Current Affairs Quiz – 23 February 2019

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Current Affairs Quiz 23 February 2019

  1. Who has been appointed as the head of the 4 member panel formed by CBDT to address tax related points and reduce the number of tax litigations?
    A) K K Mohapatra

    B) K.Madhavan Nair
    C) Sanjeev Sharma
    D) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has formed a four-member committee to address tax related points and reduce the number of tax litigations. The committee will be headed by income tax commissioner Sanjeev Sharma. 
  2. RBI has created a new category of NBFC called NBFC-ICC by merging 3 types of existing NBFCs. What does ICC stands for?
    A) Investment and Credit Company

    B) International Credit Company
    C) Inter Continental Company
    D) Institutional and Corporate Company
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    Option A
    Explanation:
    The Reserve Bank of India on February 22, 2019 merged the three categories of NBFCs i.e Asset Finance Companies (AFC),Loan Companies (LCs) and Investment Companies (ICs) into a new category called NBFC – Investment and Credit Company (NBFC-ICC).
  3. Who has been appointed as the new President of Asian Hockey Federation (AHF)?
    A) Sultan Abdullah Ibni

    B) Dato Fumio Ogura
    C) Asima Ali
    D) Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad
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    Option B
    Explanation: 
    The President of Hockey India, Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad, has been elected as the new Vice-President of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) for a four-year term. Dato Fumio Ogura from Japan has been appointed as the new President of AHF.
  4. The Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana has been launched by which state to provide employment to urban unemployed youths of the state?
    A) Uttarakhand

    B) Odisha
    C) Haryana
    D) Madhya Pradesh
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    Option D
    Explanation: 
    Madhya Pradesh has launched ‘Mukhyamantri Yuva Swabhiman Yojana’ to provide 100 days employment in a year to the urban unemployed youth of the age group of 21 to 30 years whose total families annual income is less than Rs 2 lakhs. They will be paid Rs 13,500 in 100 days at the rate of Rs 4,000 per month. 
  5. Evan Williams is the co-founder of which of the given companies?
    A) Yahoo

    B) IBM
    C) Twitter
    D) Netflix
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    Option C
    Explanation: 
    Evan Williams, the co-founder of Twitter has announced to step down from the board of the company from February 2019 end. Evan Williams, Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone started twitter in 2006. 
  6. Which state has announced the Khushi scheme to provide free Sanitary Napkins to the school girls?
    A) Odisha

    B) Madhya Pradesh
    C) Bihar
    D) Telangana
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    Option A
    Explanation: 
    The Odisha cabinet has approved ‘Khushi Yojana’ to provide free sanitary napkins to around 17.25 lakh school girls from Class VI to XII across the state. The state government has earmarked Rs 466 crore to implement the scheme over a period of five years.
  7. Which among the following countries has recently declared an year long state of emergency in the country due to continued anti-government protests?
    A) Somalia

    B) Sudan
    C) Libya
    D) Egypt
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    Option B
    Explanation: 
    President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir has declared a year-long state of emergency in Sudan on February 22, 2019 by dissolving the federal and state governments of the country. 
  8. Which state has become the first Indian state to have two Coast Guard district?
    A) Andhra Pradesh

    B) Maharashtra
    C) Kerala
    D) Tamil Nadu
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    Option D
    Explanation: 
    Tamil Nadu on February 22, 2019 became the first state in the country to get a second Coast Guard district headquarters at Thoothukudi. The first Coast Guard district headquarters was at Chennai. 
  9. Which country has introduced a new currency named RTGS Dollar to deal with cash shortage?
    A) Zimbabwe

    B) Vietnam
    C) New Zealand
    D) Denmark
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    Option A
    Explanation: 
    The central bank in Zimbabwe (Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)) has launched a new, devalued currency ‘Real Time Gross Transfer dollars (RTGS dollars)’ to combat a cash shortage. Each 1 U.S. dollars will be exchanged at 2.5 RTGS dollars
  10. Name the Indian who has been selected for the prestigious Global Future For Nature Award 2019
    A) Meghna Agarwala

    B) Divya Karnad
    C) Aniket Aga
    D) Avantika Bhatia
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    Option B
    Explanation: 
    Dr Divya Karnad, professor at Asoka University has won the prestigious Global Future For Nature Award 2019 for her work on marine conservation that included sustainable fishing of sharks and Olive Ridley sea turtles. She is the first Indian woman and the only second Indian to receive this honour. The first Indian to receive the award was Dr Charudutt Mishra.

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