Quiz-17
Q1. The fourth edition of BIMSTEC Summit-2017 will be held in-
(a) Sri Lanka
(b) Thailand
(c) Nepal
(d) Myanmar
(e) Bangladesh
Q2. Name the Indian woman, who has been shortlisted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for its 2018 space mission under the Citizen Science Astronaut (CSA) programme.
(a) Dr Shawna Pandya
(b) Kalpana Chawla
(c) Sunita Williams
(d) Rekha Singh Rajput
(e) None of the given options is true
Q3. India and Austria have signed a protocol to amend the existing treaty for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion. The currency of Austria is-?
(a) Krone
(b) Dong
(c) Rand
(d) Peso
(e) Euro
Q4. Name the Indian Batsman, who has surpassed the 52-year long-standing record of former Indian cricketer Chandu Borde of highest first-class runs in a single cricketing season?
(a) KL Rahul
(b) Murli Vijay
(c) Virat Kohli
(d) Cheteshwar Pujara
(e) None of the given options is true
Q5. Which among the following state has become the first state in the country for establishing the cashless system in its public distribution system (PDS) of food grains?
(a) Telangana
(b) Kerala
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Rajasthan
(e) Gujarat
Q6. Name the Indian cricket team captain, who has recorded his sixth Test 150, against Bangladesh at Hyderabad to set the record for most 150-plus scores by an Indian captain in Tests?
(a) Rohit Sharma
(b) Suresh Raina
(c) MS Dhoni
(d) Yuvaraj Singh
(e) Virat Kohli
Q7. The Parliament has passed the Payment of Wages Amendment Bill 2017 which will benefit workers by ensuring fair payment of wages through-
(a) intermediaries
(b) cash counters
(c) essential goods supply
(d) Either cheque or bank accounts
(e) None of the given options is true
Q8. Enthused by the success of two pilot projects on utilising the head post offices as Passport Seva Kendra, the government has now decided to scale up this programme by opening ____________ such facilities across the country.
(a) 38
(b) 73
(c) 56
(d) 85
(e) 103
Q9. Who has appointed as Managing Director of state-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India recently?
(a) Rajiv Kumar
(b) Hemant Bhargava
(c) Ashok Gulati
(d) Manish Sabharwal
(e) Arun M Kumar
Q10. To give a leg up to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the diamond industry _______________ is planning to launch a supply chain financing product for the industry on a pilot basis in Surat.
(a) Bank of Baroda
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Punjab National Bank
(d) Indian Overseas Bank
(e) Central Bank of India
Q11. Which team has won the inter-ministry Hockey tournament 2016 - 17 in New Delhi?
(a) Home Ministry
(b) Ministry of Finance
(c) I & B Ministry
(d) Ministry of Health
(e) Ministry of External Affairs
Q12. Who has appointed as chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
(a) Rajiv Kumar
(b) Manish Sabharwal
(c) Hemant Bhargava
(d) UK Sinha
(e) Ajay Tyagi
Q13. In the latest move to curb tax evasion, the government has set up a task force to monitor actions of deviant shell companies. The setting up of the task force, under the co-chairmanship of revenue secretary and corporate affairs secretary Tapan Ray. Who is the present revenue secretary of Government of India?
(a) Hasmukh Adhia
(b) Shaktikanta Das
(c) Ratan P Watal
(d) Rajiv Mehrishi
(e) None of the given options is true
Q14. Glob-trotting sand artist __________________ has added yet another feature to his cap by storming into Guinness World Records for having created the world's tallest sand castle on Puri beach.
(a) Jagmohan Sinha
(b) Rahul Arya
(c) Manas kumar Sahoo
(d) Sudarsan Pattnaik
(e) None of the given options is true
Q15. Where is the headquartered of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
(a) Chennai
(b) Mumbai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Nagpur
(e) Hyderabad
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. The fourth edition of BIMSTEC Summit-2017 will be held in Nepal. It was announced in the 17th session of BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. An Indian-origin neurosurgeon currently based in Canada has been shortlisted by NASA for its 2018 space mission under the Citizen Science Astronaut (CSA) programme. If everything goes as per plan, Dr Shawna Pandya (32) may join the league of Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. Dr Pandya, who was born in Canada, is a general physician with the Alberta University Hospital. She has her roots in Mumbai, where her grandmother currently lives in Mahalaxmi area. Dr Pandya, who is in Mumbai holding talks with medical professionals, was shortlisted after securing top score in the CSA programme.
