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Saturday, June 17, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 13 & 14 JUNE

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 13 & 14 JUNE

Q1. THE COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE METAL INDUSTRIES DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE,LOCATED IN ______TO IMPLEMENT A TWINNING PROGRAMME.
a) Algeria
b) Nigeria
c) Somalia
d) Ethiopia

ANS - D
Q2. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS WON THE LITTLE MISS UNIVERSE 2017 BEAUTY PAGEANT?
a) Prachi Brahmbhatt
b) Vaneeta Deshmukh
c) Padmalaya Nanda
d) Renisha Fernandes

ANS - C
Q3. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING F1 DRIVER HAS WON CANADIAN GRAND PRIXFOR THE SIXTH TIME?
a) Daniel Ricciardo
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Lewis Hamilton
d) Nico Rosberg

ANS - B
Q4. C NARAYANA REDDY, WHO PASSED AWAY ON JUNE 12, 2017, WAS A?
a) Telugu poet and writer
b) Politician
c) Human Rights Activist
d) Sports Journalist

ANS - A
Q5. WHAT WAS THE THEME OF WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR 2017?
a) Child Labour and Modern Day Conflicts
b) Spreading Education to curb Child Labour
c) In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour
d) Raise your voice against child labour

ANS - C
Q6.  WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT HAS SIGNED A MOU WITH THE BRITISH COUNCIL TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE STATE?
a) Tripura
b) Assam
c) Sikkim
d) Mizoram

ANS - C
Q7.  THE CENTRE HAS APPROVED PROPOSALS FOR SETTING UP OF _____ AYURVEDA, UNANI, SIDDHA, AND HOMEOPATHY HOSPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
a) 250
b) 150
c) 200
d) 100

ANS - D
Q8.  G7 ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS MEETING WAS HELD ON 11TH AND 12TH JUNE, 2017 IN?
a) France
b) Italy
c) Canada
d) Germany

ANS - B
Q9.  WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN NAMED BY INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF INDIA TO MANAGE THE AFFAIRS OF SAHARA INDIA LIFE INSURANCE?
a) J B Sitharaman
b) H K Parekh
c) R K Sharma
d) L V Narayanan

ANS - C
Q10.  JITU RAI AND HEENA SIDHU ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH SPORT?
a) Shooting
b) Boxing
c) Swimming
d) Wrestling

ANS - A


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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 11 & 12 JUNE

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 11 & 12 JUNE

Q1. NITI AAYOG HAS LAUNCHED ‘SATH’ PROGRAM WITH STATE GOVERNMENTS FOR FURTHERING THE AGENDA FOR COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM. SATH’ STANDS FOR?
a) Sustainable Action for Training Human Capital
b) Systematic Action for Transforming Human Capital
c) Systematic Action for Training Human Capital
d) Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital

Ans - D
Q2. WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED THE “CHIEF MINISTER SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME” WITH AN AIM TO PROVIDE CHEAPER AND QUALITY TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO THE MERITORIOUS AND POOR STUDENTS OF THE STATE?
a) Haryana
b) Telangana
c) Punjab
d) Gujarat

Ans - C
Q3. THE CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH IN YOGA & NATUROPATHY UNDER THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, HAS INITIATED A YOGA AWARENESS DRIVE THROUGH MASCOTS  AND FLASH  MOBS PRIOR TO INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY TO INCREASE POPULARITY OF YOGA ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUTH. CCRYN WAS FORMED IN WHICH YEAR?
a) 1983
b) 1978
c) 1973
d) 1993

Ans - B
Q4. THE SECOND MISSION INNOVATION MINISTERIAL TOOK PLACE ON 7TH AND 8TH JUNE 2017 IN?
a) Beijing, China
b) Moscow, Russia
c) Bangkok, Thailand
d) Tokyo, Japan

Ans - A
Q5. WHICH COUNTRY FIRED MULTIPLE GROUND-TO-SHIP MISSILES INTO THE WATERS BETWEEN KOREA AND JAPAN?
a) South Korea
b) Indonesia
c) Japan
d) North Korea

Ans - D
Q6.  INDIA’S 1ST UNDERWATER METRO WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN WHICH CITY?
a) Kolkata
b) Delhi
c) Mumbai
d) Kochi

Ans - A
Q7.  THE 22ND EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL HAS BEGUN IN WHICH INDIAN CITY?
a) Jaipur
b) New Delhi
c) Visakahpatnam
d) Varanasi

Ans - B
Q8.  WHICH PUBLIC SECTOR BANK HAS LAUNCHED THE RETAIL MART, A RETAIL LENDING CONCEPT, IN KERALA’S CAPITAL CITY THIRUVANANTHAPURAM?
a) Sydicate Bank
b) Corporation Bank
c) Indian Overseas Bank
d) Indian Bank

Ans - C
Q9.  WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING BENGALI FILM ACTOR HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE HIGHEST FRENCH CIVILIAN HONOUR, THE LEGION D’HONNEUR?
a) Victor Banerjee
b) Sumeet Ray
c) Vimal Basu
d) Soumitra Chatterjee

