Current Affairs Quiz 15 December 2018
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- The state of the art Kevadia Railway station has been inaugurated in which state recently by President of India?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Haryana
C) Gujarat
D) Uttar Pradesh
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Option C
Explanation: The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, laid the foundation stone of the new ultra modern Kevadia Railway Station in Narmada district of Gujarat on December 15, 2018. The state-of-the-art railway station, proposed to be built at a cost of Rs 20 crore, will connect the world’s tallest statue, Statue of Unity project, to the rest of India through broad gauge railway line. The 32 km broad gauge Chandod-Kevadiya section will connect Kevadiya with the Indian Railways network via Chandod, Moriya, Tilakwada and Garudeshwar.
- The 8th World Ayurveda Congress is being hosted by which state?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Gujarat
C) Maharashtra
D) Karnataka
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Option B
Explanation: Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the 8th World Ayurveda Congress and AROGYA-Expo 2018 in Ahmedabad on December 14, 2018. Focal Theme – “Re-aligning the Focus on Health” The four-day summit (December 14-17) aims spread the awareness on the benefits of the ancient and herbal medicines.
- The ECO Niwas Samhita 2018 has been launched by which ministry?
A) Ministry of Power
B) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
C) Ministry Of Commerce and Industry
D) Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
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Option A
Explanation: Marking the National Energy Conservation Day 2018, the Ministry of Power has launched the ECO Niwas Samhita 2018,an Energy Conservation Building Code for Residential Buildings (ECBC-R) to boost India’s energy conservation efforts.
- Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Mizoram?
A) Lal Thanhawla
B) Laldenga
C) Zoramthanga
D) T. Sailo
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Option C
Explanation: Mizo National Front (MNF) president Zoramthanga has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Mizoram on December 16, 2018. The MNF came to power by winning 26 of the 40 assembly seats in the recently held elections.
- Who will head the 7 member panel formed by the government to select Managing Directors of public sector insurance companies?
A) Rajiv Lall
B) B P Sharma
C) Rajiv Mehrishi
D) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
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Option B
Explanation: The government has constituted a seven-member panel to be headed by Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman B P Sharma to select Managing Directors of public sector insurance companies.
- Mahinda Rajapaksa recently stepped down as the Prime Minister of which country?
A) Maldives
B) Thailand
C) Israel
D) Sri Lanka
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Option D
Explanation: Sri Lanka’s disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned from the post on December 15, 2018, nearly two-month after being into power. Rajapaksa was appointed as the Prime Minister on October 26 by President Sirisena in a controversial move after replacing Ranil Wickremesinghe, resulting in a constitutional crisis.
- Which country has declared to observed the year 2019 as the Year of Tolerance?
A) United Arab Emirates
B) Qaatr
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Syria
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Option A
Explanation: UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has declared 2019 as the “Year of Tolerance”.
