Current Affairs Quiz 28 September 2018
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- Who has been appointed as the new Director General of Border Security Force (BSF)?
A) Anirudh Pathak
B) Shashi Sarma
C) Krishna Kant Sharma
D) Rajni Kant Misra
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Option D
Explanation: Senior IPS officers Rajni Kant Misra has been appointed as the Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF). Misra, a 1984-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre and present SSB chief, has been tasked to head the BSF for a period up to his superannuation on August 31, 2019 in place of K K Sharma, who retires on September 30, 2018..
- ‘Parakram Parv’ exhibition has been inaugurated by PM Modi in which city to mark second anniversary of surgical strikes by Indian Army in 2016
A) Bhopal
B) Jodhpur
C) Jammu
D) Shimla
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Option B
Explanation: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was on a day long visit to Jodhpur where he inaugurated ‘Parakram Parv’— an exhibition to commemorate the second anniversary of surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army against terror camps across the Line of Control in 2016.
- Who has been introduced as the brand ambassador of Tribes India?
A) Mary Kom
B) Virat Kohli
C) Hima Das
D) P V Sindhu
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Option A
Explanation: Shri Jual Oram, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, has appointed the Indian Sporting Legend and the World Boxing Champion Ms. Mary Kom as the Brand Ambassador of “Tribes India”. Tribes India and TRIFED under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs have also launched “Punch Tantra Diwali Collection” to promote a range of tribal artefacts like handlooms and handicrafts specially introduced for the coming Diwali and festival season.
- The Centre of Excellence for Data Analytics (CEDA) has been inaugurated by the government in which city?
A) Hyderabad
B) Mumbai
C) New Delhi
D) Bengaluru
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Option C
Explanation: Union Minister of Electronics & Information Technology, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated Centre of Excellence for Data Analytics (CEDA) in New Delhi. CEDA has been set up jointly by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and National Informatics Centre Services Incorporated (NICSI). The minister also launched a mobile based app named DigiVaarta which stands for Digi Vehicle to Accelerate Access and Reach to Transformational Action.
- The World Rabies Day is observed on__________
A) September 27
B) September 28
C) September 29
D) September 26
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Option B
Explanation: The World Rabies Day is celebrated annually on September 28 to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease. This year the theme for the WRD is ‘Rabies: Share the message. Save a life’.
- Indian Railways has collaborated with which company to launch “Rail Heritage Digitisation Project” of Indian Railways?
A) Google
B) Facebook
C) Amazon
D) Microsoft
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Option A
Explanation: Minister of Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal has launched “Rail Heritage Digitisation Project” of Indian Railways in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture. The two-year digitisation project “The Railways-Lifeline of a Nation” is a comprehensive digital document viewable on Google’s Arts and Culture website.
- The Government of India has cut its borrowing estimates for the fiscal 2018-19 to Rs ____________
A) Rs 3.35 lakh crore
B) Rs 6.35 lakh crore
C) Rs 4.35 lakh crore
D) Rs 5.35 lakh crore
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Option D
Explanation: Central Government has cut its borrowing estimate by Rs 70,000 for 2018-19 from Rs 6.05 lakh crore to Rs 5.35 lakh crore. Government had borrowed Rs 2.88 lakh crore in the first half of FY19 and it will borrow Rs 2.47 lakh crore in the second half.
- Government has constituted 11 member committee under the Chairmanship of___________to review and suggest measures for coherent Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy
A) Rajiv Bansal
B) Anjali Bhawara
C) Injeti Srinivas
D) Anurag Agarwal
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Option C
Explanation: A High Level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility – 2018 (HLC-2018) has been constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri. Injeti Srinivas, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). The 11 member committee will review the existing framework and guide and formulate the roadmap for a coherent policy on Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR).
- Who has been conferred with the 2018 ‘Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement’?
A) Ilaiyaraaja
B) Hridaynath Mangeshkar
C) S. Janaki
D) Vijay Patil
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Option D
Explanation: The Maharashtra government’s ‘Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement’ in the field of music for the year 2018 will be conferred on senior music composer Vijay Patil, better known as ‘RaamLaxman’.
- Which bank has approved a loan amounting to $ 150 million to set up India’s first multi skills park in Madhya Pradesh?
