ENGLISH QUIZ 20.04.2020

1.Which of the following power companies has won Edison Award for social innovation?

A. Tata Power Ltd.

B. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.

C. NTPC ltd

D. Adani Power Ltd.

2. Who has been conferred with the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) 2020 for his novel ‘The Spartan Court’?

A. Hoda Barakat

B. Abdelouahab Aissaoui

C. Ala al aswaini

D. Hisham Matar

 3. The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to ______.

A. 3.25%

B. 3.50%

C. 3.75%

D. 4.00%

4. Willie Davis who passed away recently was a veteran _____.

A. Actor

B. Journalist

C. Cricketer

D. Footballer

ANSWERS:-

Answer: 1)A

Explanation

Tata Power bags Edison Award for social innovation. The company bags the awards for its ‘Club Enerji #Switchoff2SwitchOn’ campaign. It has brought about 533 participating schools across India, saving over 29.8 million units of power since its inception in 2007.

What is Edison Award?

• The Edison Awards honours the world’s best innovations and innovators. It is to honour excellence in new product and service development, marketing, design and innovation.
• The award winners represent products and services, leadership and excellence in innovation around four criteria: Concept, Value, Delivery, and Impact.
• It is established in 1987 in the memory of Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931).
• CEO of TATA Power: Praveer Sinha.
• TATA Power Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Answer:2)B

Explanation

• Algerian author Abdelouahab Aissaoui has won the 13th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) with his novel “The Spartan Court.”
• He wins USD 50,000 (£39,950), as well as funding for the English translation of the novel.
• ‘The Spartan Court’ is a historical novel that relates the power struggle between Ottoman and French colonial powers in Algeria where it interconnects the lives of 5 characters in Algiers at the beginning of the 19th century (1815 to 1833).

What is the International Arab fiction prize?

• International Arab fiction prize s the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world.
• The Prize is run with the support of The Booker Prize Foundation in London and is funded by the Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi (DCT).

Answer: 3)C

Explanation

Reserve Bank of India has announced a set of measures to mitigate COVID-19 effect reducing the reverse repo rate under LAF from 4% to 3.75% while the policy repo rate, MSF rate and the Bank rate will remain same as per RBI’s 7th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2019-20. The step is taken in order to maintain adequate liquidity, bank credit flows, financial stress ease and functioning of markets. RBI has decided to undertake targeted LTRO of Rs 50,000 crore.

Answer: 4)D

Explanation

Football legend and NFL Hall of Famer Willie Davis (85 years) passes away. He was one of the great defensive players of his era and was a significant contributor to the Packers’ five NFL championship teams during the 1960s. He served as the honorary captain for the 2010 NFC Championship Game and Super Bowl XLV, and again for the 2014 NFC Championship Game.