Daily Current Affairs Quiz: May 16-17, 2021
May 17, 2021 May 21, 2021
1. A bank mentioned in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act is known as ?
[A] Co-operative Bank
[B] Small Finance Bank
[C] Scheduled Commercial Bank
[D] Foreign Bank operating in India
Show Answer
Correct Answer: C [Scheduled Commercial Bank]
Notes:
A bank mentioned in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act is known as ‘Scheduled Commercial Bank’.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has excluded Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) from the Second Schedule of the RBI Act after it was merged with DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL) last year.
2. ‘The Christchurch Call’ was an initiative of which country?
[A] France
[B] New Zealand
[C] Australia
[D] Germany
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [New Zealand]
Notes:
The Christchurch Call to Action Summit or the Christchurch Call, was a political summit initiated by New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, in 2019 in France. It was conducted after the Christchurch mosque shootings. Global leaders and tech companies pledged to eliminate social media usage to end online terrorism.
Recently, PM Ardern was speaking at a virtual summit to mark the second anniversary of the global initiative to end online hate.
3. Which institution has set up a dedicated portal – CovAid, to track aid coming from individual organisations?
[A] Supreme Court of India
[B] ICMR
[C] Give India Foundation
[D] NITI Aayog
Show Answer
Correct Answer: D [NITI Aayog]
Notes:
The NITI Aayog has set up a dedicated portal named ‘CovAid’, to track all aid coming via missions or by individual organisations, with a detailed SOP (standard operating procedure).
At present, there are three channels for receiving aid – government to government, routed via the Ministry of External Affairs to the Health Ministry; Private to government, through COVAID portal and donations through states, NGOs and CSO.
4. Kundoli Proposed Reserve Forest, where 18 elephants have recent died, is situated in which state?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Assam
[D] Kerala
Show Answer
Correct Answer: C [Assam]
Notes:
On the night of May 12, as many as 18 elephants died in the Bamuni hillock in the Kundoli Proposed Reserve Forest under the Kathiatoli range, Assam.
Initial findings from the post mortem indicate that the reason for the death was a lightning strike. The samples have been sent to laboratories for further microbiological and toxicological examination.
5. What is the theme of the International Day of Families 2021?
[A] Families during Covid
[B] Families and New Technologies
[C] Family during Quarantine
[D] Social Distancing for Families
Show Answer
Correct Answer: B [Families and New Technologies]
Notes:
In 1993, the UN General Assembly declared that 15 May of every year should be observed as The International Day of Families.
The theme of this year’s observance is ‘Families and New Technologies’. It focuses on the impacts of new technologies on the well-being of families.
The above 5 questions are part of Daily Current Affairs 20 MCQs Series in GKToday Android Application. This series can be subscribed in the app only for Rs. 799/- for entire year.
Download Now
