DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14 AUG 2016

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1. INDIA'S FIRST TOUCH-AND-FEEL GARDEN FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INAUGRATED

i. A first-of-its-kind touch and feel garden for the visually impaired people in the country was inaugurated near Calicut University campus in Kerala.

ii. The garden has nearly 70 aromatic, medicinal and herbal plants brought from various parts the country.

iii. The visually impaired can study the plants not only by touching, feeling and smelling them but also getting information about them through audio inputs.

2. RBI TRANSFERS RS 65,876 CRORE SURPLUS TO GOVERNMENT

i. The Reserve Bank will transfer to the central government its surplus profit of Rs 65,876 crore.

ii. The approval to transfer the surplus was taken at the meeting of the Central Board of the RBI, chaired by Governor Raghuram Rajan.

iii. The surplus is generated through RBI's investment activities,lke sovereign bonds and  T-bills.

3.  PUNJAB CM BADAL INAUGURATES FIRST 'SEWA KENDRA' IN PUNJAB

i. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has inaugurated city’s first Sewa Kendra at Ladhewali today where people will be able to avail services under one roof.

ii. A total of 2,147 Sewa Kendras has been constructed at a cost of Rs 500 crore.

iii. The Kendra's were being started to minimise public interaction with various offices and weeding out corruption besides enhancing the efficiency of the administration and delivery of services to common people.

4. ASSAM BECOMES THE FIRST STATE TO RATIFY GST

i. Assam has become the first state to ratify the Goods and Services Tax Constitutional Amendment Bill.

ii. The Parliament had earlier cleared the bill to usher in a uniform tax regime throughout the country.

iii. The bill is neded to be ratified by at least 15 states to make it a law.

iv. The Centre seeks to roll-out the GST by April 1, 2017.

5. 12-DAY LONG KRISHNA PUSHKAR FESTIVAL BEGINS ON GRAND NOTE IN TELANGANA & AP

i. A 12-day long Krishna Pushkar festival began in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh started on a grand note today.

ii. The festival comes once in every 12 years.

iii. Telangana government has made arrangements for about three crore people.

6. NABARD SANCTIONS RS 26.06 CRORE TO PUNJAB

i. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has sanctioned Rs 26.06 crore to the Punjab government.

ii. The fund has been sanctioned for tackling waterlogging by constructing lift schemes in low-lying areas, village ponds, and other allied works.

iii. The project will provide help to 87 villages of Muktsar and Fazilka districts.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1.  INDIA’S FIRST TOUCH-AND-FEEL GARDEN FOR VISUALLY DISABLE PEOPLE IS INAUGURATED BY?

a. Chief Minister of Kerela

b. Governor of Kerela

c. Health Minister of Kerela

d. Assembly Speaker of Kerela

2. NAME THE RECENTLY APPOINTED DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF RBI?

a. HR Khan

b. NS Vishwanathan

c. UK Sinha

d. R Gandhi

3. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF PUNJAB?

a. Chandigarh

b. Ludhiana

c. Amritsar

d. Jalandhar

4. GST BILL IS RATIFIED IN HOW MANY STATES TO BECOME A LAW?

a. 19

b. 20

c. 15

d. 18

5. WHO IS THE CEO OF NABARD?

a. SK Munjal

b. MN Sinha

c. Viswajeet Singh

d. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

6. THE HEADQUARTERS OF NABARD ARE LOCATED AT?

a. Lucknow

b. New Delhi

c. Mumbai

d. Chandigarh

ANSWERS:

1) D    2) B     3) A     4) C     5) D    6) C

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13,14 AUGUST

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13,14 AUGUST

1. Which state became the first to ratify The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014?

a)    Karnataka

b)    Assam

c)    Maharashtra

d)    Nagaland

ANS B

2. Which Indian music composer will honour legendary carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi at the United Nations on 15 August 2016 at the United Nations General Assembly?

a)    Amit Trivedi

b)    A.R. Rahman

c)    Shankar Mahadevan

d)    Lucky Ali

ANS B

3. Anti-monopoly watchdog of which country ruled that Google would have to pay a 6.8 million dollar fine, for pre-installing applications on mobile devices running its Android operating system?

