DAILY GK 26 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 26 JULY 2019

1. POCSO (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with provision of death penalty passed by Rajya Sabha

✔Rajya Sabha passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which provides for death penalty to the culprits in the cases of sexual assault and stringent punishments for other crimes against children.

✔It provides for the levy of fines and imprisonment up to 5 years to curb child pornography. In the event of a second or subsequent conviction, the punishment would be up to seven years and fine.

2. New Vande Bharat express completes Delhi-Katra trial run

✔The trial run of India’s fastest second Vande Bharat Express (also known as Train 18) on New Delhi to Katra(Jammu and Kashmir) route was successfully conducted by Indian Railways’ Northern Railway zone.

✔The train designed and manufactured by Integral Coach Factory, Chennai, run at a speed of 160 km per hour & it reduces travel time between Delhi-Katra from 12 hours to 8 hours.

✔The Delhi-Katra express will have three stops include Ambala, Ludhiana, and Jammu.

✔The 2nd high-speed train will also help devotees who visit Vaishno Devi temple Shrine.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25^TH JULY 2019

1.        Under which scheme more than 7 crore 32 lakh farmer families across India received the first and second instalments of Rs 2000?

A) Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)

B) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

C) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana (PMKSNY)

D) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

E) None of these

2.        Expand UDAN?

A) UDAN – Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik

B) UDAN – Ude Desh Ka Adarsh Naagrik

C) UDAN – Ude Desh Ka Atal Naagrik

D) UDAN – Ude Desh Ka Amrut Naagrik

E) None of these

3.        Under which scheme the Centre has added 8 new air routes thus making the total operational routes to 194?

A) Metropolitian Connectivity Scheme(MCS)

B) Urban Connectivity Scheme(UCS)

C) Rural Connectivity Scheme(RCS)

D) Regional Connectivity Scheme(RCS)

E) None of these

4.        Name the drug banned by Union health minister, which is used in poultry industry for producing animals, aqua farming etc.

A) Tylosin

B) Colistin

C) Lincomx

D) Penicillin

E) None of these

5.        By which year, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has decided to declare all lanes at toll fee plaza on National Highways as ‘FASTag lanes’?

A) 1st May 2020

B) 1st December 2019

C) 1st January 2020

D) 1st April 2020

E) None of these

6.        Which state registered the highest number of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) frauds in India for the FY 2018-19 as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, accessed by the Times of India (TOI)?

A) Karnataka

B) Maharashtra

C) Kerala

D) New Delhi

E) None of these

7.        Name the state, which became first in India to reserve 75% private jobs for locals?

A) Andhra Pradesh

B) Kerala

C) Tamil Nadu

D) Karnataka

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 25 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 25 JULY 2019

1. 12TH EDITION OF THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX FOR THE YEAR 2019

✔Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal launched the 12th Edition of the Global Innovation Index for the year 2019 in New Delhi.

✔The theme of the 2019 GII is “Creating Healthy Lives – The Future of Medical Innovation”.

✔The event was co-hosted by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade of Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the WIPO and CII.

✔India was ranked 52nd in 2019.

✔Switzerland topped the list.

2. IMF LOWERS INDIA’S GROWTH FORECAST FOR 2019-20 TO 7% FROM 7.3%

✔According to the IMF’s the latest update of WEO report 2019, India’s GDP growth expected to grow by 7% in 2019 and 7.2% in 2020.

✔It scales down its outlook for both the years due to a broad-based slowdown in consumption and investment demand in India.

✔IMF also cuts global growth projection by 10bps (Basis point) to 3.2% for 2019 and 3.5 percent in 2020 due to US tariff sanctions, Brexit related uncertainty.

✔World Bank projected India’s GDP growth rate remained at 7.5 percent for the next three financial year.

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DAILY GK 24 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 24 JULY 2019

1. UNDER PMKSNY, MORE THAN 7 CRORE 32 LAKH FARMER FAMILIES RECEIVED FIRST TWO INSTALMENTS OF RS 2000 EACH

✔Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, more than 7 crore 32 lakh farmer families across India received the first and second instalments of Rs 2000 each amounting to 14 thousand 646 crore rupees.

✔The list was topped by Uttar Pradesh followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra.

2. MAHARASHTRA TOPS IN ATM FRAUDS: RBI

✔According to the data of the RBI Maharashtra registered the highest number of ATM frauds in India for the FY 2018-19. It was followed by Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

✔There was an increase in ATM fraud cases up from 911 cases in 2017-18 to 980 in 2018-19.

