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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 MARCH
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 MARCH
1. WHEN IS THE WORLD HEARING DAY
OBSERVED?
a) March 1
b) March 4
c) March 3
d) March 5
ANS - C
2.
WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK TITLED NUMBERS DO LIE: 61 HIDDEN CRICKET STORIES?
a) Shoaib Akhtar
b) Kapil Dev
c) Sachin Tendulkar
d) Akash Chopra
ANS - D
3.
THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA HAS SIGNED AN MOU WITH WHICH TECHNOLOGY GIANT
TO SUPPORT DIGITIZATION EFFORT OF THE STATE?
a) Google India
b) Microsoft
c) Tata Consultancy Services
d) HCL Technologies
ANS - A
4. SYED SHAHABUDDIN WHO DIED ON
MARCH 4, 2017 WAS A ____?
a) Scientist
b) Journalist
c) Novelist
d) Politician
ANS - D
5.
OPERATION THUNDERBIRD AND OPERATION SAVE KURMA WAS CONDUCTED BY WHICH AGENCY TO
COMBAT WILDLIFE CRIME?
a) Wildlife Conservation Trust
b) Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
c) Wildlife Trust of India
d) National Tiger Conservation
Authority
ANS - B
6. THE TIRUPATI AIRPORT IN ANDHRA PRADESH HAS
BEEN RENAMED AS ___________
a) Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy
Airport
b) Sri Venkateswara Airport
c) Sri Mukhalingam Airport
d) Amaravati Airport
ANS - B
7. WHICH NORTH EASTERN STATE IN INDIA HAS AGREED
TO SUPPLY ADDITIONAL 60 MW OF POWER TO BANGLADESH TO SOLVE ITS POWER CRISIS?
a) Meghalaya
b) Mizoram
c) Assam
d) Tripura
ANS - D
8. WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED THE TIRTHA DARSHAN
SCHEME TO ENABLE THE SENIOR CITIZENS BELONGING TO BPL TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE AT
GOVERNMENT EXPENSES?
a) Haryana
b) Sikkim
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Bihar
ANS - A
9. SHE LEADS TECH INITIATIVE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED
BY WHICH COMPANY TO SUPPORT WOMEN FOUNDED OR CO-FOUNDED STARTUPS ACCESS TO
YEAR-LONG PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TOOLS, MENTORSHIP AND RESOURCES?
a) LinkedIn
b) Youtube
c) Facebook
d) Google
ANS - C
10. BIJU PATNAIK WHOSE 101ST BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
WAS OBSERVED ON MARCH 5 WAS A FORMER CHIEF MINISTER OF WHICH STATE?
a) West Bengal
b) Kerala
c) Assam
d) Odisha
ANS - D
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6th MAR 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 6th MAR 2017
(Daily News India)
1. ANDHRA
PRADESH RENAMES TIRUPATI AIRPORT AND VIJAYAWADA AIRPORT
i. The Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet during a meeting chaired by CM N Chandrababu
Naidu approved proposals to rename the Vijayawada Airport
and the Tirupati Airport.
ii. The cabinet proposed to rename the Vijayawada Airport in Gannavaram
as ‘Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Amaravati
Airport’.
iii. The Tirupati Airport at Renigunta has been renamed as ‘Sri Venkateswara Airport’ after Lord
Venkateswara of the temple town.
2. INDIA
TO SUPPLY ADDITIONAL 60 MW POWER TO BANGLADESH
i. North Eastern state Tripura has agreed to supply an additional 60 MW
to Bangladesh over the 100 MW of power the north-eastern state is supplying to
the neighboring country.
ii. This development comes after Bangladesh sought 100 MW electricity
from India to solve its power crisis in the eastern part of the nation.
iii. The Country has been receiving 100 MW since March 23, 2016, it has
also been provided 500 MW by the West Bengal government.
Monday, March 6, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 MARCH
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 MARCH
1.
