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Friday, May 12, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8TH MAY 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 8TH MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
JHARKHAND ANNOUNCES JAN-DEC FY
i. Jharkhand will become
the 2nd state in the country to announce its financial year from January to
December. According to Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das the new budget will be
scheduled in December.
ii. The new fiscal year
for Jharkhand would commence from January 1, 2018 and end on December 31, 2018.
iii. Madhya Pradesh was
1st state to adopt the new financial year. In 2017, Jharkhand was the 1st state
to table its budget in January.
2.
ODISHA TO INTRODUCE BOAT AMBULANCES IN 4 DISTRICTS
i. Odisha will introduce
boat ambulance service in 4 districts where people face difficulties in getting
health service.
ii. The boat ambulance
service will be available in Malkangiri, Koraput, Kendrapara and Kalahandi
districts.
iii. The state government
has sanctioned 6 boat ambulances for these areas which will be part of the 108
ambulance service. It is a part of an MoU signed between the State Government
and the Ziquitza Health Care.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 MAY
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 MAY
1.
WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO BECOME THE 2ND STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO
RESCHEDULE ITS FINANCIAL YEAR FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER?
a) Jharkhand
b) Gujarat
c) Maharashtra
d) Rajasthan
ANS - A
2.
WHICH STATE WILL INTRODUCE BOAT AMBULANCE SERVICE IN 4 DISTRICTS WHERE PEOPLE
FACE DIFFICULTIES IN GETTING HEALTH SERVICE?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Kerala
c) Odisha
d) West Bengal
ANS - C
3.
UNION MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS AND THE UNION SKILL DEVELOPMENT
MINISTRY HAVE SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO SET UP ________ DRIVER
TRAINING INSTITUTES ACROSS INDIA?
a) 50
b) 100
c) 125
d) 75
ANS - B
4.
WHICH INDIAN BOXER HAS WON A SILVER MEDAL AT THE ASIAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN?
a) Devendro Singh
b) Vijender Singh
c) Manoj Kumar
d) Shiva Thapa
ANS - D
5.
NEPAL’S 86-YEAR-OLD MOUNTAINEER ________, WHO WAS ONCE THE OLDEST CLIMBER TO
SCALE THE MOUNT EVEREST, DIED AT ITS BASE CAMP?
a) Bal Krishna Mahara
b) Gauri Shankar Khand
c) Min Bahadur Sherchan
d) Ajay Kumar Karki
ANS - C
6.
INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LTD HAS DECIDED TO START WHICH
TWO NEW CIRCUITS OF THEIR FLAGSHIP LUXURY TRAIN MAHARAJAS’ EXPRESS?
a) ”Southern Sojourn” and
“Southern Paradise”
b) ”Southern Sojourn” and “Southern
Jewels”
c) ”Southern Paradise” and
“Southern Jewels”
d) ”Southern Sojourn” and
“Southern Delight”
ANS - B
7.
INDIA WILL ORGANISE CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN _____ FROM 8TH – 12TH MAY 2017TO MARK
156TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
a) Egypt
b) Japan
c) France
d) UK
ANS - C
8.
AN INTER-MINISTERIAL INDIAN DELEGATION HEADED BY MR. AJAY NARAYAN JHA –
SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE PARTICIPATED IN
THE 2017 CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO THE BASEL, ROTTERDAM, STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS
FROM 24THAPRIL 2017 TO 5THMAY 2017 IN?
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) Paris, France
c) Beijing, China
d) New York, US
ANS - A
9. WHICH INDIAN CRICKETER RECEIVED THE
FELLOWSHIP AWARD AT THE 7TH ANNUAL ASIAN AWARDS HELD IN LONDON, UK?
a) Rahul Dravid
b) Virender Sehwag
c) M S Dhoni
d) Sachin Tendulkar
ANS - D
10.
WHICH COUNTRY HAS WON 26TH EDITION OF THE SULTAN AZLAN SHAH CUP HOCKEY
TOURNAMENT BY DEFEATING AUSTRALIA IN THE FINAL MATCH?
a) Malaysia
b) Great Britain
c) Bangladesh
d) India
ANS - B
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6TH, 7TH MAY 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 6TH, 7TH MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
IBBI CONSTITUTES TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TO LAY DOWN TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR
PERFORMANCE OF CORE SERVICES
i.