✔The amount involved was decreased from Rs 65.3 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 21.4 crore in 2018-19.

✔Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura were the only three states which did not report a single incident.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 24TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 24^TH JULY 2019

1.        Name the bill passed in Lok Sabha, which states that besides Chief justice of India, a former Supreme Court judge can also be made the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

A) Appointment of National Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

B) Protection of National Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

C) Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

D) Appointment of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019

E) None of these

2.        Where will India’s first smart school campus to be launched by Singapore based Global Indian International School (GIIS)?

A) Hadapsar & Balewadi campuses in Pune, Maharashtra

B) Darjeeling campuses, West Bengal

C) Landour campuses in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand

D) Shey campuses in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir

E) None of these

3.        Which city is set to host the Asia’s biggest arm show, “11th biennial arms exhibition ‘DefExpo 2020’ “ in February 2020?

A) Mumbai, Maharashtra

B) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

C) Jaipur, Rajasthan

D) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

E) None of these

4.        What is the theme of the 11th biennial arms exhibition ‘DefExpo 2020’?

A) Theme – “India: Rise of Futurism”

B) Theme – “India: the emerging defence manufacturing hub”

C) Theme – “Unite India, Make India”

D) Theme – “India:Force in Transit

E) None of these

5.        Where was the 13th edition of the annual Global Healthcare Summit(GHS) held?

A) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

B) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

C) Hyderabad, Telangana

D) Bengaluru, Karnataka

E) None of these

6.        Where was the fifth Dornier squadron of the Indian Navy, “Indian Naval Air Squadron 313 (INAS 313)” commissioned recently?

A) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

B) Mumbai, Maharashtra

C) Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

D) Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

E) None of these

7.        Which country will be the first recipient of Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB)’s local currency financing?

A) Japan

B) India

C) Russia

D) China

E) None of these

8.        Name the bank, which reaffirmed its support to Andhra Pradesh with over $1 billion programme that covers health, agriculture, energy and disaster management sectors.

A) New Development Bank(NDB)

B) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB)

C) World Bank (WB)

D) Asian Development Bank(ADB)

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 23 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 23 JULY 2019

1. LOK SABHA PASSED PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2019

✔According to the bill, besides a Chief justice of India, a former Supreme Court judge can also be made the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission.

✔The bill also proposes to enable any person to be the chairperson of the State Human Rights Commission who has been a judge of a high court

✔The bill amends the protection of Human Rights Act 1993 to provide that a person who has been Chief Justice of India or a judge of the Supreme Court will be the chairperson of the NHRC.

✔The protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019 provides two persons having knowledge of human right to be appointed as the members of the NHRC.

2. LUCKNOW TO HOST ASIA’S BIGGEST ARM SHOW ‘DEFEXPO’ IN FEBRUARY 2020

✔Lucknow will host the 11th biennial edition of DefExpo from February 5 to 8, 2020.

✔The focus of the Expo will be on “Digital transformation of defence”.

✔The main theme of DefExpo India-2020 will be “India: the emerging defence manufacturing hub”.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 23RD JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 23^RD JULY 2019

1.        How much percent of vote was registered in Lok Sabha by using the Electronically Transmitted Postal Ballot System (ETPBS)?

A) 60.14%

B) 61.14%

C) 62.14%

D) 63.14%

E) None of these

2.        Name the Scheme, which was praised by International Energy Agency (IEA) for providing free cooking gas connection to poor.

A) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)

B) Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMAY-G)

C) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)

D) Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

E) None of these

3.        Who will head the reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM), called the “Air India Specific Alternative Mechanism (AISAM)” on Air India disinvestment?

A) Narendra Singh Tomar

B) Amit Shah

C) Narendra Modi

D) Ram Vilas Paswan

E) None of these

4.        Who has been appointed as the chairperson of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI)?

A) Y. N. Sukthankar

B) Vishnu Sahay

C) Amita Prasad

D) S. S. Khera

E) None of these

5.        Which city topped the “most digitised cities” as per Razorpay Software Pvt Ltd’s digital transactions quarterly(April-June 2019 ) report, ‘The Era of Rising Fintech’?

A) Bengaluru

B) Hyderabad

C) Mumbai

D) Pune

E) None of these

6.        Which film has been included into NFAI(National Film Archives of India) recently?

A) Pink

B) Indu Sarkar

C) Raajneeti

D) Baadshaho

E) None of these

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