25,December, 2018 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
25,December,
2018 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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Veteran Rabindra Sangeet singer Dwijen
Mukhopadhyay died at the age of 91. He belongs to the state of;
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Veteran Rabindra
Sangeet singer Dwijen Mukhopadhyay died at his residence in Salt Lake,West
Bengal following various age-related ailments at the age of 91. Dwijen
Mukhopadhyay was known for his rendition of 'Jagoo Durga' on All India Radio
and he was honoured with Padmabhushan and Banga Bibhusan. He was born in 1927
and recorded over 1000 songs of Tagore during his lifetime.
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According to the National Crime Records
Bureau, This state tops in atrocities by police.
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
According to the
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Uttar Pradesh registered 236 cases
against police personnel for human rights violations between 2014 and 2016,
the highest in the country's total of 411 such cases during the same period.
Uttar Pradesh was followed by Delhi where 63 cases of atrocities by police
personnel were registered in the same period. The cases of human rights
violations by police personnel include disappearance of persons, illegal
detention or arrests, fake encounter killings, extortion, assault on women
with intent to outrage her modesty, atrocities on scheduled castes, scheduled
tribes, torture among others.
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3.
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National Consumer Day was celebrated on
24th December of Every Year. It was celebrated with the theme of;
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Every Year 24th
December is observed as National Consumer Day with a specific theme in India.
This year the National Consumer Day is celebrated with the theme "Timely
Disposal of Consumer Complaints". On this day the Consumer Protection
Act, 1986 had received the assent of the president. The enactment of this Act
is considered as a historic milestone in the consumer movement in the
country.
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4.
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Where was the 6th edition of Yuva Natya
Samaroh, a theatre festival of five young directors held?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Sahitya Kala
Parishad, Department of Art, Culture and Languages, Government of Delhi,
organized the sixth edition of five-day long Yuva Natya Samaroh at Kamani
Auditorium in New Delhi. The event will conclude on 26th December. It is a
theatre festival of five young directors with some of the best modern,
mythological as well as Parsi style drama. The festival will start with the
famous and well-discussed story by Mithileshwar titled Babuji and directed by
Rajesh Singh while the Parsi play Safed Khoon directed by Samiruddin (Javed
Sameer), will be presented on the last day of the festival.
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5.
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Where was the statue of Indian farmer's
leader and 5th Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh, inaugurated on
National Farmer's Day?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
National
Farmer's Day (NFD) was celebrated throughout the country to acknowledge the
role of farmers in India's socio-economic development and to mark the birth
anniversary of Indian farmer's leader and 5th Prime Minister of India Shri
Chaudhary Charan Singh. This day which is also observed as KisanDiwas is
celebrated across the nation every year with the focus on the upliftment of
the status of farmers. On this occasion Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of
Uttar Pradesh unveiled a statue of Sri Chaudhary Charan Singh in Ghaziabad,
Uttar Pradesh and addressed a public meeting and announced the allocation of
Rs. 325 crore for the development of the city and rural areas.
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Punjab National Bank and this state
launched a special card called PNB Rupay card, for Kumbh Mela 2019.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
State-owned
Punjab National Bank (PNB) in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh government
launched a special card called PNB Rupay card, for Kumbh Mela 2019. It is
aimed to create a model for digitization at this edition of Kumbh Mela for
convenient and hassle-free transactions for the participating 12 crore
devotees. This product can be used even in absence of internet.
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Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and
__________ were the top three performing states under the maternity benefit
programme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY).
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Andhra Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh were the top three performing states
under the maternity benefit programme Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
(PMMVY). Minister of State for the Women and Child Development Ministry
Virendra Kumar stated PMMVY is a centrally-sponsored scheme under which the
cost-sharing ratio between the Centre, states and the Union Territories with
the legislation is 60:40. For the eight northeastern states and the three
Himalayan states it is 90:10, and 100 per cent central assistance for the
Union Territories without the legislation. About 51.70 lakh beneficiaries are
covered annually under the PMMVY and grants-in-aid amounting to Rs 2,048.59
crores and Rs 369.31 crores have been sanctioned to the states and the Union
Territories during the year 2017-18 and 2018-19 respectively.
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Jharkhand CM announced Rs ___________
crore scheme for farmers.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Jharkhand CM
Raghubar Das announced a Rs.2,250 crore scheme to help 22.76 lakh small and
marginal farmers of the state. Named Mukhyamantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana, the
scheme will provide farmers with a yearly financial assistance of Rs.5,000
per acre for Kharif crops. The scheme will start from 2019-20 financial year.
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Sahitya Kala Parishad, Government of
Delhi and this department organized the sixth edition of five-day long Yuva
Natya Samaroh at New Delhi.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Sahitya Kala
Parishad, Department of Art, Culture and Languages, Government of Delhi,
organized the sixth edition of five-day long Yuva Natya Samaroh at Kamani
Auditorium in New Delhi. The event will conclude on 26th December. It is a
theatre festival of five young directors with some of the best modern,
mythological as well as Parsi style drama. The festival will start with the
famous and well-discussed story by Mithileshwar titled Babuji and directed by
Rajesh Singh while the Parsi play Safed Khoon directed by Samiruddin (Javed
Sameer), will be presented on the last day of the festival.
