Current Affairs Quiz 11 August 2018
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- Name the single window hub launched by the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change to get environmental clearances for forest and climate related issues.
A) PARIDHI
B) PARIVESH
C) PARISTHITI
D) PRAKASH
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Option B
Explanation: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, launched PARIVESH (Pro-Active and Responsive facilitation by Interactive,Virtuous and Environmental Single-window Hub) of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. PARIVESH is an environmental single window hub for Environment, Forest, Wildlife and Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ) clearances.
- The Railway Ministry has announced to launch digital museums in how many stations of India on Independence Day?
A) 16
B) 18
C) 20
D) 22
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Option D
Explanation: The Railway Ministry has decided to launch “Digital Museums” at 22 big stations on Independence Day to make people aware of the rich heritage of Indian Railways.
- According to the government notification, all battery operated vehicles are required to exhibit their registration number in _____ color on green background.
A) Red
B) White
C) Yellow
D) Blue
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Option C
Explanation: All Battery Operated Vehicles shall now exhibit their registration mark in Yellow colour on Green background for transport vehicles and for all other cases, in White colour on Green background. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified amendments to Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 to this effect.
- The 2018 SCO peace Mission Exercise will take place in which country?
A) Russia
B) India
C) China
D) Kazakhstan
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Option A
Explanation: As part of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) initiatives, SCO Peace Mission Exercise is conducted biennially for SCO member states. The joint exercise for the year 2018 will be conducted by Central Military Commission of Russia from 22 August to 29 August 2018 at Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
- Which Indian bank is the member development bank under the BRICS Interbank Cooperation Mechanism?
A) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
B) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
C) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
D) Exim Bank of India (EXIM)
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Option D
Explanation: The Exim Bank of India has signed a multilateral cooperation agreement with member development banks of BRICS to undertake “collaborative research” in distributed ledger/blockchain technology. Exim Bank of India is the nominated member development bank under the BRICS Interbank Cooperation Mechanism. Other nominated member development banks from BRICS nations are: Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social – BNDES, Brazil; State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs – Vnesheconombank, Russia; China Development Bank Corporation, and Development Bank of Southern Africa.
- The government has further extended the scheme of recapitalisation of RRBs upto__________
A) 2019-20
B) 2018-19
C) 2020-21
D) 2021-22
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Option A
Explanation: Recently the Government has approved extension of the scheme of recapitalisation of RRBs for further period of three years upto 2019-20. The scheme for recapitalisation of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) started in financial year 2010-11 and was subsequently extended upto 31.03.2017.
