DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 3 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 3 AUG 2016

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1. PATNA PIRATES WON 4TH SEASON OF PRO KABADDI LEAGUE

i. The Patna Pirates have won the fourth edition of STAR Sports-ProKabaddi League .

ii.It defeated  Jaipur Pink Panthers in the final at Hyderabad .

iii. Patna made history as they became the only team to lift the trophy twice in the tournament’s history of four editions.

2. LEWIS HAMILTON WON 2016 GERMAN GRAND PRIX TITLE OF FORMULA ONE

i. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has won the 2016 German Grand Prix title of Formula One.

ii.It was his fourth consecutive win in the 2016 season and overall fifth title of the 2016 season.

iii. Earlier in 2016 he had won Monaco ,  British , Hungarian,  Canadian  and Austrian Grand Prix.

3. STRATEGIC FORCES COMMAND EXEMPTED FROM AMBIT OF RTI

i. The Strategic Forces Command which forms part of the National Command Authority  has been added to the Second Schedule of the Right to Information Act  2005.

ii. Union Government has issued a notification mentioning SFC has been brought under sub-section (2) of Section 24 of the RTI.

iii. The Section 24 of the RTI exempts security and intelligence establishments from its purview.

iv. Strategic Forces Command is a tri-Service command that forms part of India’s Nuclear Command Authority

v. It is responsible for the management and administration of the country’s tactical and strategic nuclear weapons stockpile.

 4. RANI SINGH NAIR TAKES OVER AS CHAIRPERSON OF CBDT

i. Senior Indian Revenue Service  officer Rani Singh Nair appointed as new Chairperson of Central Board of Direct Taxes .

ii. He will replace  Atulesh Jindal .

iii. The Central Board of Direct Taxes provides essential inputs for policy and planning of direct taxes in India.

iv. It is the policy-making body of the Income Tax Department under the Union Finance Ministry.

5. WALL OF WISHES’ INAUGURATED TO CELEBRATE OLYMPIC MOOD

i. Sports Minister Vijay Goel  inaugurated ‘Wall of Wishes’ at India Gate Lawns in New Delhi.

ii. The Wall of Wishes was launched in presence of Olympian Boxer M C Mary Kom to celebrate the Olympic mood in the country.

iii. Rio Olympics is scheduled to be held from 5 August to 21 August 2016.

iv. The Wall was inaugurated after the RUN FOR RIO, which was organised on 31 July 2016 by the Ministry

v. This year India is sending its largest ever contingent to participate in the Olympic Games.

 6. INDIA TO HOST KABADDI WORLD CUP IN OCTOBER

i. International Kabaddi Federation has announced the selection of India for hosting "The 2016 Kabaddi World Cup".

ii. The World Cup is featuring 12 countries namely USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Iran, Poland, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Korea, Japan, Kenya, and India.

iii. The event is scheduled to be held in October 2016 but the dates for the event will be announced later.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. “GACHI BOWLI STADIUM” IS SITUATED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES OF INDIA?

a. Kolkata

b. Chennai

c. Hyderabad

d. Nagpur

2. “PATNA PIRATES” IS THE TEAM OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SPORTS?

a. Kabbadi

b. Kho kho

c. Cricket

d. Football

3. NAME THE WINNER OF “2016 GERMAN GRAND PRIX TITLE”?

a. Miles Axlerod

b. Nico Rosberg

c. Lewis Hamilton

d. None of the above

4. THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF CBDT “ATULESH JINDAL” IS BEING REPLACED BY_______________.

a. MK Nair

b. Ravi Singh

c. Vikash Nair

d. Rani Singh Nair

5. HOW MANY COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN KABADDI WORLD CUP 2016?

a. 12

b. 15

c. 19

d. 10

ANSWERS:

1.  C                2. B                 3. C                 4. D                 5. A

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2 AUG 2016

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1. RAILWAY MINISTER SURESH PRABHU FLAGS OFF 'TRIPURA SUNDARI EXPRESS'

i. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has flagged off maiden broad-gauge train between Agartala and Delhi named ‘Tripura Sundari Express’.

ii. The ‘Tripura Sundari Express’ will run weekly between Agartala and Anand Vihar in Delhi

iii. Railway minister suresh prabhu also laid the foundation stone for Agartala-Akhaura International Rail Project.

