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Thursday, June 8, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 JUNE
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 JUNE
1.
THE THREE-DAY FESTIVAL‘MAKING OF DEVELOPED INDIA’ WAS HELD ON JUNE 2 IN WHICH STATE?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
ANS - A
2.
WHICH DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE MGNREGA ANNUAL AWARD
FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT
GUARANTEE ACT DURING 2015-16?
a) Guntur
b) Vizianagram
c) Nellore
d) Kurnool
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 JUNE
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 JUNE
1. WHICH CITY WILL GET INDIA’S
FIRST ‘FREIGHT VILLAGE’?
a) Kolkata
b) Jaipur
c) Surat
d) Varanasi
ANS - D
2.
PUNJAB STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO JOIN HANDS WITH WHICH COUNTRY FOR
IMPARTING SKILL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO THE YOUTHS OF THE STATE IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM BETTER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD?
a) UK
b) Canada
c) Germany
d) France
ANS - A
3.
AS PER NITI AAYOG, INDIA’S ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO GROW AT ____% IN THE FISCAL
ENDING IN MARCH 2018.
a) 7.6%
b) 7.5%
c) 7.7%
d) 7.4%
ANS - B
4. ALEKSANDAR VUCIC HAS BEEN
SWORN IN AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF?
a) Georgia
b) Belgium
c) Serbia
d) Croatia
ANS - C
5. ON JUNE 1, 2017, RBI ANNOUNCED
APPOINTMENT OF _______AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR?
a) S Ganesh Kumar
b) V RadhaKrishnan
c) L J Sitaram
d) V K Munshi
ANS - A
6. GOVERNOR OF WHICH STATE LAUNCHED THE
VIDYA-VEERTA ABHIYAN BY PRESENTING VICE CHANCELLORS OF UNIVERSITIES WITH THE
PORTRAITS OF PARAM VIR CHAKRA RECIPIENTS?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
ANS - A
7. THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
HAS SET UP A COMMITTEE TO ADVISE IT ON ISSUES RELATING TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
IN INDIAN FIRMS. WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE?
a) Chanda Kochhar
b) Rana Kapoor
c) Uday Kotak
d) Aditya Puri
ANS - C
8. WHICH ENTITY HAS BAGGED THE ‘RAKSHA MANTRI’S
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE’ UNDER THE GROUP AWARD CATEGORY FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
OF 180 TONNE CLASS ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR – BE1800E?
a) BHEL
b) Larsen & Toubro
c) Reliance Defence and
Engineering Ltd.
d) BEML Ltd.
ANS - D
9. PARAM JIT MANN HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEXT
AMBASSADOR OF INDIA TO?
a) Austria
b) Republic of Slovenia
c) Philippines
d) Switzerland
ANS - B
10. LEO VARADKAR, AN INDIAN-ORIGIN DOCTOR, IS SET
TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST PRIME MINISTER OF?
a) Finland
b) Norway
c) Ireland
d) Sweden
ANS - C
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5TH & 6TH JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5TH & 6TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
THREE-DAY MODI FEST BEGINS IN ANDHRA PRADESH
i.
The three-day festival Making of Developed India fest was launched in Andhra
Pradesh. It begins to celebrate the successful completion of the 3-year rule by
the Modi government.
ii.
The festival was inaugurated by former minister K. Lakshminarayana. The
festival would be held in three phases in three districts of Andhra Pradesh, at
Government Ghantasala Music College in Vijayawada, Gokul Park, Ramakrishna
Beach in Visakhapatnam and at Ambedkar Bhawan, Rajvihar Circle in Kurnool.
iii.
The schemes were launched for the benefit of the common man, the youth, the
farming community and especially the women for their empowerment in the society
with the theme ‘sabka saath sabka vikas‘.
2.
PM NARENDRA MODI VISIT TO GERMANY, SPAIN, RUSSIA AND FRANCE – OVERVIEW
i.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a 4-nation tour of Germany,
Spain, Russia and France with an aim to strengthen relations with these
countries and highlight India as a potential investment destination.
ii.
PM Modi participates in Indo-German inter-governmental consultations and India
and Germany inks 12 Pacts.
iii.
As a part of his 4-nation tour, PM Modi reached Spain on May 31. He thereby
became 1st Indian PM to visit Spain in nearly 30 years after former PM Rajiv
Gandhi visited Spain in year 1988. India and Spain inks 7 Agreements.
iv.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended 18th Indo-Russia Annual Summit in St.
Petersberg, Russia. Russia and India to set up JVs to build aircrafts,
automobiles – 5 MoUs signed.
v.
