Current Affairs Quiz – 21 August 2019

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1. Name the initiative launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Management for training the teachers across the country?
   A) NISHTHA
   B) SWAYAM
   C) VINEET
   D) SHIKSHA
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has launched the National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancements (NISHTHA) aimed at training over 42 lakh teachers across the country. The initiative was launched by HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’. He also launched the website for NISHTHA, training modules, primer booklet and mobile app built for the purpose.
2. Indian Railways will run its second UDAY Express between Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada for business travelers. The first UDAY Express began service in which cities?
   A) Visakhapatnam and Chennai
   B) Chennai and Bangalore
   C) Vijayawada and Coimbatore
   D) Coimbatore and Bangalore
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The Indian Railways has approved to run its second luxury double-decker UDAY Express between Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, for business travellers, due to the busy route in the East Coast Railway zone. UDAY (Utkrisht Double Decker Air Conditioned Yatri) Express is a specially-designed air-conditioned double-decker train having nine chair car coaches for business travellers. 
3. Which state has launched the mega health insurance scheme Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana?
   A) Jharkhand
   B) Himachal Pradesh
   C) Punjab
   D) Assam
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh has launched a flagship universal health insurance scheme Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana on August 20 as a mark of tribute to late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary. The mega health insurance scheme combines Centre’s Ayushman Bharat plan to provide annual cashless treatment up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year, including pre-existing diseases, to benefit 46 lakh families covering 76 percent of the state’s population.
4. Satendra Singh Lohia is a para athlete related to which sports?
   A) Swimming
   B) Discuss throw
   C) Archery
   D) Shooting
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: An Indian para-relay swimming team led by Satendra Singh Lohia of Madhya Pradesh scripted history by crossing the Catalina Channel in the United States. Satendra Singh has already crossed the English Channel in March 2019. The Gwalior-born athlete thus has become the first Asian para swimmer to have crossed both English and Catalina channel successfully. 
5. According to the State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index, SARAL, which state has emerged as the best state for setting up a roof top solar project?
   A) Andhra Pradesh
   B) Karnataka
   C) Gujarat
   D) Bihar
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: Karnataka has emerged as the best state for setting up a roof top solar project according to the State Rooftop Solar Attractiveness Index–SARAL. It was released by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. 
6. Who among these has won the 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee contest?
   A) Neeraj Khemlani
   B) Govindini Murty
   C) Navneeth Murali
   D) Rohit Gupta
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: An Indian-American teenager named Navneeth Murali has won the 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee contest worth USD 3,000 by correctly spelling the word ‘flipe’ in the finals. New Jersey based Navneeth Murali spelled ‘flype’ as ‘flipe’, but, as per Merriam-Webster dictionary flipe is a variant of flype and therefore Murali was declared the winner, becoming the first winner  “on an APPEAL”, in the spelling history. 
7. Which of these brands has recently retained the sponsorship rights for BCCI’s International and domestic matches?
   A) Samsung
   B) Vivo
   C) Oppo
   D) Paytm
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has retained the sponsorship rights with Paytm for BCCI’s International and domestic matches. 
8. Amazon has opened its largest office building globally in which of these cities?
   A) Hyderabad
   B) New Delhi
   C) Ahmedabad
   D) Bengaluru
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: US-based e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. inaugurated its single-largest campus in the world in Hyderabad on August 21, 2019. The Hyderabad based campus is the only Amazon-owned office outside the United States and will house over 15,000 employees of its over 62,000 employee base in India.
9. Babulal Gaur who died recently was the former Chief Minister of which state?
   A) Bihar
   B) Madhya Pradesh
   C) West Bengal
   D) Maharashtra
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The former Chief Minister of the Madhya Pradesh Babulal Gaur passed away. He was 89.
10. BookMyForex.com has partnered with which bank to launch co-branded Multi-Currency Forex Travel-card?
    A) HDFC Bank
    B) Axis Bank
    C) Yes Bank
    D) ICICI Bank
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: BookMyForex.com has announced the launch of a co-branded Multi-Currency Forex Travel-card in partnership with YES Bank and Visa to offer a seamless experience to Indian overseas travelers. 

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