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Who among the following was awarded
Driver's Driver of the Year, recently?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Lewis Hamilton
was awarded Drivers' Driver of the Year after claiming the 5th World Drivers'
Championship. After this he became the 3rd man in history to secure the 5th
world title. This was a part of vote given by the F1 management for the first
time among 17 of the 20 drivers participating in the event. He was followed
by Max Verstappen in the second place, Fernando Alonso in the third place.
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11.
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Who has conferred the Skoch Golden
Jubilee Challenger Award at the 55th Skoch Summit in New Delhi?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Commerce and
Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu has conferred the Skoch Golden Jubilee
Challenger Award at the 55th Skoch Summit in New Delhi. The Skoch Challenger
Awards are the highest independently instituted civilian honours. The
Commerce and Industry Minister was awarded for his contribution to reforms,
particularly in the power sector reforms. A book titled 'India 2030' was also
released on the occasion. For its inclusive banking and expansion in rural
areas with the establishment of 35 easy payment units in Himalayan district
of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K Bank was conferred with SKOCH Award in
'Banking and Finance (B&F) Silver Category'.
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12.
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Ram Nath Kovind inaugurate the Centre of
Excellence for Genetic Blood Disorders in which of the following city?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The President of
India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, on his first visit to Karimnagar, inaugurated
the Centre of Excellence for Genetic Blood Disorders at the Prathima
Institute of Medical Sciences in Karimnagar, Telangana. This centre will work
on Sickle Cell Anaemia, Thalassemia and Other Genetic Blood Disorders. It was
set up by Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences.
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India's first music museum will be set up
in __________, Tamilnadu.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The State
Minister for Culture and Tamil Development Shri K Pandiarajan announced
setting up of the country's first music museum in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamilnadu.
The venue chosen for the project is the birth place of Saint Tyagaraja, one
of the Trinities of Carnatic music. The museum will be set up with assistance
from the Central government.
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14.
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ICICI Bank has projected the GDP (Gross
Domestic Product) to increase to what percent in 2019-20 and 7.2% in 2018-19?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
ICICI Bank
projected the GDP to increase to 7.4% in 2019-20. Its growth forecast for
2018-2019 is at 7.2 mainly due to slow consumption. It states that one of the
biggest factors restricting growth will be the real estate and small scale
units as they are yet to recover from effects of GST and demonetisation.
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Who will replace United States Defence
Secretary Jim Mattis as acting Pentagon chief?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
United States
President Donald Trump announced through a tweet that Defence Secretary Jim
Mattis will be replaced by his deputy Patrick Shanahan as acting Pentagon
chief on January 1, 2019 the date which is two months earlier than planned.
Earlier Jim Mattis, had announced his resignation on 21st December 2018 due
to strong policy differences with Mr Trump especially on Trump's Syria troop
with drawl move but offered to stay on for two months in order to facilitate
a smooth transition. Mr Shanahan, is a former executive at the aerospace
giant Boeing, joined the Pentagon in July 2017 after Mr Trump nominated him
and was reportedly a vocal supporter of the president's plan to establish a
sixth branch of the armed forces, known as the "space force".
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Name the new exotic planet discovered by
researchers outside our solar system in the constellation Cassiopeia.
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
21 light years
away on december 22, 2018 in the constellation Cassiopeia, a shimmering
"super-Earth", five times the mass of Earth, dubbed as HD219134 b
was discovered. Unlike the Earth, however, it most likely does not have a
massive core of iron, but is rich in calcium and aluminium alongside
magnesium and silicon. It shimmers red to blue like rubies and sapphires,
because these gemstones are aluminium oxides which are common on the
exoplanet. According to the researchers it is one of three candidates likely
to belong to a new exotic class of exoplanets. The other two exoplanets
studied were 55 Cancri e and WASP-47 e. The study was published in the
journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a
stamp and a coin to commemorate the Paika rebellion of 1817 in which of the
following state?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
On 24 December
2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a stamp and a coin to commemorate
the Paika rebellion of 1817 in Odisha. The Paika Rebellion was the first war
of Independence against the British. In the early 1800s, the farming community
of Odisha had risen in rebellion against British's revenue model. The
rebellion of 1817 came to be known as Paika Bidroh.
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Who launched the First Global Positioning
System (GPS) III satellite nicknamed as Vespucci US Military Satellite?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
SpaceX launched
the U.S. Air Force's newest 'GPS III' satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA. The solar-powered
spacecraft, dubbed "Vespucci," is the company's first official
"National Security Space" mission. Vespucci's nickname honours
Italian cartographer and explorer Amerigo Vespucci, after whom North and
South America were named. It was competed through the Air Force's Evolved
Expendable Launch Vehicle program. The successful GPS III SV01 mission marked
SpaceX's 21st and final launch of 2018, beating the company's 2017 flight
rate of 18 launches.
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