Ans - D
Q10.  WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS WON THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE 17TH WORLD INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR DIFFERENTLY- ABLED?
a) Shashikant Kutwal
b) Jwalant Thakkar
c) Kunal Jain
d) Priyanshu Beniwal

Ans - A


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Thursday, June 15, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11TH JUNE 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
SHARED BY: WWW.DAILYGK.IN

1. SUSTAINABLE ACTION FOR TRANSFORMING HUMAN CAPITAL PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY NITI AAYOG
i. NITI Aayog has launched ‘SATH’ program with state governments for furthering the agenda for cooperative federalism. Acronym ‘SATH’ stands for ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital’.
ii. Its Objective is to identify and build 3 future ‘role model’ states for health systems. Three model states will be selected on basis of 3-stage process comprising expression of interest, presentations by the states and assessment of commitment to health sector reforms.
iii. So far, 16 states have expressed prima facie interest, and 14 have presented their project proposal to a Committee headed by Member of NITI Aayog, Bibek Debroy. The committee comprises CEO, Amitabh Kant as well as a representative from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

2. PUNJAB GOVT LAUNCHES ‘CHIEF MINISTER SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME’
i. Punjab State government launched the “Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme” with an aim to provide cheaper and quality technical education to the meritorious and poor students of the state.
ii. The scheme was formally launched jointly by the Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Punjab Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi after approval from Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh.

3. MINISTRY OF AYUSH LAUNCHES AWARENESS DRIVE TO INCREASE POPULARITY OF YOGA THROUGH LIFE-SIZE MASCOTS
i. The Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy has initiated Yoga Awareness Drive through Mascots and Flash Mobs.
ii. It has been launched to increase popularity of Yoga especially among the youth.
iii. The Human-size IDY Mascots are running the campaign & spreading the message of Yoga Day in Delhi NCR, Haryana and Lucknow.
iv. It helps in boosting the awareness of International Day of Yoga that will be held on 21st of June. These mascots have a great impact on audience the viewers do not have to think too much but can take in a lot of information at a glance.
v. FlashMobs of Yoga Dance called YogMob are also being organized at certain crowded places like malls.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH JUNE 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
SHARED BY: WWW.DAILYGK.IN

1. FIRST RURAL LED STREET LIGHTING PROJECT TO TAKE OFF IN ANDHRA PRADESH
i. Central government will be retrofitting 10 lakh conventional street lights with energy efficient LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in Andhra Pradesh. This will be India’s 1st rural LED Street Lighting Project.
ii. The project will be carried out through the Energy Efficiency Services Limited under the Ministry of Power. Gram panchayats of the districts of Guntur, Kurnool, Prakasham, Nellore, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor will be covered under the first phase of the project.
iii. French Development Agency Agence Française de Développement will fund the entire upfront capital cost of this project.

2. MOU SIGNED BETWEEN CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE & NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
i. The Central Industrial Security Force and the National Skill Development Corporation has signed an MoU. The MoU aims at assisting retiring, retired, serving low medical category CISF personnel to acquire additional skills and facilitate their resettlement through a second career.
ii. The MoU will remain in effect for a period of 5 years starting from 2017 till 2022, subject to a mid-term review after 3 years.
iii. It will also provide welfare to wards, family members of serving CISF personnel, retired personnel and personnel killed in action.
iv. The MoU provides that CISF, NSDF and NSDC will work together at CISF units all across the country.
v. Under this MoU the Family Welfare Centres are functional and other CISF locations with an objective to impart skill development programs under the Skill India Mission.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 9 & 10 JUNE

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 9 & 10 JUNE

1.  WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION MINISTRY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UDAN SCHEME?
a) Karnataka
b) West Bengal
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Manipur

ANS - C
2. BRICS MEDIA FORUM WAS HELD FROM 7TH TO 8TH JUNE 2017 IN?
a) Beijing, China
b) Durban, South Africa
c) New Delhi, India
d) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ANS - A
3. WHICH COMPANY HAS TOPPED THE RECENTLY RELEASED FORTUNE 500 LIST FOR THE YEAR IN A ROW?
a) Apple
b) Walmart
c) Google
d) Microsoft

ANS - B
4. B K MANJUNATH HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS PART-TIME CHAIRMAN OF WHICH BANK?
a) Federal Bank
b) Karnataka Bank
c) Catholic Syrian Bank
d) Lakshmi Vilas Bank

ANS - D
5. WHAT WAS THE THEME FOR ‘WORLD OCEANS DAY’ 2017, CELEBRATED ON JUNE 8?
a) Economic Virtue of Oceans
b) Conserving Ocean Ecosystem
c) Our Oceans, Our Future
d) Protect the Ocean

ANS - C
6.  MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, SURESH PRABHU INAUGURATED INDIAN RAILWAYS’ 1ST HR ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE IN?
a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Chennai
d) Kolkata

ANS - A
7.  WHICH SOFTWARE SERVICES COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED “BANCS APP DEVELOPMENT KIT” THAT WILL ENABLE BANKS TO DESIGN AND BUILD THEIR OWN APPS AND DEPLOY IT ACROSS DEVICES AND DESKTOPS SEAMLESSLY?
a) Wipro
b) TCS
c) Tech Mahindra
d) Infosys

