Current Affairs Quiz English(SSC) 2ND Tir

Current Affairs


Q 1. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) UNDER THE Ministry of Jal Shakti has similarly organized an IDEAthon On _________with the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA).




Answer is (A)
Explanation: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti has jointly ordered an IDEAthon on "The future of River Administration with the National Institution of Urban Affairs (NIUA).



Q.2. Name the Judicial Member, Lok pal of India who passed away after getting infected from novel Coronavirus




Answer is (D)
Explanation: (D)Judicial Member, Lokpal of India, Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi passed away after getting infected from novel Coronavirus.



Q.3. Which state administration has announced the inclusion of the state's whole population under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana?




Answer is (C)
Explanation: The Maharashtra government has announced the inclusion of state's whole population under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Aarogya Yojana.



Q.4. Name the National e-commerce marketplace that will be launched soon by the traders' body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).




Answer is (D)
Explanation (D) A National e-commerce marketplace 'Bharat market' will be launched by the traders' body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT).



Q.5. ____________ has been begun on the Government e-Marketplace portal to provide Self Help Groups in rural areas with market access to Government user.




Answer is (A)
Explanation: The Saras Collection" has been launched on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal to provide Self Help Groups in rural areas with market access to Government buyers



Q.6.Name the eminent historian, author and columnist who passed away recently. Two of his notable books are 'Delhi: anonymous legend of a City' and 'The Delhi that No-one Knows'.




Answer is (B)
Explanation: Eminent historian, author and columnist Ronald Vivian Smith passed away. Two of his notable books on the national capital are 'Delhi: anonymous legend of a City' and 'The Delhi that No-one Knows'.



Q.7.Which country has restricted the use of saliva & sweat to shine cricket ball under COVID-19 guidelines?




Answer is (B)
Explanation: Australia restricts the use of saliva & sweat to shine cricket ball under COVID-19 guidelines.



Q.8. The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2020 is?




Answer is (A)
Explanation: The theme of World Press Freedom Day 2020 is "Journalism without Fear or Favour".



Q.9.On which day the World Press Freedom Day is observed globally every year?




Answer is (D)
Explanation: World Press Freedom Day is observed globally on 3 May every year.



Q.10. 17-year-old, Indian-origin girl, Vaneeza Rupani has been inured of naming the NASA's 1st Mars helicopter'




Answer is (D)
Explanation: (D)Judicial Member, Lokpal of India, Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi passed away after getting infected from novel Coronavirus.


Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of Idiom/Phrase.

Q.11. Eat One’s Hat.




Answer is (C)
Explanation: Eat one’s: A humorous action that one will allegedly take if something very unlikely.



Q.12. A case in point.




Answer is (D)
Explanation: A case in point: an instance or example that illustrates what is being discussed.


Q.13. A plum job.




Answer is (A)
Explanation: A plum job: an easy and easy and pleasant job that also pays well.



Q.14. Fifth wheel.




Answer is (C)
Explanation: Fifty wheel: an unneeded extra , a superfluous person or thing.



Q15. Walk on eggs.




Answer is (D)
Explanation: Walk o eggs: be extremely cautious about your words or actions.


Q16. In Dutch.




Answer is (B)
Explanation: In Dutch: in trouble with someone.



Q.17. Study animal.




Answer is (C)
Explanation: study animals: someone who studies very hard or very often.



Q18. Crow over something.




Answer is (D)
Explanation: Crow over something: to brag or boast about something.



Q19. Off the cuff.




Answer is (B)
Explanation: Off the Cuff: Casually and spontaneously; without planning or preparation.



Q20. Have kittens.




Answer is (A)
Explanation: Have kittens: to be very upset, anxious, or uneasy.



Improve the Part of Sentence for given bracketed.

Q.21. I am glad to hear that you nearly escaped (being run over by) a speeding car yesterday.




Answer (D)



Q. 22. His speech was assured, but at the end at the end of it (stroke a note of caution).




Answer (C)



Q.23. I did not like his comments on my paper but I had no alternative as (I have agreed to keep quiet).




Answer (B)



Q.24. The police nabbed a notorious criminal who (had bee terrorizing builders and extorted Money) form them for the past two years.




Answer (C)



Q.25. Modern industrialized communities have lost touch with the soil and do not experience that joy which nature gives and the rich glow of health (that which comes from contact with mother earth)




Answer (A)



Q.26. In India today, many of our intellectuals still talk in terms of the French Revolution and the rights of man, not appreciating that (much has happened) since then.




Answer (D)



Q.27. He has been receiving no other massage than an urgent telegram (asking him to rush his village) immediately.




Answer (C)
Explanation: Have kittens: to be very upset, anxious, or uneasy.



Q.28. Every human advance carries with it not only automatic benefits but also a new responsibility, and (We must remain constantly aware for) the dangers that lie in the possible issue of our enormous skills.




Answer (B)



Q.29. Asking me (why was I absent, I was punished by the headmaster).




Answer (C)



Q. 30. An NGO is working towards providing free education to the girl child so that every girl can (stand on their own) feet.




Answer (B)

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