DAILY GK 8 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 8 JULY

1. THE 3RD EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL SUNFLOWER SEED AND OIL CONFERENCE 2019 WILL BE HELD IN MUMBAI

✔India will be hosting the 3rd edition of International Sunflower Seed and Oil Conference 2019 in Maharashtra, Mumbai with the aim to encourage better communications among sunflower oil producers, industry groups, academic researchers and local governments.

✔The 1st edition was held in 2015 at Shanghai, China and the 2nd edition was held in 2017 at Odessa, Ukraine.

✔India is the largest importer of sunflower oil with imports of about 2.8 million tones and globally the import is about 9.6 million tonnes.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 08TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 08^TH JULY 2019

1.        Which crop’s Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) was increased for 2019-20 Season by the Cabinet recently?

A) Rabi Crops

B) Zaid Crops

C) Kharif Crops

D) All the above

E) None of these

2.        Name the airports that are to be leased out to the highest bidder M/s. Adani Enterprises Ltd through Public Private Partnership (PPP).

A) Ahmedabad Airport

B) Lucknow Airport

C) Mangaluru Airport

D) All the above

E) None of these

3.        Which country has signed with India in the field of Health and ferry services?

A) Japan

B) Bangladesh

C) Maldives

D) Russia

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 7 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 7 JULY

1. HIGHLIGHTS OF UNION BUDGET 2019-20

✔Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman made her maiden Budget Speech and presented the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha.

✔She broke away from the tradition when she replaced the conventional leather briefcase with a bright red cloth bag to carry the Budget papers to the Parliament House.

✔ “Gaon, Garib and Kisan” (Village, Poor and Farmer) was the centre of all policies of the Modi 2.0 Government.

✔10-point Vision for the decade

• Building Team India with Jan Bhagidari: Minimum Government Maximum Governance.

• Achieving green Mother Earth and Blue Skies through a pollution-free India.

• Making Digital India reach every sector of the economy.

• Launching Gaganyan, Chandrayan, other Space and Satellite programmes.

• Building physical and social infrastructure.

• Water, water management, clean rivers.

• Blue Economy.

• Self-sufficiency and export of food-grains, pulses, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables.

• Achieving a healthy society via Ayushman Bharat, well-nourished women & children, safety of citizens.

• Emphasis on MSMEs, Start-ups, defence manufacturing, automobiles, electronics, fabs and batteries, and medical devices under Make in India.

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DAILY GK 6 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 6 JULY 2019

1. TOTAL FEMALE ENROLLMENT RATIO IN SECONDARY EDUCATION INCREASED TO 80.29% IN 2016-17: SMRITI IRANI

✔The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani stated that the Gross Enrolment Ratio of girls in secondary education level has registered an increase of 80.29% in 2016-17 compared to 80.10 % in 2015-16.

✔Between 2015-16 and 2018-19, the sex ratio at birth witnessing an improvement from 923 to 931 at the national level.

✔When compared to the previous financial year 2017-18, SRB is showing an improving trend in 21 states or Union territory’s and stable in three states or UTs for 2018-19.

2. INDIA RANKS 86TH IN MOST POWERFUL PASSPORT INDEX 2019,

✔As per the recently released Henley Passport Index 2019, India ranks 86th in Most Powerful Passport index 2019.

✔Japan and Singapore secured the joint top spot as the most powerful passports in the world.

✔South Korea now holds second place on the index along with Finland and Germany and it is followed by Denmark, Italy, and Luxembourg.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 06TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 06^TH JULY 2019

1.        Who launched a commemoration of 4 years of Digital India initiative in an event at New Delhi?

A) Ravi Shankar Prasad

B) Narendra Modi

C) Amit Shah

D) Nitin Gadkari

E) None of these                                                                                                            

2.        ASK was in news recently, A stands for ________.

A) A- Agency

B) A- Aadhaar

C) A- Assets

D) A- Auction

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 5 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 5 JULY 2019

1. UIDAI started its first Aadhaar Seva Kendra in Delhi and Vijayawada

✔The Unique Identification Authority of India has operationalized its first “Aadhaar Seva Kendra” in Delhi and Vijayawada on pilot basis.

✔UIDAI has a plan to set up 114 such centres by the end of 2019 covering 53 Indian cities. The estimated cost of the project is between Rs 300-400 crore. i. It is owned by UIDAI.

✔ASK centres are addition to thousands of centers that are currently being run by post offices and banks and even in government premises (offering similar Aadhaar services).

2. Airtel Payments Bank ties up with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer the Bharti AXA Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana

✔The first live payments bank in the country, Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer Bharti AXA Life Point of Sale Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana, a pure life term insurance plan up to Rs 5 lakh which is aimed at the under-insured and uninsured segments in India.

✔The policy available at Airtel Payments Bank’s 25,000 retail outlets will be expanded to cover over 60,000 banking points.

✔The customers are offered the option of life cover between 3-5 lakh and it will soon be extended up to Rs 25 lakh.

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DAILY GK 4 JULY

DAILY GK 4 JULY

1. UNION CABINET GIVES NOD TO GRANT OGAS STATUS TO PARAMILITARY FORCES

✔The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the proposal for grant of Organised Group ”A” Service status to Group ”A” executive cadre officers of Central Armed Police Forces  & extended the benefit of Non-Functional Financial Upgradation  and Non-Functional Selection Grade at an enhanced rate of 30%.

✔It will benefit around 1,200 officers and availed by the group ”A” officers of the Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, Border Security Force, Central Industrial Security Force, and the Sashastra Seema Bal.