India & France decide to cooperate in fight against terrorism, climate
change.
3.
AP’S VIZIANAGARAM BAGS MGNREGA NATIONAL AWARD
i.
The Ministry of Rural Development has selected Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh
as one among the 17 districts across the nation for the MGNREGA annual award for
effective implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment
Guarantee Act during 2015-16.
ii.
Works for 361668 households were generated in 2015-16 and Rs. 483.42 cr as
wages were disbursed. Over 5000 farm
ponds, 240 rain water harvesting structures, and 440 water shed works were
executed.
4.
INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES 1ST ALL WEATHER TRACKED-CHASSIS QR-SAM
i.
India has successfully test-fired its 1st all-weather tracked-chassis Quick
Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile on 4th of June. The test was carried out for
validating various parameters of the sophisticated weapon system to strengthen
its air defence system.
ii.
The missile was launched from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range
off Odisha coast at Chandipur.
iii.
The missile system has the potential to engage multiple targets within a range
of approximately 30 km, with the configuration of two vehicles for area air
defence.
iv.
The Maitri missile project is a next-generation quick-reaction surface-to-air
missile (QRSAM).
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 4TH JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 4TH JUNE 2017
1.
UTTARAKHAND GOVERNOR LAUNCHES VIDYA-VEERTA MISSION
i. Uttarakhand Governor K
K Paul has launched the Vidya-Veerta Abhiyan in the state by presenting Vice
Chancellors of universities with the portraits of Param Vir Chakra recipients.
ii. The Governor has
presented the portraits to VCs of state universities and representatives of
colleges. These portraits will be displayed at the institutions to pass the
message to every citizen of this country is responsible for the country’s
safety.
iii. Yogendra Yadav, who
was honoured with the Param Vir Chakra after the Kargil War, was present on the
occasion.
2.
SBI FUNDS 100 MW ROOFTOP SOLAR PROJECTS UNDER WB PROGRAMME
i. State Bank of India
has announced financing of 100 MW rooftop solar projects for private developers
under a World Bank programme.
ii. The total cost is
worth Rs 400 cr. SBI has availed loan of USD 625 million from the World Bank
for on-lending to viable Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar PV projects.
iii. Under the programme,
the developers that the SBI will be financing include Azure Power, Amplus, and
Cleanmax.
iv. This programme will
support the installation of more than 600 MW of rooftop solar capacity. SBI has
also provided Rs 30,000 cr finance to the clean energy projects.
v. The SBI has so far
sanctioned GRPV projects with aggregate capacity of 100 MW, and proposals are
in the pipeline with aggregate capacity of around 125 MW.
3.
SEBI CONSTITUTES COMMITTEE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE HEADED BY UDAY KOTAK
i. Under the chairmanship
of Uday Kotak, Market Regulator SEBI has formed a Committee on Corporate
Governance.
ii. Uday Kotak is an
executive vice chairman and MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank. This move is aimed at
improving the standards of corporate governance of listed companies.
iii. The panel has been
mandated to submit the report within a period of 4 months. The steps required
for improving effectiveness of board evaluation practices.
iv. It includes
representatives of Corporate India, professional bodies, stock exchanges,
investor groups, chambers of commerce, law firms, academicians and research
professionals and SEBI.
v. It ensures
independence in spirit of independent directors and their active participation
in functioning of the company. To suggest measures for addressing issues faced
by investors on voting and participation in general meetings.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2ND JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 2ND JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
INAUGURATION OF MITS MEGA FOOD PARK AT RAYAGADA, ODISHA.
i.
Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated
1st Mega Food Park in the state of Odisha M/s MITS Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. at
Rayagada district.
ii.
Mega Food Parks create modern infrastructure facilities for food processing
along the value chain from farm to market with strong forward and backward
linkages through a cluster based approach.
iii.
Government of India has provided a financial assistance of Rs. 50.00 Cr to the
project inauguration.
2.
TELANGANA GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH ITS OWN ‘T-WALLET’
i.
‘T-Wallet’, the official digital wallet of Telangana State was launched by
Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao.
ii.
T Wallet is available as an ‘Any Time, Any Where’ digital payment option for
everyone. Citizens can use T Wallet to make payments for both Government and
Private transactions.
iii.
It has been integrated with various Government departments and services such as
MeeSeva, GHMC, TSNPDCL, HMWSSB, TSSPDCL, RTA.
iv.
T Wallet can be accessed through Smart Phone, Online Web Browser, Feature Phone
and even No phone.
v.
