06,January, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
06,January, 2019
Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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Who was appointed the secretary of
Competition Commission of India (CCI)?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
P K Singh was
appointed secretary of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Prior to
this, he was adviser (law) to the competition watchdog. After completing 5
years of experience as the adviser to the CCI, according to the norms of the
institution, he was chosen as the candidate. His scope of responsibilities
include acting as the nodal officer for the Commission, making or receiving
all statutory information and entering into the any formal relationships
including signing of memorandums with any foreign agency or other agency with
prior approval from Commission and government.
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2.
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Name the Indian origin boy who was
selected by Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) for receiving National
Bravery Award.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
15-year-old
class IXth student, Wahengbam Lamnganba Singh, of Kumbi area in Manipur, has
been selected by the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) for receiving
National Bravery Award. He will be honoured because he had saved his two and
half year's old cousin brother from drowning in a pond, on May 16, 2018. He
would receive the award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. The
National Bravery Awards are given under the aegis of the Indian Council for
Child Welfare (ICCW) every Republic Day. These awards are broadly classified
into five categories, including the Bharat Award, Sanjay Chopra Award, Geeta
Chopra Award, Bapu Gaidhani Award and the General National Bravery Awards.
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Where was the 10th R R Lakshya Cup 2018
shooting tournament held?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Shooter Divyansh
Singh Panwar from Rajasthan and shooter Nupur Patil from Maharashtra have won
10th R R Lakshya Cup 2018 in senior and junior category respectively.
Dronacharya Awardee and former National Coach Prof. Sunny Thomas was the
chief guest of the event. The tournament was organised in Lakshya Shooting
Club, Karnala Sports Academy, Panvel, Navi Mumbai. The Club was founded by
ace shooter Suma Shirur. R R Lakshya Cup being only a premier invitational
tournament, it's record wouldn't be count for International records. The
event has prize money of Rs. 1,00,000 in senior category and Rs. 50,000 in
junior category.
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4.
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SBFC and this bank signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to provide loans worth Rs. 1 crore to MSMEs for 15-year tenure.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
ICICI Bank
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Small Business FinCredit
India Pvt Ltd (SBFC) on 4 January 2019. Under the MoU, it will jointly
provide loans worth up to Rs 1 crore to the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs). ICICI Bank will co-originate loan against property with
SBFC at a mutually agreed ratio. The loans of up to Rs 1 crore is for a
tenure of 15 years.
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5.
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The theme of 27th New Delhi World Book
Fair is;
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
To mark Mahatma
Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary, there will be a special book exhibition of
books on and by Mahatma Gandhi. Over 20 countries will participate in the
fair. The 27th New Delhi World Book Fair has begun at Pragati Maidan. Human
Resources Development Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the 9-day annual
event. The theme of this year is 'Readers with Special Needs'.
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Which city is the venue of the 2019
Indian Panorama Film Festival (IPFF)?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Indian
Panorama Film Festival (IPFF) has started at Siri Fort Auditorium II, New
Delhi from 4th January. The 10-day Festival is being organized by the
Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
(I&B). The directors of the opening feature film 'Olu' and of the opening
non-feature film 'Kharvas' viz. Shri Shaji N Karun and Shri Aditya Suhas
Jambhale were presented at the inauguration of the fest. All the films
selected under the Indian Panorama section in the 49th International Film
Festival of India (IFFI-2018) will be screened during the Festival. The entry
for the Festival is free and seating is on the first-come-first-served basis.
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Name the Indian batsman who has faced
highest deliveries in a test series in Australia with 1258 balls, beating
India's Former Captain, Rahul Dravid's record of 1203 balls.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
30 years old
Indian Batsman, Cheteshwar Pujara has faced 1258 balls in the ongoing test
series so far against Australia to become the batsman who had faced highest
deliveries in a test series in Australia beating India's Former Captain,
Rahul Dravid's record of 1203 balls. He achieved the feat by scoring 193 runs
of 373 deliveries on the 2nd day of 4th Test Match against Australia in
Sydney.
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8.
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Chhabilendra Roul was appointed as the
Secretary for which of the following department?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Chhabilendra
Roul has assumed the charge of Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry
of Chemicals & Fertilizers from 31 December 2018. He replaced Bharathi S.