WHO HAS BECOME NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL OF SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL
COOPERATION?
a) Amjad Hussain B Sial
b) Ahmed Saleem
c) Abul Ahsan
d) Arjun Bahadur Thapa
ANS - A
2. THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL
HAS STARTED IN WHICH STATE?
a) Jharkhand
b) Bihar
c) Uttarakhand
d) Madhya Pradesh
ANS - C
3.
WHICH INDIAN CITY HAS BEEN RANKED AS THE BEST CITY IN THE 4TH EDITION OF THE
ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDIA’S CITY SYSTEMS 2016 BY JANAAGRAHA CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP
AND DEMOCRACY?
a) Pune
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Thiruvananthapuram
ANS - D
4.
THE NATIONWIDE SWACHHTA PAKHWADA HAS BEEN ORGANIZED BY WHICH MINISTRY TO RAISE
AWARENESS ABOUT SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN?
a) Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change
b) Ministry of Women & Child
Development
c) Ministry of Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship
d) Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga
ANS – B
5.
WHICH STATE HAS EMERGED AS THE TOP MOST STATE TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX REGIME WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER STATES OF INDIA?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Assam
c) Kerala
d) Uttar Pradesh
ANS - C
6. WHERE WAS THE 13TH ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ORGANIZATION SUMMIT HELD?
a) Tehran
b) Ankara
c) Kabul
d) Islamabad
ANS - D
7. WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COURT
CONSTITUTED SPECIAL INVESTIGATING TEAM ON BLACK MONEY?
a) Arijit Pasayat
b) Kirti Saxena
c) M.B. Shah
d) M.L. Mehta
ANS - C
8. THE AMMA KALVIYAGAM PORTAL LAUNCHED BY TAMIL
NADU IS A PART OF WHICH VISION OF LATE CHIEF MINISTER JAYALALITHAA?
a) Vision TN 2023
b) Vision TN 2019
c) Vision TN 2020
d) Vision TN 2022
ANS - A
9. WHEN IS THE NATIONAL DEFENCE DAY OBSERVED?
a) March 5
b) March 2
c) March 1
d) March 3
ANS - D
10. WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE 2017 WORLD WILDLIFE
DAY OBSERVED?
a) The Future of Wildlife Is In Our Hands
b) Listen To The Young Voices
c) It’s Time To Get Serious About Wildlife
Crime
d) Sustainable Development of Wildlife
ANS - B
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5TH MAR 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5TH MAR 2017
(Daily News India)
1. FINAL DRAFT OF CENTRAL GST & INTEGRATED GST APPROVED BY
GST COUNCIL
i. The Goods and Services Tax Council
headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unanimously cleared the crucial Central
GST and Integrated GST draft bills during its 11th meeting at Vigyan Bhavan.
ii. The state had recommended as many
as 26 changes regarding CGST and IGST, all of which were accepted by the
Centre.
iii. Under the IGST bill which is
related to taxation of inter-state transfer of goods, the legislation has been
made for cross empowerment of state and central officers.
iv. Both Centre and states have agreed
to provide a composition scheme for small businesses. Now the small businesses
with an annual turnover of up to Rs 50 lakh will pay 5% tax (to be shared
equally between the Centre and states).
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 4th MAR 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 4th MAR 2017
(Daily News India)
1. PANNEERSELVAM INAUGURATES ‘AMMA KALVIYAGAM’
i. Former Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam
has launched a portal named after late Jayalalithaa
‘amma kalviyagam’ which will be a
hub of learning, opportunity, interaction, and connection on the occasion of
her 69th birth anniversary celebrations.
ii. The portal was based on Massive
Open Online Courses model.
iii. This initiative will help students
get assistance from reputed teachers free of cost, which reflects
Jayalalithaa’s Vision TN 2023, where
she had set goals for development in various sectors, including education to
make the state as Knowledge hub of the country.
2. STEEL MINISTER INAUGURATES MAIDEN REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF
EASTERN STATES
i. Chaudhary Birender Singh, Union
Minister of Steel presided over the hair the proceedings of maiden regional
conference of Eastern States at Gangtok, Sikkim.
ii. The theme will be ‘Enhancing steel consumption in India’.
iii. The representatives and various
stakeholders in the conference would hold talks on measures to increase steel
demand, advantages of steel intensive construction & steel in high-rises, bridges,
rural sector and other fields.
