Current Affairs Quiz 08 July 2018
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- The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has recently notified that the Company directors who fail to file their annual e-KYC form will have to pay Rs_______ as fees
A) Rs 2,000
B) Rs 5,000
C) Rs 7,000
D) Rs 4,000
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Option B
Explanation: Company directors who fail to file their annual e-KYC form will now have to pay Rs 5,000 fees as per Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA). In the case of current financial year 2018-19, no fee would be chargeable till August 31, 2018 and fee of Rs 5,000 would be payable on or after September 1, 2018.
- The World’s largest mobile factory has been unveiled in which city recently?
A) New Delhi
B) Nagpur
C) Noida
D) Bengaluru
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Option C
Explanation: Samsung India Electronics’s manufacturing facility in Block B, Sector 81, Noida that has now become the world’s largest mobile factory; on July 7, 2018. One of the first electronics manufacturing facilities set up in the country in the early 1990s, the plant started by manufacturing TVs in 1997. The current mobile phone manufacturing unit was added in 2005.
- Ace Indian Gymnast Dipa Karmakar hails from which state?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Odisha
C) Meghalaya
D) Tripura
- Which country is hosting the 6th World Cities Summit 2018?
A) Singapore
B) China
C) United States
D) France
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Option A
Explanation: The 6th World Cities Summit 2018 started in Singapore and will continue from July 8th to July 12th 2018. Theme for 2018: “Liveable & Sustainable Cities: Embracing the Future through Innovation and Collaboration”.
- Two of India’s veteran singers have been felicitated at the UK Houses of Parliament for their outstanding contribution in the field of music and social service. Name the two.
A) Asha Bhosle and A R Rehman
B) Anuradha Paudwal and Kumar Sanu
C) Lata Mangeshkar and Sonu Nigam
D) Usha Uthup and Shubha Mudgal
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Option B
Explanation: Veteran playback singers Anuradha Paudwal and Kumar Sanu were felicitated by politicians from the Indo-British All Party Parliamentary Group at the UK Houses of Parliament. They were honoured in recognition of their outstanding contribution in the field of music and social service.
- Name the veteran player to clinch gold at 2018 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup. Turkey in women’s vault event.
A) Rifda Irfanaluthfi
B) Goksu Uctas Sanli
C) Dipa Karmakar
D) Giulia Steingruber
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Option C
Explanation: India’s gymnast Dipa Karmakar clinched the gold medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey. This is Dipa’s first medal in a World Challenge Cup. She is from Tripura.
- The 17th World Sanskrit Conference will be held in which country?
A) Mauritius
B) Canada
C) India
D) Malaysia
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Option B
Explanation: Human Resource Development Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate the 17th World Sanskrit Conference at Vancouver, Canada that will be held from 9th July to 13th July, 2018.
- “PARI” a humanoid Robot has been unveiled by which among the given banks?
A) Everest Bank Ltd.
B) Bank of Bhutan
C) ICICI Bank Canada Ltd
D) Nepal SBI Bank Ltd
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Option D
Explanation: The Nepal SBI Bank Ltd has completed 25 years of its operations in Nepal. The latest version of “PARI” a humanoid Robot was also unveiled. PARI is an interactive robot that can recognize human faces and assist them by responding to their queries. It was launched in July 2017.
- The veteran politician M.M. Jacob passed away. He has earlier served as the Governor of which state?
A) Tripura
B) West Bengal
C) Meghalaya
D) Odisha
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Option C
Explanation: Senior Congress leader and former Meghalaya Governor M.M. Jacob died at a private hospital in Kerala at the age of 92. MM Jacob was also the Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Water Resources and Home Affairs in the cabinets of former Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narashima Rao.
- Name the winner of 2018 F1 British Grand Prix.
A) Sebastian Vettel
B) Lewis Hamilton
C) Kimi Raikkonen
D) Valtteri Bottas
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Option A
Explanation: Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel won the 2018 British Grand Prix F1. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes was on second position. Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari was on third position.
