DAILY GK 30 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 30 JUNE 2019

1. FLOW OF RAW SEWAGE INTO RIVER GANGA WILL BE STOPPED BY 2022

✔Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, in a national conference, exhibition and awards ceremony ‘Innovative Water Solutions’ in New Delhi announced that the flow of raw sewage into the Ganga river will be fully stopped by 2022.

✔States of Uttarakhand and Jharkhand have already achieved this and they have promised to make Ganga fit for holy rituals by December 2019.

✔Ernst & Young-ASSOCHAM report titled “Think-Blue” Effective Water Management: Integrating Innovation & Technology was released during the event.

✔India is ranked 122nd in the World in terms of contamination.

2. ALL GRAM PANCHAYATS BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY UNDER BHARATNET BY MARCH 2020

✔Electronics and IT Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad stated that all gram panchayats in the country will be connected with the high-speed broadband under BharatNet project by March 2020.

✔Its aim is to provide hassle-free high-speed broadband connectivity to 2.5 lakh gram panchayats across India.

✔Under phase 1 of BharatNet project,1 lakh gram panchayats were connected by the Government and it was completed in December 2017.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 01ST JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 01^ST JULY 2019

1.        How much fine will be imposed on the people for blocking ambulances as a part of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill?

A) Rs 20,000

B) Rs 30,000

C) Rs 10,000

D) Rs 50,000

E) None of these

2.        Which country has signed a loan agreement worth $400 Million with World Bank for the Program Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis(TB), which kills approximately half a million people in that country ?

A) Indonesia

B) India

C) China

D) Nigeria

E) None of these

3.        Which year is set as a target year by the government of India to end Tuberculosis(TB) ?

A) 2035

B) 2030

C) 2025

D) 2020

E) None of these

4.        What is the average base rate set by Reserve Bank of India for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to be charged from their customers?

A) 9.75%

B) 9.25%

C) 9.55%

D) 9.18%

E) None of these

5.        Which international organization has released the report titled “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018”?

A) Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership(REEEP)

B) International Energy Agency(IEA)

C) International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

D) International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)

E) None of these

6.        Which country has became the low cost solar energy producer in the world as per International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s report “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018”?

A) China

B) India

C) UK

D) US

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 29TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 29^TH JUNE 2019

1.        Which govt scheme has benefitted 2.22 crore villagers with Digital Education and now working towards the goal of making one lakh digital villages?

A) Pradhan Mantri Digital Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMDKVY)

B) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Digital Saksharta Yojana (PMSDSY)

C) Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDISHA)

D) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (DDUDSA)

E) None of these

2.        Who was appointed as the head of newly constituted committee for ensuring inter-ministerial coordination on resolving issues related to e-commerce?

A) Sanjay Kothari

B) Ramesh Abhishek

C) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

D) Nripendra Misra

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 29 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 29 JUNE 2019

1. CABINET APPROVED BILL TO FINE PEOPLE WITH RS 10,000 FOR BLOCKING AMBULANCES

✔The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the bill to fine people with Rs 10,000 for blocking ambulances. The rule is the part of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill.

✔The Bill was approved as several cases were reported where ambulances were stuck for hours either due to agitation on roads, traffic or due to a minister’s visit.

2. INDIA AND WORLD BANK SIGN USD 400MN LOAN AGREEMENT TO ELIMINATE TB

✔The World Bank and the Government of India signed a loan agreement of $400 Million for the Program towards Elimination of Tuberculosis, which kills approximately half a million people in India every year. The program will cover nine States of India.

✔It will also support the government’s National Strategic Plan to end TB in India by 2025.

✔The $ 400 Million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has a 19-year maturity which includes a 5-year grace period.

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DAILY GK 28 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 28 JUNE 2019

1. UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA SCHEME, 81,03,196 HOUSES WERE APPROVED

✔Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri announced that 81,03,196 houses were approved under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana scheme.

✔Central Assistance of Rs. 51,113 crores was released under the PMAY(Urban).

