Current Affairs Quiz 04 January 2019
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- ICICI Bank and Small Business FinCredit have collaborated to provide loan facility of up to ________ to MSMEs
A) Rs 5 lakh
B) Rs 1 crore
C) Rs 50 lakh
D) Rs 5 crore
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Option B
Explanation: ICICI Bank and Small Business FinCredit will jointly provide loans worth up to Rs 1 crore to the small and medium enterprises.It is the first-of-its-kind programme by a bank and an NBFC with the loans of up to Rs 1 crore is for a tenure of 15 years per customer.
- When is the World Braille Day observed?
A) January 1
B) January 2
C) January 3
D) January 4
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Option D
Explanation: World Braille Day is observed in order to raise awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people
- All the food businesses have to comply with the new food packaging regulations of FSSAI that prohibits use of recycled plastics and newspapers to wrap eatables effective from___________
A) 1 July 2019
B) 1 April 2019
C) 1 June 2019
D) 1 May 2019
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Option A
Explanation: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FSSAI has directed all food businesses to comply with new packaging regulations that bar use of recycled plastics and newspapers to wrap food articles by July 1, 2019.
- Which Indian state has topped the ACI’s Ease of Doing Business index 2018?
A) Odisha
B) Maharashtra
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Haryana
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Option C
Explanation: Andhra Pradesh emerged on top of Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI), Singapore’s 2018 Ease of Doing Business (EDB) Index ABC rankings for economies of 21 states of India.
- Prakash Rele who passed away recently was a renowned international player of____________
A) Lawn Tennis
B) Billiards
C) Chess
D) Carrom
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Option D
Explanation: Former international carrom player and administrator Prakash Rele at 78. Rele was also an international carrom umpire.
- The 6th ‘Women of India Organic Festival’ will be held in which city?
A) Indore
B) Chandigarh
C) Ranchi
D) Bhubaneswar
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Option B
Explanation: The Ministry of Women and Child Development will be hosting the 6th ‘Women of India Organic Festival’ from 12th to 14th January, 2019, at Leisure Valley in Chandigarh.
- PM Modi recently inaugurated the Dolaithabi Barrage Project in which state?
A) Manipur
B) Assam
C) Odisha
D) Jharkhand
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Option A
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated eight key development projects and laid the foundation stones for four schemes in Manipur. The overall cost is aroun Rs 1500 crore. Some of the projects are: Integrated Check Post at Moreh (Rs 125 crore), Dolaithabi Barrage Project, the FCI Food Storage Godown at Sawombung.
