Current Affairs Quiz 13 August 2018
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- Name the winner of the Best Film Award in the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2018.
A) Padmaavat
B) Sanju
C) Hichki
D) Gali Guleiyan
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Option B
Explanation: Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2018 Awards list
- Best Film Award: Sanju
- Best Actor Award: Manoj Bajpayee (For- “Gali Guleiyan”)
- Which among the following stations have topped the Station Cleanliness survey in A1 category stations conducted by the Quality Council of India?
A) Jodhpur (NWR)
B) Chandigarh (NR)
C) DELHI JN (NR)
D) Jabalpur (WCR)
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Option A
Explanation: Minister of Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Shri Piyush Goyal has released a report on Station Cleanliness conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI).
A1 category stations (out of 75) – Top – Jodhpur/North-Western Railway
A category stations (out of a total of 332) – Top – Marwar/North Western Railway
Zonal Railway rankings are- Top- North Western Railway
- India’s first genetic resource bank “National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank” has been inaugurated in which city?
A) Pune
B) New Delhi
C) Hyderabad
D) Kolkata
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Option C
Explanation: Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan dedicated to the nation, the National Wildlife Genetic Resource Bank in the Hyderabad, Telangana. It is India’s first genetic resource bank. It is located in the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology’s (CCMB) Laboratory of Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES).
- What percent of the Compensatory Afforestation Fund worth over Rs 66,000 crore would be used for plantation and other green projects as notified by the government?
A) 70%
B) 80%
C) 90%
D) 100%
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Option B
Explanation: The Centre has given its nod to operationalising a Rs 66,000 crore fund collected as compensations under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act passed in 2016 to promote the green cover in the country. Centre has finally notified the rules for utilisation of the fund. The law demands that 80 per cent of the funds must be used by states for plantation and afforestation activities. Remaining 20 per cent of the fund will be used to strengthen forest and wildlife protection infrastructure.
- Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity?
A) Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar
B) R. Banumathi
C) Sujata Manohar
D) Manjula Chellur
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Option D
Explanation: Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur took Oath as Chairperson, Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, Ministry of Power. Prior to this, Smt. Justice Manjula Chellur was Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
- Which Indian city has topped the Ease of Living Index released by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs?
A) New Delhi
B) Chandigarh
C) Pune
D) Ahmedabad
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Option C
Explanation: Pune has topped the Ease of Living Index. The Ease of Living Index is an initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to help cities assess their liveability vis-à-vis global and national benchmarks. Out of 111 cities assessed the top 5 are: Pune, Navi Mumbai, Greater Mumbai, Tirupati and Chandigarh. Rampur in Uttar Pradesh was adjudged the least liveable city. National Capital New Delhi was ranked 65th.
- Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)?
A) Ashish Kumar Bhutani
B) Aruna Sundararajan
C) Sudhi Ranjan Mohanty
D) M Sathiyavathy
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Option A
Explanation: Senior bureaucrat Ashish Kumar Bhutani has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
- Name the Indian company which has been rated as the most patriotic brand of India according to the survey by UK based YouGov.
A) State Bank of India
B) Patanjali
C) Reliance Jio
D) TCS
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Option A
Explanation: As per a survey conducted by UK-based online market research and data analytics firm YouGov, State Bank of India (SBI) is considered to be the most patriotic brand. Top positions: State Bank of India, Tata Motors, Patanjali, Reliance Jio and BSNL
- Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee was associated with which party?
A) Nationalist Congress Party
B) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
C) Bharatiya Janata Party
D) All India Trinamool Congress
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Option B
Explanation: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away aged 89. Chatterjee, who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), served as Lok Sabha Speaker from 2004 to 2009 during the UPA-I rule.
- Name the winner of men’s single title in Rogers Cup 2018.
A) Henri Kontinen
B) Rafael Nadal
C) John Peers
D) Stefanos Tsitsipas
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Option B
Explanation: Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the Rogers Cup held in Toronto, Canada. While in the Women’s single Simona Halep defeated Sloane Stephens to win 2nd Rogers Cup title.
- Who has been honored with the Best Actress Award at the 2018 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM)?
A) Vidya Balan
B) Deepika Padukone
C) Alia Bhatt
D) Rani Mukherjee
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Option D
Explanation: Best Actress Award: Rani Muherji (For- “Hichki”); Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani (For- Sanju); IFFM Vanguard Award: Ranbir Kapoor
- Who has topped the list of “100 Women who changed the world” by the BBC History magazine?
A) Rosalind Franklin
B) Marie Curie
C) Emmeline Pankhurst
D) Mother Teresa
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Option B
Explanation:BBC History magazine compiled a list of “100 women who changed the world”. Marie Curie, the pioneering scientist who was the first person to win two Nobel prizes, has topped a poll. Mother Teresa was placed at 20th spot.
- CBSE has partnered with which brand for the development of digital security solution to prevent leakage of question papers?
A) Microsoft
B) Apple
C) Google
D) IBM
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Option A
Explanation: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has partnered with Microsoft to prevent question paper leaks in the future. Microsoft will developed an encrypted security solution for digital question papers for CBSE within a period of three months.
- What percent of premium is required to be paid by the farmers for all Kharif crops under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)?
A) 4%
B) 3%
C) 1%
D) 2%
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Option D
Explanation: There will be a uniform premium of only 2% to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops. In case of annual commercial and horticultural crops, the premium to be paid by farmers will be only 5%.
- Who among the following has clinched the 2018 Rogers Cup in women’s single category?
A) Sloane Stephens
B) Demi Schuurs
C) Simona Halep
D) Ashleigh Barty