✔State Level Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary of the concerned State/Union Territories reviews the progress of implementation of the Mission ‘Housing for All by 2022’ at the State level.

2. RBI RECOMMENDS COMMERCIAL BANKS TO ADOPT EDUCATION LOAN SCHEME

✔India’s central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India has advised all Scheduled Commercial Banks to adopt Education Loan Scheme which is formulated by Indian Banks’ Associatio.

✔The IBA scheme circulated to all member Banks including State Bank of India for providing financial support to meritorious students for pursuing higher education in India and abroad.

✔Loan up to Rs 10 lakh for study in India and upto Rs 20 lakh for study abroad. Collateral free loans upto Rs 7.5 Lakh under the Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Education Loans.

✔Repayment period of 15 years.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 28TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 28^TH JUNE 2019

1.        How much percent of Indian children under five years will still be stunted by 2022 as per the report on Food & Nutrition Security (FNS) of India?

A) 32.7%

B) 31.4%

C) 33.5%

D) 39.5%

E) None of these

2.        Which Indian state has highest stunted children under 5 years of age as per the report on Food & Nutrition Security (FNS) by UN’s (United Nations) World Food Programme and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation?

A) Bihar

B) Uttar Pradesh

C) Jharkhand

D) Meghalaya

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 27 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 27 JUNE 2019

1. MHA RELEASED THE RANKINGS OF POLICE STATIONS FOR 2018; RAJASTHAN TOPS THE LIST

✔The Ministry of Home Affairs released the rankings of police stations for the year 2018.

✔The Kalu police station in Bikaner district of Rajasthan was ranked the best police station in the country. It was awarded the first rank for its performance in crime prevention, investigation and disposal of cases, crime detection, community policing and maintenance of law and order, women help desk facility, drinking water facility and WiFi.

✔Campbell Bay police station in Nicobar district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands was ranked second. iii. Farakka police station in Murshidabad, West Bengal was ranked third.

2. RBI PANEL LED BY U.K. SINHA SUGGESTS RS.5,000 CRORE STRESSED ASSET FUND FOR MSMES

✔The Reserve Bank released the report of the expert committee under former SEBI chairman U K Sinha on measures for the economic and financial sustainability of the MSMEs.

✔Inorder to support Venture Capitalists or PE (private equity) investing in the MSME sector, the committee recommended the formation of government-sponsored Fund of Funds of Rs 10,000 crore.

✔It also recommends the creation of a distressed asset fund of Rs 5,000 crore for small enterprises. The fund will operate on the lines of the Textile Upgradation Fund Scheme which makes equity investments that lead to reviving the sick & Debt-burden units.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27^TH JUNE 2019

1.        Which state has topped among the larger states for overall performance on health indicators as per the NITI Aayog report titled “Healthy States, Progressive India”?

A) Maharashtra

B) Kerala

C) Andhra Pradesh

D) Odisha

E) None of these

2.        Under which scheme, Department of School Education and Literacy provides Self defence training for girls in schools?

A) Shagun

B) Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat

C) Samagra Shiksha

D) Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan

E) None of these

3.        Name the portal launched by Reserve Bank of India(RBI) for lodging complaints against banks and NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Companies) on its website.

A) Complaint Management System (CMS)

B) Complaint Against Bank (CAB)

C) Complaint Over Bank and NBFC (COBN)

D) Lodge Complaints against Bank (LCB)

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 26 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 26 JUNE 2019

1. CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MOVE TO SET UP KRISHI VIGYAN KENDRAS TO DOUBLE FARMERS’ INCOME BY 2022

✔The Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar announced that central Government has decided to use digital technology in rural India to double farmers’ income by the year 2022.

✔The Government has set up 713 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 684 Agricultural Technology Management Agencies at district level in the country for dissemination of technologies among the farming community.

✔Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and Block Chair Technology, Internet of Things, etc are the technologies which will be used.

2. RBI LAUNCHES NEW COMPLAINTS PORTAL FOR FILING ONLINE COMPLAINTS AGAINST BANKS, NBFCS

✔The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has launched a Complaint Management System for lodging complaints against banks and NBFCs on its website. The online portal aims at improving customer experience in timely redressal of grievances.

