Current Affairs Quiz 09 July 2018
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- Name the committee constituted by the government to draft New Education Policy?
A) Gadgil Committee
B) Subramanian Committee
C) Kasturirangan Committee
D) Bhargava Committee
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Option C
Explanation: The Kasturirangan Committee, entrusted with the job of drafting the New Education Policy, has been granted the third extension from the Union Human Resource Development Ministry till 31st August to give final shape to the policy. The panel headed by the former ISRO Chief K Kasturirangan was supposed to submit its report by June 30. This is the third extension granted to the panel.
- India’s first industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) supercomputer is soon to be unveiled in which city?
A) Guwahati
B) Ladakh
C) Bengaluru
D) New Delhi
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Option D
Explanation: The CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) in Delhi and US-based chip-designer NVIDIA Corp signed an MoU to set up CEERI- NVIDIA Centre of Excellence (CNCoE) at CEERI’s New Delhi Campus. This research lab will house high-throughput AI computing infrastructure and India’s first industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) supercomputer.
- Name the President of South Korea who is on 4 days visit to India to boost bilateral relation.
A) Moon Jae-in
B) Tsai Ing-wen
C) Kim Jong-un
D) Lee Jae-myung
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Option A
Explanation: The President of South Korean, Moon Jae-in, is on four days visit to India from July 8. He is being accompanied by his wife Kim Jung-sook on his maiden visit to the nation. The visit aims to focus on expanding “future-oriented cooperation” between the two countries.
- Who is the winner of the 2018 Indonesia Open badminton tournament in men’s single event?
A) Marcus Fernaldi
B) Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
C) Kento Momota
D) Viktor Axelsen
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Option C
Explanation: Japanese shuttler Kento Momota claimed his second Indonesia Open badminton title after defeating top- seeded Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in men’s single final in the tournament, a BWF Tour 1000 event.
- The ‘Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana’ has been launched by which state/Union Territory?
A) Haryana
B) Delhi
C) Bihar
D) Madhya Pradesh
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Option B
Explanation: Delhi Government has approved ‘Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana’ under which 1,100 senior citizens from each of the 70 Delhi Assembly constituencies can undertake free pilgrimage. Any resident of Delhi above the age of 60 will be eligible to undertake pilgrimage, accompanied by an attendant above the age of 18. Pilgrims will get an insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh each.
- The first ever India Tourism Mart (ITM) organised by Tourism Ministry will be held in which city?
A) Kolkata
B) Jaipur
C) Hyderabad
D) New Delhi
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Option D
Explanation: Ministry of Tourism will organize the ‘first ever’ India Tourism Mart (ITM) from 16 to 18 September, 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Ministry will organise the Mart in partnership with the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) and with the support of State /UT Governments.
- Name the novel which has been felicitated with the Golden Man Booker Prize.
A) The Inheritance of Loss
B) The God of Small Things
C) The English Patient
D) The Luminaries
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Option C
Explanation: Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, essayist and novelist Michael Ondaatje’s bestselling novel “The English Patient” has been crowned the Golden Man Booker Prize for the best work of fiction. The award was presented during the event of the Man Booker 50 Festival in Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Centre to mark the 50th anniversary of the finest fiction award “Man Booker Prize.”
- Who among the given has been selected as the captain of the 18-member Indian men’s hockey squad for the 18th Asian Games?
A) PR Sreejesh
B) Sardara Singh
C) Harmanpreet Singh
D) Chinglensana Singh Kangujam
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Option A
Explanation: Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will be the captain of the 18-member Indian men’s hockey squad in the 18th Asian Games, to be held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. Chinglensana Singh Kangujam will be the vice captain.
- Recently the Chief of the Brexit ____________ has resigned from the post over disagreement with PM Teresa May.
A) Boris Johnson
B) David Davis
C) Michel Barnier
D) Liam Fox
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Option B
Explanation: David Davis, the man responsible for overseeing the UK’s exit from the European Union has resigned. The Prime Minister Theresa May cabinet has recently approved a plan to retain strong alignment with the European Union even after leaving the bloc. The 69-year-old Brexit Minister Davis and some MPs in Teresa’s own party however wanted a cleaner break from the bloc and hence had differences in opinion.
- The plenary meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) under the Chairmanship of Home Minister Rajnath Singh has been organised in which city?
A) Agartala
B) Imphal
C) Guwahati
D) Shillong
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Option D
Explanation: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair a two-day plenary meeting of the North Eastern Council (NEC) at Shillong in Meghalaya on July 9. NEC is a regional planning body of eight Northeastern states. The meeting being held for the first time after the Union Cabinet brought NEC under direct control of the Home Ministry, will have DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh, Governors and Chief Ministers of all the Northeastern states as participants.
- Ireland observes its National Day of Commemoration on____________
A) Nearest Sunday to July 11
B) July 8
C) July 11
D) Second Sunday of July
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Option A
Explanation: Ireland observed country’s National Day of Commemoration on July 8, 2018 (Sunday), with main function held at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin, Ireland. The National Day of Commemoration is marked annually in Ireland on the Sunday nearest to July 11th, a day when the Irish War of Independence ended in 1921.
- Which ministry has launched the Local Area Plan (LAP) scheme and Town Planning Scheme (TPS)?
A) Ministry of Rural Development
B) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
C) Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
D) Ministry of Human Resource Development
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Option C
Explanation: Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has formulated two schemes under the AMRUT Scheme. First is the Local Area Plan (LAP) scheme and the second is the Town Planning Scheme (TPS).
- The Kasturirangan Committee was set up in which year?
A) December 2016
B) January 2018
C) June 2017
D) June 2016
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Option C
Explanation: The panel was set up by the HRD Ministry in June 2017. It was supposed to submit its initial report by December 2017, but was then given an extension till March 2018 and further an extension of three months till June 2018. The committee has eight members, including mathematician Manjul Bhargava.
- Which country will host the 2018 BWF World Championships?
A) Singapore
B) China
C) Indonesia
D) Myanmar
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Option B
Explanation: The biggest badminton event of 2018 – the BWF World Championships, will be held from July 30 to August 5 in Nanjing, China.
- LAP/TPS Scheme will be launched in how many cities?
A) 25
B) 11
C) 19
D) 32
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Option A
Explanation: They will be implemented in 25 selected cities on pilot basis with 100% assistance from Central Government. An amount of Rs. 50 crore would be provided as Central assistance @ Rs 2.00 crore per city for identified 25 cities for preparing LAP/TPS.
