Daily Current Affairs Answer & Explanation : 23 June 2020

Question 1.

Answer- d

Explanation:

ISRO launched the RISAT-2BR1 satellite on 11 December 2019. India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) launched RISAT-2BR1, the fiftieth flight (PSLV-C48), along with nine commercial satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.

 

• RISAT-2BR1 is a radar imaging satellite. 
• It is dubbed as a spy satellite.
• The mission life span of RISAT-2BR1 is 5 years.
• The satellite weighs about 628 kg.
• It can take pictures of the earth during day and night even under cloudy conditions.

 

Question 2.

Answer- d

Explanation :

• Special Mention Accounts are those assets/accounts that show symptoms of bad asset quality in the first 90 days itself.
• What is the difference between NPA and SMA?
• Remember that NPA has duration of 90 days. On the other hand, the worst type of special mention account (SMA – 2) has less than 90 days’ duration. 

 

Question 3.

Answer-  a

Explanation :

• Bougainville has recently become the world’s newest and possibly the smallest independent country.
• Bougainville is currently a province of Papua New Guinea- one of the most populous Pacific island states.
• It forms the part of the Solomon Islands archipelago.
• Bougainville has a population of around 300,000 people comprising of 21 distinct language groups.

 

Question 4.

Answer c

Explanation :

• Bovada lists Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as odds-on favorite to be Time Magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year.

 

Question 5.

Answer-  d

Explanation:

• The state of Odisha has been honoured with ‘World Habitat Award’, for its ambitious project — Jaga Mission which aims to provide homes to millions of people.
• The award was conferred by the World Habitat, a UK based organization, in partnership with United Nations (UN)-Habitat.