DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 11 & 12 APRIL

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 11 & 12 APRIL

1. AN EXHIBITION TITLED “SWACHHAGRAHA – BAPU KO KARYANJALI – EK ABHIYAN, EK PRADARSHANI” WAS INAUGURATED BY PM NARENDRA MODI. THIS EXHIBITION WAS HELD IN?

a) East Champaran, Bihar

b) New Delhi

c) West Champaran, Bihar

d) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

ANS - B

2. INDIAN PM NARENDRA MODI, BANGLADESH PM SHEIKH HASINA AND WEST BENGAL CM MAMATA BANERJEE JOINTLY FLAGGED OFF THE TRIAL RUN OF THE KOLKATA-KHULNA PASSENGER TRAIN THROUGH VIDEO-CONFERENCE FORM NEW DELHI. THIS TRAIN SERVICE HAS BEEN NAMED AS?

a) Maitree Express – II

b) Bandhu Express – II

c) Samjhauta Express – II

d) Indo-Bangla Friendship Express – II

ANS - A

3. ‘WORLD HOMEOPATHY DAY’ IS CELEBRATED ON WHICH DATE EVERY YEAR?

a) 12th April

b) 13th April

c) 11th April

d) 10th April

ANS - D

4. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING CHAIRED THE 11TH STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE INTER-STATE COUNCIL IN NEW DELHI?

a) Vice-Presdient, Mohammad Hamid Ansari

b) President, Pranab Mukherjee

c) Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh

d) Prime Minister, Narendra Modi

ANS - C

5. ‘EXERCISE NOMADIC ELEPHANT – XII’ IS THE JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE BETWEEN ARMIES OF INDIA AND:

a) Russia

b) Myanmar

c) Mongolia

d) Malaysia

ANS - C

6.  123RD CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL 2017, WHICH WAS PASSED BY LOK SABHA ON APRIL 10 SEEKS TO GRANT CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS TO?

a) National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes

b) National Commission for Women

c) National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

d) National Commission for Scheduled Castes

ANS - A

7.  THE GOVERNMENT HAS SET UP AN INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO MONITOR THE REGIONAL AIR CONNECTIVITY SCHEME UDAN WHICH SEEKS TO MAKE FLYING AFFORDABLE BY CONNECTING UNSERVED AND UNDER-SERVED AIRPORTS. THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY?

a) Prime Minister of India

b) Chairperson of Airports Authority of India

c) Union Minister of Civil Aviation

d) Civil Aviation Secretary

ANS - D

8.  THE GOVERNMENT HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES TO ____ UMBRELLA SCHEMES FROM 66?

a) 20 umbrella schemes

b) A.16 umbrella schemes

c) D.28 umbrella schemes

d) C.24 umbrella schemes

ANS - C

9.  FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE G-7 COUNTRIES GATHERED FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING IN?

a) Rome, Italy

b) Lucca, Italy

c) Milan, Italy

d) Venice, Italy

ANS - B

10.  WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING SMALL FINANCE BANKS HAS LAUNCHED A SOCIAL DEPOSIT SCHEME CALLED HRUDAYA DEPOSIT?

a) Equitas Small Finance Bank

b) Capital Small Finance Bank

c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

d) ESAF Small Finance Bank

ANS - D

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MONTHLY GK CAPSULE (NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS) March 2017

Monthly GK Capsules of March 2017

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 March 2017. 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.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10^TH APR 2017

(DAILY NEWS INDIA)

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1. THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION SHRI VENKAIAH NAIDU LAUNCHED 352 HOUSING PROJECTS IN 53 CITIES

i. M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, launched 352 housing projects in 53 cities across 17 States. Mr. Naidu launched these projects at a function in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

ii. No. of affordable houses to be constructed under this project are 2 lakh, Total Investment: Rs. 38000 cr.

2. NATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL HELD IN VISAKHAPATNAM

i. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 3-day National Children’s Film Festival at VUDA Children’s Arena in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

ii. The opening film of the NCFF is “Shanu – The Optimist”, directed by K.N.T. Sastry and produced by CFSI in 2016.

iii. This event has been organised by the Children’s Film Society India in association with the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 9 & 10 APRIL

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 9 & 10 APRIL

1. TWO-DAY NATIONAL TB SUMMIT, FOR RAISING AWARENESS AND INCREASING MOMENTUM TO FIGHT AGAINST TB WAS HELD IN?

a) Bengaluru, Karnataka

b) Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

c) Nagpur, Maharashtra

d) Panaji, Goa

ANS - B

2. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS SET TO BECOME THE UNITED NATIONS’ YOUNGEST-EVER ‘MESSENGER OF PEACE’?

a) Malala Yousafzai

b) Mark Zuckerberg

c) Virat Kohli

d) Selena Gomez

ANS - A

3. WHICH PRIVATE SECTOR BANK HAS ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF ITS UNIFIED PAYMENTS INTERFACE ON CHILLR?

a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

b) Bandhan Bank

c) HDFC Bank

d) Yes Bank

ANS - C

4. WHICH PRIVATE SECTOR BANK HAS ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF ITS IFSC BANKING UNIT AT THE GUJARAT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE TEC-CITY?

a) Karur Vysya Bank

b) RBL Bank

c) IDFC Bank

d) Federal Bank

ANS - B

5. WHICH WEB PORTAL AND MOBILE APPLICATION HAS BEEN INAUGURATED BY UNION HOME MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH, TO ENABLE THE WILLING DONORS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE FAMILY OF SOLDIERS WHO SACRIFICED HIS/HER LIFE IN LINE ON DUTY?

a) ‘Veer Sipahi’

b) ‘Shaheedo ko Salaam’

c) ‘Sainik Kosh’

d) ‘Bharat ke Veer’

ANS - D

6.  M VENKAIAH NAIDU UNION MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION, LAUNCHED 352 HOUSING PROJECTS IN 53 CITIES ACROSS 17 STATES. TOTAL HOW MANY HOUSES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THESE PROJECTS?

a) 4 lakh

b) 1 lakh

c) 3 lakh

d) 2 lakh

ANS - D

7.  UNION MINISTER FOR INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING M. VENKAIAH NAIDU INAUGURATED THE THREE-DAY NATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL IN:

a) Kochi, Kerala

b) Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

c) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

d) Panaji, Goa

ANS - C

8.  WEST BURDWAN HAS BEEN DECLARED AS 23RD DISTRICT OF WHICH INDIAN STATE?

a) West Bengal

b) Telangana

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

ANS - A

9.  UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN ITS APPROVAL TO BUILD A MUSIC VILLAGE NAMED ‘BISMILLAH KHAN SANGEET GRAM’. USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN WAS AN EXPONENT OF WHICH MUSICAL INSTRUMENT?

a) Tabla

b) Flute

c) Sitar

d) Shehnai

ANS - D

10.  INDIA HAS WON 12 MEDALS AT ASIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH WAS HELD IN:

a) Tokyo, Japan

b) Tashkent, Uzbekistan

c) Moscow, Russia

d) Bangkok, Thailand

ANS - B

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9^TH APR 2017

(DAILY NEWS INDIA)

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1. TWO-DAY NATIONAL TB SUMMIT HELD IN DHARAMSHALA

i. Two-Day National TB Summit, for raising awareness and increasing momentum to fight against TB was held in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.

i. Governor of Punjab VP Singh Badnore and Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur inaugurate the summit.

ii. This is the 1st such summit on TB which will bring together Central & State Ministers, Members of Parliament, bureaucrats, celebrities, donors, health experts, corporate partners and organisations working to eradicate TB. All these stakeholders will pledge their support for ‘TB free India by 2025’.

