Current Affairs Quiz – 18 January 2019

Current Affairs Quiz 18 January 2019

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  1. What is the theme of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019?
    A) Financing for Future Growth

    B) Be Heard, Be There
    C) Shaping a New India
    D) Connecting India to the World
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 9th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on January 18, 2019. The three-day investors’ meet will take place at Mahatma Mandir Exhibition cum Convention Centre from 18 – 20 January 2019. The theme of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2019 is “Shaping a New India. 
  2. Which Indian institution has launched the start up named “PadhAI” to offer training in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
    A) Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    B) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    C) Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
    D) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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    Option A
    Explanation: 
    The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has launched a start-up name “PadhAI” to prepare the workforce about the Artificial Intelligence (AI) by training students at nominal costs. The start-up “PadhAI” offers  hands-on course on ‘Deep Learning’ which is a sub-field of AI. 
  3. Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan?
    A) Justice Nasirul Mulk

    B) Justice Asif Saeed Khosa
    C) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
    D) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar
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    Option B
    Explanation: 
    Justice Asif Saeed Khosa  took oath as the 26th Chief Justice of Pakistan on January 18, 2019. President Arif Alvi administered oath to the new Chief Justice who took office after the retirement of Chief Justice Saqib Nisar. 
  4. The Diffo bridge has been inaugurated in which state recently?
    A) Sikkim
    B) Nagaland
    C) Assam
    D) Arunachal Pradesh
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    Option D
    Explanation: 
    Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the India-China border in Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh and inaugurated the Diffo (Chipu) bridge at Roing. The length of the bridge is 329-metre bridge. 
  5. Who has been appointed as the head of the 8 member Group of Ministers (GoM) panel to decide GST rates on lottery tickets?
    A) Sudhir Mungantiwar

    B) Tarun Bhanot
    C) Nitin Patel
    D) Rajesh Agarwal
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    Option A
    Explanation: 
    GST Council has announced the formation of a Group of Ministers (GoM) panel to look into the differential GST rates on lottery tickets and tax issues arising from lottery sales. The GoM/Committee will be headed by Sudhir Mungantiwar (Finance Minister of Maharashtra). The committee has 8 members. 
  6. Which Indian state will be the first to receive the new e-commerce platform which is soon to be launched jointly by Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio Infocomm?
    A) Madhya Pradesh
    B) Maharashtra
    C) Gujarat
    D) Andhra Pradesh
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    Mukesh Ambani has announced that  Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio Infocomm would jointly launch a new e-commerce platform in the country. Gujarat would be the first state to get it. 
  7. What is the total strength of the Judges in the Supreme Court of India in the present time?
    A) 35

    B) 25
    C) 28
    D) 31
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    Option D
    Explanation: 
    Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjiv Khanna were sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court on January 18, 2019. They were administered the oath by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. With the appointment of Justice Maheshwari and Justice Khanna the total strength of Judges in Supreme Court is 28 against its sanctioned strength of 31.
  8. Which organisation has released the Global Risks Report 2019?
    A) World Economic Forum

    B) World Bank
    C) International Monetary Fund
    D) Transparency International
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    Option A
    Explanation: 
    The World Economic Forum has released the 14th edition of the Global Risks Report 2019. The report presents the results of  latest Global Risks Perception Survey in which nine out of 10 respondents expect worsening economic and political confrontations between major powers this year. 
  9. The Central government has decided to make Euro 6 mandatory for initial launch of automobiles from ___________.
    A) December 1, 2020

    B) April 1, 2020
    C) December 1, 2019
    D) April 1, 2019
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    Option B
    Explanation: 
    Union Minister for Transport Nitin Gadkari has announced that the central government has taken a decision to make Euro 6 mandatory for initial launch of automobiles from April 1, 2020. The aim of Euro 6 is to reduce levels of harmful car and van exhaust emissions, both in petrol and diesel cars. 
  10. China has recently revised its final GDP growth for the year 2017 to ________ percent
    A) 6.2%

    B) 6.6%
    C) 6.8%
    D) 6.4%
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    National Bureau of Statistics of China  has lowered the final GDP growth attained by China in 2017 from 6.9 per cent, announced initially, to 6.8 per cent. China calculates its GDP in two phases: first, preliminary estimations which gave rise to the figure of 6.9 per cent revealed in January 2018. There is then another phase of final revision, whose results were published on January 18, 2019.

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