QUIZ-26

QUIZ-26

Q1. The three-day conference on NexGen Technologies for Mining and Fuel Industries was held in New Delhi, recently. It will cover areas like Innovative mining technology for sustainable development and advances in mine design, mine planning and recent advancement in drilling and blasting. The conference was inaugurated by _______________.

(a) Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy, Mines, Mr. PiyushGoyal

(b) Union steel minister, ChaudhuryBirendra Singh

(c) Union Science and Technology Minister, Mr. Harsh Vardhan

(d) Union home minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh

(e) President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee

Q2. In a momentous occasion for Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as well as India, a record ___________ number of satellites in a single rocket named PSLV-C37 was launched recently from the spaceport of Sriharikota of Andhra Pradesh.

(a) 101

(b) 102

(c) 103

(d) 104

(e) 105

Q3. In Laureus Awards 2017, Eight-time Olympic sprint champion Bolt and four-time Olympic gold gymnast Biles were named sportsman and sportswoman of the year for their 2016 achievements. Laureus Awards 2017 were held in ________________.

(a) Berlin

(b) Monaco

(c) Athenes

(d) New York

(e) Washington D C

Q4. The International Coin Fair inaugurated at ____________ district of Kerala by the Kerala state Minister for Tourism, Cooperation and DevaswomsKadakampallySurendran.The three day exhibition(13-15 February 2017) has been organized by the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC), recently.

(a) Thiruvananthapuram

(b) Malappuram

(c) Kollam

(d) Ernakulam

(e) Kannur

Q5. The government has allocated Rs500 crore to India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for the financial year 2017-18 as it gears up to set up 650 branches across the country by September 2017. The tagline of IPPB is ________________.

(a) Good people to bank with

(b) Aapkabank,aapkedwaar

(c) A tradition of trust

(d) Trusted bank of India

(e) Other than given in the options

Q6. International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, has teamed up with Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) to conduct training programs for NBFC. What does ‘F’ stands for in NBFC?

(a) Firm

(b) Fund

(c) Fertilizer

(d) Food

(e) Finance

Q7. Kim Jong-Nam from South Korea half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un was assassinated mysteriously, recently. Who is the acting President of South Korea?

(a) Park Geun-hye

(b) San Ki Sun

(c) Sun Chin Pi

(d) Hwang Kyo-ahn

(e) None of the given options is true

Q8. MD and CEO of United Bank of India (UBI) inaugurated the 2018th branch of the bank at Kovaipudur in Coimbatore, plans to strengthen its presence in the southern and western parts of India, where it is weak at present. Who is the Acting MD and CEO of UBI?

(a) R.P. Bansal

(b) Arundhati Bhattacharya

(c) Pawan Bajaj

(d) V.K. Sharma

(e) ManojAggarwal

Q9. India is among six nations participating in a conference on Afghanistan’s future in ___________, recently, two months after Russia hosted a similar conference with only China and Pakistan.

(a) Moscow

(b) Geneva

(c) Washington D C

(d) New Delhi

(e) New York

Q10. IDFC Asset Management Company launched an open-ended fixed income fund named 'COF' in Mumbai which is expected to raise the revenue of the company in the range of Rs300 crore-500 crore within the NFO period itself. What does 'O' stands for in COF?

(a) Operational

(b) Opportunities

(c) Official

(d) Online

(e) Open

Q11. India is among nine countries that will be part of a global health network focused on improving the quality of care for new mothers and babies and strengthen national efforts to end preventable deaths of pregnant women and newborns by ____________.

(a) 2020

(b) 2025

(c) 2030

(d) 2035

(e) 2040

Q12. National Crime Agency (NCA) of Britain has arrested two persons in connection with the spot-fixing in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), recently. Where is the Headquarter of NCA?

(a) Geneva

(b) New York

(c) London

(d) Paris

(e) Brussels

Q13. Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company, wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company  and Reliance Defense Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on advanced aerospace manufacturing capabilities between India and ______________.

(a) The USA

(b) China

(c) Japan

(d) The UAE

(e) Iran

Q14.  Bharat Electronics unveiled its new communication network, BELCOMNET, for the Defense/Paramilitary forces and export market. BELCOMNET, designed and developed by BEL, is a V/UHF secure voice communication network with user specific encryption algorithm. Who is the newly appointed Director (HR) of BEL?

(a) Mr. M V Gowtama

(b) Mr. R N Bagdalkar 

(c) Mr. P J Balakrishnan

(d) Mr.Bal Chandra

(e) Mr. C S Khurana

Q15. Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL), the defense arm of Kalyani Group, and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to incorporate a joint venture company (JVC) in India. The MoU was signed in ______________ at Aero India, by Joseph Weiss

(a) Chandigarh

(b) Mysore

(c) Bengaluru

(d) Mangalore

(e) Hyderabad

SOLUTIONS

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the International Conference on NexGen Technologies for Mining and Fuel Industries in New Delhi today. The three day conference will cover areas like Innovative mining technology for sustainable development and advances in mine design mine planning recent advancement in drilling and blasting. The conference, organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry will take place at VigyanBhawan.

