Two passages related to September 2020 Current Affairs and questions based on them are given below. The difficulty level of the questions is easy.
Passage 1
The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday allowed an Amritsar-based association to receive foreign funds to provide free food and other facilities to devotees of Golden temple. Government sources said the Association has been granted registration under the FCRA 2010. Union Food Processing Minister and Akali Dal leader X thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for granting the FCRA registration to the association. “Happy to share that MHA has granted approval under FCRA to Golden Temple. This will enable the shrine to receive ‘sewa’ from all over the world & go a long way in propagating Gurusahab’s philosophy of ‘sarbat da bhala’. I’m grateful to @AmitShah Ji for making this possible,” she tweeted. The FCRA registration of the association will be valid for a period of five years, the sources said. Langar services in Golden temple are provided by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. The Association, which applied for FCRA registration on May 27, has been running ‘langar’ services to the devotees of Golden temple in Amritsar in Punjab, sources said.
Questions
- Golden Temple is located in the city of Amritsar and is also known as _______________?
- Sri Harmandar Sahib
- Sri Gurunanak Sahib
- Sri Anand Sahib
- None of these
- Who is referred to as X in the passage?
- Jasmeet Kaur Badal
- Harminder Singh Gill
- Prakash Badal
- Harsimrat Kaur Badal
- The person mentioned as X in the passage has recently resigned from the office of Union Food Processing Minister. Who has been appointed as the current Union Food Processing Minister?
- Prime Minister
- Manoj Sinha
- Narendra Tomar
- Prakash Javdekar
- Harsimrat Kaur Badal is related to the former Chief Minister of Punjab as
- Daughter
- Wife
- Daughter in Law
- Sister
- FCRA 2010 in the passage refers to
- Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010
- Foreign Currency (Regulation) Act 2010
- Fake Currency (Regulation) Act 2010
- Faith Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010
Passage 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi digitally launched the Pradhan Mantri X Sampada Yojana today. He also inaugurated the Y app that will provide farmers marketplace for livestock. He also launched several other initiatives in the fisheries and animal husbandry sectors in Bihar. The launches come just a few months ahead of the Bihar polls.
Yesterday the prime minister tweeted that the PMMSY will “transform” the fisheries sector and add strength to the efforts of building an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. “The advantages of PMMSY include: Address critical gaps in the fisheries sector. Infuse the sector with the latest technology, focus on value addition. Upgradation of critical infrastructure. Boost the welfare of those associated with fishing. Employment creation,” he added. The PMMSY is a flagship scheme for focused and sustainable development of the fisheries sector in the country with an estimated investment of ₹20,050 crores for its implementation during 2020-21 to 2024-25 as part of Aatmanirbhar Bharat package. The investment of ₹20,050 crore under PMMSY is the highest ever in the fisheries sector, the PMO said.
The project in Bihar envisages investment of ₹1,390 crores with the central share of ₹535 crores and the additional fish production target pegged at three lakh tons. During the current fiscal, the Union government has sanctioned Bihar’s proposal costing ₹107 crores. The Y app is a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal for direct use of farmers. At present no digital platform is available in the country for farmers managing livestock including buying and selling of disease-free germplasm in all forms, availability of quality breeding services and guiding farmers for animal nutrition, treatment of animals using appropriate medicine.
There is no mechanism to send alerts on the due date for vaccination, pregnancy diagnosis and calving among other issues and inform farmers about various government schemes and campaigns in the area.
Questions
- In Pradhan Mantri X Sampada Yojana, X refers to
- Macchli
- Matsya
- Meen
- Makar
- The Y app referred to in the passage is:
- e Gopala
- e Govinda
- e Gaushala
- None of the above
- Who is the current Union Minister for Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying?
- Narendra Tomar
- Giriraj Singh
- Radha Mohan Singh
- Nitish Kumar
- Earlier Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying was a department of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare. It has been newly formed as an industry in
- 2014
- 2019
- 2020
- 2017
- Which of the following state was initially a part of Bihar and when did it become a separate state?
- Chhattisgarh, 2000
- Chhattisgarh, 1998
- Jharkhand, 2000
- Jharkhand, 1998
Answers
Passage 1
- (a)
- (d)
- (c)
- (c)
- (a)
Passage 2
- (b)
- (a)
- (b)
- (b)
- (c)
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Aparna Shukla
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