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. India and Austria signed a protocol to amend the existing bilateral taxation treaty for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion. The protocol was signed between Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra on behalf of India and Embassy of Austria Charge d’ Affaires Georg Zehetner behalf of Austria. The currency of Austria is Euro.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. India’s top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara added another feather to his cap on the first day of the Hyderabad Test at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium against Bangladesh. During his knock of 83 runs, Pujara surpassed the 52-year long-standing record of former Indian cricketer Chandu Borde of highest first-class runs in a single cricketing season. Borde had scored 1604 runs in the 1964-65 season that included runs in Tests as well as first-class matches. When Pujara scored his 83rd run, he eventually surpassed Borde’s record by a run and now has 1605 runs in the season with India still to play 4 more Test matches to play against Australia at home.
S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. Gujarat has become the first state in the country for establishing the cashless system in its public distribution system (PDS) of food grains. The beneficiaries who are eligible for subsidised food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) will now need to carry only Aadhaar cards for getting their food grains in Gujarat.
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Virat Kohli has recorded his sixth Test 150, against Bangladesh at Hyderabad on 10th February 2017, to set the record for most 150-plus scores by an Indian captain in Tests. Kohli went past Sunil Gavaskar and Mohammad Azharuddin, who both have five 150-plus Test scores each as captain. Notably, all of Kohli's last five Test centuries have been of 150+ runs.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Parliament has passed a bill seeking to enable the Centre and state governments to specify industrial units which will have to pay wages only either through cheques or by transferring into bank accounts. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2017, which was passed by voice vote in Rajya Sabha, also enables the employers to pay wages to workers through cheque or by transferring into their bank account without their written authorisation. Lok Sabha had also passed the bill.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Enthused by the success of two pilot projects on utilising the head post offices as Passport Seva Kendra, the government has now decided to scale up this programme by opening 56 such facilities across the country. The ministry of external affairs and the department of posts had earlier decided to join hands to deliver passport- related services to the citizens. MEA and department of posts are working closely for the early commencement of passport-related services at such Kendra's located in various states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Hemant Bhargava has appointed as Managing Director of state-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. He is at present LIC's zonal manager, Delhi. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Bhargava's appointment to the post till his superannuation, ie, July 31, 2019, an order issued by Personnel Ministry said. The top LIC management consists of the chairman and three managing directors.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. To give a leg up to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the diamond industry, Bank of Baroda is planning to launch a supply chain financing product for the industry on a pilot basis in Surat. Cutting and polishing units, which procure roughs from large companies and supply finished products back, will be provided finance at a competitive rate of interest. This move is expected to give a boost to MSMEs as well as the corporate segment within the diamond industry, said Rajneesh Sharma, General Manager, Bank of Baroda. The product will be launched in the next 10-20 days.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. The inter-ministry Hockey tournament 2016 - 17 was held at Central Secretariat Ground Vinay Marg, New Delhi. The final match played between I & B Ministry and Ministry of Health. I&B Team won the final match by three goals to Nil. All the Ministry teams participated in the race for the cup.
S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. Senior Finance Ministry official Ajay Tyagi has appointed as chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He will succeed U K Sinha, whose extended tenure ends on 01st March 2017.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. In the latest move to curb tax evasion, the government has set up a task force to monitor actions of deviant shell companies. The setting up of the task force, under the co-chairmanship of revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia and corporate affairs secretary Tapan Ray, followed a meeting held in Prime Minister’s Office on 10th February 2017 to review the functioning of shell companies to prevent their misuse for money laundering and tax-evasion, especially post-demonetisation.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Glob-trotting sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has added yet another feature in his cap by storming into Guinness World Records for having created the world's tallest sand castle on Puri beach. The official announcement was made by Guinness authorities in the presence of state chief secretary Aditya Padhi and other senior officers.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Mumbai, Maharashtra is headquartered of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
Solutions
S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. The fourth edition of BIMSTEC Summit-2017 will be held in Nepal. It was announced in the 17th session of BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. An Indian-origin neurosurgeon currently based in Canada has been shortlisted by NASA for its 2018 space mission under the Citizen Science Astronaut (CSA) programme. If everything goes as per plan, Dr Shawna Pandya (32) may join the league of Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams. Dr Pandya, who was born in Canada, is a general physician with the Alberta University Hospital. She has her roots in Mumbai, where her grandmother currently lives in Mahalaxmi area. Dr Pandya, who is in Mumbai holding talks with medical professionals, was shortlisted after securing top score in the CSA programme.