a)    Russia

b)    China

c)    Israel

d)    India

ANS A

4. What was the theme of the International Meeting on Counter Terrorism that was held in Bali, Indonesia?

a)    Countering Cross Border Movement of Terrorism

b)    Terrorism and the World

c)    Countering Terrorism

d)    Movement against Terrorism

ANS A

5. The 2016 International Youth Day was celebrated on

a)    11 August

b)    12 August

c)    13 August

d)    14 August

ANS B

6. Which State Government approved 33 percent reservation to women in urban local bodies?

a)    Assam

b)    Tripura

c)    Nagaland

d)    Manipur

ANS C

7. This State Government decided to make Aadhar Card mandatory for procurement of paddy from farmers?

a)    Odisha

b)    Telangana

c)    Karnataka

d)    Rajasthan

ANS A

8. The 2016 World Bio-Fuel Day was celebrated on

a)    10 August

b)    11 August

c)    12 August

d)    13 August

ANS A

9. To which country Russia delivered S-400 Triumph missile systems?

a)    Azerbaijan

b)    Crimea

c)    Armenia

d)    Latvia

ANS B

10. As per the CSO data, the Consumer Price Inflation for July 2016 rose to

a)    4.07%

b)    5.07%

c)    6.07%

d)    7.07%

ANS C

11. Antrix Corporation Limited that was in news is related to which of the following organsiations?

a)    Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

b)    Indian Space Research Organisation

c)    Medical Council of India

d)    Defence Research Development Organisation

ANS B

12. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a data bank portal for which of the following enterprises?

a)    Micro enterprises

b)    Small enterprises

c)    Medium enterprises

d)    All of the above

ANS D

13. Who was appointed as the head of committee on FDI norms pertaining to e-commerce industry?

a)    Madhav Chitale

b)    Ananad Desai

c)    Amitabh Kant

d)    N K Singh

ANS C

14. Who topped the 100 Richest Tech Billionaires In The World 2016 List of Forbes?

a)    Mark Zuckerberg

b)    Bill Gates

c)    Azim Premji

d)    Shiv Nadar

ANS B

15. Identify India’s top squash player who won the PSA Australian Open in Melbourne.

a)    Dipika Pallikal

b)    Joshna Chinappa

c)    L S Settipalli

d)    None of them

 ANS A

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 11,12 AUGUST

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 11,12 AUGUST

1.    The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 passed in Lok Sabha seeks to amend the Income Tax Act of the year?

a)    1956

b)    1961

c)    1975

d)    1993

ANS B

2.    Who of the following assumed the charge as the Chairman of Central Silk Board, Union Ministry of Textiles?

a)    N S Bissegowda

b)    K M Hanumantharayappa

c)    KR Nekarara

d)    SK Horata

ANS B

3.    The Reserve Bank of India in August 2016 released its third bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2016-17. What was the Repo Rate?

a)    6.0 percent.

b)    6.5 percent

c)    6.75 percent

d)    7.0 percent

ANS B

4.    Name the Indian organisation, which has inked a pact with US Energy Information Administration (EIA) in August 2016 to set up web portal on energy data?

a)    Bureau of Energy Efficiency

b)    Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency

c)    The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

d)    NITI Aayog

ANS D

5.    Which Satellite was launched by China in August 2016 for the protection of its maritime rights?

a)    Tiantong-01

b)    Wenchang-00

c)    Jiuquan Satellite

d)    Gaofen-3

ANS D

6.    The 'Early Childhood Care and Education' policy notified by Union Government aims to achieve holistic development of children below which age?

a)    Three years

b)    Six years

c)    Ten years

d)    fourteen years

ANS B

7.    Name the port city that is threatened by the Wildfires in southern France that forced to evacuation.

a)    Marseille

b)    Arles

c)    Nimes

d)    Avignon

ANS A

8.    Name the country with which Russia has agreed to restore bilateral relations and end economic sanctions.

a)    Turkey

b)    Ukraine

c)    North Korea

d)    Brazil

ANS A

9.    Irom Sharmila, the Iron Lady of Manipur, who ended her hunger strike in Imphal, Manipur started her hunger strike in

a)    January 1999

b)    December 1999

c)    November 2000

d)    September 2001

ANS C

10.    Parliament of which country has passed legislation that will prohibit police from providing information to the media without government permission.

a)    Turkey

b)    Myanmar

c)    Ukraine

d)    Egypt

ANS D

11.    High Court of which state issued directions to the Election Commission that teacher should not be deployed for poll duty during examinations?

a)    Uttar Pradesh

b)    Gujarat

c)    Goa

d)    Delhi

ANS A

12.    Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched 70 Saal Azaadi Yaad Karo Kurbani programme at which of the following places?

a)    Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

b)    Cuttack, Odisha

c)    Allahabad, Lucknow

d)    Hajipur, Bihar

ANS A

13.    Who is recently appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India?

a)    Ashok Kumar Garg

b)    Raj Kamal Verma

c)    Dinesh Kumar Khara

d)    None of the above

ANS C

14.    Name the legendary Carnatic vocalist who will be honoured at the United Nations on India’s 70th Independence Day by A.R. Rahman.