2. CENTER DECLARES KERALA DROUGHT-HIT, ANNOUNCES RS. 24000 CR RELIEF TO 8 STATES

i. The union government declared Kerala as a drought hit state along with 7 other states and announced a drought relief package of Rs 24000 cr to drought affected areas as well.

ii. Government has allowed 50 additional working days under The NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GURANTEE SCHEME.

iii. 7 states which are included along with Kerala are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 APRIL

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 APRIL

1. PM NARENDRA MODI LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A MULTI-MODAL TERMINAL ON RIVER GANGA IN WHICH DISTRICT OF JHARKHAND?

a) Ranchi

b) Sahibganj

c) Bokaro

d) Chatra

ANS - B

2. ‘JHARGRAM’ HAS BEEN DECLARED AS 22ND DISTRICT OF WHICH INDIAN STATE?

a) Telangana

b) Madhya Pradesh

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) West Bengal

ANS - D

3. POST ANNOUNCEMENT OF RBI’S 1ST BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2017-18, THE REVERSE REPO RATE STANDS AT:

a) 5.50%

b) 5.25%

c) 6.00%

d) 5.75%

ANS - C

4. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING TOOK CHARGE AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RBI?

a) Malvika Sinha

b) Avani Parikh

c) Shikha Patni

d) Prabha Menon

ANS - A

5. ‘INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE’ IS CELEBRATED ON WHICH DATE EVERY YEAR?

a) 4th April

b) 3rd April

c) 6th April

d) 5th April

ANS - C

6.  CHIEF MINISTER OF WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED ‘DEENDAYAL RASOI YOJANA’ IN 49 DISTRICTS OF THE STATE?

a) Haryana

b) Rajasthan

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Bihar

ANS - C

7.  INDIA HAS SIGNED $175 MILLION LOAN AGREEMENT WITH WHICH INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ORGANISATION FOR IMPROVING SOLAR TRANSMISSION SYSTEM?

a) New Development Bank

b) World Bank

c) International Monetary Fund

d) Asian Development Bank

ANS - A

8.  ISRO AND INDIAN AGRICULTURE MINISTRY HAVE DECIDED TO TEAM UP TO GEO-TAG AGRICULTURAL ASSETS. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE BEHIND THIS TIE-UP?

a) Formulating schemes for development in the agricultural sector

b) Getting real time status of agricultural assets

c) Better land and crop management

d) All of the above

ANS - D

9.  US BASED NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION HAS LAUNCHED INDIA’S FIRST BASKETBALL SCHOOL IN WHICH CITY?

a) New Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Kochi

d) Kolkata

ANS - B

10.  WORLD HEALTH DAY’ IS CELEBRATED ON WHICH DATE EVERY YEAR?

a) 7th April

b) 5th April

c) 6th April

d) 8th April

ANS - A

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8^TH APR 2017

(DAILY NEWS INDIA)

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1. DEENDAYAL RASOI YOJANA LAUNCHED IN 49 DISTRICTS OF MP

i. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched subsidized meal scheme at Rs.5 in Gwalior. This scheme helps people to get economical nutritious and good quality food under the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana at cheaper rates.

ii. The scheme includes 49 districts in 1st phase. Breakfast will be served at Rs 5 and lunch will be served at Rs.8.

iii. All these arrangements will be done by Level Coordination and Monitoring Commiittee in which they will monitor all aspects of scheme and at least 2000 people will serve every day.

iv. The budget of this scheme is Rs 10 cr and it will be funded by Corporate Sector under Corporate Social Responsibility.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7^TH APR 2017

(DAILY NEWS INDIA)

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1. PM MODI LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A MULTI-MODAL TERMINAL ON RIVER GANGA AT SAHIBGANJ IN JHARKHAND

i. PM Narendra Modi is on an official visit to Jharkhand to lays the Foundation Stone of a Multi-Modal Terminal on River Ganga at Sahibganj district in Jharkhand. In a series of tweets, PM Modi mentioned that construction of Sahibganj multi-modal terminal at Sahibganj will create business and job opportunities in Jharkhand and will particularly benefit people in rural areas.

