DAILY GK 2 MAY 2019

DAILY GK 2 MAY 2019

1. INDIA 4TH BIGGEST MILITARY SPENDER IN 2018: SIPRI REPORT

✔India was the world’s fourth biggest military spender in 2018 behind the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia, according to new data think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. India was the fifth largest military spender in 2017.

✔According to the SIPRI data, China was the second-largest military spender in 2018. India accounts for 3.7% of the global defence spending.

2. US WITHDRAWS FROM UN ARMS TRADE TREATY

✔US President Donald Trump stated that his administration is withdrawing the U.S. signature from the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, in response to concerns from gun rights activists that it could impinge on Americans’ right to bear arms.

3. PFA AWARDS 2018/19 ANNOUNCED: COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS

✔Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and Arsenal Women Football Club's Vivianne Miedema were named Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year for the 2018-19 season.

• PFA Young Player of the Year: Raheem Sterling, Manchester City & Georgia Stanway, Manchester City
• PFA Special Achievement Award: Steph Houhgton: Former England and WBA

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2ND MAY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2^ND MAY 2019

1.      WHICH THINK TANK HAS RECENTLY PREDICTED THAT THE MILITARY EXPENDITURE OF INDIA GREW BY 3.1% TO REACH $66.5 BILLION?

1)      Peace Research Institute Oslo

2)      Center for Strategic and International Studies

3)     Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

4)      NITI Aayog

5)      None of these

2.      ACCORDING TO STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SIPRI) REPORT, WHICH COUNTRY BECAME THE WORLD’S BIGGEST MILITARY SPENDER IN 2018?

1)      India

2)      Saudi Arabia

3)     US

4)      China

5)      None of these

3.      WHICH INDIAN E-COMMERCE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND DIGITAL WALLET COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED A NEW OPTION OF RECURRING PAYMENTS FOR ITS MERCHANTS?

1)      MobiKwik

2)      PhonePe

3)      FreeCharge

4)     Paytm

5)      None of these

4.      NAME THE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH HAS COLLABORATED WITH WISHFIN INSURANCE TO BECOME THE FIRST COMPANY TO SELL 2-WHEELER POLICIES VIA WHATSAPP.

1)     Bharti AXA General Insurance

2)      HDFC ERGO General Insurance

3)      National Insurance Company Limited

4)      SBI General Insurance Company Ltd

5)      None of these

5.      WHAT IS THE REVISED GDP GROWTH OF INDIA FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2019-20, AS PER INDIA RATINGS AND RESEARCH COMPANY?

1)      7.2%

2)      7.1%

3)     7.3 %

4)      7.5%

5)      None of these

 

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 1ST MAY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 1^ST MAY 2019

1.        Which economic corridor was excluded from the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) recently?

A) China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC)

B) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

C) Nepal-China-India Economic Corridor(NCIEC)

D) Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor

E) None of these

2.        Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has recently proposed the rules on opening and processing which account of corporate borrowers to prevent diversion of funds?

A) Recurring Deposit Account

B) Current Account

C) Deposit account

D) Fixed Deposit Account

E) None of these

3.        Name the Indian golfer, who has been awarded with “Outstanding achievement as a player award for the year 2019” at the 4th Edition of the annual India Golf Industry Association (GIA).

A) Arjun Atwal

B) Jyoti Randhawa

C) Anirban Lahiri

D) Gaganjeet Bhullar

E) None of these

4.        Where was the Asian Wrestling Championship 2019 held?

A) Beijing, China

B) Jakarta, Indonesia

C) New Delhi, India

D) Xi’an, China

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 1 MAY 2019

DAILY GK 1 MAY 2019

1. DEFENCE MINISTRY SET TO HAVE THREE NEW TRI-SERVICE AGENCIES

✔Ministry of Defence is expecting to raise a Defence Cyber Agency by May to tackle non-civilian cyber issues arise from China and pakistan, including safeguarding critical infrastructure. Rear Admiral Mohit Gupta, Senior Navy officer will be the first head of this agency, headquartered in New Delhi.

✔As per the clearance given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi  in 2018, two more agencies are under construction namely, Defence Space Agency and Special Operations Division.

✔Aware of cyber power is a risky element of India’s comprehensive deterrence capability, the base has set up a task force headed by Lt. Gen. Davinder Kumar (Retired) to suggest a road map for cyber deterrence in the armed forces.

2. BHARTI AXA TIES UP WITH WISHFIN TO OFFER POLICIES VIA WHATSAPP

✔Bharti AXA General Insurance, a private non-life insurer, has tied up with financial marketplace Wishfin’s insurance arm Wishpolicy, to offer two-wheeler insurance to customers via WhatsApp.

✔This service option is an instant and additional customer service option for policyholders, apart from Bharti AXA General Insurance’s multiple channels, including its network of branches, customer care and contact centre, dynamic portal, and intelligent chatbot.