Citizens with feature phone or no Phone can use Mee Seva centres to open T
Wallet, Load money into wallet and make payments. It is hosted on Microsoft
Azure platform.
3.
INDIA RANKED 137TH IN THE GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2017
i.
India has ranked 137th out of 163 countries on Global Peace Index
2017 published by The Institute of Economics and Peace. This is the 11th
edition of the Global Peace Index.
ii.
Top 5 Most Peaceful Countries as per 2017 Global Peace Index are: Iceland, New
Zealand, Portugal, Austria and Denmark.
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 3RD JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 3RD JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
VARANASI TO GET INDIA’S FIRST FREIGHT VILLAGE
i.
India’s 1st ‘freight village’ will be developed by the Inland Waterways
Authority of India in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
ii.
The freight village, a one-of-its-kind infrastructure platform, will attract
companies that require logistics services and can cluster to improve their
competitiveness.
iii.
The facility will come around the proposed multi-modal terminal adjacent to the
city on the banks of the river Ganga.
iv.
This will allow relocation of retailers, warehouse operators and logistics
service providers supplying the regional FMCG market.
2.
PUNJAB & UK JOIN HANDS TO PROMOTE SKILL DEVELOPMENT
i.
The United Kingdom and the Punjab government join hands for imparting skill
training and technical education to the students to provide better employment
opportunities in abroad. Under this agreement, the UK would send skill
development experts to Punjab to impart technical education and skill
development training.
ii.
It was announced by Charanjit Singh Channi, Technical Education Minister with
Britain Deputy High Commissioner Andrew Ayre at Chandigarh.
iii.
The Punjab Government is planning to focus on providing quality education to
the students to get jobs in the leading industries around the world.
3.
US TO WITHDRAW FROM PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT: DONALD TRUMP
i.
President Donald Trump has announced that he would withdraw the United States
from the 2015 Paris agreement to fight climate change.
ii.
Trump stated that the Paris accord would weaken the U.S. economy, cost U.S.
jobs, and weaken American national sovereignty.
iii.
Trump also said that the Paris accord has put the country at a permanent
disadvantage to the other countries of the world.
iv.
Paris Climate Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change that deals with greenhouse gas emissions
mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020.
4.
ECONOMY EXPECTED TO GROW BY 7.5 PER CENT IN CURRENT FISCAL: NITI AAYOG
i.
Arvind Panagariya, an economic adviser has said India’s economic growth is
expected to grow by 7.5 % in this fiscal year.
ii.
Asia’s third-largest economy grew by 7.1% year-on-year in 2016-17, slower than
8 percent growth a year ago.
iii.
Panagariya, a vice-chairman of the government’s main economic advisory body
said on a conference that economic growth would accelerate further to above 8 %
by 2019.
MONTHLY GK CAPSULE (NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS) May 2017
Monthly GK Capsules of May 2017
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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 1 & 2 JUNE
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 1 & 2 JUNE
1.
DEFENCE MINISTER ARUN JAITLEY INAUGURATED (THROUGH VIDEO-LINK) A GRID-CONNECTED
SOLAR POWER PLANT OF 16 MW CAPACITY AT THE ORDINANCE FACTORY IN?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Haryana
c) Bihar
d) Telangana
ANS - D
2.
THE INDIAN MOBILE CONGRESS WILL BE HELD FROM 27TH – 29TH SEPTEMBER 2017, IN
WHICH CITY?
a) Kolkata
b) Mumbai
c) Delhi
d) Kochi
ANS - C
3.
UNION MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT INDIA IS ALL SET TO LAUNCH
‘DEEP OCEAN MISSION’BY?
a) April 2018
b) Janaury 2018
c) June 2018
d) July 2017
ANS - B
4. 70TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY WAS
HELD FROM 22ND TO 31ST MAY 2017 IN?
a)Geneva, Switzerland
b) London, UK
c) Paris, France
d) New York, US
ANS - A
5.
WHICH PUBLIC SECTOR BANK SIGNED A $100 MILLION LOAN AGREEMENT WITH ASIAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE LARGE SOLAR ROOFTOP SYSTEMS ON INDUSTRIAL AND
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT INDIA?
a) Syndicate Bank
b) Bank of India
c) Punjab National Bank
d) Bank of Baroda
ANS - C
6. UNION MINISTER OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES,
HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL INAUGURATED A MEGA FOOD PARK AT RAYAGADA DISTRICT OF?
a) Odisha
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Telangana
d) Rajasthan
ANS - A
7. WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED ITS OWN
OFFICIAL DIGITAL WALLET?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
ANS - B
8.