✔The public can use the portal (https://cms.rbi.org.in), to lodge complaints against any regulated entity with a public interface such as commercial banks, urban cooperative banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies which would be directed to the appropriate office of the Ombudsman/Regional Office of the RBI.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 26TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 26^TH JUNE 2019

1.        Name the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russia, who visited India recently.

A) Dmitry Kozak

B) Alexey Gordeyev

C) Konstantin Chuychenko

D) Yury Trutnev

E) None of these

2.        Which year is set as the target year to end Tuberculosis (TB)?

A) 2025

B) 2030

C) 2035

D) 2020

E) None of these

3.        What is the rank of India in terms of Tuberculosis (TB) cases per lakh population globally?

A) 33

B) 34

C) 35

D) 30

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25^TH JUNE 2019

1.        Where was the Central Command Centre for Air Traffic Flow Management (C-ATFM) inaugurated recently?

A) New Delhi

B) Maharashtra

C) West Bengal

D) Assam

E) None of these

2.        Which railway station has became the India’s first green and clean railway station?

A) Varanasi Cantt Railway Station

B) Udhana railway station

C) Jaynagar railway station

D) Katni Junction railway station

E) None of these

3.        Which country has became the first country to ratify the trade deal to replace NAFTA?

A) Mexico

B) United States

C) Canada

D) United Kingdom

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 25 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 25 JUNE 2019

1. QU DONGYU, THE FIRST CHINESE NATIONAL TO HEAD FAO

✔China’s agricultural deputy minister, Qu Dongyu elected as the new director general of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization at Rome, Italy.

2. RBI DEPUTY GOVERNOR VIRAL ACHARYA RESIGNS 6 MONTHS BEFORE HIS TERM ENDS

✔Reserve Bank of India’s Deputy Governor Viral Acharya has quit his role six months before the end of his term.

✔Acharya, who was in charge of monetary policy, will return to New York University as an economics professor in August instead of February 2020.

✔He had raised concern over the importance of RBI’s independence in October 2018.

✔The RBI is now left with three deputy governors N S Vishwanathan, B P Kanungo and M K Jain.

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DAILY GK 24 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 24 JUNE 2019

1. MEXICO BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO RATIFY THE TRADE DEAL TO REPLACE NAFTA

✔Mexico became the first country to ratify the trade deal to replace 25 year old North American Free Trade Agreement. The new trade deal is known as known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

✔The USMCA has been modified to include changes for automakers, stricter labor and environmental standards, intellectual property protections, and digital trade provisions.

2. INDIA’S ACE CUEIST PANKAJ ADVANI CLINCHED THE 35TH MEN’S ASIAN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP IN DOHA

✔India’s ace cueist Pankaj Advani, clinched the 35th men’s Asian snooker championship in Doha, Qatar. He defeated Thai’s Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon.

✔He became the only one to win the Asian and World championships in all formats.

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DAILY GK 23 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 23 JUNE 2019

1. BALAKOT AIRSTRIKES CODE NAMED AS ‘OPERATION BANDAR’ BY IAF

✔The Indian Air Force mission to bomb a terrorist hideout in Pakistan’s Balakot was codenamed ‘Operation Bandar’.

✔The codename was also chosen by the IAF to maintain top secrecy for the operation which involved 12 Mirage 2000 jets crossing over into Pakistani territory to completely destroy a large Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Balakot.

2. COUNTRY’S FIRST IRON ORE MINE DISCOVERED IN BANGLADESH

✔Country’s first iron ore mine was discovered at Isabpur village in Dinajpur of Bangladesh. The discovery was done by the Geological Survey of Bangladesh.

✔Percentage of iron is 60 in the mine, which is higher in quality in comparison to other iron ore mines in the world.

✔Other countries are Canada, China, Brazil Sweden and Australia which comprises less than 50 percent of iron.

✔With this discovery in Bangladesh, economic and employment opportunities will enhanced in the country.

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