S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. India and Austria signed a protocol to amend the existing bilateral taxation treaty for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion. The protocol was signed between Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra on behalf of India and Embassy of Austria Charge d’ Affaires Georg Zehetner behalf of Austria. The currency of Austria is Euro.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. India’s top-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara added another feather to his cap on the first day of the Hyderabad Test at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium against Bangladesh. During his knock of 83 runs, Pujara surpassed the 52-year long-standing record of former Indian cricketer Chandu Borde of highest first-class runs in a single cricketing season. Borde had scored 1604 runs in the 1964-65 season that included runs in Tests as well as first-class matches. When Pujara scored his 83rd run, he eventually surpassed Borde’s record by a run and now has 1605 runs in the season with India still to play 4 more Test matches to play against Australia at home.
S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. Gujarat has become the first state in the country for establishing the cashless system in its public distribution system (PDS) of food grains. The beneficiaries who are eligible for subsidised food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) will now need to carry only Aadhaar cards for getting their food grains in Gujarat.
S6. Ans.(e)
Sol. Virat Kohli has recorded his sixth Test 150, against Bangladesh at Hyderabad on 10th February 2017, to set the record for most 150-plus scores by an Indian captain in Tests. Kohli went past Sunil Gavaskar and Mohammad Azharuddin, who both have five 150-plus Test scores each as captain. Notably, all of Kohli's last five Test centuries have been of 150+ runs.
S7. Ans.(d)
Sol. Parliament has passed a bill seeking to enable the Centre and state governments to specify industrial units which will have to pay wages only either through cheques or by transferring into bank accounts. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill 2017, which was passed by voice vote in Rajya Sabha, also enables the employers to pay wages to workers through cheque or by transferring into their bank account without their written authorisation. Lok Sabha had also passed the bill.
S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Enthused by the success of two pilot projects on utilising the head post offices as Passport Seva Kendra, the government has now decided to scale up this programme by opening 56 such facilities across the country. The ministry of external affairs and the department of posts had earlier decided to join hands to deliver passport- related services to the citizens. MEA and department of posts are working closely for the early commencement of passport-related services at such Kendra's located in various states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
S9. Ans.(b)
Sol. Hemant Bhargava has appointed as Managing Director of state-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. He is at present LIC's zonal manager, Delhi. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Bhargava's appointment to the post till his superannuation, ie, July 31, 2019, an order issued by Personnel Ministry said. The top LIC management consists of the chairman and three managing directors.
S10. Ans.(a)
Sol. To give a leg up to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the diamond industry, Bank of Baroda is planning to launch a supply chain financing product for the industry on a pilot basis in Surat. Cutting and polishing units, which procure roughs from large companies and supply finished products back, will be provided finance at a competitive rate of interest. This move is expected to give a boost to MSMEs as well as the corporate segment within the diamond industry, said Rajneesh Sharma, General Manager, Bank of Baroda. The product will be launched in the next 10-20 days.
S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. The inter-ministry Hockey tournament 2016 - 17 was held at Central Secretariat Ground Vinay Marg, New Delhi. The final match played between I & B Ministry and Ministry of Health. I&B Team won the final match by three goals to Nil. All the Ministry teams participated in the race for the cup.
S12. Ans.(e)
Sol. Senior Finance Ministry official Ajay Tyagi has appointed as chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). He will succeed U K Sinha, whose extended tenure ends on 01st March 2017.
S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. In the latest move to curb tax evasion, the government has set up a task force to monitor actions of deviant shell companies. The setting up of the task force, under the co-chairmanship of revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia and corporate affairs secretary Tapan Ray, followed a meeting held in Prime Minister’s Office on 10th February 2017 to review the functioning of shell companies to prevent their misuse for money laundering and tax-evasion, especially post-demonetisation.
S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Glob-trotting sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has added yet another feature in his cap by storming into Guinness World Records for having created the world's tallest sand castle on Puri beach. The official announcement was made by Guinness authorities in the presence of state chief secretary Aditya Padhi and other senior officers.
S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Mumbai, Maharashtra is headquartered of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
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