Under IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017 the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of India constitutes Technical Committee to lay down Technical
Standards for the performance of core services and other services.
ii.
The Committee Members are: Chairperson, Dr. R. B. Barman, Dr. NandLal Sarda
(Member), Dr. Pulak Ghosh (Member) and
Sh. V. G. Kannan (Member)
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 MAY
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 MAY
1.
WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN ADJUDGED AS CLEANEST CITY IN SWACHH
SURVEKSHAN 2017?
a) Indore, Madhya Pradesh
b) Surat, Gujarat
c) Kochi, Kerala
d) Amritsar, Punjab
ANS - A
2.
SUBSIDIARY OF WHICH COMPANY HAS SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH
ENTERPRISE APPLICATION SOFTWARE MAJOR SAP SE TO LAUNCH ‘SARAL GST’ SOLUTION FOR
TAXPAYERS?
a) Sun Pharmaceuticals
b) Tata Consultancy Services
c) Larsen & Toubro
d) Reliance Industries
ANS - D
3.
WHICH FINANCIAL ORGANIZATION HAS STATED THAT INDIAN ECONOMY WILL GROW 7.4 % IN
2017-18 AND 7.6% IN 2018-19?
a) World Bank
b) International Monetary Fund
c) Asian Development Bank
d) New Development Bank
ANS - C
4.
AS PER THE LATEST FIFA RANKINGS INDIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM HAS RANKED AT
_____POSITION?
a) 90th position
b) 100th position
c) 70th position
d) 80th position
ANS - B
5.
UNION MINISTER M VENKAIAH NAIDU HAS RELEASED A SET OF 4 STORY BOOKS FOR
CHILDREN, TITLED _________TO CREATE AWARENESS REGARDING CLEANLINESS AMONG THEM.
a) ‘Swachh Desh ki kahani – Dadi
ki Zubani’
b) ‘’Swachh Ghar ki kahani – Dadi
ki Zubani’
c) ‘Swachh Shehar ki kahani –
Dadi ki Zubani’
d) ‘Swachh Jungle ki kahani –
Dadi ki Zubani’
ANS - D
6. THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA
HAS CONSTITUTED A TECHNICAL COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION 14 OF THE
IBBI (INFORMATION UTILITIES) REGULATIONS, 2017. WHO WILL BE THE CHAIRPERSON OF
THIS COMMITTEE?
a) Nand Lal Sarda
b) R B Barman
c) V G Kannan
d) N K Shetty
ANS - B
7. 13TH INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE CONVERGENCE
WILL BE HELD IN?
a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Hyderabad
d) Bengaluru
ANS - C
8. 27TH SESSION OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
WORKING GROUP IS BEING HELD AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN?
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) Paris, France
c) New York, US
d) London, UK
ANS - A
9. MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS MR.
NITIN GADKARI INAUGURATED THE FIRST EVER INDIA INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AND
LOGISTICS SUMMIT IN?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Bengaluru
c) Mumbai
d) New Delhi
ANS - D
10. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT
INDIA’S FOREX RESERVES TOUCHED A LIFETIME HIGH OF $____ BILLION AS ON APRIL 28,
2017?
a) $372.73 billion
b) $172.73 billion
c) $472.73 billion
d) $572.73 billion
ANS - A
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5TH MAY 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5TH MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
INDORE IS INDIA’S CLEANEST CITY: SWACHH BHARAT SURVEY
i.
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu released 3rd edition of the Swachh
Survekshan which ranked 434 Indian cities on various cleanliness parameters.
ii.
Indore in Madhya Pradesh emerged as the cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar
Pradesh ranked at the bottom as the dirtiest city.
iii.
Top 5 Clean Cities are: Indore – Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal – Madhya Pradesh is at
2nd place, Visakhapatnam – Andhra Pradesh is at 3rd followed by Surat – Gujarat
and Mysuru – Karnataka at 4th and 5th place.
2.
RECENT APPROVALS BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT – MAY 3 2017
i.
The cabinet has cleared the non performing asset resolution package that
includes an ordinance to amend the Banking Regulation Act for empowering the
Reserve Bank of India to deal with bad assets in an effective manner.
ii.
