11,March, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
11,March, 2019
Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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1.
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Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurate Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology
in __________, Uttar Pradesh.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi embarked on a visit to Kanpur, Ghaziabad and Varanasi in Uttar
Pradesh. He laid foundation stone for various development projects and
schemes during his visit. PM Modi during his visit to UP address a gathering
and unveiled several development projects in Greater Noida. PM inaugurated
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute of Archaeology and unveiled a statue of
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya at the campus. Modi inaugurated Noida City Centre
- Noida Electronic City Section of the Delhi Metro which will provide a
convenient and faster mode of transport for the residents.
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2.
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Manpreet Vohra
was appointed as the next India's Ambassador to __________.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Shri Manpreet
Vohra (IFS:1988), presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry has been
appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Mexico and is expected to take
up the assignment shortly.
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3.
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Korea Exim Bank
extend a Rs 4,100 crore loan for which of the following Metro Rail project?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Korea Exim Bank
has come forward to extend a Rs 4,100 crore loan for Visakhapatnam (VIZAG)
Metro Rail project. The state government had earlier sent a proposal in this
regard to the Central government, which in turn forwarded it to Korea Exim
Bank. Following this, the Bank deputed a team to Amaravati to hold talks with
the state government.
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4.
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Recently,
Supreme Court form a pannel to Settle Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid case. It
consists of how many members?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Supreme
Court ordered a court-monitored mediation in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid
land dispute case to arrive at a "permanent solution" to the
politically and religiously sensitive issue. The five-judge constitution
bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi appointed a panel of 3 mediators in the
title suit with Retired Justice Kalifullah chairing the court-appointed and
monitored mediation process. The other two members are spiritual leader Sri
Sri Ravi Shankar and senior advocate Sriram Panchu.
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5.
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China launched
a new communication satellite using a Long March - 3B carrier rocket. It was
named as;
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
China lifted its
broadband communication system by launching a Long March - 3B carrier rocket
with 'ChinaSat 6C' into a geostationary orbit in Sichuan province.
The'ChinaSat 6C' was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan
province. It is a 19 story tall rocket which is expected to provide high
quality radio and television transmission services. It marked 300th launch of
the Long March carrier rocket series which was developed by the China Aerospace
Science and Technology Corporation and will be operated by China Satellite
Communications Co. Ltd. The satellite will cover China, Australia, New
Zealand and the South Pacific Island Countries. Nearly 97% of China's total
launch missions was on Long March rocket series.
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6.
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Which of the
following will host the India and Japan joint space dialogue?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
India and Japan
organised a joint space dialogue in New Delhi. It aimed at providing a
platform for both the countries to explore ways to enhance cooperation
between the space agencies of both the nations. Indra Mani Pandey, Additional
Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs, Ministry of
External Affairs headed the Indian delegation while Kansuke Nagaoka, Deputy
Assistant Minister, Foreign Policy Bureau, and Shuzo Takada, Director
General, National Space Policy Secretariat jointly led the Japanese
delegation.Topics discussed during the event were: collaboration between
Japanese Exploration Space Agency (JAXA) and Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO), global navigation satellite systems, space situational
awareness (SSA), norms related to space security, etc.
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7.
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Who has been
appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of El Salvador?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Shri B. S.
Mubarak, the Indian Foreign Service officer of 2001 batch, is presently the
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guatemala.
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8.
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Who won the
Chameli Devi Jain Award 2018 for outstanding women journalist?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
A bilingual
correspondent with the BBC at its Delhi bureau, Priyanka Dubey won the
Chameli Devi Jain Award 2018 as outstanding women journalist. She was chosen
for her multi-faceted, interrogative and investigative reports. She helped to
uncover the reality underlying in the social and political issues.Chameli
Devi Jain Award has been awarded to women journalist for upholding standards
of excellence through a sustained body of work for the past 37 years. The
award was presented at a function in Delhi.She was a freedom fighter. This
award is the countries longest running media award for women.
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Who will chair
the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The Union
Cabinet has approved the National Mission on Transformative Mobility and
Battery Storage to promote clean, connected, shared, sustainable and holistic
mobility initiatives in the country. The multi-disciplinary mission with an
Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee will be chaired by NITI Aayog CEO
Amitabh Kant. The mission will also launch the Phased Manufacturing
Programmes (PMP) for Batteries and for Electric Vehicle components. The PMPs
will be valid for five years till 2024 to support setting up of a few large
scale, export competitive integrated batteries and cell manufacturing Giga
plants in India. The programme will provide a plan which will send a clear
signal to the industry to make the necessary investments in capacity to
localize the value chain. Hence, the creation of a PMP would localise
production along the entire electric vehicles value chain. The mission will
also coordinate with key stakeholders in ministries/ departments and states
to integrate various initiatives to transform mobility in India.
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10.
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When was the
National Immunisation Day observed?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
National
Immunisation Day was observed on March 10, Pulse Polio programme for 2019
launched by President on National Immunisation Day. Under this programme,
more than 17 crore children aged below 5 years shall be administered with
polio drops. he injectable inactivated polio vaccine has also been introduced
under this programme. Mission Indradhanush has also been launched by the
government for achieving an aim of 90% full immunisation coverage. Around
3.39 crore children and 87 lakh pregnant women received vaccination under
Mission Indradhanush.
