DAILY GK 30 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 30 SEPT 2019

1.   World Hindu Economic Forum

ü 7^th World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019 held at Hotel Grand Hyatt  in Mumbai, Maharashtra from 27- 29, September, 2019  with the theme “Prosperous Society: Stronger Society”.

2.   India’s first ‘Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)’

ü Gujarat has launched India’s 1^st trading program called “Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)” in Surat, Gujarat to combat particulate air pollution.

ü It  is a market-based system where the government sets a cap on emissions and allows industries to buy and sell permits (in kilograms) to stay below the cap. For this reason, ETS is also called a cap-and-trade market.

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DAILY GK 29 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 29 SEPT 2019

1.   Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the United States

ü CEO round-table meet 2019 (September 21, 2019)
In Houston, PM interacted with the CEOs from the US oil and gas sectors. CEOs of 17 global energy companies participated. Also MoU between US natural gas company Tellurian Inc. and Petronet LNG Limited (PLL) of India was signed.

ü PM Modi attended the “Howdy, Modi” event at NRG stadium in Houston, Texas along with the US President Donald J Trump.

ü PM addressed the 74th Edition of United Nations (UN) Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York under the theme “Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win”. 

ü The India-Pacific Islands Developing States (PSIDS) Leaders’ Meeting was held in New York .He invited leaders to join the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).

ü He extended an invitation to all the leaders for the 3rd Forum for India-Pacific Island Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit to be held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in first half of 2020.

ü Prime Minister Modi, inaugurated the 50-kilowatt Gandhi Solar Park at the UN Headquarters, New York and Gandhi Peace Garden at State University of New York College.

ü The special commemorative event ‘Leadership Matters: Relevance of Gandhi in the Contemporary World’ was hosted by Modi in New York.

ü  A special UN Postage stamp on Gandhi’s 150 years issued by the UN Postal Administration.

ü India gifted 193 solar panels, one panel each 193 UN member states at UN headquarter.

ü PM Modi received the Global Goalkeeper Award 2019 by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA).

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Monthly GK Capsules Sept. 2019

Monthly GK Capsules Sept. 2019

Here is the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share the official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates Sept. 2019. 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.

To Download Monthly GK of Sept. 2019 CLICK HERE

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27^TH SEP 2019

1.        Which city is set to host the 5th edition of the Indian International Science Festival (IISF) ?

A) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

B) Guwahati, Assam

C) Kolkata, West Bengal

D) New Delhi, Delhi

E) None of these

2.        What will be the theme of the 5th edition of the Indian International Science Festival (IISF) ?

A) “RISEN India – Research, Innovation, and Science Empowering the Nation”

B) “RISEN India – Science for Transformation”

C) “RISEN India – Building Partnerships Impacting Society”

D) “RISEN India – Making of a New India”

E) None of these

3.        Where was the United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 held ?

A) Geneva, Switzerland

B) New Delhi, India

C) Washington D.C., United States

D) New York, United States

E) None of these

4.        What was the theme of the United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 ?

A) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win”

B) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: An Insider’s View of Climate Science”

C) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: Climate change risk analysis”

D) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: Delivering resilience in the face of climate change uncertainty”

E) None of these

5.        Which year is set as target across the countries to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero during the United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 ?

A) 2060

B) 2050

C) 2030

D) 2045

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 26 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 26 SEPT 2019

1.    Indian International Science Festival

ü 5th edition of the Indian International Science Festival (IISF) in Kolkata, West Bengal.The theme for 2019 is “RISEN India – Research, Innovation, and Science Empowering the Nation”.

2.    UN Climate Action Summit 2019

ü United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019 was held in the UN Headquarters in New York, United States in order to meet the urgent need to address climate change; to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and to galvanize action that can limit climate change to 2°C and even to 1.5°C. Luis Alfonso de Alba was the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Action Summit.

ü The theme of this summit was “Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win”.

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DAILY GK 25 SEPT 2019

DAILY GK 25 SEPT 2019

1.     “Exercise Tiger Triumph” 2019

ü  India and the United States(US) are set to host the first ever tri-services exercise codenamed “ExerciseTiger Triumph” at Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh.

2.      RBI  prohibited PMC Bank business transactions

ü  The country’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has prohibited Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Limited (PMC) on business transactions of any kind for the next 6 months following the detection of alleged irregularities. The RBI has taken this action under section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

ü  Under this decree, no depositor can withdraw more than 1,000 thousand money from his savings account.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 26TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 26^TH SEP 2019

1.        How many days does Non-resident Indians (NRIs) have to wait for applying the Aadhaar card earlier, which can be applied without waiting now?

A) 196 days

B) 182 days

C) 185 days

D) 190 days

E) None of these

2.        Name the first ever tri-services exercise between India and the United States(US) that is to be held in Andhra Pradesh?

A) Exercise Ajeya Warrior

B) Exercise Prabal Dostyk

C) Exercise Tiger Triumph

D) Exercise Sampriti

E) None of these

3.        Which Co-operative Bank was prohibited from business transactions of any kind & its depositor are restricted to withdraw a maximum of Rs.1,000 by Reserve Bank of India(RBI)?

A) Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank Ltd

B) Zoroastrian Co-operative Bank Ltd

C) Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd

D) Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Limited

E) None of these

4.        Which bank has signed with Pine Labs to offer EMIs (equated monthly instalments) for offline debit card transactions?

A) Federal Bank

B) Indian Bank

C) State Bank of India(SBI)

D) Canara Bank

E) None of these

5.        Who won the 2019 Best FIFA(Fédération Internationale de Football Association) Men’s Player of the Year award for the first time in the 4th edition of FIFA Football Awards 2019 after the award’s revival?