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DAILY GK 30 APRIL 2019

DAILY GK 30 APRIL 2019

1. BAJRANG PUNIA BECAME FIRST INDIAN WRESTLER TO FIGHT AT NEW YORK’S ICONIC MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

✔25 year old Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia became the first Indian wrestler to fight at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden. He won the gold medal at the 65kg men’s freestyle wrestling at the recent Asian Championships.

✔He is the first Indian wrestler to be invited by the American governing body and will take part in the “Grapple at the Garden — Beat the Streets” fight night, which will be held on 6th May 2019.

✔He also won eight gold medals from his previous nine international tournaments including last year’s Commonwealth and Asian Games and presently holds World No.1 title in the 65-kg weight category.

2. GIA CONFERS GAGANJEET BHULLAR FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AS A PLAYER 2019’

✔Indian Professional Golfer, Gaganjeet Bhullar has been awarded outstanding achievement as a player award at the 4th Edition of the annual India Golf Industry Association award for the year 2019.

✔Bhullar became the youngest golfer on the Asian Tour to achieve nine career victories on tour.  Vijay Divech and former Arjuna Awardee Nonita Lal Qureshi received for their contribution to Golf coaching.

 ✔Best New Nine-Hole Golf course’ awards, was given to Eco Park, Kolkata.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 30TH APRIL 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 30^TH APRIL 2019

1.        Where was the second edition of Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation held recently?

A) Budapest, Hungary

B) New Delhi, India

C) Beijing, China

D) Warsaw, Poland

E) None of these

2.        Name the Justice, who chairs the Supreme Court bench which has directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disclose information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act recently.

A) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde

B) Justice Ranjan Gogoi

C) Justice N.V. Ramana

D) Justice L Nageswara Rao

E) None of these

3.        Which IT service management company has launched the real-time voice banking platform to provide customers with personalized banking interactions?

A) Aspire Systems

B) Sensiple Software Solutions

C) Financial Software Services (FSS)

D) ExcelaCom Technologies Private Limited

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 28TH – 29TH APRIL 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 28^TH – 29^TH APRIL 2019

1.        Indian Army and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited, has signed MoU to build four underground tunnels along the borders of which country?

i. Bangladesh

ii. China

iii. Pakistan

iv. Afghanistan

1) Option i & ii

2) Option ii & iv

3) Option iii & ii

4) Option iv & i

5) None of these

2.        Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched Malaria Elimination Research Alliance (MERA) in order to eliminate the disease from India by which year?

A) 2040

B) 2030

C) 2020

D) 2025

E) None of these

3.        According to “State of the internet/security” report, released by Akamai Technologies, which country was most targeted nation by hackers in 2018?

A) US

B) Russia

C) India

D) Japan

E) None of these

4.        Which is the sole Indian institute featured in the QS EMBA Rankings 2019?

A) Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

B) Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore’s (IIM-B)

C) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

D) Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

E) None of these

5.        Where was the first-ever talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held?

A) Khabarovsk, Russia

B) Pyongyang, North Korea

C) Vladivostok, Russia

D) Kaesŏng, North Korea

E) None of these

6.        Which organization has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to implement e-mandates (electronic mandates) for internet banking and debit cards to automatically deal with their recurring payments?

A) National Payments Corporation of India

B) Immediate Payment Service

C) UIDAI

D) Indian Banks’ Association

E) None of these

7.        Which tech giant has became the world’s third entity to cross worth $1 trillion?

A) Amazon

B) Microsoft

C) Apple

D) IBM

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 29 APRIL 2019

DAILY GK 29 APRIL 2019

1. CHINA HOSTED 2ND BELT AND ROAD FORUM IN BEIJING

The second edition of Belt and Road Forum (BRF) was held in Beijing, China from April 25th to April 27th, 2019 in which 37 heads-of-state had participated along with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and International Monetary Chief (IMF) Christine Lagarde. The theme of this event was “Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future”.

2nd Belt and Road Forumi.The Belt and Road Forum is a part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The idea of BRI was first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013.

2. SC GAVE ULTIMATUM TO RBI TO DISCLOSE INFORMATION UNDER RTI ACT

Recently, Supreme Court bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao has directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to disclose information related to its annual inspection report of banks under the Right to Information (RTI) Act until and unless they are exempted under law. The bench has also directed the RBI to review its policy to disclose information relating to banks under RTI.

i. The bench was hearing a contempt petition filed by RTI activists Subhash Chandra Agarwal and Girish Mittal against the Reserve Bank of India.

ii. According to the petitioners, they had asked copies of RBI’s inspection reports of ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, and SBI between April 2011 and December 2015 but the central bank rejected to provide this information by stating that it is exempted under section 8(1)(e) of the RTI Act and section 45NB of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

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