2. ANDHRA PRADESH INKS MOU WITH JAPAN TO DEVELOP FOOD VALUE CHAIN

i. The Andhra Pradesh government has inked a Memorandum of Understanding  with Japan to develop a food value chain in the state.

ii. Under the MoU Japan's will encourage direct investments by Japanese companies in the fields of agriculture and food-related industry in Andhra Pradesh.

3. IRCTC'S APP TIE-UP WITH MOBIKWIK FOR E-CASH PAYMENTS

i. Mobile payments company MobiKwik and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation have announced partnership for app MobiKwik .

ii. The will provide e-cash payments on IRCTC's e-catering app, Food on Track.

iii. The app allows passengers to book and get food from their preferred restaurants, delivered right at their train coaches.

iv. MobiKwik is a mobile wallet and online payment system where a user can store money to make mobile and DTH recharge, pay utility bills and shop using wallet with over 50,000 merchants.

4. ICICI BANK REDUCES MCLR BY 0.05%

i. Country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has announced a 0.05% reduction in its marginal cost of funds based lending rate.

ii. The overnight MCLR will be 8.90% under the revised rate structure which is effective from today.

iii. The Reserve Bank of India introduced the MCLR from April 1 this year for faster transmission of its policy actions into actual lending rates by the banks.

iv. The MCLR replaced the base rate system.

5. SYED NAYEEMUDDIN CONFERRED MOHUN BAGAN RATNA

i. The Mohun Bagan Football club has conferred club’s highest decoration Mohun Bagan Ratna on legendary Indian Footballer Syed Nayeemuddin.

ii. He became the 16th recipient of the prestigious award given for making contribution to the success of the club.

iii. He is also the only sportsperson awarded with the prestigious Arjuna and Dronacharya Awards for football.

6. DILIP RATH ASSUMES ADDITIONAL CHARGE AS NDDB CHAIRMAN

i. Dilip Rath appointed as  the chairman of National Dairy Development Board .

ii. The chairman’s post fell vacant last week after T Nandakumar resigned before his five-year term ended.

iii. Dilip Rath is currently the managing director of NDDB.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. “AKHAURA” CITY IS SITIUSTED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES?

a. Nepal

b. Bangladesh

c. Srilanka

d. China

2. NAME THE CHIEF MINISTER OF TRIPURA?

a. Manik Sarkar

b. Sarbnanda Sonowal

c. Pinarji desai

d. None of these

3. WITH WHICH E-WALLET COMPANY, IRCTC TIES UP FOR E-CASH PAYMENT?

a. Patym

b. Freecharge

c. Mobikwik

d. easy payment

4. “MARGINAL COST OF FUND BASED LENDING RATE SYSTEM (MCLR)” HAS BEEN REPLACED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SYSTEM?

a. LIBOR

b. MIBOR

c. SLR

d. Base rate system

5. WHEN “MOHUN BAGAN DAY” IS CELEBRATED?

a. 2^nd Aug

b. 3^rd Aug

c. 29^th July

d. 31^st July

6. “SYEED NAYEEMUDDIN” THE 16^TH RECIPIENT OF MOHUN BAGAN AWARD BELONGS TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SPORTS?

a. Cricket

b. Football

c. Lawn Tennis

d. Badminton

ANSWERS:

1.  B                2. A                 3. C                 4. D                 6. B

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MONTHLY GK CAPSULE (NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS) JULY 2016

Monthly GK Capsules of July2016

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 July 2016. 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 CLICK HERE

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Quiz Based on 2nd Aug. 2016 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ-2 AUGUST

Q1. Which among the following state has launched Pashudhan Bima Yojna on 29^th July?