S2.  Ans. (d)
Sol. In a momentous occasion for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) as well as India, a record 104 satellites was launched today from the spaceport of Sriharikota of Andhra Pradesh. India now becomes the first country to script history after launching the 104 satellites in a single rocket named PSLV-C37. ISRO already an achiever of extraordinary feats has outdone itself and Russia which previously held the record for the most satellites launched in a single mission- which is 37 – in 2014.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. Usain Bolt and Simone Biles claimed the top accolades at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco. Eight-time Olympic sprint champion Bolt and four-time Olympic gold gymnast Biles were named sportsman and sportswoman of the year for their 2016 achievements. Britain's Rachel Atherton won the action sportsperson of the year award for her downhill mountain biking feats. Leicester City won the spirit of sport award for winning the Premier League. Atherton, 29, became the first rider in history tocomplete a perfect downhill World Cup season and then won a fourth World Championship title a week later.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. The International Coin Fair inaugurated at Kanakakunnu Palace in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala by the Kerala state Minister for Tourism, Cooperation and DevaswomsKadakampallySurendran. The three day exhibition 13-15 February, 2017 has been organized by the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC). The exhibition has been organized to showcase more than 2,500 coins from around 500 regions including those from the time of empires and princely states.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The government has allocated Rs125 crore as "capital infusion into corporate entity for India Post Payments Bank" and Rs375 crore as "grant-in-aid to India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)", as per output-outcome framework for schemes during 2017-18. The government has allocated Rs 500 crore to India Post Payments Bank for the financial year 2017-18 as it gears up to set up 650 branches across the country by September 2017.

S6. Ans.(e)
Ans. International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, has teamed up with Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) to conduct training programs for Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs). The training programs will be on 'movable asset financing' and 'commercial credit reporting'. For this purpose, two engagement letters have been signed between IFC and FIDC, a representative body for NBFCs, especially those engaged in asset financing. Jun Zhang, IFC India Country Head and Raman Aggarwal, Chairman of FIDC were the signatories to the engagement letters at an event held at IFC's office in the capital.

S7. Ans.(d)
Ans. Malaysian authorities are searching for suspects as they investigate the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother. Kim Jong-nam died after an apparent poison attack in the airport in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday. His body is undergoing an autopsy. Few official details have been released. South Korea's acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn said if North Korea was found to be responsible, it would show its "brutality and inhumane nature".

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. United Bank of India plans to strengthen its presence in the southern and western parts of India, where it is weak at present, Pawan Bajaj, Managing Director and Chief Executive of UBI, said. Speaking to select reporters after inaugurating the 2018th branch of the bank at Kovaipudur in Coimbatore, he said “We plan to add another 35 branches before the close of this fiscal, including three link centers (which would function like a regional office) at Indore, Agra and Ludhiana.”

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. India is among six nations participating in a conference on Afghanistan’s future in Moscow on Wednesday, two months after Russia hosted a similar conference with only China and Pakistan. After India and particularly Afghanistan objected to being cut out of the discussion, Moscow agreed to expand its ambit, announcing a six-nation conference of Russia, India, Iran, Pakistan, China and Afghanistan.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. IDFC Asset Management Company launched an open-ended fixed income fund named Credit Opportunities Fund in Mumbai which is expected to raise the revenue of the company in the range of Rs 300 crore-500 crore within the NFO period itself.

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. India is among nine countries that will be part of a global health network focused on improving the quality of care for new mothers and babies and strengthen national efforts to end preventable deaths of pregnant women and newborns by 2030.

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. National Crime Agency (NCA) of Britain has arrested two persons in connection with the spot-fixing in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They were later released on bail. The Headquarter of NCA is in London, United Kingdom.

S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company, wholly owned byMubadala Development Company of the UAE, and Reliance Defense Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on advanced aerospace manufacturing capabilities between India and the UAE (United Arab Emirates).  

S14. Ans.(b)
Sol.  Bharat Electronics Ltd unveiled its new communication network, BELCOMNET  for the Defense/Paramilitary forces and export market. BELCOMNET, designed and developed by BEL, is a V/UHF secure voice communication network with user specific encryption algorithm.

S15. Ans.(c)
Sol. Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited (KSSL), the defense arm of Kalyani Group, and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to incorporate a joint venture company (JVC) in India. The MoU was signed in Bengaluru at Aero India, by Joseph Weiss, IAI’s President and CEO and Baba Kalyani, Chairman, Kalyani Group. As part of the MoU, IAI and KSSL aim to expand their presence in the Indian defense market and to build, market, and manufacture specific air defense systems and ground-to-ground and ground-to-sea munitions.