DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 21 & 22 FEB

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 21 & 22 FEB

1. KHAJURAHO DANCE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN STARTED IN WHICH STATE?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Andhra pradesh

c) Kerala

d) Gujarat

ANS - A

2. WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE WAS OBSERVED ON?

a) February 18

b) February 19

c) February 20

d) February 21

ANS - C

3. WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN ELECTED AS NEXT CM OF NAGALAND?

a) Edappadi Palaniswami

b) Pema Khandu

c) T R Zeliang

d) Shurhozelie Liezietsu

ANS - D

4. VED PRAKASH SHARMA WHO PASSED AWAY RECENTLY WAS A?

a) Politician

b) Novelist

c) Film Maker

d) Actor

ANS - B

5.   WHICH PAKISTANI CRICKET PLAYER ANNOUNCED RETIREMENT FROM ALL FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET?

a) Misbah-ul-Haq

b) Mohammad Amir

c) Younis Khan

d) Shahid Afridi

ANS - D

6.   WHICH PRIVATE SPACE FIRM LAUNCHED A ROCKET FROM NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA TO SEND A DRAGON CARGO SHIP WITH SUPPLIES TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?

a) SpaceX

b) Bigelow Aerospace

c) SpaceDev

d) Blue Origin

ANS - A

7.   WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED COMPOSITE REGIONAL CENTRE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES?

a) Haryana

b) Arunachal Pradesh

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Karnataka

ANS - B

8.   WHICH MINISTRY HAS LAUNCHED THE SAATHIYA RESOURCE KITS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON ADOLESCENT RELATED ISSUES?

a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

b) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

c) Ministry of Human Resource Development

d) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

ANS - A

9.   WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES?

a) Rajesh Gopinathan

b) N. Ganapathy Subramaniam

c) V. Ramakrishnan

d) Natarajan Chandrasekaran

ANS - D

10.  WHEN IS THE INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY CELEBRATED?

a) February 22

b) February 20

c) February 21

d) February 23

ANS - C

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 19 & 20 FEB

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 19 & 20 FEB

1. THE MIG LEGAL AID SCHEME OF SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED FOR MIDDLE INCOME GROUP PEOPLE WHOSE GROSS INCOME IS NOT MORE THAN RS -------- PER MONTH.

a) Rs. 45000

b) Rs. 75000

c) Rs. 60000

d) Rs. 50000

ANS - C

2. THE 2017 SOUTH ASIAN SPEAKERS’ SUMMIT HAS BEEN ORGANISED IN WHICH STATE?

a) Madhya Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Kerala

d) Andhra Pradesh

ANS - A

3. WHICH BANK HAS SIGNED A MOU WITH INTERIOR INFRASTRUCTURE FIRM GREENPLY INDUSTRIES TO GROW ITS FINANCING BUSINESS?

a) Bank of Maharashtra

b) Bank of Baroda

c) State Bank of India

d) Union Bank of India

ANS - C

4. WHO HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE 2017 LEGENDARY AWARD BY THE BRAND LAUREATE?

a) Shah Rukh Khan

b) Lata Mangeshkar

c) Marck Zuckerburg

d) Ratan Tata

ANS - B

5. NAME THE 20TH FAST PATROL VESSEL OF THE INDIAN COAST GUARD THAT WAS COMMISSIONED AT THE NAVAL BASE IN KOCHI?

a) ICGS ARMAN

b) ICGS ARYAMAN

c) ICGS ATULYA

d) ICGS AYUSH

ANS - D

6.  INDIA LOST TO WHICH COUNTRY TO WIN A SILVER MEDAL AT THE WOMEN’S ASIAN RUGBY SEVENS TROPHY?

a) Nepal

b) Laos

c) South Korea

d) Pakistan

ANS - C

7.  WHAT IS THE TOTAL WORTH OF THE CLOUD SEEDING PROGRAMME LAUNCHED BY THE MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT RAIN?

a) Rs. 250 crore

b) Rs. 300 crore

c) Rs. 150 crore

d) Rs. 312 crore

ANS - A

8.  WHAT WAS THE AIM OF MIL BANCHE MADHYA PRADESH PROGRAMME HELD IN MADHYA PRADESH?

a) Distribute stationery in all government schools

b) Involve Government school students in tree plantation

c) Participation of Government Officials to teach for one day in government school

d) Encourage Women participation in teaching activities

ANS - C

9.  WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOBILE APPLICATION LAUNCHED BY ORIENTAL BANK OF COMMERCE?

a) Oriental Wallet

b) Oriental Batuaa

c) Oriental Pocket

d) Oriental Purse

ANS - B

10.  WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NON-OFFICIAL DIRECTOR OF INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK BY THE APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE OF CABINET?

