DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 2ND JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1. MORI IN ANDHRA PRADESH GETS SMART DIGITAL
VILLAGE TAG
i.
Mori village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, sealed its place on
India's digital map by transforming completely into a Smart Digital Village.
ii.
All the 1189 households in the village with a population of 4500 became fully
digital as Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu finally launched the AP FiberNet
project that will provide internet at a speed of 15 mbps, WiFi, a telephone
connection and 250 cable television channels for a total price of Rs 149 per
month.
2. 26 CRORE ACCOUNTS OPEN UNDER JAN DHAN
YOJANA
i.
Over 26 crore accounts have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
across the country.
ii.
This Scheme was launched by the PM Narendra Modi on August, 2014 with the
objective of covering all households with at least one bank account.
3.
WORLD FAMOUS 11-DAY GALA FESTIVAL BARGARH DHANUA JATRA BEGINS IN ODISHA
i.
Odisha's World famous 11-day gala festival Bargarh Dhanua Jatra is all set to
begin. All rituals were performed before Goddess Samaleswari, the presiding
deity of the event.
ii.
Dhanu Jatra is an annual drama-based open air theatrical performance celebrated
in a 6 km radius in and around Bargarh municipality.
4.
GUJARAT CM VIJAY RUPANI DEDICATED INDIA’S FIRST LASER TECHNOLOGY-BASED ADVANCED
AVMS RTO CHECK-POST AT SHAMLAJI
i.
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani dedicated India's first laser technology-based advanced
AVMS RTO check-post at Shamlaji of Aravalli district .
ii.
The check-post is equipped with advanced ray technology with a cost of Rs 4.72
crore. Along with this Rupani also laid
foundation stones of various developmental works worth Rs 30 crore in tribal
area of Aravalli district.
iii.
The income from this check posts will be used
for welfare of poor, deprived and last-person of the state.
5.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRES AGNI IV BALLISTIC MISSILE
i.
India has successfully test-fired intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear
capable ballistic missile Agni-IV from the Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off
Odisha coast.
ii.
Agni IV is a two-stage, surface-to-surface ballistic missile which is designed
to carry a payload of 1-tonne up to a distance of 4,000 km.
iii.
Designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation the
missile is 20 meters in length and weighs 17 tonnes.
6.
INDIA’S PETRONET SIGNS MOU TO SET UP $950 MN LNG PROJECT IN BANGLADESH
i.
India's largest LNG importer Petronet has signed an agreement with Petrobangla
to set up $950 million liquefied natural gas import project of 7.5 million
tonnes a year in Bangladesh.
ii.
The MoU was signed between Petronet LNG CEO and MD Prabhat Singh and
Petrobangla secretary Syed Ashfaquzzaman to receive and regasify LNG on
Kutubdia Island in Cox's Bazar and lay a 26-km pipline to connect it to the
consumption markets.
7.
RAFAEL NADAL WINS MUBADALA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016
i.
Rafael Nadal has won the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi.
ii.
Rafael Nadal defeated Belgian David Goffin.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WITH WHICH COUNTRY PETRONET, INDIA’S LARGEST LNG IMPORTER, HAS SIGNED AN
AGREEMENT TO SET UP $950 MILLION LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS IMPORT PROJECT?
a) Bangladesh
b) Kyrgyzstan
c) Afghanistan
d) Pakistan
Q2.
INDIA’S FIRST LASER TECHNOLOGY-BASED ADVANCED AVMS RTO CHECK-POST HAS BEEN SET
UP IN WHICH STATE?
a) Maharashtra
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Gujarat
Q3.
NAME THE SURFACE-TO-SURFACE STRATEGIC BALLISTIC MISSILE THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY
TEST FIRED OFF ODISHA COAST BY INDIA?
a) Agni VI
b) Agni IV
c) Agni III
d) Agni I
Q4.
WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS WON THE 2016 MUBADALA WORLD TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT ABU
DHABI?
a) Milos Raonic
b) Stan Wawrinka
c) Rafael Nadal
d) David Ferrer
Q5.
NAME THE STATE IN WHICH THE WORLD’S LARGEST 11-DAY GALA FESTIVAL “BARGARH
DHANUA JATRA” ORGANIZED?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
ANSWER:
1 - A 2 - D 3 - B 4 - C 5
- B
