Current Affairs Quiz 13 December 2018
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- Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Telangana?
A) N. T. Rama Rao
B) N. Chandrababu Naidu
C) N. Kiran Kumar Reddy
D) K Chandrasekhar Rao
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Option D
Explanation: Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) President K Chandrasekhar Rao has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Telangana after TRS won over two-thirds of the 119 seat state Assembly.
- According to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Indian GDP is expected to grow at ________ percent in 2018-19
A) 7.2%
B) 7.3%
C) 7.5%
D) 7.4%
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Option C
Explanation: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has not revised its forecast for global economic growth, and it remains at 3.7 per cent for 2018 and at 3.5 per cent for 2019. GDP for India by OPEC – For 2018- 7.5 percent ; For 2019- 7.2%
- The Union Government has formed a Group of Ministers under the Chairmanship of _______ to study the recommendations of high level PK Sinha panel on stressed power assets.
A) Arun Jaitley
B) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
C) Subhash Chandra Garg
D) Ajay Narayan Jha
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Option A
Explanation: The government has constituted a Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to examine the recommendations of a high-level panel on stressed power projects. The high-level panel, headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, had submitted its report in November 2019. Now the Group of Ministers (GOM) will examine the specific recommendations of this High Level Empowered Committee.
- Name the Indian startup which has been recently felicitated with the UN Climate Action Award, 2018 Momentum for Change?
A) I Got Garbage
B) Bee The Change
C) The Living Greens
D) HelpUsGreen
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Option D
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh-based ‘HelpUsGreen’, which works to clean up the mighty River Ganga by recycling thousands of tonnes of floral waste from temples, has been honoured with the 2018 Momentum for Change by UN under Women for Results category.
- How much amount of loan agreement has been signed between India and ADB to reduce floods and the riverbank erosion in Assam?
A) USD 120 million
B) USD 100 million
C) USD 60 million
D) USD 30 million
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Option C
Explanation: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India has signed a $60 Million Loan Agreement to continue financing riverbank protection works, renovation of flood embankments, and community-based flood risk management activities in critically flood-prone areas along the Brahmaputra River in Assam.
- The 21st USHA National Athletics Championship for the Blind was organised in which city by the Indian Blind Sports Association?
A) Pune
B) New Delhi
C) Kolkata
D) Bhopal
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Option B
Explanation: The Indian Blind Sports Association hosted the 21st USHA National Athletics Championship for the Blind in New Delhi from 10 to 13 December 2018.
- The Lifetime Achievement Award (Member of Lok Sabha) at the Lokmat Parliamentary Awards 2018 has been given to__________
A) Murli Manohar Joshi
B) Sharad Pawar
C) Nishikant Dubey
D) Ghulam Nabi Azad
- Indian Navy has inducted its first ever Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle system (DSRV) into service. The submarine has been developed by which country?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Russia
D) Scotland
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Option D
Explanation: The Indian Navy inducted its first Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) System into service at the Western Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. DSRV is used to rescue crew members stranded in submarines that get disabled. The DSRV is developed by Scotland-based James Fisher Defence and is currently deployed on mother ship INS Sabarmati.
- The 5th Enterprise India Exhibition was recently inaugurated in which country?
A) Bangladesh
B) Myanmar
C) Vietnam
D) Malaysia
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Option B
Explanation: President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 5th Enterprise India show in Yangon, Myanmar on December 13, 2018 to showcase Indian manufacturing capabilities and industrial technology.
- How many global game changing initiatives have been honored with 2018 Momentum for Change Award by UN Climate Change in Poland?
A) 10
B) 12
C) 15
D) 18
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Option C
Explanation: Fifteen game-changing initiatives of 14 countries were honoured as winners of the United Nations Climate Action Award at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 24) in Katowice, Poland, on December 11, 2018 for taking steps to address global climate challenge.
