DAILY GK 21 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 21 SEPT 2019

1.    PMMVY scheme crossed 1 crore beneficiaries

ü  Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) achieved a mark of reaching 1 crore (1,00,11,200) beneficiaries in India. The total amount disbursed under the scheme crossed Rs. 4,000 crores.

ü  PMMVY is a flagship scheme of the Government for Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers (PW&LM). It is a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme under which PW&LM receive a cash benefit of Rs. 5,000 in three installments on fulfilling certain conditions.

2.    NEAT Scheme for Higher Education learning

ü  Union Ministry HRD has announced a new scheme named National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) for better learning outcomes in higher education and is expected to be operational in early november 2019.

ü  The main objective of this scheme is to use Artificial Intelligence(AI) in making personalized learning and will be developed through Public-private partnership (PPP) model.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 21ST SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 21^ST SEP 2019

1.        Where was the first International Conference on Sustainability Education (ICSE) 2019 held?

A) Beijing, China

B) Geneva, Switzerland

C) New Delhi, India

D) Washington D.C., U.S.

E) None of these

2.        In which city, Asia’s first environment school named “World Environment School (WESc)” will be set up & to become operation by 2021?

A) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

B) Coorg, Karnataka

C) New Delhi, Delhi

D) Pune, Mumbai

E) None of these

3.        In which city, India’s first Central Police University will be established?

A) Guwahati, Assam

B) New Delhi, Delhi

C) Kolkata, West Bengal

D) Greater Noida , Uttar Pradesh

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 20TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 20^TH SEP 2019

1.        What is the maximum limit for an individual to receive gifts upto which they are not required to inform the government as per the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2011 new amendment?

A) Rs 1 lakh

B) Rs 2 lakh

C) Rs 3 lakh

D) Rs 5 lakh

E) None of these

2.        Where was the India’s first Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research (ICER) setup?

A) Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

B) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

C) Indian Institute of Science- Bengaluru

D) Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi

E) None of these

3.        Where was the 1st edition of the 5 days maiden trilateral exercise of Singapore, India and Thailand named SITMEX (Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime Exercise) held?

A) Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar islands

B) Bukit Timah, Singapore

C) New Delhi, India

D) Bangkok, Thailand

E) None of these

4.        To how much amount of aggregate savings deposits in the Indian private and public sector banks (PSBs) reached as on March 31, 2019 as per the Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2018-19?

A) Rs 33.72 lakh crore

B) Rs 35.72 lakh crore

C) Rs 37.72 lakh crore

D) Rs 39.72 lakh crore

E) None of these

5.        What is the GDP(Gross Domestic Product) growth of India in Q1(Apr-June) for the year 2019-20 as per the Reserve Bank of India(RBI)?

A) 5%

B) 7%

C) 6.5%

D) 5.5%

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 20 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 20 SEPT 2019

1.    Agreement between Skill India and IBM for Train-the-Trainer program in AI

ü Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, has signed a pact with the world’s leading IT(Information Technology) company IBM (International Business Machines Corporation), under which a nationwide program to train trainers in Basic Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be carried out.

2.    India to achieve $26 billion defence industry target by 2025

ü The Defence Minister of India Mr Rajnath Singh at the 2nd annual session of the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) for 2019 in New Delhi addressed that India will achieve $26 billion defence industry target by 2025.

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DAILY GK 19 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 19 SEPT 2019

1.       Conference on Sustainability Education 2019

ü  International Conference on Sustainability Education (ICSE) 2019 was held in New Delhi.

ü  Asia’s first environment school named World Environment School, Coorg (WESc) was launched on the occasion. It is set up in Coorg, Karnataka.

2.       India’s first Central Police University will be established in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh 

3.       India’s first National Antimicrobial Resistance Hub

ü  The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) inaugurated India’s first National Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Hub in Kolkata, West Bengal.