3. 13TH ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT HELD IN
PAKISTAN
i. The 13th Economic Cooperation
Organization Summit, an inter-governmental regional group of 10 countries was
held in Islamabad, Pakistan under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of
Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.
ii. The theme of the summit was “Connectivity for Regional Prosperity”.
iii. The summit aimed at increasing
cooperation in areas such as trade, tourism, energy and economic growth.
iv. The ECO was formed in 1985 by Pakistan,
Turkey and Iran. It now also includes Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
v. The Summit unanimously adopted the
Islamabad Declaration 2017 that represents the collective political will of
Member States to focus on connectivity of energy, infrastructure, transport,
and trade for regional prosperity.
4. SIT UNEARTHS RS. 70,000 CR BLACK MONEY
i. Justice Arijit Pasayat, The
Vice-Chairman of the Special Investigating Team on black money, has announced
that an amount of Rs. 70,000 cr of black money has been so far detected through
different schemes of the government.
ii. Over Rs 16,000 cr was detected
after an investigation was made regarding the transfer of fund abroad by
Indians.
iii .The announcement was made after a
high-level meeting of SIT on black money in Cuttack.
iv. SIT will submit its 6th interim
report to the Supreme Court in the first week of April, 2017.
5. GOVT DIRECTS ALL BANKS TO PROVIDE M-BANKING FACILITY TO ALL
CUSTOMERS BY MARCH 31
i. The Government of India has directed
all the banks to provide mobile banking facility to all customers by March 31,
2017 to boost the digital payment system.
ii. Besides, government has also been
asked that the customers who are using the Unified Payments Interface or BHIM
payment app should automatically be enabled for mobile banking.
6. SRI LANKA WINS ‘MOST POPULAR TOURISM DESTINATION AWARD’
i. Sri Lanka has bagged the most “Popular Tourism Destination” Award
for the 2nd consecutive year at the International Travel Fair Travel Fair in
Guangzhou, China.
ii. The GITF award will further label
Sri Lanka among visitors to gain greater exposure and visibility for its unique
destination brand.
7. CLASSIFIED US SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM CALIFORNIA
i. A rocket carrying a classified U.S.
satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office Classified US satellite
launched from California.
ii. The Atlas 5 rockets lifted off with
grade kerosene (RP-1) and liquid oxygen, the Atlas 5 rocket produced about
860,000 pounds of thrust and roared away into a clear sky over Vandenberg Air
Force Base.
iii. The satellite called NROL-79 is
described only as a national security payload for the NRO that has been put on
space. The Mission did not reveal much information about the satellite.
8. NATIONAL DEFENCE DAY: MARCH 3
i. National Defence Day is celebrated
on March 3 every year across the India to commemorate the day; world’s largest
and tallest Indian tricolour was unfurled at Town Park in Faridabad.
ii. The day is formed by the
combination of cadets of 3 services the army, the navy and the Air force.
iii. The National Defence Academy was
formally commissioned on 7 December 1954.
♦ PM of India, Jawaharlal Nehru on 6 October 1949 laid the foundation
stone for the Academy with the objectives to provide the requisite educational
standard ,acquire mental and physical qualities, essential as officers of the
fighting services.