ANS - B
8.  WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING SRI LANKAN CRICKETER HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE ICC CRICKET HALL OF FAME IN LONDON?
a) Kumar Sangakkara
b) Sanath Jayasuriya
c) Muttiah Muralitharan
d) Arvinda de Silva

ANS - C
9.  WHICH MOBILE APP HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE, THAT IS AIMED AT RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT FEMALE FOETICIDE AND SEX SELECTION?
a) ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’
b) ‘Pride’
c) ‘Save the Girl Child’
d) ‘Selfie with Daughter’

ANS - D
10.  WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, “THE CRISIS WITHIN KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN INDIA”?
a) Ganesh Devy
b) Peter Lopez
c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Karthik Iyer

ANS - A


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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 JUNE

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 JUNE

1. INDIA’S FIRST RURAL LED STREET LIGHTING PROJECT WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN WHICH STATE?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Haryana
d) Punjab

ANS - A
2. NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SIGNED MOU WITH WHICH CENTRAL ARMED POLICE FORCE FOR CONDUCTING SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS UNDER THE SKILL INDIA MISSION?
a) CRPF
b) ITBP
c) CISF
d) BSF

ANS - C
3. WHICH COUNTRY OFFICIALLY JOINED NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION AND THEREBY BECAME THE 29TH MEMBER COUNTRY OF NATO?
a) Serbia
b) Montenegro
c) Bulgaria
d) Croatia

ANS - B
4. WHICH PUBLIC SECTOR BANK IS GOING TO DEVELOP AS MANY AS 100 DIGITAL VILLAGES IN VARIOUS STATES OF THE COUNTRY AS PART OF ITS INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE DIGITAL BANKING AMONG THE RURAL POPULATION?
a) Bank of India
b) Punjab National Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Vijaya Bank

ANS - D
5. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF INDIA?
a) Dia Mirza
b) Deepika Padukone
c) Sushmita Sen
d) Raveena Tandon

ANS - A
6.   HOME MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH INAUGURATED A TWO-DAY NATIONAL LEVEL CONFERENCE ON “CAPACITY BUILDING OF SDRF-2017” IN:
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Visakkhapatnam
d) Chennai

ANS - B
7.  WHICH INITIATIVE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY UNION HEALTH MINISTER J P NADDA TO UPSCALE THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF TRAINED PROFESSIONALS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?
a) ‘More Skills, More Growth’
b) ‘Skills for Youth’
c) ‘Skill for Life, Save a Life’
d) ‘Skills and Jobs’

ANS - C
8.  INDIA HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH ________ TO PROVIDE USD 318 MILLION AS LINE OF CREDIT TO DEVELOP THE RAILWAY SECTOR IN THE COUNTRY
a) Sri Lanka
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Bangladesh

ANS - A
9.  WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS OF INDIA POST PAYMENTS BANK?
a) Gauri Shanka and Mithali Sarkar
b) K G Karmakar and Mithali Sarkar
c) V K Dhond and Gauri Shankar
d) K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar

ANS - D
10.  UNION CABINET HAS GIVEN ITS EX-POST FACTO APPROVAL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CYPRUS ON:
a) Defence Cooperation
b) Merchant Shipping
c) Art and Culture
d) Outer Space Exploration

ANS - B


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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10TH JUNE 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
SHARED BY: WWW.DAILYGK.IN

1. INDIAN RAILWAY CONDUCTS FIRST HR ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
i. Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways inaugurated Indian Railways’ 1st HR Round Table Conference in New Delhi. Chairman of Railway Board, A. K. Mital and other senior Railway officials were also present at the conference.
ii. The Conference was organized around following 3 themes: a) Stakeholders Expectations from HR
b) Creativity Within Constraints and c) The Future of Work – HR Role.
iii. HR experts and leaders of industry held round table discussion on each of the above mentioned themes.

2. INDIA, UNOSSC LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP FUND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
i. India and the UN Office for South- South Cooperation has launched a partnership fund for supporting sustainable development projects across the world.
ii. The partnership fund was launched on the occasion of the ‘World Oceans Day’ at Permanent Mission of India to UN. Minister of State for External Affairs, M J Akbar,  India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, Envoy of the Secretary-General on South- South Cooperation, Jorge Chediek and Director of United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation were present at the occasion.
iii. The objective of this partnership is to reduce poverty and hunger, improving education, health and equality, and expanding access to clean water, energy and livelihoods.

3. CANARA BANK AND NEW INDIA ANNOUNCES TIE UP
i. The New India Assurance Company and Canara Bank have entered into a corporate agency arrangement for distribution of insurance products.
ii. The pact allows Canara Bank to offer non-life insurance products to its customers across metros and tier II and III cities through the bank’s extensive network of over 6,000 branches.
iii. New India Assurance will offer a bouquet of products — such as motor, home, travel, health, fire, marine, and engineering insurance policies — through branches of Canara Bank.
iv. The partnership aims to provide best-in-class general insurance products to Canara Bank customers at highly competitive rates.

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