Current Affairs Quiz – 13 September 2018

Current Affairs Quiz 13 September 2018

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  1. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu is to leave on a week-long tour of Serbia, Malta and Romania. These countries are located in which continent?
    A) Antartica

    B) South America
    C) North America
    D) Europe
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    Option D
    Explanation: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will go on a week-long tour of Serbia, Malta and Romania from  September 14, 2018
    .
  2. What is the total corpus of the Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) set up by the government?
    A) Rs 10888 crore 

    B) Rs 10880 crore 
    C) Rs 10881 crore 
    D) Rs 10885 crore 
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    Option C
    Explanation: The Centre has launched Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) with an outlay of Rs 10881 crore during the period from
     2017-18 to 2028-29.
  3. Who is the author of the biography Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: An Authorized Biography?
    A) Madhu Kishwar

    B) Francois Gautier 
    C) David Frawley
    D) Rajiv Malhotra
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    Option B
    Explanation: French political writer and journalist Francois Gautier has penned the biography of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar under the name Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: An Authorized Biography.
  4. Which Ministry has launched India’s first National Scholrship Portal (NSP) mobile app?
    A) Ministry of Minority Affairs

    B) Ministry of Human Resource Development
    C) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
    D) Ministry of Law and Justice
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    Option A
    Explanation: Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has launched India’s first National Scholarship Portal (NSP) mobile app to make the government welfare schemes more accessible to needy students in transparent manner.
  5. Based on the recent UN report, 2017 recorded an alarming 10 years high global hunger rate with _______ million people being hungry
    A) 494

    B) 750
    C) 821
    D) 612
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    Option C
    Explanation: According to the annual UN report titled “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018” released on September 11, 2018, more people (821 milion) went hungry in 2017 than at any time in the previous decade globally as food deprivation on the rise due to conflict and climate change
  6. The Government has notified the implementation of tax deducted at source (TDS) and tax collected at source (TCS) provisions under GST law with effect from________
    A) January 1

    B) December 1
    C) November 1
    D) October 1
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    Option D
    Explanation: The government has notified October 01, 2018 as the date for implementing the tax deducted at source (TDS) and tax collected at source (TCS) provisions under GST law.
  7. ISRO is scheduled to launch 2 foreign satellites namely NovaSAR and S1-4. These satellites belong to which country?
    A) Germany

    B) United Kingdom
    C) United States
    D) Japan
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    Option B
    Explanation: Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will put into orbit on September 16, 2018 two foreign satellites – NovaSAR and S1-4 – together weighing 889 kg. The two satellites belong to the UK. Two earth observation satellites will be launched into a 583 km Sun Synchronous Orbit
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  8. “Remembering Rajni” is a book on late barrister Rajni Patel. The book has been complied by_____________
    A) Husain Dalwai

    B) Vandana Chavan
    C) Rajiv Satav
    D) Bakul Patel
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    Option D
    Explanation: Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be releasing a book on late barrister Rajni Patel . The book is titled ”Remembering Rajni” and comprises of essays complied by Bakul Patel wife of Rajni Patel
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  9. Sardar Singh has announced his retirement as the professional player of__________
    A) Hockey

    B) Cricket
    C) Wrestling
    D) Golf
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    Option A
    Explanation: Sardara Singh sometimes referred as Sardar Singh, is an Indian professional field hockey player and captain of the Indian national team. 
  10. The first tripartite meeting of India, Iran and Afghanistan was held in which city?
    A) Dhaka

    B) New Delhi
    C) Kabul
    D) Hyderabad
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    Option C
    Explanation: India, Iran and Afghanistan held their first tripartite meeting in Kabul during which implementation of the Chabahar port project and a host of other issues including ways to deepen counter-terror cooperation were discussed

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