ii. PM Modi also laid the foundation stone of one of the longest river bridges on River Ganga that will connect Sahibganj to Katihar district of Bihar. This 5.8 km long 4-lane bridge will be built by National Highways Authority of India at an estimated cost of Rs 2,266 cr.

iii. PM Modi also inaugurate the Govindpur-Jamtara-Dumka-Sahebganj Highway, during his visit to Jharkhand.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6^TH APR 2017

(DAILY NEWS INDIA)

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1. NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATING INDIA 2017 HELD IN NEW DELHI

i. The national conference on Communicating India 2017 held in New Delhi.

ii. The conference was organized by the Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with the the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and India Media Centre, University of Westminster, London, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library with the association of Prasar Bharati.

iii. A day-long conference was based on the three main themes: Telling India’s story to the world, Communicating via Journalism and Dialogue with Diaspora.

iv. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu , Journalist Sanjay Baru , Jay Panda-Member of Parliament, University of Westminster, London, Dr Daya Thussu-Professor of International Communication are participated in the conference.

v. Venkaiah Naidu highlights the importance of communication and also he adduce that PM Modi using social platforms Twitter and Radio to share his thoughts with people.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 APRIL

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 APRIL

1. THE SOUTH ASIA SUBREGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING HAS STARTED IN WHICH COUNTRY?

a) China

b) South Korea

c) India

d) Nepal

ANS - C

2. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE OF GUJARAT?

a) Neha Arusia

b) Geeta Johri

c) Nidhi Mathur

d) Nikita Sharma

ANS - B

3. NAME THE RENOWNED HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL VOCALIST OF JAIPUR GHARANA WHO DIED IN APRIL 2017?

a) Mogubai Kurdikar

b) Mallikarjun Mansur

c) Gangubai Hangal

d) Kishori Amonkar

ANS - D

4. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MINE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION THAT WAS OBSERVED RECENTLY?

a) Needs driven. People Centred.

b) Peace without mine action is incomplete peace

c) Mine Action is Humanitarian Action

d) More than Mines

ANS - A

5. BERHAMPUR THAKURANI YATRA FESTIVAL BEGINS IN WHICH INDIAN STATE?

a) Nagaland

b) Manipur

c) Assam

d) Odisha

ANS - D

6.  WHICH STATE GOVT. HAS ANNOUNCED TO PROVIDE ONE-TIME GRANT OF RS 21,000 TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES WHOSE THIRD GIRL CHILD WAS BORN AFTER AUGUST 24, 2015 UNDER THE CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL ‘AAPKI BETI HUMARI BETI’ SCHEME?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Haryana

c) Madhya Pradesh

d) Jharkhand

ANS - B

7.  NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMMUNICATING INDIA 2017 WAS HELD IN?

a) Mumbai

b) Varanasi

c) Kochi

d) New Delhi

ANS - D

8.  WHAT WAS THE AIM OF 9TH UK-INDIA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL DIALOGUE HELD IN NEW DELHI?

a) To lay out plan for Britain’s exit from European Union

b) To facilitate operations of British Hedge Funds in Indian Capital Market

c) To combat cross border tax evasion, enhance cooperation in financial services and boost investments encouraging Indian companies to raise funds through masala bonds

d) To sign a currency swap agreement between Bank of England and Reserve Bank of India

ANS - C

9.  WHICH COUNTRY HAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED BITCOIN AS A METHOD OF PAYMENT?

a) Japan

b) Switzerland

c) France

d) Australia

ANS - A

10.   WHO HAS BECOME INDIA’S FIRST TRANSGENDER POLICE OFFICER?

a) Shalini Dave

b) Vibha Rajput

c) Prithika Yashini

d) Mridula Bose

ANS - C

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Weekly Current Affairs PPT for All Government Examination ( 27 March - 2 April 2017)

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS

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