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: 10^TH JUNE 2017

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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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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9TH JUNE 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9^TH JUNE 2017

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1. TAMIL NADU GOVT SIGNS MOU WITH AVIATION MINISTRY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UDAN SCHEME

i. Low-cost flight services are set to be in towns like Neyveli and Hosur in Tamil Nadu in the first phase of implementation of the Centre’s UDAN scheme to promote regional air connectivity.

ii. In the presence of CM K Palaniswami the state government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Civil Aviation Ministry for the implementation the scheme at the secretariat.

iii. UDAN making regional connectivity at low cost so that common people could opt for air travel.

2. BRICS MEDIA FORUM HELD IN BEIJING & ONE MILLION DOLLAR FUND ESTABLISHED FOR BRICS MEDIA

i. BRICS Media Forum was held in Beijing, China. The forum was attended by the leaders of over 25 media groups from Brazil, India, Russia, China and South Africa.

ii. President of Xinhua News Agency, Cai Mingzhao and executive president of the BRICS Media Forum announced that Xinhua will provide 1 million U.S. dollars to establish the BRICS Media Fund.

iii. This fund will be utilised for the implementation of the action plan to strengthen cooperation among BRICS Media.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8TH JUNE 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8^TH JUNE 2017

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1. RAJNATH TO INAUGURATE CONFERENCE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT

i. Rajnath Singh has inaugurated a two-day national level conference on “Capacity Building of SDRF-2017”.

ii. The conference was organised by the National Disaster Response Force. The meeting would hold discussions to develop a synergy and to strengthen the response capabilities of State Disaster Response Forces.

iii. During the conference, various agenda points like streamlining the training process of SDRFs and conducting it in a planned and coordinated manner would be discussed.

iv. Some more points would also be discussed in the meetings like integrations of operational efforts between SDRF and NDRF, requirement and creation of training infrastructure in each state, creation of a pool of instructors, sharing of best practices, improving response time by SDRF’s.

2. SHRI J P NADDA LAUNCHES SKILL FOR LIFE SAVE A LIFE

i. Union Government has launched a Skill for Life, Save a Life Initiative. Its aim is to promote skill development in the health sector.

ii. Under the initiative, various courses will be initiated targeting specific competencies for healthcare professionals as well as for general public.

iii. Its objective is to upscale the quantity and quality of trained professionals in the healthcare system.

iv. The Ministry  has initiated the initiative by launching First Responder course for professionals as well as general public that will be conducted in Central and State government training institutes.

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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

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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

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5TH & 6TH JUNE 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5^TH & 6^TH JUNE 2017

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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).

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 4TH JUNE 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 4^TH JUNE 2017

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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.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2ND JUNE 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 2^ND JUNE 2017

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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 137^th 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.

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