Today’s GK & Current Affairs Quiz for March 12, 2019

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Current Affairs Quiz for 12/03/2019

1. Which state government launched “Atal Aahar Yojana”?

(A)Haryana
(B)Sikkim
(C)Andhra Pradesh
(D)Maharashtra
(E) Hyderabad

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Solution: (D)

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Maharashtra government launched a special scheme for construction workers in the state. The scheme, “Atal Aahar Yojna” will provide good quality and hygienic food to construction workers at a highly subsidized rate. The Atal Aahar Yojana will be implemented in some areas of the state on a pilot basis and later, the scope of the scheme will be expanded.[/ms_expand]
2. Who will be heading the committee on Comprehensive Insurance Scheme for Advocates?

(A)Alok Srivastava
(B)Danish Shah
(C)Ritesh Jain
(D)Vimlesh Tripathi
(E) None of the above

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Solution: (A)

The government set up a five-member committee headed by Legal Affairs Secretary Alok Srivastava to examine issues related to framing of a structured scheme for providing insurance cover to advocates. The committee would also suggest modalities for the implementation of such a scheme and would submit its report within three months.[/ms_expand]
3. As per UIDAI, business organizations using Aadhar services will now have to pay how much amount for each customer?

(A)Rs 15
(B)Rs 5
(C)Rs 20
(D)Rs 10
(E) Rs 50

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Solution: (C)

Business organizations using Aadhar services will now have to pay Rs 20 for each customer and 50 paise for authentication of each transaction carried out by the entities, the UIDAI said. The gazette notification, the Aadhaar (Pricing of Aadhaar Authentication Services) Regulations 2019, however, exempts government entities and the Department of Posts from authentication transaction charges.[/ms_expand]
4. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep S Puri launched India Urban Observatory in which city/UT?

(ANew Delhi
(B)Mumbai
(C)Kolkata
(D)Chennai
(E)Hyderabad

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Solution: (A)

Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep S Puri in New Delhi inaugurated state-of-the-art India Urban Observatory, which would plug into the myriad sources of data from cities, both real-time and archived.[/ms_expand]
5. Which ministry has won the first prize in the category of TV Cinema Spot at the prestigious international Golden City gate Tourism Awards 2019?

(A)Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
(B)Ministry of Finance
(C)Ministry of Tourism
(D)Ministry of Defence
(E) Ministry of Aviation

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Solution: (C)

The Ministry of Tourism has won the first prize in the category of TV Cinema Spot at the prestigious international Golden City gate Tourism Awards 2019. The awards were received by Tourism Secretary Yogendra Tripathi at Berlin[/ms_expand]

6. Who has been named for the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Women Journalist for the year 2018?

(A)Nidhi Razdan
(B)Barkha Dutt
(C)Priyanka Dubey
(D)Neha Dixit
(E)Anjana Om Kashyap

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Solution: (C)

Priyanka Dubey has been named for the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Women Journalist for the year 2018. Dubey was chosen for her multi-faceted, investigative and interrogative reportage.[/ms_expand]

7. Which country’s government announced a donation of Rs 22 lakh to the Rabindra Bharati Museum in Kolkata?

(A)Japan
(B)Maldives
(C)China
(D)Russia
(E) UAE

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Solution: (A)

The Japanese Government announced a donation of Rs 22 lakh to the Rabindra Bharati Museum in Kolkata in a bid to strengthen historical and cultural ties with India. To refurbish the Japan Gallery of the museum, an MoU will be signed.[/ms_expand]

8. Who has been appointed as chairperson of the panel of mediators regarding the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case?

(A)Ranjan Gogoi
(B)FMI Kalifulla
(C)KM Joseph
(D)Justice Kurian
(E) Ram Jethmalani

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Solution: (B)

The Supreme Court has referred the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for mediation and has appointed former apex court judge Justice (retd) FMI Kalifulla as chairperson of the panel of mediators.[/ms_expand]
9. Kane Tanaka was honored as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. She belongs from which country?

(A)Japan
(B)Russia
(C)England
(D)Canada
(E) USA

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Solution: (A)

A 116-year-old woman has been honoured as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on records officially recognized Kane Tanaka in a ceremony at the nursing home where she lives in Fukuoka, in southwest Japan. She was born in January 1903.[/ms_expand]

10. Which bank recently started linking pricing of loans and savings deposits to RBI’s repo rate?

(A)BOB
(B)PNB
(C)IOB
(D)SBI
(E) ICICI

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Solution: (D)

In a first-of-its-kind move that will ensure faster monetary transmission, the nation’s largest lender SBI announced linking of it savings deposits rates and short term loans to the RBI’s repo rate. The new rates linked the external benchmark rate of the repo rate, will be effective May 1; but the move will not benefit all its depositors as the new rate is applicable only to those with a balance of over Rs 1 lakh in their accounts.[/ms_expand]

11. Who won gold at the 38th Gee Bee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland?

(A)Anuj Negi
(B)Anshu Singh
(C)Kavinder Singh Bisht
(D)Shiva Thapa
(E) Mary Kom

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Solution: (C)

Kavinder Singh Bisht struck gold while Shiva Thapa and three others claimed silver medals to end a fine Indian campaign at the 38th Gee Bee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland. In a rare all-Indian final, a gritty Bisht was up against Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Hussamuddin in the 56kg summit clash. Both the boxers are from the Services Sports Control Board.[/ms_expand]
12. Who was named as the new India head of Citi bank?

(A)Amitabh Chaudhary
(B)Ranjit Gill
(C)Ashu Khullar
(D)Prawat Singh
(E) Raghuram Rajan

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Solution: (C)

Citigroup has named Ashu Khullar as the new India head after its current chief executive officer Pramit Jhaveri steps down. Having joined Citi in 1988, he has worked across both developed and emerging markets in Europe, Middle East Africa and India.[/ms_expand]

13. Who is the new PM Of Palestine?

(A)Mohammed Shtayyeh
(B)Mahmoud Abbas
(C)Sultan Mohammed
(D)Mohammed Al Nahyan
(E) None of the above

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Solution: (A)

Mohammed Shtayyeh has been named as Palestinian PM by President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas. Shtayyeh, a long time ally of the Abbas, is the member of the central committee of the President’s Fatah party.[/ms_expand]
14. President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Padma Shri 2019 on which Indian cricketer?

(A)Nambi Narayan
(B) Bachendri Pal
(C) Teejan Bai
(D) Gautam Gambhir
(E) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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Solution: (D)

The Padma Shri Awards 2019, one of the highest civilian awards of India, was announced on January 25, 2019, on the occasion of Republic Day eve. Gautam Gambhir, Prabhu Deva, and Late Kader Khan are among the Padma Shri awardees this year.[/ms_expand]
15. Which organization will carry out first all-female spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS)?

(A)NASA
(B) ISRO
(C) CNES
(D) SpaceX
(E) DRDO

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Solution: (A)

US space agency NASA recently announced to carry out first all-female spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) on March 29, 2019. Astronauts will get ground support from Canadian Space Agency flight controller Kristen Facciol at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Christina Koch and Anne McClain to make history at International Space Station on 29 March.[/ms_expand]

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