Union Cabinet has given gave ex-post facto approval to the signing the
Memorandum of Cooperation with Japan on Railway Safety.
iii.
Union Cabinet has approved modifications in the recommendations of the 7th
Central Pay Commission relating to the method of revision of pension of
pre-2016 pensioners and family pensioners.
iv.
The central government has approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding
on Cooperation in area of Civil Aviation with Spain.
v.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the PM Narendra Modi has
given approval for Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of
Agro-Processing Clusters for period 2016-20.
3.
HARYANA AND MADHYA PRADESH STATE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PASSES GST BILL
i.
Madhya Pradesh and Haryana cabinet gave its approval to a draft bill for
implementation of the Goods and Services Tax in the state. The GST will be
implemented from 1st of July.
ii.
With this the number of states that have passed the law of Parliament’s nod to
the GST bills increased to 8.
iii.
Different indirect taxes like the central sales tax, central excise duty and
service tax are to be merged with the C-GST.
iv.
S-GST will include state sales tax, luxury tax, VAT and entertainment tax.
4.
RELIANCE, SAP LAUNCH ‘SARAL GST’ SOLUTION FOR TAXPAYERS
i.
Reliance Corporate IT Park Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SAP to launch ‘SARAL GST’ solution
for taxpayers.
ii.
SARAL GST will provide simplified operations high quality of service and
security to taxpayers.
iii.
It will hold the proficiency of RCITPL as GST Suvidha Provider and SAP as
Application Service Provider.
iv.
GSP, RCITPL will connect ASPs to the Government’s GST system through Jio MPLS
network. It will also help in boosting the Digital India initiative.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 4TH MAY 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 4TH MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
MP FIRST TO SWITCH TO JAN-DEC FISCAL YEAR
i.
Madhya Pradesh became the 1st state in India to switch to the January-December
financial year from existing April-March cycle.
ii.
It will break a 150-year old tradition of adopting the financial year from
April to March.
iii.
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to shift the financial year to
January-December. It is mentioned the Budget session of the next financial year
will be held either in December 2017 or January 2018.
iv.
CM also give direction to all cabinet ministers to prepare a quarterly,
half-yearly and annual road map of works so that all works are done within a
fixed deadline.
Sunday, May 7, 2017
MONTHLY GK CAPSULE (NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS) April 2017
Monthly GK Capsules of April 2017
Here is the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates of April 2017. So if you are preparing for any Government, Bank, Railways, SSC Examination this PDF file is very helpful to you. All the best to all participants for the upcoming Examination.
Saturday, May 6, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 3RD MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. HRD MINISTER PRAKASH JAVEDEKAR LAUNCHES VIDHYA –VEERTA
ABHIYAN
i. Prakash Javadekar, The
Minister for Human Resource and Development has launched Students for soldiers-
a nationwide Vidya – Veerta Abhiyan.
ii. The portraits of Param Veer
Chakra decorated soldiers were handed over to the Vice Chancellors of Delhi
University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Jamia Milia Islamia, Jammu and IIT
Delhi.
iii. The “wall of heroes”
depicting portraits of brave soldiers who showed exemplary bravery in defending
the nation is expected to instill a sense of patriotism and nationalism among
students.
2. 4TH NATIONAL STANDARDS CONCLAVE HELD IN NEW DELHI
i. 4th National Standards
Conclave was held in New Delhi. It is organised by Department of Commerce,
Govt. of India in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry, Bureau
of Indian Standards and the National Accreditation Board for Certification
Bodies and other knowledge partners
ii. Objective of 4th National
Standards Conclave is to bring awareness and prepare Industries, State
Governments, Central Government Ministries, regulatory/standards setting and
conformity assessment bodies on the growing importance of “Standards” in the
changing scenario of global trade.
iii. 9 sessions were held during
this conclave, wherein several issues pertaining to standards in various
sectors were discussed.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 MAY
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 MAY
1.
