1. Recently who resigned
as the chairman of Zee Entertainment with immediate effect?
a. Pankaj Patel
b. Amit Goenka
c. Subhash Chandra
d. MA Yusuf Ali
Answer: c. Subhash
Chandra,
however, will continue to be a non-executive
director on the company’s board. Subhash Chandra has only five per cent
shares left. Please tell that Subhash Chandra founded this group in the
year 1992. Subhash Chandra is the founder of the country’s first private
satellite TV company ZEE Entertainment and is also a Rajya Sabha MP from
Haryana.
2. Recently in which city
Global Bio-India Summit – 2019, India’s first largest biotechnology conference
was organized?
a. Hyderabad
b. New Delhi
c. Chennai
d. Jaipur
Answer: b. New
Delhi
It was organized by the Department of
Biotechnology, working under the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government
of India, in collaboration with the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance
Council of its public sector undertaking. The summit provided an
opportunity to the international community to showcase the potential of India’s
biotechnology sector. Biotechnology is a rapidly emerging field that can
make a significant contribution in reaching the target of $ 5 trillion of
India’s economy by 2025.
3. Recently which
government has decided to make a provision for reservation for differently
abled people in state panchayats?
a. Government of Bihar
b. Government of Punjab
c. Rajasthan Government
d. Government of Chhattisgarh
Answer: d. Chhattisgarh
Government With
this decision taken by Chhattisgarh Government,
one place in each panchayat will be reserved for Divyang members. For
implementation of this decision, the Government of Chhattisgarh will have to
amend the State Panchayati Raj Act, 1993 (State Panchayati Raj Act,
1993). The number of Divyangs in Chhattisgarh state is 6 percent of the
total population of the state.
4. Recently India has
supported which country’s cyber crime proposal in the General Assembly of
United Nations?
a. Russia
b. Nepal
c. Pakistan
d. Japan
Answer: a. Russia
plans to establish a new treaty in New York in
August 2020 under this proposal, under which all member states will be able to
share the statistics related to cyber crime. India has been fighting the
problem of data security for a long time. At present, India lacks
appropriate laws and regulations related to data security. The National
Cyber Security Policy 2013 was adopted by the
Government of India in the year 2013.
5. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the proposal
to allow the families of soldiers who were martyred in war to stay in
government accommodation for how many years?
a. One year
b. Two years
c. Three years
d. four years
Answer: a. One
year in
a press release issued by the Ministry of
Defense said that at present, the families of soldiers who were martyred in war
are allowed to stay in government accommodation for three months which has now
been extended to one year. This decision by the Ministry of Defense
reviewed the existing provisions keeping in mind the needs and demands of the
three army organs and has extended the period to increase the morale of the
army personnel.