a)    T. Brinda

b)    Vasundhara Devi

c)    P. S. Narayanaswamy

d)    M. S. Subbulakshmi

ANS D

15.    Senate of which country voted to hold an impeachment trial for the nations suspended President Dilma Rousseff.

a)    Brazil

b)    Turkey

c)    Mexico

d)    Germany

ANS A

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13 AUG 2016

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1. PM MODI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN JOINTLY DEDICATED KUDANKULAM NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT-I TO THE NATION

i. The first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has jointly dedicated to the nation by Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

ii. It has been built with Russian expertise following a pact between the then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Soviet leader Mikahil Gorbachev in November 1988.

iii. The plant’s first unit of Kudankulam power plant is generating its full capacity of 1000 megawatts of electricity.

2. NITI AAYOG TIES UP WITH US EIA TO SET UP A PORTAL ON ENERGY DATA

i. Niti Aayog has inked a pact with US Energy Information Administration .

ii. The think tank is working to develop India's energy data agency which would take 3-4 years to develop.

iii. The web portal will host all the data related to energy sector including oil & gas, coal, solar & thermal energy etc.

3. GOVERNMENT TO SET UP COMMITTEE TO REVIEW E-COMMERCE RULES

i. The government has decided to set up a committee to look into all issues including foreign direct investment norms pertaining to the fast-growing e-commerce industry in the country.

ii. The committee will be headed by the NITI Aayog CEO Mr. Amitabh Kant.

iii. The committee will look at all the issues including FDI pertaining to the e-commerce sector. The committee would also suggest ways to further promote the growth of the sector.

4. FIRST SOLAR INDIA COMMISSIONS 130 MW OF SOLAR POWER PLANTS IN AP, TELANGANA

i. The First Solar Power India, has announced the commercial operation of 80 MW and 50 MW solar power plants in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

ii. The projects are part of the 260 MW project portfolio owned by First Solar in India.

iii. These two plants will collectively produce enough energy to power approximately 2,27,500 average homes in India and will displace 204 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

iv. The electricity generated by the two projects will be purchased by the Southern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh and the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company under 25-year power purchase agreements.

5. MANEKA GANDHI KICKS OFF A CAMPAIGN TO MARK 11 AUGUST AS DAUGHTERS' DAY

i. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched a social media campaign to mark the Daughters Day to be celebrated on 11th August 2016.

ii. The next week will be celebrated by the Ministry of Women and Child Development as Daughters Week.

iii. It is a part of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao programme to check female foeticide, improve sex ratio and educate girls across the country.

6.  DINESH KUMAR KHARA APPOINTED AS MD OF STATE BANK OF INDIA

i. The Department of Personnel and Training of State Bank of India has announced the appointment of Mr. Dinesh Kumar Khara as its Managing Director.

ii. The appointment has been approved by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet for a period of three years.

7. ANDERSON DETHRONES ASHWIN FROM THE TOP SPOT IN ICC BOWLER RANKINGS

i. In the latest MRF player Rankings for Test Bowlers, England Speedster James Anderson has topped the list.

ii. The English cricketer replaces India off Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.

iii. The James Anderson has reached his career best by claiming the top position month back on May 31.

8. TAKEHIKO NAKAO RE-ELECTED FOR SECOND TERM AS ADB PRESIDENT

i. The Asian Development Bank Board of Governors has unanimously re-elected Takehiko Nakao as President of ADB.

ii. The Asian Development Bank is a regional development bank established on 19^th December 1966.

 Headquarters of ADB: Manila, Philippines

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1.  WHAT IS THE CURRENCY OF RUSSIA?

a. Dollar

b. Dinar

c. Ruble

d. Rupiah

2. WHICH DAY IS CELEBRATED AS “DAUGHTER’S DAY”?

a. 11^th August

b. 14^th August

c. 12^th August

d. 15^th August

3. THE FAMOUS PLAYER “JAMES ANDERSON” BELONGS TO WHICH SPORTS?

a. Football

b. Hockey

c. Lawn Tennis

d. Cricket

4. WHERE ARE THE HEADQUARTERS OF ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOCATED AT?

a. Geneva

b. Manila

c. Basel

d. Berlin

5. NAME THE CEO OF NITI AAYOG?

a. Amitabh Kumar

b. Amitabh Kanth

c. Arun Singh

d. Arun Kanth

ANSWERS:

1) C     2) A    3) D    4) B    5) B

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