UNION HRD MINISTER PRAKASH JAVADEKAR LAUNCHED CENTRE’S _____ TO ENCOURAGE 1,000
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO DISPLAY PORTRAITS OF WAR HEROES ON CAMPUS?
a) Veer Shraddhanjali Abhiyan
b) Veer Samman Abhiyan
c) Vidya Veerta Abhiyan
d) Veerta Gaurav Abhiyan
ANS - C
2. 4TH NATIONAL STANDARDS
CONCLAVE WAS HELD ON 1ST AND 2ND MAY 2017 IN:
a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Bengaluru
d) New Delhi
ANS - D
3.
WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING BECAME THE 1ST CITY IN THE WORLD TO GET ITS OWN MICROSOFT-DESIGNED
FONT?
a) London
b) Paris
c) Dubai
d) Bangkok
ANS - C
4.
WHICH PRIVATE SECTOR BANK SAID IT HAS MADE 100 VILLAGES DIGITALLY-ENABLED IN
2017 AND PLANS TO TRANSFORM 500 MORE BY THE YEAR-END?
a) ICICI Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) Kotak Mahindra Bank
d) Axis Bank
ANS - A
5.
WHICH PORTAL HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CHECK
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION COMPLIANCE STATUS OF MOBILE TOWERS?
a) ‘Tarang Suchna’
b) ‘Tarang Sanchar’
c) ‘Tarang Jaanch’
d) ‘Tarang Mahiti’
ANS - B
6. WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BECOME THE 1ST
STATE TO SWITCH TO THE JANUARY-DECEMBER FINANCIAL YEAR FROM THE EXISTING
APRIL-MARCH CYCLE?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Gujarat
c) Goa
d) Maharashtra
ANS - A
7. WORLD’S HIGHEST RAIL BRIDGE, WHICH WILL BE
TALLER THAN EIFFEL TOWER IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ON WHICH INDIAN RIVER?
a) Narmada
b) Tapi
c) Chenab
d) Sabarmati
ANS - D
8. WHICH PEER-TO-PEER ONLINE LENDING PLATFORM
HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY SINGAPORE-BASED FINTECH START-UP FINMOMENTA?
a) Tachyloans
b) Instaloans
c) Peerloans
d) Quickloans
ANS - A
9. WHO
AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PUBLIC
ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE OF THE PARLIAMENT?
a) Rameswar Teli
b) Rajen Gohain
c) Mallikarjun Kharge
d) Ranjeet Ranjan
ANS - C
10. WHAT WAS THE 2017 THEME OF ‘WORLD PRESS
FREEDOM DAY’?
a) ”Access to Information and
Fundamental Freedoms: This Is Your Right!”
b) ‘Critical Minds for Critical
Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies’
c) ”Media Freedom for a Better
Future”
d) ”Ensuring Safety of
Journalists”
ANS - B
Friday, May 5, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2ND MAY 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 2ND MAY 2017
1.
PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS NICOS ANASTASIADES HAS ARRIVED IN INDIA ON A 5-DAY VISIT
i. The President of Cyprus, Nicos
Anastasiades, was on an official visit to India. During his stay in Mumbai, he
met Governor of Maharashtra, Vidyasagar Rao. He also gave a keynote address at
a Business Forum.
ii. Mr. Anastasiades conferred the Grand
Collar of the Order of Makarios III (Cyprus’s highest civilian honour) on
President Pranab Mukherjee.
iii. India and Cyprus signed 4 MoUs –
Executive programme on education, culture and scientific cooperation for the
period 2017-2020. This agreement was exchanged between Indian External Affairs.
2.
SEBI FINALISES NORMS FOR LISTING OF GREEN BONDS
i. Securities and Exchange Board of India has
finalized norms for issuance and listing of green bonds.
ii. It will help in raising funds from
capital markets for investment in the renewable energy.
iii. The rules have been finalised by the
SEBI after taking into account inputs from the Finance and Environment
ministries from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
iv. Green bonds help to meet an ambitious
target India has of building 175 gigawatt of renewable energy capacity by 2022.
3.
PM NARENDRA MODI RELEASES STAMP ON RAMANUJACHARYA’S 1000TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
i. PM Narendra Modi released a commemorative
stamp on the 1,000th birth anniversary of Saint Ramanujacharya in New Delhi.
ii. The central message of Saint
Ramanujacharya’s life was inclusive society, religion and philosophy.
iii. Ramanujacharya saw manifestation of God
in human beings and saw all devotees of God as equal.