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Current Affairs Quiz 25 February 2019
- The Global Digital Health Partnership Summit 2019 was held in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Hyderabad
D) Pune
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Option A
Explanation: The 4th edition of the Global Digital Health Partnership Summit was inaugurated in New Delhi on February 25, 2019 by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shri J P Nadda.
- Name the first state in India to deploy an all dog squad in the police department to detect liquor smuggling across the state?
A) Maharashtra
B) Haryana
C) Bihar
D) Uttar Pradesh
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Option C
Explanation: The Indian state of Bihar has become the first state in India which has raised its own dog squad to detect liquor consignment.
- Name the all in one portal launched by the Indian Railways to make available every kind of ongoing information about railways anytime and anywhere to anybody.
A) Rail Nazar
B) Rail Drishti
C) Rail Jankari
D) Rail Shakti
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Option B
Explanation: Shri Piyush Goyal has launched Rail Drishti dashboard to keep people informed about the work going on in the Railways across the country. The url of the dashboard is “
raildrishti.cris.org.in”
- The GST Council has announced a cut in GST rates on the affordable housing to ___________ percent without input tax credit (ITC).
A) 5 percent
B) 3 percent
C) 2 percent
D) 1 percent
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Option D
Explanation: The GST Council has announced to cut the GST tax rates on under-construction housing properties to 5 percent without input tax credit (ITC), from the existing 12 percent. The Council has also cut GST rates on affordable housing to 1 percent without ITC from the current 8 percent. The new tax rates will be effective from April 1, 2019
- Name the winner of Cannes International chess tournament 2019?
A) Abhijeet Gupta
B) Pier Luigi Basso
C) Ammet Ghasi
D) Aditya S Samant
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Option A
Explanation:Indian Chess Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the Cannes International chess title against Italian Grand Master Pier Luigi Basso in Cannes.
- The newly constructed National War Memorial is situated near which monument?
A) Taj Mahal
B) Red Fort
C) India Gate
D) Char Minar
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Option C
Explanation: The newly built National War Memorial was dedicated to the nation by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 25. It is situated near India Gate in New Delhi.
- Which film has won the Oscars 2019 for Best Picture?
A) Period. End of Sentence
B) Bohemian Rhapsody
C) Roma
D) Green Book
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Option D
Explanation: Best Picture — Green Book, Best Director — Alfonso Cuarón (Roma), Best Actress in a Leading Role — Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Best Actor in a Leading Role — Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody)
- Raghul Rangasamy is related to which sports?
A) Tennis
B) Motor Racing
C) Golf
D) Chess
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Option B
Explanation: The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India(FMSCI) organised the 2018 FMSCI Annual Awards function on February 24, 2019. Raghul Rangasamy of Chennai won the “Upcoming Motorsports Person Of The Year” Award 2018 of FMSCI.
- The Deloitte has launched the ‘WorldClass’ initiative in India to provide education and skill training to girls and women by ______ to empower and make them job ready.
A) 2030
B) 2022
C) 2025
D) 2020
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Option A
Explanation: Deloitte has launched its global initiative ‘WorldClass’ in India to empower 10 million girls and women across the country by providing education and skills development. The target is to be achieved by 2030. At the global level, the ‘WorldClass’ initiative of Deloitte aims to support 50 million women to make them industry ready.
- The Affordable Housing is one where the value of the residential house/flat should be upto Rs_____________ in both metropolitan and non-metropolitan cities
A) Rs 15 lakh
B) Rs 25 lakh
C) Rs 45 lakh
D) Rs 65 lakh
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Option C
Explanation: A residential house/flat of carpet area of upto 90 sqm in non-metropolitan cities/towns and 60 sqm in metropolitan cities having value upto Rs. 45 lacs (both for metropolitan and non-metropolitan cities).