INDIA HAS RANKED ____ OUT OF 163
COUNTRIES ON GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2017 PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS
AND PEACE.
a) 147th
b) 157nd
c) 137th
d) 142nd
ANS - C
9.
AS PER GOVERNMENT DATA RELEASED, INDIA’S
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GREW AT WHAT RATE IN FOURTH QUARTER OF FINANCIAL YEAR
2016-17?
a) 6.5%
b) 6.3%
c) 6.4%
d) 6.1%
ANS - D
10.
NAAC OF INDIA RECEIVED PRESTIGIOUS
INTERNATIONAL AWARD OF ASIA PACIFIC QUALITY NETWORK TITLED “APQN QUALITY AWARD
2017 FOR INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN QUALITY ASSURANCE” IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
ABBREVIATION NAAC STANDS FOR?
a) National Assessment and
Accreditation Council
b) National Assessment and
Accountability Council
c) National Authority and
Accountability Council
d) National Assessment and
Aggregation Council
ANS - A
Monday, June 5, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1ST JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. JAITLEY INAUGURATES TELANGANA SOLAR PLANT, KARNA WINDMILL
i. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has inaugurated a solar
power plant of 16 MW capacity at the Ordinance Factory in Telangana’s Medak.
ii. The solar power plant at Medak has been set up at a cost
of Rs 105 cr by Bharat Electronics Limited. A9 MW capacity windmill project has
installed at Dammur in Karnataka at a cost of Rs 53 cr by BEML.
iii. Jaitley has also presented an excellence awards to
various defence PSUs:
a) The excellence award in the institutional category for
2014-15 was given to Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad. The award for 2015-16
was conferred on Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru.
b) The best performance award in exports for 2014-15 was
given to Goa Shipyard Limited. The award for 2015-16 was conferred on Bharat
Electronics Limited, Bengaluru.
2. DELHI TO HOST 3-DAY INDIAN MOBILE CONGRESS IN SEPTEMBER
i. Union Minister for Communications Manoj Sinha has
announced that the Mobile Congress 2017 will be held in New Delhi.
ii. This is the first time India is all set to host its own
mobile mega show. It is a 3 day programme and is scheduled from 27th to 29th
September.
iii. The Indian telecom market is the 2nd-largest in the
world after China. India has a total subscriber base of over 1.18 billion
subscribers.
3. MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES TO LAUNCH ‘DEEP OCEAN MISSION’ BY
JANUARY 2018
i. Secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences, M Rajeevan has
announced that India is all set to launch ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ by January 2018.
ii. ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ will improve India’s position in
ocean research field. Seven premier science agencies including NIO, DRDO and
ISRO will participate in this Ministry
of Earth Sciences to launch ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ by January 2018 venture.
iii. India has now designated an area of 75,000 sq km for
deep sea exploration. This area has an estimated resource of about 100 mn tons
of strategic metals such Copper, Cobalt, Nickel besides Manganese and Iron.
4. 70TH EDITION OF WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY HELD IN GENEVA
i. 70th World Health Assembly was held from 22nd to 31st May
in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr Margaret Chan gave her last address as
Director-General of the WHO, with her tenure coming to an end.
ii. Member States of WHO, elected Dr Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO.
iii. Delegates at the World Health Assembly approved the
organization’s proposed programme budget of US$ 4421.5 million for the
biennium, which includes a 3% increase in Member State assessed contributions
for 2018–2019.
iv. Discussions were held on implementation of the
International Health Regulations, and improving the prevention, diagnosis and
treatment of sepsis.
v. The World Health Assembly is the supreme decision-making
body for WHO. It generally meets in Geneva in May each year, and is attended by
delegations from all 194 Member States. Its main function is to determine the
policies of the Organization.
5. ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK & PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK SIGN $100
MILLION LOAN TO FINANCE SOLAR ROOFTOP PROJECTS
i. Asian Development Bank and the Punjab National Bank
signed a $100 million loan agreement to finance large solar rooftop systems on
industrial and commercial buildings throughout India.
ii. This is the 1st tranche loan of the $500 million multi
tranche finance facility Solar Rooftop Investment Program approved by ADB in
2016.
iii. This agreement has been guaranteed by the Government of
India. PNB will use the ADB funds to make further loans to various developers
and end users to install rooftop solar systems.
iv. ADB’s $500 million Solar Rooftop Investment Program
includes $330 million from ADB’s ordinary capital resources and $170 million
from the multi donor Clean Technology Fund administered by ADB.