2. INDIAN AIR FORCE AND ARMÉE DE L’AIR (FRENCH AIR FORCE) PARTICIPATING IN A BILATERAL AIR EXERCISE GARUDA VI AT MONT DE MARSAN IN FRANCE

✔Indian Air Force and Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) are participating in the Garuda VI bilateral exercise at Mont de Marsan in France.

✔The objective of this excercise is to validate the latest defence strategies by enhancing the interoperability level of the French and Indian crews in air defence and ground attack missions.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 05TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 05^TH JULY 2019

1.        How much percent of India’s GDP is set as a target to raise health services expenditure by 2025?

A) 2.3%

B) 2.4%

C) 2.5%

D) 2.6%

E) None of these

2.        Name the secretary of state of United States (US), who visited India recently.

A) Jim Mattis

B) John Bolton

C) Mike Pence

D) Michael R. Pompeo

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 04TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 04^TH JULY 2019

1.        Who chairs the high powered 9 member committee of chief ministers for transforming Indian agriculture and raising farmers’ income, which will suggest policy measures, attract investments and raise growth in food processing?

A) Bhupesh Baghel

B) Pema Khandu

C) Sarbananda Sonowal

D) Devendra Fadnavis

E) None of these

2.        Which country has officially resumed commercial whaling for the first time in more than three decades?

A) China

B) Russia

C) Japan

D) India

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 03RD JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 03^RD JULY 2019

1.        BY WHICH YEAR THE SCHEME, “ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD” WILL BE AVAILABLE TO USERS IN INDIA?

A) 1 June 2020

B) 1 July 2020

C) 1 December 2019

D) 1 April 2020

E) None of these

2.        WHERE WAS THE G20 (GROUP OF 20) SUMMIT 2019 HELD?

A) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

B) Buenos Aires, Argentina

C) Osaka, Japan

D) Beijing, China

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 3 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 3 JULY 2019

1. N.S. VISHWANATHAN REAPPOINTED RBI DEPUTY GOVERNOR FOR ONE YEAR

✔N S Vishwanathan was re-appointed as the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India for one more year with effect from July 4, 2019.

✔He is in charge of regulation of banks, non-banking finance companies and cooperative banks.

✔Besides N S Vishwanathan, B P Kanungo and M K Jain were the two other deputy governors of RBI.

✔He is a also a member of Bimal Jalan committee which look into the appropriate economic capital framework for RBI.

2. JAPAN OFFICIALLY RESUMES COMMERCIAL WHALING AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS

✔Japan officially resumed commercial whaling for the first time in more than three decades after Tokyo’s controversial decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission.

✔Japan joined Iceland and Norway as the only nations to allow commercial whaling despite the IWC moratorium.

3. WORLD UFO DAY: 2 JULY 2019

✔World UFO day was observed all over the world to increase awareness among people about the existence of UFO.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 02ND JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 02^ND JULY 2019

1.        What is the interest rates of Senior Citizens Savings Scheme for the July-September quarter?

A) 8.7 percent

B) 8.6 percent

C) 8.5 percent

D) 8.4 percent

E) None of these

2.        What is the full form of LR?

A) Liquidity Ratio

B) Loan Rate

C) Leverage Ratio

D) Liability Rate

E) None of these

3.        What is the full form of CAD?

A) CAD – Current Asset Deficit

B) CAD – Current Account Deficit

C) CAD – Consumer Account Deposit

D) CAD – Consumer Asset Deficit

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 2 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 2 JULY 2019

1. ‘ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD’ SCHEME WILL BE AVAILABLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM JULY 1, 2020

✔The central government’s ambitious project of ‘One Nation One Card’, under which beneficiaries can buy subsidized foodgrains from any ration shop in the country, will begin on 1 July 2020.

✔The Centre has given states and Union Territories time till June 30, 2020, to use point of sale machines in the ration shops and roll out the scheme.

✔Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Tripura are the states already providing portability of Public Distribution System entitlements.

2. PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI’S VISITED JAPAN TO ATTEND THE G20 SUMMIT 2019

✔The G-20 Summit 2019 was held at the International Exhibition Center, Osaka, Japan. It was the 14th meeting of the G20.

✔The 2018 G20 Summit was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the 2020 G20 Summit will be held in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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DAILY GK 1 JULY 2019

DAILY GK 1 JULY 2019

1. $250-M LOAN PACT SIGNED BY INDIA AND WORLD BANK FOR REBUILD KERALA INITIATIVE

✔The Government of India, State Government of Kerala and World Bank signed a loan agreement of $250 million (Rs 1,725 crore) for the Kerala Resilient Programme.

✔This will enhance the state’s resilience against the impact of natural disasters and climate change.

2. PB ACHARYA SWORN IN AS THE GOVERNOR OF MANIPUR

✔Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya was sworn in as the Governor of Manipur.

✔He is given the additional charge as the Governor of Manipur, in addition to his own duties as the Governor of Nagaland in the absence of Dr Najma Heptulla, Governor of Manipur.

3. GOVT CUTS INTEREST RATE ON SMALL SAVINGS SCHEMES

✔The GoI has reduced interest rates for small savings schemes by 10 basis points for the July-September quarter of the 2019-20 financial year.

✔Some schemes that will fetch lower interest rates are Kisan Vikas Patra (7.6%), Public Provident Fund (7.9%), Sukanya Samriddhi Account (8.4%).

4. IIT KANPUR HONOURS GOPICHAND WITH HONORARY DOCTORATE

✔IIT Kanpur honours India's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand with honorary doctorate on the occasion of their 52nd convocation.

✔Former President APJ Abdul Kalam and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are past recipients of the honour.

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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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