Daily Current Affairs Questions: 27 August 2020

Question 1.  The ‘Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995’ is related to

(a) Climate Change

(b) Women empowerment

(c) Child labour

(d) Money laundering

 

Question 2.The V K Paul Committee that was recently constituted is associated with

(a)  Economic reform

(b) Education reform

(c) Covid-19

(d) Labour reform

 

Question 3.Which of the following 3 new languages will be listed into the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution?

(a) Bhojpuri, Rajasthani and Bhoti

(b)  Awadhi, Rajasthani and Bhoti

(c)  Bhojpuri, Konkani and Bhoti

(d) Bhojpuri, Rajasthani and Nepali

 

 Question 4.The Sections 269 and 270 of the IPC that were in news recently deal with

(a)  Offences related to domestic violence

(b)  Offences related to public property

(c)  Offences related to child labour

(d) Offences related to public health safety

Question 5. Consider the following statements with respect to the World Happiness Report 2020 –

1. It is released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations.
2. Finland has been ranked first while India got 140^th
3. The theme of the report is ‘Environment for Happiness’.

(a) 1& 2

(b) 1 & 3

(c ) 2 & 3

(d)  1, 2 & 3

 

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