Sihag, who retired on 31 December 2018. He was the Special Secretary of
Department of Agricultural Research and Education. He is an Indian
Administrative Services Officer of 1985 batch, from Punjab Cadre.
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9.
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Tropical Storm Usman hits this country
with heavy rains and triggered deadly landslides, on 29th December 2018.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Tropical Storm
Usman hit Philippines' Bicol region in Manila. The tropical depression
brought heavy rains and triggered deadly landslides all over the country. The
Philippines is affected by 15 to 20 typhoons every year during the rainy
season, which usually begins in May or June and concludes in November or
December.
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10.
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The Ministry of Human Resource
Development constituted a Task Force to look into the JNV suicides. It was
headed by __________.
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Ministry of
Human Resource Development constituted a Task Force to look into the reasons
of suicides reported in the JNVs. The Task Force will be headed by
Psychiatrist, Dr. Jitendra Nagpal. The Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) are
fully residential schools managed and run by the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti,
an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
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11.
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The 80th National Table Tennis
Championship begins in which city?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The 80th
National Table Tennis Championship began at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium
in Cuttack. As many as 35 teams, including 550 players from different parts
of the country are participating in the mega championship.
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The bill passed by the Parliament that
seeks to do away with the no-detention policy in schools.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The Parliament
passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment)
Bill, 2018 that seeks to do away with the no-detention policy in schools. The
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, was
moved in the Rajya-Sabha by Union minister for Human Resources Development
Prakash Javadekar and was passed by a voice vote. It is already passed by the
Lower House (Lok-Sabha) on July 18 2018. Under current provisions of the
Section 16 of the Act, no student can be detained up to class 8th but as per
the amendment, it would be left to the States to decide whether to continue
the no-detention policy. 25 states have favoured abolishing the no-detention
policy. The bill provides for regular examination in classes V and VIII. The
MHRD Minister assured that no child will be excluded from school in case he
or she fails and such children will be provided two-month remedial teaching
to perform better in another examination to be conducted by their schools. If
the students still do not pass the exam, the state government may decide to
detain them.
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Which Indian state ranked in the ranking
of Singapore's Asia Competitiveness Institute's (ACI), Ease of Doing Business
(EDB) index 2018?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
In the latest
ranking of Singapore's Asia Competitiveness Institute's (ACI), Ease of Doing
Business (EDB) index 2018, Andhra Pradesh emerged on top of the 21 states of
India that were considered for the ranking, while Maharashtra and Delhi came
in second and third place, respectively. The ACI's EDB index is based upon
three parameters called ABC -Attractiveness to Investors, Business
Friendliness and Competitiveness Policies. iii. The index captured the
business environment at the sub-national level on the basis of 72 hard and
soft indicators. The Ease of Doing Business (EDB) list is compiled by a team
of researchers led by Tan Khee Giap, who is the co-director of Asia
competitiveness institute (ACI), and associate professor at Lee Kuan Yew
School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
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Scientists from which institute have
developed a simple paper kit that can test freshness of milk and tell how
well it has been pasteurized?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Scientists at
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati have developed a simple paper kit
that can test freshness of milk and tell how well it has been pasteurized.
The kit is sided with smart phone app to ensure that milk is consumed before
it turns too sour. The team has prepared a kit by attaching probe discs onto
a 2 cm square transparent cellulose acetate film. The probe is then covered
with another cellulose acetate film. Colour reaction takes place when milk is
injected through a tiny hole in the cover and a smart phone can be used to
get the results. It takes just about 15 minutes to detect raw milk from
pasteurized one.
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How many monumnets are declared under the
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, in 2018?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The Ministry of
Culture announced that Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) declared 6
monuments as 'protected and of national importance' under the Ancient
Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, in 2018. These
sites are: 125-year-old Old High Court Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra, 2
Mughal era monuments in Agra- Haveli of Agha Khan and Hathi Khana, The
Neemrana Baori in Alwar district of Rajasthan, The Group of Temples in
Ranipur Jharail in Bolangir district of Odisha, The Vishnu Temple in Kotali,
Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand. After this the total number of centrally
protected sites or monuments under ASI are 3693, increasing from 3686. Among
that, Uttar Pradesh has 745 sites, Karnataka has 506 and Tamil Nadu has 413
sites, marking them as the states having the highest number of ASI-maintained
sites.
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