A) Cristiano Ronaldo

B) Mohamed Salah

C) Virgil van Dijk

D) Lionel Messi

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25^TH SEP 2019

1.        Where was the 1st Sustainability Innovation Summit held?

A) Hyderabad, Telangana

B) New Delhi, Delhi

C) Mumbai, Maharashtra

D) Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat

E) None of these                                                     

2.        In which year, Minister of Home Affairs(MHA) Shri Amit Shah announced to conduct first ever “digital census” in India?

A) 2020

B) 2021

C) 2022

D) 2023

E) None of these

3.        Who was awarded with the ‘Magnificent Performing Arts Award 2019‘ at the annual ’21st Century Icon Awards’ held in London, United Kingdom (UK)?

A) Amal Mallik

B) Sonu Nigam

C) Jubin Nautiyal

D) Akhil Sachdev

E) None of these

4.        Name the journalist, who received the 1st Gauri Lankesh Memorial Award 2019 by the Gauri Lankesh Memorial Trust in Bengaluru , Karnataka?

A) Arnab Goswami

B) Rajdeep Sardesai

C) Ravish Kumar

D) Barkha Dutt

E) None of these

5.        Who was appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Federal Bank?

A) Shyam Srinivasan

B) Shubhalakshmi Panse

C) Balakrishnan Krishnamurthy

D) Siddhartha Sengupta

E) None of these

6.        Where was the World Wrestling Championship 2019 held?

A) Tashkent, Uzbekistan

B) Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

C) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

D) Dushanbe, Tajikistan

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 24^TH SEP 2019

1.        Where was the 35th Tri-Services Commanders Conference for the year 2019 held?

A) Kochi, Kerala

B) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

C) Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

D) New Delhi, Delhi

E) None of these

2.        Where did NTPC ltd (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation Limited) announced to set up a India’s biggest 5GW (gigawatt) solar national park?

A) Gujarat

B) Assam

C) Uttar Pradesh

D) New Delhi

E) None of these

3.        Where was the 63rd annual Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference held?

A) Washington D.C., United States

B) Geneva, Switzerland

C) Canberra, Australia

D) Vienna, Austria

E) None of these

4.        What is the timeline of auto reversal of transaction for a bank, when the amount debited from one card but did not reach another card(card to card transfer) as per new guidelines of Reserve Bank of India(RBI)?

A) 1 day after failed transaction

B) 2 days after failed transaction

C) 7 days after failed transaction

D) 15 days after failed transaction

E) None of these

5.        How much compensation will the bank has to pay if they fail to settle the amount debited during the failed transaction after the completion of time period?

A) Depending upon the amount

B) No Compensation

C) Rs 1000 per day

D) Rs 100 per day

E) None of these

6.        How many days deadline was given to bank when the customer’s amount was deducted from the account but did not reach the recipient’s account through the IMPS (Immediate Payment System)?

A) 7 days after failed transaction1

B) 30 days after failed transaction

C) 1 day after failed transaction

D) 15 days after failed transaction

E) None of these

7.        Expand CRA?

A) CRA – Credit Rate Agency

B) CRA – Credit Rating Agency

C) CRA – Credit Reserve Agency

D) CRA – Credit Repository Agency

E) None of these

8.        What is the increased loan limit for small exporters sanctioned by Reserve Bank of India(RBI) in order to boost credit to the export sector?

A) Rs 30 crore

B) Rs 20 crore

C) Rs 25 crore

D) Rs 40 crore

E) None of these

9.        As per the new Good and Service Tax (GST) rates, how much GST is required to pay for the hotel accommodation service when it was less than or equal to Rs.1000?

A) 3%

B) No GST

C) 5%

D) 12%

E) None of these

10.    Name the Indian institute, which topped in the latest QS(Quacquarelli Symonds) Graduate Employability Rankings 2020 among the Indian Institute?

A) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Delhi

B) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Bengaluru

C) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Bombay

D) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Kanpur

E) None of these

11.    Who was elected as the chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2019-20?

A) Vikram Sakhuja

B) Devendra Darda

C) Riyad Mathew

D) Madhukar Kamath

E) None of these

12.    What was the theme of the International Day of Peace or World Peace Day for the year 2019?

A) Theme – ‘Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for all’

B) Theme – ‘The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace’

C) Theme – ‘The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70’

D) Theme – ‘Climate Action for Peace’

E) None of these

13.    On which date, World Alzheimer’s Day (WAD) is observed?

A) September 21

B) September 20

C) September 19

D) September 18

E) None of these

14.    Who was appointed as the first Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax(Pr.CCIT) of newly formed National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC)?

A) P.K. Dash

B) Krishna Mohan Prasad

C) Akhilesh Ranjan

D) Pramod Chandra Mody

E) None of these

15.    Which was rated as the world’s best real-time payment service as per FIS’s ‘Faster Payments Innovation Index 2019’ recently?

A) Immediate Payment Service (IMPS)

B) National Electronic Fund Transfer(NEFT)

C) Unified Payments Interface (UPI)

D) Aadhaar enabled Payment System(AePS)

E) None of these

16.    Who is the director of the film ‘Gully Boy’, which was nominated for the Oscar 2020 Film Awards from India?

A) Rajkumar Hirani

B) Anurag Kashyap

C) Zoya Akhtar

D) Karan Johar

E) None of these

17.    World Rhino Day is observed annually on __________?

A) September 19

B) September 20

C) September 21

D) September 22

E) None of these

18.    Name the Campaign launched by Cricketer, Rohit Sharma for rhino protection in association with WWF India and Animal Planet?

A) ProtectRhinos campaign

B) Rohit4Rhinos campaign

C) RohittoprotectRhinos campaign

D) LetsProtectRhinos campaign

E) None of these

19.    On which date, World rose day is observed?

A) September 22

B) September 21

C) September 20

D) September 19

E) None of these

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