a. Himachal Pradesh

b. Haryana

c. U.P

d. M.P

Q2. Which of the following day is observed as an International day of friendship?

a. 1 August

b. 30 July

c. 28 July

d. 25 July

Q3. What is the name of the Indo-Thailand exercise started on 29^th July, 2016?

a. Maitree

b. Puryi

c. Bharti

d. Krabi

Q4. Who wins the Swiss open Gstaad, 2016?

a. Serena Williams

b. Neeraj Chopra

c. Feliciano Lopez

d. Steve Elworthy

Q5. Who has been appointed as the M.D of 2019 World Cup?

a. Steve Wagh

b. Morris Johnes

c. Anil Kumble

d. Steve Elworthy

Q6. Which of the following veteran Tabla Maestro passed away on 29^th July, 2016?

a. Pandit Lacchu Maharaj

b. Vrij Sharma

c. Pandit Radha Gupta

d. Pandit Hari Parshad

Q7. Which of the following state has opened a crocodile bank trust for public?

a. Tamil Nadu

b. Kerala

c. Bihar

d. U.P

Q8. Which day is observed as the United Nations World day against Trafficking in persons?

a. 31 June

b. 30 June

c. 30 July

d. 31 Aug.

Q9. Which of the following scheme has been set up for the effective development and coordination of central govt. programmes?

a. Ayus

b. Disha

c. Gyan

d. Lamp

Q10. Which of the following bill Rajya Sabha has passed on 29^th July, 2016?

a. Forest Bill

b. Child Labour Bill

c. Compensatory and Affarestation fund bill

d. Higher education bill

11.How many members are there in the negotiations for India to join the coveted Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).

a.32

b.42

c.14

d.28

e.48

12.Recently,Which of the following teams was crowned 2016 La Liga champion?

a. Sevilla FC

b. Real Madrid

 c.Valencia CF

d.Barcelona

e. Atletico Madrid

13.Which of the following country have resolved a decades-old border issue through a land swap agreement that started with a physical exchange of enclaves with on July 31, 2015, to continue in phases between that date and June 30, 2016.

a.China

b. Nepal

c. Bangladesh

d.Pakistan

e. Myanmar

14. Justice Navin Sinha was recently appointed as the new Chief Justice of which high court?

a.Allahabad High Court

b. Patna High Court

c. Rajasthan High Court

d.Karnataka High Court

e. Madras High Court

15.Which of the following country has the Zumwalt - an angular shape warship costing approximately $4.4 billion which can hit targets from nearly 100 miles away is to be the largest and most technologically advanced warship?

a. Japan

b. France

c. Russia

d.China                                                                                                                    

e.US

16.ISRO India successfully tested it's first-ever swadeshi or indigenous space shuttle in May'2016 as it's scale model - the Re-Usable Launch Vehicle - Technology Demonstrator or RLV-TD - was launched from which place of the country?

a.Vasco, Goa

b. Chandipur, Orrisa

c. Vishakhapattanam, Andhra Pradesh

d.Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh

e. None of the above

17.The parliament of which of the following countries passed legislation legalizing same sex civil unions bill?

a. Sweden

b. Norway

c. Japan                                                                                                                                

 d. Spain

 e. Italy

18.Who won the women’s single title of the 2016 Italian Open.

a. Serena Williams

b. Venus Williams

c. Madison Keys

d. Victoria Azarenka

e.Petra Kvitova

19.Who won the men’s singles title of the 2016 Italian Open.

a.Andy Murray

b. Stan Wawrinka

c. Roger Federer

d.Novak Djokovic

e. Rafael Nadal

20.Who won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix F1 championship?

a. Sebastian Vettel

b. Kimi Raikkonen

c.Max Verstappen

d. Nico Rosberg

e. Daniel Ricciardo

Answers

1.B, 2.B, 3.A, 4.C, 5.D, 6.A, 7.A, 8.C, 9.B, 10.C, 11.E, 12.D, 13.C, 14.C, 15.E, 16.D, 17.E, 18.A, 19.A, 20.C,

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