9. WORLD WILDLIFE DAY:MARCH 3
i. World Wildlife Day was observed each
year on 3rd March since its proclamation by the United Nations
General Assembly.
ii. This year with the Theme was “Listen to the young voices” to provide
incentives to the youth to tackle conservation issues.
iii. The day reminds us of the need to
fight for endangered species and against wildlife crime in our beautiful world.
iv. The UN urges its members to fight
against wildlife challenges such as Habitat loss, climate change and poaching
among the most alarming in this era.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. WHERE WAS THE 13TH ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT
HELD?
a)
Tehran
b)
Ankara
c)
Kabul
d)
Islamabad
Q2. WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COURT CONSTITUTED SPECIAL
INVESTIGATING TEAM ON BLACK MONEY?
a)
Arijit Pasayat
b)
Kirti Saxena
c)
M.B. Shah
d)
M.L. Mehta
Q3. THE AMMA KALVIYAGAM PORTAL LAUNCHED BY TAMIL NADU IS A PART
OF WHICH VISION OF LATE CHIEF MINISTER JAYALALITHAA?
a)
Vision TN 2023
b)
Vision TN 2019
c)
Vision TN 2020
d)
Vision TN 2022
Q4. WHEN IS THE NATIONAL DEFENCE DAY OBSERVED?
a)
March 5
b)
March 2
c)
March 1
d)
March 3
Q5. WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE 2017 WORLD
WILDLIFE DAY OBSERVED?
a)
The Future of Wildlife Is In Our Hands
b)
Listen To The Young Voices
c)
It’s Time To Get Serious About Wildlife Crime
d)
Sustainable Development of Wildlife
ANS:
1 - D 2 - C 3 - A 4
- D 5 - B
Saturday, March 4, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 1 & 2 MARCH
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 1 & 2 MARCH
1. WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE 2017
NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY?
a) Science and Technology for Especially
Abled Persons
b) Scientific Issues for Development of the
Nation
c) Science for Nation Building
d) Encouraging Scientific Awareness in
Community
ANS - A
2.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS SHIFTED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROMOTING DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS
IN INDIA FROM THE NITI AAYOG TO WHICH MINISTRY?
a) Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting
b) Ministry of Science and
Technology
c) Ministry of Women and Child
Development
d) Ministry of IT and Electronics
ANS - D
3.
WHAT IS THE TOTAL BUDGET OUTLAY PRESENTED BY THE ODISHA GOVERNMENT FOR THE YEAR
2017-18?
a) Rs. 2,15,110 crore
b) Rs. 1,11,121 crore
c) Rs. 1,06,911 crore
d) Rs. 1,90,4,32 crore
ANS - C
4.
WHO HAS BEEN NAMED FOR THE FIRST BCCI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR WOMEN TO
BE GIVEN AT THE BCCI ANNUAL AWARDS 2016-17?
a) Rajeshwari Dholakia
b) Shanta Rangaswamy
c) Sharmila Chakraborty
d) Shubhangi Kulkarni
ANS - B
5.
WHO WILL HEAD THE 11 MEMBER INTER-DISCIPLINARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON CYBER
SECURITY CONSTITUTED BY RBI?
a) Meena Hemchandra
b) M Rajeshwar Rao
c) U.S. Paliwal
d) Surekha Marandi
ANS - A
6. WHO HAS BECOME NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL OF SOUTH
ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION?
a) Amjad Hussain B Sial
b) Ahmed Saleem
c) Abul Ahsan
d) Arjun Bahadur Thapa
ANS - A
7. THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL YOGA FESTIVAL HAS
STARTED IN WHICH STATE?
a) Jharkhand
b) Bihar
c) Uttarakhand
d) Madhya Pradesh
ANS - C
8. WHICH INDIAN CITY HAS BEEN RANKED AS THE BEST
CITY IN THE 4TH EDITION OF THE ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDIA’S CITY SYSTEMS 2016 BY
JANAAGRAHA CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND DEMOCRACY?
a) Pune
b) New Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Thiruvananthapuram
ANS - D
9. THE NATIONWIDE SWACHHTA PAKHWADA HAS BEEN
ORGANIZED BY WHICH MINISTRY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN?
a) Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change
b) Ministry of Women & Child
Development
c) Ministry of Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship
d) Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development and Ganga
ANS - B
10. WHICH STATE HAS EMERGED AS THE TOP MOST STATE
TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM REGISTRATION UNDER THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX REGIME WHEN
COMPARED TO OTHER STATES OF INDIA?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Assam
c) Kerala
d) Uttar Pradesh
ANS - C