a) Ramesh S Singh

b) G Subramaia Iyer

c) Nageswaro Rao Y

d) T C A Ranganathan

ANS - D

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21ST FEB 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21^ST FEB 2017

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1. BIHAR GOVERNMENT PROHIBITS STATE OFFICIALS FROM CONSUMING LIQUOR ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD

i. The Bihar Cabinet under the chairmanship of CM Nitish Kumar has ruled out a new rule under which no officials of the state government would be allowed to consume liquor either in the state or outside the state and not even abroad.

ii. This makes Bihar the 1st state to have such restrictions for officials and judges.

iii. The cabinet amended the Bihar Government Servants’ Conduct Rules 1976 and approved the Bihar Judicial Officers Conduct Rules, 2017.

iv. Any officer found guilty would be liable to face dismissal, suspension or even salary cuts.

2. KHAJURAHO DANCE FESTIVAL STARTS IN MADHYA PRADESH

i. The Khajuraho Dance Festival kicked off at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

ii. The dance festival is conducted every year by the Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad.

iii. This cultural festival showcases various Indian classical dance styles such as Bharathanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kathakali, Kuchipudi and Manipuri with performances of some of the best exponents in the field.

3. SBI REBRANDS CORPORATE WEBSITE AS BANK.SBI

i. The country’s largest lender State Bank of India rebranded its corporate website as “bank.sbi” from the earlier “sbi.co.in”.

ii. Now bank.sbi is the highest domain protocol commonly known as generic top level domain.

iii. With this, SBI has become the 1st banking organization in India to adopt gTLD for its internet presence.

iv. The adoption of gTLD will enable SBI to use its corporate name .sbi as their website’s top-level identifier instead of using “.com” or “.co.in” as domains.

4. HEMA MALINI: BEYOND THE DREAM GIRL PENNED BY RAM KAMAL MUKHERJEE

i. Hema Malini’s journey from an actor and filmmaker to a politician penned by Ram Kamal Mukherjee is being chronicled as an authorised biography titled ‘Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl‘.

ii. The biography is written by author-columnist Ram Kamal Mukherjee.

iii. The book will be published on her birthday by the publisher HarperCollins India.

5. SEBI APPROVES IRB INVIT FUND TO RAISE FUND THROUGH IPO

i. Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has given its approval to IRB InvIT Fund to raise Rs 4,300 cr through an initial public offering.

ii. IRB InvIT Fund is an investment trust sponsored by IRB Infrastructure Developers Limited.

iii .Infrastructure Investment Trusts are like mutual fund schemes which pool in money from individual investors for investing in infrastructure initiatives.

iv. Some of the other such trusts registered with SEBI are GMR Infrastructure Investment Trust, MEP Infrastructure Investment Trust and IL&FS Transportation Investment Trust.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20TH FEB 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20^TH FEB 2017

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1. MAHARASHTRA APPROVES RS. 250 CR CLOUD SEEDING PROGRAMME

i. The state government of Maharashtra has approved a Rs. 250 cr Cloud Seeding Programme to experiment whether cloud seeding produces sufficient rain.

ii. Under this programme, the weather scientists will fly airplanes loaded with silver iodide  Maharashtra Approves Rs. 250 cr Cloud Seeding Programme over clouds above Solapur, Maharashtra during the monsoon 2017 beginning with a 3 year initial investigation.

iv. The programme is coordinated by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and will deal to address the frequent drought in Vidarbha.

2. MIL BANCHE PROGRAMME HELD IN ALL GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS OF MADHYA PRADESH

i. An initiative by the government of Madhya Pradesh, “Mil Banche MP” programme was held in all the primary and middle government schools of the Madhya Pradesh to increase knowledge and the understanding about language among students..

ii. Under this programme, all the district administrators, public representatives, government officials, college students, retired officials, media persons, businessmen, doctors, engineers, sports persons and including common man will teach and interact with students of all government schools of the state.

iii. CM of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan also visited the Sanjay Gandhi Middle School in Bhopal where he had studied during his childhood.

v. The programme has been launched by the Tribal Development Department and State School Education under the direction of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

3. INDIA BAGS SILVER MEDAL AT THE ASIAN WOMEN’S RUGBY SEVENS TROPHY

i. India won the silver medal at the Women’s Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy held at Vientiane, Laos.

ii. South Korea won gold medal by beating India 29-0 in the finals.

iii. Total 7 countries from across Asia including South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Laos participated in the Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy.