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DAILY GK 18 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 18 SEPT 2019

1.       SITMEX- Trilateral Maritime exercise

ü  5 days maiden trilateral exercise of Singapore, India and Thailand named SITMEX (Singapore-India-Thailand Maritime Exercise) was commenced at Port Blair.

2.       SCO exercise “Tsentr (centre) 2019”

ü  Opening ceremony of exercise “TSENTR 2019” which forms part of the Russian Armed Forces’ annual training cycle, under the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(SCO) and Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), was conducted at the DONGUZ ranges  near Orenburg, Russia. 8 SCO member countries are participating .

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 19TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 19^TH SEP 2019

1.        Name the famous heritage building, which was renovated & inaugurated in National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in Pune, Maharashtra.

A) McCluskieganj Bungalow

B) Chel Bungalow

C) Taljhora Bungalow

D) Jayakar bungalow

E) None of these

2.        Which country’s civil servants are trained under special training programme (STP), which is a part of an MoU ‘Training and Capacity Building Programme’ signed with Indian government?

A) Maldives

B) Seychelles

C) Mauritius

D) Madagascar

E) None of these

3.        Name the External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India, who visited Poland for the first time since 1987.

A) Manmohan Singh

B) Pranab Mukherjee

C) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

D) Salman Khurshid

E) None of these

4.        Name the IPS officer, who was selected for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award for investigating 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape.

A) Chhaya Sharma

B) Archana Ramasundaram

C) Meera Borwankar

D) Sanjukta Parashar

E) None of these

5.        Who has directed the ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’, the only Indian film which was listed in the British daily “The Guardian list of the 100 Best Films of the 21st century”?

A) Ram Gopal Varma

B) Karan Johar

C) Vikramaditya Motwane

D) Anurag Kashyap

E) None of these

6.        Where was the 18th Men’s FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball ) World Basketball Championship 2019 held?

A) Geneva, Switzerland

B) Beijing, China

C) Tokyo, Japan

D) New Delhi, India

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 18TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 18^TH SEP 2019

1.        Which country won the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2019, that held in Colombo, SriLanka?

A) India

B) Bangladesh

C) China

D) Russia

E) None of these

2.        Which country is set to host the biennial international women’s youth football championship, FIFA Women’s Under - 17 World Cup in November 2020?

A) India

B) United States

C) Russia

D) China

E) None of these

3.        On which date, International Day of Democracy 2019 held?

A) September 13

B) September 14

C) September 15

D) September 12

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 17 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 17 SEPT 2019

1.       Asia Society Game Changers Award

ü  Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Chhaya Sharma who led the investigation of the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape was selected for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers Award along with six others by Asia Society, which is a leading educational organization.

2.       IBSF World Billiards Championship 2019

ü  India’s top billiards and snooker player, Pankaj Advani has won the 22nd world title of his career with the fourth consecutive IBSF (International Billiards & Snooker Federation) World Billiards title 2019  in Mandalay, Myanmar.

ü  Advani won the final with 6–2 scores against Nay Thway Oo of Myanmar.

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DAILY GK 16 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 16 SEPT 2019

1)       NPCI reduced merchant discount rate

ü  National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has rationalized merchant discount rate (MDR) on transactions with RuPay debit cards. The new rate will be effective from 20 October 2019.

ü  MDR has been revised to 0.60 percent on transactions above Rs 2,000. There will be a maximum of Rs 150 per transaction.

ü  Currently, MDR of 0.90 percent is charged on transactions above Rs 2,000. The maximum limit was fixed at Rs 1,000 per transaction.

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DAILY GK 15 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 15 SEPT 2019

1. India’s first Maritime Communication Services

ü Nelco, a security service provider company of the TATA group, announced the launch of maritime communication services. By this launch, Nelco became the first Indian company to provide broadband services in maritime sector.

2. War exercise near china border -‘HimVijay’

ü The Indian Army and  Indian Air Force (IAF) will jointly engage to conduct a large war exercise code-named  ‘HimVijay’ in October 2019 along the china border near Arunachal Pradesh.

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