A) New Development Bank
B) Asian Development Bank
C) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
D) International Monetary Fund
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Option B
Explanation: The board of directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 150 million loan to establish the first multi-skills park in India. The park to come up in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh will be equipped with international training facilities to enhance the quality of state’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system and thus create a more skilled workforce that meets the labour market needs of the state.
- RBI has restricted Bandhan Bank to open new branches as the lender failed to bring down the share holding of its promoting bank to ________ percent
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 40 %
D) 50%
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Option C
Explanation: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has withdrawn its general permission to open new branches of Kolkata based private-lender Bandhan Bank as it failed to comply with a licensing condition. RBI has also frozen the remuneration of the lender’s MD and CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh till further notice. The Bank was not able to bring down the shareholding of Non Operative Financial Holding Company (NOFHC) to 40 percent.
- ___________ has been appointed as the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
A) S S Deswal
B) K.V.R. Murty
C) A. Asholi Chalai
D) D. P. Ojha
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Option A
Explanation: S S Deswal has been appointed as the Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Deswal, a 1984-batch IPS officer of the Haryana cadre, will head the SSB in place of Misra. He will hold the post for a period up to his superannuation on August 31, 2021.
- Who will chair the 7 member Group of Ministers (GoM) formed by GST Council to examine revenue mobilization to states in times of natural calamities?
A) Sushil Kumar Modi
B) Himanta Biswa Sarma
C) Sudhir Mungantiwar
D) Manpreet Singh Badal
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Option A
Explanation: The GST Council under the Union Finance Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, has approved the constitution of 7 member Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the issue regarding ‘Modalities for Revenue Mobilisation in case of Natural Calamities and Disasters’.Shri Sushil Kumar Modi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar is the Convenor of the GoM and the following are its other Members:
- Sharmila Kumari is an Indian athlete related with_________
A) Shot Put
B) Javelin Throw
C) 200m race
D) High Jump
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Option B
Explanation: Railways athlete Sharmila Kumari outclassed former Asian Gamesbronze-medallist Annu Rani to claim the women’s javelin throw gold medal at the 58th National Open Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
- Name the newly appointed Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force
A) Vivek Kumar
B) Rakesh Tyagi
C) SB Deo
D) Anil Khosla
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Option D
Explanation: Eastern Air Command chief Anil Khosla will take charge as the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force on October 1, 2018.
- Indian Government has partnered with which company to launch Loo Review campaign?
A) Google
B) Paytm
C) Facebook
D) Samsung
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Option A
Explanation: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM – U), has partnered with Google to launch the Loo Review campaign. The hashtag #LooReview Campaign aims to encourage all local guides in India to rate and review public toilets on Google Maps.
- What is the objective of the SATAT initiative launched by the government?
A) Launch awareness drive for clean India
B) Set up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants
C) Promote and spread cancer awareness
D) Raise fund to deal with Kerala flood
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Option B
Explanation: Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan will launch an innovative initiative titled SATAT in New Delhi on October 1, 2018. Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) has the objective to set up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants and make available CBG in the market for use in automotive fuels.
- The Central Government has recently enhanced its contribution limit towards the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to_________ percent
A) 95 %
B) 85 %
C) 80 %
D) 90 %
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Option D
Explanation: The Centre has announced to enhance its contribution to the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) by 15 percent. This will raise the government’s contribution in the fund from current 75 percent to 90 percent with effect from April 1, 2018. Thus the contribution of all states to the SDRF fund would be only 10 percent.
- Which country will host the 5th World Internet Conference (WIC) in November 2018?
A) Japan
B) India
C) China
D) Russia
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Option C
Explanation: China will hold the fifth World Internet Conference (WIC) in its river town of Wuzhen from Nov 7-9, 2018.
- Who has been appointed as the first Chief of the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)?
A) Rangachari Sridharan
B) Animesh Bose
C) Swadhin Barua
D) Ravi Vazirani
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Option A
Explanation: Former IAS officer Rangachari Sridharan has been appointed as first chief of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA). Sridharan, a 1983 batch (retired) IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, will hold the post of chairperson, NFRA, for three years or till the incumbent attains the age of 65 years.