Daily Current Affairs Questions: 15 July 2020

Question 1.  Consider the following statements with respect to the ‘Goldilocks zone’

1. It is the area around a star where it is not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface of surrounding planets.
2. Our Earth is in the Sun’s Goldilocks zone.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) Only 1

(b) Only 2

(c) Both 1 & 2

(d)  None

 

Question 2.Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

Index- 2020                                             Agency

1. Gender Social Norms Index 2020 :    UNDP
2. Global Energy Transition Index 2020 :    World Economic Forum
3. World Competitive Index 2020 :  IMF

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 &2

(b) 2 & 3

(c) 1 & 3

(d)  All

 

Question 3.India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2019 provides information on

1. Carbon stock in India’s forests
2. Forest Types and Biodiversity
3. Forest Fire monitoring
4. Coral Cover
5. Mangrove cover

(a) 1 , 2 ,3 & 5

(b) 2 & 3

(c)  1, 2, 3 & 4

(d)  All

 

Question 4.Global Social Mobility Report was recently released by

(a)  Amnesty International

(b)  World Economic Forum

(c) UN High Commissioner for Refugees

(d)  UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

 

Question 5.The Ranbir Singh Committee has been constituted to make recommendations on which of the following subject?

(a) Energy sector reform

(b) Coal sector reform

(c)  Criminal law reform

(d)  Economic reform

 

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