Current Affairs Quiz 24 December 2018
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- To pay tribute to Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PM Modi has unveiled a commemorative coin of Rs ____________ on December 24
A) Rs 250
B) Rs 10
C) Rs 50
D) Rs 100
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Option D
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Rs 100 Commemorative coins in honour of Bharat Ratna recipient Atal Bihari Vajpayee on December 24, 2018 a day before his birth anniversary.
- When is the National Consumer Day observed?
A) December 21
B) December 24
C) December 23
D) December 22
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Option B
Explanation: Theme 2018: Timely Disposal of Consumer Complaints
- Name the first satellite launched by Space X under GPS III Project for United States Air Force
A) Cabot
B) Columbus
C) Vespucci
D) Balboa
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Option C
Explanation: SpaceX launched the next-generation “GPS III” satellite named “Vespucci” on its Falcon 9 rocket for the United States Air Force. Its cost is around $500 million.
- Three states have been been featured as the top performing states by the Ministry of Women and Child Development under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. Which of the following states is not among the top 3?
A) Haryana
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh
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Option A
Explanation: Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have emerged as the three top performing states under the maternity benefit programme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. The results are based on the target achieved by states/UTs under the PMMVY as on October 31.
- Name the 10th Naval hospital commissioned by Indian Navy recently?
A) INHS Asvini
B) INHS Sandhani
C) INHS Kalyani
D) INHS Patanjali
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Option B
Explanation: The Indian Navy has commissioned INHS Sandhani, its tenth Naval hospital, at the Naval station Karanja in Uran near Mumbai.
- Jai Narain Prasad Nishad who passed away recently was an MP from which constituency in Bihar?
A) Hajipur
B) Bhagalpur
C) Begusarai
D) Muzaffarpur
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Option D
Explanation: Former Union minister Captain Jai Narain Prasad Nishad passed away at the age of 88. He was an MP from the Muzaffarpur constituency in Bihar
- How much amount of corpus fund will be provided by the central government for the Buxi Jagabandhu Chair soon to be set up in Utkal University of Odisha?
A) Rs 2 crore
B) Rs 10 crore
C) Rs 5 crore
D) Rs 1 crore
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Option C
Explanation: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi was on a day long visit to Odisha on 24 December, 2018 to inaugurate and lay foundation stone of several projects worth Rs 14,523 crore. He announced the establishment of Buxi Jagabandhu Chair (research laboratory) in Utkal University. A corpus fund of Rs 5 crore will be provided by the Union Culture Ministry for the same.
- Nirupam Sen who died recently was a veteran _______________
A) Author
B) Politician
C) Journalist
D) Economist
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Option B
Explanation: Veteran CPI(M) leader Nirupam Sen passed away following a cardiac arrest. He was 72. He was the former Commerce and Industry Minister of West Bengal from 2001 to 2011.
- Which state has recently passed the anti mob violence Bill?
A) Meghalaya
B) West Bengal
C) Manipur
D) Rajasthan
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Option C
Explanation: ‘The Manipur Protection from Mob Violence Bill, 2018’ was unanimously passed in the Manipur Assembly recommending a rigorous life imprisonment term if the crime results in the death of a victim.
- How many Indian companies have been selected by Google for receiving YouTube innovation funding as part of the Google News Initiative (GNI)?
A) 10
B) 7
C) 5
D) 15
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Option A
Explanation: Ten media outlets from India have been selected for receiving YouTube innovation funding as part of the Google News Initiative (GNI). As part of the launch of Google News Initiative in March, YouTube committed $25 million funding to support the future of news.
- Veteran singer Dipali Borthakur who died recently belonged to which state?
A) Manipur
B) West Bengal
C) Assam
D) Odisha
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Option C
Explanation: Legendary Indian singer from Assam, Dipali Borthakur, passed away at 78. She was famously known as the “Nightingale of Assam”.
- India’s first music museum will be set up in which state?
A) Odisha
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Maharashtra
D) Rajasthan
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Option B
Explanation: India’s first music museum will soon be set up in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamilnadu with assistance from the Central government. Thiruvaiyaru is the birth place of Saint Tyagaraja, who was a renowned composer of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music.