4. INDIA APPROVES USD 340 MILLION LOAN TO NEPAL FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES

i. India has sanctioned a soft loan of US dollar 340 million to Nepal for various infrastructure development programmes.

ii. The approval paper was handed over by the Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae to Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister of Nepal Ramesh Lekhak in the presence of Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

iii. The move is a part of India’s commitment for strengthening infrastructure in Nepal. The completion of infrastructural projects will not only strengthen physical connectivity but also emotional bonding between the people of both the countries.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19TH FEB 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19^TH FEB 2017

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1. SC INTRODUCES MIDDLE INCOME GROUP SCHEME TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES AT AFFORDABLE RATE

i. The Supreme Court has introduced the Middle Income Group Scheme for the middle income group people whose gross income is not exceeding Rs. 60,000 per month or Rs. 7.5 lakh per annum.

ii. The MIG Legal Aid Scheme is a self-supporting scheme whose objective is to provide legal services to the middle income group who cannot afford the expensive litigation in the Supreme Court.

iii. Under this scheme, middle class people who have the desire to avail the benefit of the Scheme shall have to fill up the form prescribed and accept all the terms and conditions contained within and thus can avail the services of the society for a nominal amount.

iv. Under this scheme a Supreme Court Middle Income Group Legal Aid Society would be set up as a governing body.

2. 2-DAY SOUTH ASIAN SPEAKERS’ SUMMIT BEGINS IN INDORE

i. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan inaugrated 2-day South Asian Speakers’ Summit in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

ii. Speakers of 6 countries include Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Nepal attended the meeting to deliberate on ways to achieve sustainable development goals.

iii. The summit will have a session on ‘Identifying Resources for SDGs Implementation in South Asia: Opportunities for Parliamentary Cooperation’

iv. A working session on ‘Gender Equality As A Critical Factor For Sustainable Development’ will discuss opportunities that the SDGs present to strike a better gender balance and to determine the gender impact of sustainable development policies.

3. SBI TIES UP WITH GREENPLY TO OFFER FINANCIAL SERVICES TO ITS DEALERS

i. Mumbai based State Bank of India has signed Memorandum of Understanding with India’s largest interior infrastructure company Greenply Industries to grow its channel financing business of Greenply Industries on electronic platform.

ii. SBI will extend financial services to Greenply dealers to grow further on a very competitive pricing.

iii. It has also taken initiative to stop use of paper from its branches for end-to-end digitisation.

4. RBI PERMITS MULTILATERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO INVEST IN MASALA BONDS

i. The Reserve Bank of India has permitted Multilateral Financial Institutions to invest in rupee denominated bonds commonly known as ‘Masala Bonds’ issued by Indian entities.

ii. As per the RBI notification the move will enable the Indian entities issuing rupee denominated bonds abroad to have wider choice of investors.

iii. The Multilateral and Regional Financial Institutions where India is a member country can only invest in the rupee denominated bonds for example BRICS led New Development Bank, Asian Development Bank etc

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 17 & 18 FEB

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 17 & 18 FEB

1. THE 5 DAY INDIAN PANORAMA FILM FESTIVAL 2017 HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN WHICH STATE/UNION TERRITORY?

a) Goa

b) New Delhi

c) Maharashtra

d) Andaman & Nicobar Island

ANS - D

2. THE UNION CABINET HAS APPROVED TO SET UP FOOD LEGUMES RESEARCH PLATFORM IN WHICH STATE?

a) West Bengal

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Haryana

d) Gujarat

ANS - B

3. WHAT IS THE RANK OF INDIA IN THE INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM 2017?

a) 175

b) 127

c) 143

d) 112

ANS - C

4. THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF KERALA HAS GIVEN ITS IN-PRINCIPLE APPROVAL FOR SETTING UP A GREENFIELD AIRPORT AT WHICH OF THE GIVEN PLACE PILGRIM SPOTS?

a) Sri Vallabha Temple

b) Thirunelly Temple

c) Mahadeva Temple

d) Sabarimala

ANS - D

5. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE 13TH CHIEF MINISTER OF TAMIL NADU?

a) Edappadi K Palaniswami

b) K T Rajenthra Bhalaji

c) K A Sengottaiyan

d) P Balakrishna Reddy

ANS - A

6.  WHICH BANK HAS SIGNED AN MOU WITH THE MINISTRY HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TO OPERATIONALIZE THE HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING AGENCY?

