Current Affairs Quiz 10 January 2019
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- The GST Council has increased the threshold limit for eligibility under the GST Composition Scheme for Goods to Rs ____________ from the fiscal 2019-20
A) Rs 2.5 crore
B) Rs 1.5 crore
C) Rs 2 crore
D) Rs 1 crore
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Option B
Explanation: The threshold limit for eligibility under the GST Composition Scheme was raised to Rs 1.5 crore, from Rs 1 crore, by the GST Council. This will apply from the 2019-20 fiscal beginning April 1, 2019.
- When does World Hindi Day takes place?
A) January 9
B) January 11
C) January 8
D) January 10
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Option D
Explanation: The World Hindi Day is celebrated annually on January 10 to promote the language at the global stage.
- India’s longest single-lane steel cable suspension bridge Byorung bridge has been inaugurated in which state?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Manipur
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Tripura
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Option C
Explanation: Chief Minister Pema Khandu has inaugurated India’s longest single-lane steel cable suspension bridge named Byorung bridge in Arunachal Pradesh.The length of the bridge is 300 meter and is built over Siang River at a cost of Rs 4,843 crore. It is present in the Upper Siang district
- Who has been named as the Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
A) Birendra Prasad Baishya
B) Ramakant Satam
C) Narinder Dhruv Batra
D) Praful Patel
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Option A
Explanation: Birendra Prasad Baishya, President of the Indian Weightlifting Federation (WIF) has been named Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
- In order to achieve the target of 100 GW of solar energy by 2022, the Central government has reduced the timeline for completion of the solar power projects by_________ months
A) 2 months
B) 6 months
C) 4 months
D) 8 months
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Option B
Explanation: The power ministry has compressed timelines for executing solar power projects by six months. For projects in Solar Parks: timeline reduced to 15 months from 21 months (from the date of execution of the power purchase agreement (PPA)) For projects elsewhere: timeline reduced to 18 months from 24 months. (from the date of execution of the power purchase agreement (PPA)). India has set an ambitious target of having 100 GW of solar energy by 2022. The country has about 26 GW of solar energy capacities.
- The Ministry of Sports has announced to provide an amount of Rs _________ lakh to 1000 selected players from the 2nd Khelo India Youth Games per annum for the next 8 year to help in development of their sports ability
A) Rs 3 lakh
B) Rs 1 lakh
C) Rs 2 lakh
D) Rs 5 lakh
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Option D
Explanation: The Khelo India Youth Games 2019 was officially inaugurated by Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune on January 9, 2019. 1,000 players will be selected out of competitions in the current edition of Khelo India and they will be given Rs 5 lakh each per annum for the next 8 years for development of their sporting talent by the Sports Ministry.
- The National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) launched by the NDA government aims to reduce the PM2.5 and PM10 by 20%-30 % by which year?
A) 2024
B) 2022
C) 2023
D) 2025
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Option A
Explanation: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in New Delhi on January 10, 2019. Under NCAP, the government has proposed to reduce the concentration of PM2.5 (fine, respirable pollution particles) and PM10 (coarse pollution particles) by 20%–30% by 2024 taking 2017 as the base year for the comparison of concentration.
- The NATPOLREX-VII was recently conducted by which armed force of India recently?
A) Indian Army
B) Indian Air Force
C) Indian Coast Guard
D) Indian Navy
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Option C
Explanation: The seventh edition of the National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-VII) was held in Mumbai. The aim of the Exercise is to validate and reinforce response mechanism for oil Pollution incidents and enable the Indian Coast Guard to fine tune the actions required in such eventualities
- The 29th biennial Indian Paint Conference will be held in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Agra
C) Ranchi
D) Pune
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Option B
Explanation: The Indian Paint Association (IPA) has announced that the 29th biennial Indian Paint Conference would be held in Agra, Uttar Pradesh from 11th to 13th January 2019. The theme of the Conference is ‘Paints Pe Charcha – Naye Aayaam’
- According to the recent report of the WEF, India will become the ___________ largest consumer market in the world by 2030
A) Fourth
B) First
C) Second
D) Third
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Option D
Explanation: A report by World Economic Forum, titled ‘Future of Consumption in Fast-Growth Consumer Market – India’, has said that India is set to become the world’s third largest consumer market behind only USA and China by 2030. As per the report, consumer spending in India is expected to grow from 1.5 trillion US dollar at present to 6 trillion US dollar by 2030.
- Who headed the high powered committee which approved to remove Alok Verma from the post of the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently?
A) Venkaiah Naidu
B) Arun Jaitely
C) Narendra Modi
D) Rajnath Singh
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Option C
Explanation: The selection panel/committee led by prime minister Narendra Modi has removed Alok Verma from the post of Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The move comes within 48 hours of Supreme Court reinstated Alok Verma as the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. His tenure was about to end on January 31, 2019. He has become the first Director in the history of the CBI to face such action.
- Who is the author of the Novel “Aapar Khushi Ka Gharana”?
A) Arundhati Roy
B) Salman Rushdie
C) Amitav Ghosh
D) Vikram Seth
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Option A
Explanation: Arundhati Roy has launched the Hindi and Urdu editions of her second novel “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”. The Hindi edition is named- “Aapar Khushi Ka Gharana” The Urdu edition is named- “Bepanah Shazmani Ki Mumlikat”.
