahasetu among others. 

1.Which city topped the Global Smart City Index 2020?
a)Singapore
b)Beijing 
c)New Delhi 
d)Bengaluru 

2.Indian Army is ready which gun for operations in Ladakh amid tensions with China?
a)Howitzer 
b)Bofors 
c)Akash
d)Tunguska

3.Which construction company has won the bid for the construction of India’s new Parliament building?
a)Reliance Infrastructure
b)GMR
c)Tata Group
d)Larsen & Toubro

4.Which among the following nation is not a part of the IBSA grouping?
a)India 
b)Brazil
c)South Africa
d)Sri Lanka

5.India was ranked at which position on the World Bank’s annual Human Capital Index?
a)77th 
b)116th 
c)110th 
d)85th 

6.PM Narendra Modi will soon be dedicating to the nation the historic Kosi Rail Mahasetu. It is located in which among the following states?
a)Madhya Pradesh
b)Karnataka
c)Gujarat
d)Bihar

7.Which nation’s government has revealed a plan of administering COVID-19 vaccine to all its citizens free of cost when it comes out?
a)US
b)Russia
c)UK
d)India

8.Who among the following Union Ministers informed on September 16 that he has tested positive for COVID-19?
a)Nitin Gadkari 
b)Ravi Shankar Prasad
c)Piyush Goyal 
d)Rajnath Singh

Answers

1.(a)Singapore
India’s four major cities- New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad witnessed a drop in their rankings in the Global Smart City Index. The index was topped by Singapore. The Smart City Index 2020 was released by the Institute for Management Development (IMD) in collaboration with Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD). The index is based on key findings on how technology is playing a role in the COVID-19 era.

2.(b)Bofors 
The Indian Army is readying its formidable Bofors howitzers for operations amid the ongoing tensions with China over the transgressions by its troops Eastern Ladakh.The Bofors gun, which was inducted into the regiment of artillery in the mid-1980s, is capable of firing both in low and high angles. The guns will be deployed in Ladakh once they will be serviced.

3.(c)Tata Group
Tata Group has won the contract for construction of India’s new Parliament building with a bid of Rs 861.90 crore, beating Larsen & Toubro. The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) had opened financial bids for the new Parliament building construction on September 16, 2020. The new Parliament building construction is a part of the Central Vista redevelopment project. 

4.(d)Sri Lanka
IBSA is a unique trilateral forum that brings together three of the world's largest democracies, major economies from three different continents that face similar challenges- India, Brazil and South Africa.

5.(b) 116th 
India has been ranked at 116th  position in the latest edition of the World Bank’s annual Human Capital Index. The index benchmarks the key components of human capital across countries.

6.(d) Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the historic Kosi Rail Mahasetu on September 18, 2020, through video conference. The dedication of the Kosi Rail Mahasetu is the watershed moment in Bihar’s history and the entire region connecting to the North-East. A meter gauge link was built in between Nirmali-Bhaptiahi (Saraigarh), in 1887.

7.(a)US
The US Government on September 16, 2020, unveiled its COVID-19 vaccine delivery plan which entails administering the drug to all the citizens of US free of cost.

8.(a)Nitin Gadkari
The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari informed on September 16, 2020, that he has been tested positive for COVID-19 following which he has self-isolated himself.