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This airport
was declared as the best airport in the category of over "40 million
passengers per annum (MPPA)" in Asia Pacific in the Airport Service
Quality (ASQ) Programme for 2018.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The Indira
Gandhi International (IGI) airport, New Delhi was declared as the best
airport in the category of over "40 million passengers per annum
(MPPA)" in Asia Pacific by Airports Council International (ACI) in the
Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Programme for 2018.It had maintained the
position of World no. 2 from 2011 to 2013 and in 2014 went up to become the
World no. 1 in the 25-40 MMPA category and stayed at that position in 2015.It
stood World No. 2 in the highest category of more than 40 MPPA in 2016 and in
2017, it was adjudged as the best airport in the highest category of over 40
MPPA.
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12.
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Which country
bags the 1st Prize at International 'Golden City Gate Tourism Awards 2019' in
Berlin, recently?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The Ministry of
Tourism, Government of India 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 Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary, Tourism at
ITB, Berlin.
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13.
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Who has been
appointed as the Prime Minister of Palestinian by the President Authority
Mahmoud Abbas?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Mohammad
Shtayyeh has been named as Palestinian Prime Minister by President of
Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas. A member of the West Bank's dominant
Fatah party is a long time ally of Abbas. The announcement came after Rami
al-Hamdallah tendered his resignation from the post and of his unity
government to President Mahmoud Abbas, underscoring the failure of Hamas and
Fatah to implement a power-sharing deal.
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14.
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Kane Tanaka
was honored as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records.
She belongs to the country of;
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
A 116-year-old
Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello is being honored as
the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records. Tanaka was born
January 2, 1903, the seventh among eight children. The previous oldest living
person was another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at age 117.
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With which
central American country, India signed two documents during Vice President
Venkaiah Naidu?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
India and Costa
Rica signed two documents during Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's first visit
to the Central American nation. The documents were signed and exchanged
following talks between Naidu and Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado
Quesada. The 2 agreements were signed on waiving visa requirements for
Diplomatic and Official passport holders and the signing of the Letter of
Intent to collaborate in the field of Biotechnology.
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The first
domestic bank to link the interest rate it offers on savings account deposits
to the Reserve Bank of India's repo rate.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
State Bank of
India has become the first domestic bank to link the interest rate it offers
on savings account deposits to an external benchmark - the Reserve Bank of
India's repo rate. By doing so, the bank will effectively link all loan rates
to an external benchmark either directly or indirectly, thereby attempting to
speed up the transmission of any changes in the benchmark monetary policy
rate to depositors and borrowers.
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17.
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Which of the
following was conferred with the Golden Peacock Innovative Product Award -
2019?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
ACKO General
Insurance a new-age digital insurance company was awarded the coveted Golden
Peacock Innovative Product Award - 2019, for their contextual micro insurance
product -"Ola Ride Insurance". The award was presented to Mr.
Biresh Giri, Appointed Actuary & CRO, Acko. The award ceremony was held
in Dubai.
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18.
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Reserve Bank
of India(RBI) has eased business guidelines for which of the following ATM's
to source cash directly from the central bank?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank
of India has eased business guidelines for white label ATMs by allowing
companies that manage these machines to source cash directly from the central
bank. sThe guidelines released by RBI include managing machines to source
cash directly from RBI offices, offer non bank services like bill payment and
advertise even non financial products in their premises.As per the statement,
RBI has allowed the operators to source cash from any Scheduled banks in
India including cooperative and rural banks.RBI allowed White Label ATM
Operators (WLAO) to offer bill payment and deposit services depending on the
technical feasibility of the device as determined by NPCI. The ATMs setup,
owned and operated by non-bank Entities are called White Label ATMs (WLAs).
They provide banking services to customers of banks based on the
debit/credit/prepaid cards issued by banks.
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As a part of
the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), Which state has distributed the
Highest number of free LPG connection?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The government
allotted its 7-croreth free cooking gas (LPG) connection, as a part of the
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).7 crore free LPG connections have been
issued in the past 34 months which approximates to almost 69,000 connections
per day. This scheme was launched on 1st May, 2016 with the aim of issuing 5
crore connections to women from poor families.42% of the total connections
have been issued to SC/ST. The highest number of connections have been issues
in Uttar Pradesh (1.26 crore), followed by West Bengal (78 lakhs) and Bihar
(77.51 lakh).
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How many Gold
medals are India won in the Finland Boxing Tournament?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Kavinder Singh
Bisht in the 56kg-category struck gold while Shiva Thapa in the 60kg category
and three others claimed silver medals to end a fine Indian campaign at the
38th GeeBee Boxing Tournament in Helsinki, Finland. Bisht defeated
Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Hussamuddin in the 56kg summit clash.
Signing off with silver medals were three-time Asian medallist Shiva Thapa,
Govind Sahani, Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin and
Dinesh Dagar.
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