a) Canara Bank

b) Andhra Bank

c) Allahabad Bank

d) Bank of India

ANS - A

7.  WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK?

a) P Ramana Murthy

b) M K Bhattacharya

c) S Harishankar

d) K Swaminathan

ANS - D

8.  WHICH BANK HAS WON THE 2017 NATIONAL MSME EXCELLENCE AWARD?

a) Andhra Bank

b) Canara Bank

c) Corporation Bank

d) Dena Bank

ANS - C

9.  THE 2017 GLOBAL INVESTORS’ SUMMIT WAS HELD IN WHICH CITY OF JHARKHAND?

a) Bokaro Steel City

b) Ranchi

c) Jamshedpur

d) Dhanbad

ANS - B

10.  WHICH RENOWNED HINDI SCHOLAR HAS BEEN NAMED FOR THE 2016 VYAS SAMMAN?

a) Kamal Kishore Goyenka

b) Sunita Jain

c) Surendra Verma

d) Vishwanath Tripathi

ANS - C

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18TH FEB 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18^TH FEB 2017

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1. TWO DAY ‘MOMENTUM JHARKHAND’ GLOBAL INVESTOR SUMMIT 2017 CONCLUDED IN RANCHI

i. The 2 day Global Investors’ Summit 2017 was held at Khelgaon in Ranchi, Jharkhand from Feb 16-17, 2017 with the brand name ‘Momentum Jharkhand’.

ii. Its main aim is to promote industrial activity in Jharkhand and establish the state as one of the prime investment destination of Eastern India.

iii. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated the Summit while PM Narendra Modi addressed the summit through video-conferencing.

iv. A Flying Red Elephant was the mascot for the Jharkhand’s Global Investors Summit 2017.

v. On the concluding day of the 2017 Global Investors Summit 209 MoUs were signed between nine departments of the Jharkhand government worth Rs 3,03,987 cr with different companies.

2. GOVERNMENT INCREASES THE CASH CREDIT LIMIT FOR MSMES TO 30 %

i. The Union government has increased the Cash Credit limit for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to 30% of turnover from the existing 20% to encourage them to conduct businesses digitally.

ii. Through digital means of conducting the business, the balance sheet of companies would be clean and this would help MSMEs to get loans from banks and promote Ease of Doing Business.

iii. Presently the taxes for MSMEs are calculated at 8% for revenue of up to Rs 2 cr. With digital transaction, tax liability will be reduced from 8% to 6%.

3. CANARA BANK INKS MOU WITH HRD MINISTRY TO START HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCING AGENCY

i. Bangalore based Public sector Canara Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Human Resource Development Ministry to operationalize the Higher Education Financing Agency.

ii. The establishment of the Higher Education Financing Agency was approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2016.

iii. Through this MoU, HRD Ministry and Canara Bank will jointly promote the HEFA with an authorised capital of Rs. 2,000 cr.

iv. The objective of the establishment of HEFA is to enhance and create high quality capital assets and infrastructure in the premier educational institutions.

v. HEFA would finance the civil and lab infrastructure projects through a 10-year loan.

vi. HEFA would leverage the equity to rise up to Rs. 20,000 cr for funding infrastructure and development projects for world class Labs in IIMs/IITs/NITs and such other institutions.

4. KARNATAKA BANK LAUNCHES NATIONAL PENSION SYSTEM IN MANGALURU

i. Mangaluru based private sector lender Karnataka Bank Ltd launched National Pension System at its corporate office in Mangaluru.

ii. Its aim is to provide financial security at old age by giving regular income in the form of pension.

iii. Under the scheme, one can contribute to NPS while earning and eventually start receiving pension on his/her attaining the age of 60 years to meet their financial needs.

iv .To avail the benefit, any individual between the ages 18-60 years can register their name with the bank branch to contribute and to get pension benefit.

v. The investor can avail of the exemption to the extent of Rs 50,000 under section 80 CCD 1 even though they are contributing towards any other pension schemes.

5. VETERAN HINDI SCHOLAR AND NOVELIST SURENDRA VERMA SELECTED FOR 2016 VYAS SAMMAN

i. Renowned Hindi literature and playwright Surendra Verma has been selected for 2016 Vyas Samman for his novel “Kaatna Shami Ka Vriksha Padma Pankhuri Ki Dhar Se”.

ii. Surendra Verma will be the 26th recipient of the honor and would be presented a cash prize of Rs. 3.50 lakh a citation and a logo for the prestigious award instituted by K K Birla Foundation.

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