Current Affairs Quiz 3 December 2018
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- How much amount has been pledged by the World Bank towards climate action investment for the period 2021-2025?
A) USD 100 billion
B) USD 200 billion
C) USD 250 billion
D) USD 150 billion
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Option B
Explanation: The World Bank has announced $200 billion (Rs 13.95 lakh crore) towards climate action investment for 2021-2025. The $200 billion is double the World Bank’s current five-year investment on climate action.
- How much amount of loan agreement has been signed between India and ADB to improve skill development eco-system in Odisha?
A) USD 85 million
B) USD 200 million
C) USD 75 million
D) USD 150 million
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Option A
Explanation: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a USD 85 million loan to improve skill development eco-system in Odisha and establish an advanced skill training centre at Bhubaneswar.
- Microsoft has planned to host its first Education Days 2018 in which city?
A) Bengaluru
B) Hyderabad
C) Gurugram
D) Mumbai
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Option C
Explanation: Microsoft India is set to host the first “Education Days 2018” in Gurugram, Haryana, India.
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities is an annual observance on_______
A) December 4
B) December 3
C) December 2
D) December 1
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Option B
Explanation: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: December 3 (promoted by the United Nations since 1992).2018 Theme: “Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”
- Which among the given companies has launched an eATM service for retail investors to instantly pay sale proceeds up to Rs. 50,000 in 30 min?
A) Reliance Securities
B) KOTAK Securities
C) HDFC Securities
D) ICICI Securities
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Option D
Explanation: ICICI Securities has announced the launch of eATM orders through which retail investors can get as much as ₹50,000 in just 30 minutes when they sell stocks on the BSE through this new facility.The facility will be available on 600 select stocks on the BSE representing 99 per cent of market capitalisation.
- Which among the following words has been chosen as the word of the year 2018 by the Cambridge Dictionary?
A) Ludectrophobia
B) Acrophobia
C) Nomophobia
D) Monophobia
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Option C
Explanation: Cambridge Dictionary has declared Nomophobia as the People’s Word of 2018. This word has been selected based on the votes given by the people. Nomophobia refers to the “fear or worry at the idea of being without your mobile phone or unable to use it”.
- The campaign named “Heart Attack Rewind” has been launched by which organisation?
A) FSSAI
B) World Health Organisation
C) Food Corporation of India
D) Food and Agriculture Organization
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Option A
Explanation: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on November 30 launched a new mass media campaign, “Heart Attack Rewind”, in order to create awareness about trans fats and eliminate them in India by 2022.
- Who among the following has been roped in as the brand ambassador by the State Bank of India for its YONO App?
A) Saina Nehwal
B) Swapna Barman
C) Hima Das
D) Neeraj Chopra
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Option B
Explanation: State Bank of India has roped in Asian Games gold medalist Swapna Barman as brand ambassador for its digital app YONO.
- Name the OPEC member country which has announced to withdraw its membership from the organisation in January 2019?
A) Qatar
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Iraq
D) Venezuela
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Option A
Explanation: Qatar has decided to withdraw its membership from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) effective January 2019. Qatar has been a member of OPEC since 1961
- The ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) is being held in which city?
A) Gurugram
B) Jaipur
C) Bhopal
D) Lucknow
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Option D
Explanation: The ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group on Military Medicine being co-chaired by India and Myanmar began in Lucknow.
- Name the Indian consumer goods company which has announced to merge with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare India
A) Britannia Industries
B) Dabur
C) Hindustan Unilever Ltd
D) ITC Limited
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Option C
Explanation: Hindustan Unilever Ltd has announced that it will merge with GSK’s healthcare business in India. The transaction is an all equity merger with 4.39 shares of HUL being allotted for every share in GSK CH India. This transaction values the total business at Rs 31,700 crore. Following the issue of new HUL shares, Unilever‘s holding in HUL will be diluted from 67.2% to 61.9%.
- Accodring to Moody’s, what is the real gross domestic product (GDP) of India for FY19?
A) 7.0%
B) 7.2%
C) 7.4%
D) 7.5%
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Option B
Explanation: Moody’s Investors Service’s annual Banking System Outlook on India estimated the country’s real gross domestic product (GDP) as under: Real GDP for 2018-19= 7.2%; Real GDP for 2019-20=7.4%
- With which country will the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh sign an MoU for twin cities?
A) Myanmar
B) Maldives
C) Sri Lanka
D) Nepal
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Option D
Explanation: The Uttar Pradesh and Nepal governments will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to declare Ayodhya and Janakpur as twin cities.
- Which city is hosting the ‘Khasdar Sanskrutik Mahotsav’?
A) Nagpur
B) Lucknow
C) Pune
D) Shimla
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Option A
Explanation: Union Minister for Shipping, Surface Transport and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari yesterday inaugurated the second edition of Khasdar Mahotsav in Nagpur
- The Manobik scheme has been launched by which state to provide monthly pension to the disabled?
A) Haryana
B) Rajasthan
C) West Bengal
D) Odisha
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Option C
Explanation: In 2018, West Bengal launched the ‘Manobik’ scheme, wherein persons with 40% or more disabilities will receive a monthly pension of Rs 1,000. Two lakh people will be benefitted. The state government has allocated Rs 250 crore for this scheme
