Quiz-7

Quiz-7

Q1. The Women and Child Development Ministry has received a nearly 26 percent increase in budget allocation this year with the total money set aside climbing to _____________ from Rs 17,640 crore last year.

(a) Rs 70,730 crore

(b) Rs 49,000 crore

(c) Rs 19,042 crore

(d) Rs 22,095 crore

(e) Rs 11,210 crore

Q2. In which among the following cities, the tenth edition of Sula Fest has celebrated? 

(a) Surat, Gujarat

(b) Nashik, Maharashtra

(c) Indore, Madhya Pradesh

(d) Kolhapur, Maharashtra

(e) Jaipur, Rajasthan

Q3. Which among the following countries has witnessed the highest growth of 23.3 per cent in domestic air travel demand worldwide in 2016 according to International Air Transport Association (IATA)?

(a) USA

(b) France

(c) Japan

(d) China

(e) India

Q4. The 40-year-old Indus Waters Treaty between ________________________ has been an outstanding example of conflict resolution but scarcity of water in the basin states since the early 1990s has brought the agreement under strain and its “survival appears weak”, according to a United Nations (UN) report. 

(a) India and China

(b) India and Nepal

(c) India and Pakistan

(d) India and Sri Lanka

(e) None of the given options is true

Q5. The most expensive silk saree was made by Chennai Silks and was sold for around how much amount in January 2008, according to Guinness World Records?

(a) Rs. 40 Lakh

(b) Rs. 60 Lakh

(c) Rs. 80 Lakh

(d) Rs. 20 Lakh 

(e) Rs. 50 Lakh

Q6. The Sports Ministry budget got a substantial hike of Rs 350 crore in the union budget for 2017-18, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament. How much amount has allocated compared to Rs 1592 crore earmarked last year for Sports Ministry budget?

(a) Rs 9715 crore

(b) Rs 1342 crore

(c) Rs 1943 crore

(d) Rs 5191 crore

(e) None of the given options is true

Q7. Name the person, who has been appointed as the principal economic adviser in department of Economic affairs? 

(a) Amulya Patnaik

(b) Alok Verma

(c) Vikram Limaye 

(d) Arun M Kumar

(e) Sanjeev Sanyal

Q8. The National Rail Museum has celebrated its 40th anniversary on 01st February 2017. National Rail Museum is located at- 

(a) New Delhi

(b) Kolkata

(c) Mumbai

(d) Pune

(e) Chennai

Q9. Joginder Singh has passed away recently. Joginder Singh was the former chief of-

(a) Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

(b) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

(c) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

(d) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

(e) None of the given options is true

Q10. Name the person, who has been appointed as new CEO and Managing Director of National Stock Exchange (NSE), two months after the sudden exit of Chitra Ramkrishna from the top post?

(a) Alok Verma

(b) Vikram Limaye

(c) Arun M Kumar

(d) Sanjeev Sanyal

(e) Amulya Patnaik

Q11. Pankaj Advani has won the Indian National Snooker Championship with a 6-0 win over Pandurangaiah of Railways in a one-sided final. Apart from clinching his __________ national title overall, Advani broke several other records.

(a) 29th

(b) 21st

(c) 23rd

(d) 22nd

(e) 26th

Q12. In a massive crackdown on unauthorised agencies offering Aadhaar-related services illegally and charging excessive money from the public, UIDAI has got shut down 12 such websites and 12 mobile apps available on the Google Play store. What does UIDAI stand for-

(a) Universal Identification Authority of India

(b) Unique Identification Authority of India

(c) Unique Industrial Authority of India

(d) Unique Identification Association of India

(e) Umbrella Identification Authority of Investment

Q13.  Which among the following bank has decided to steeply raise the charges on certain transactions, capping cash component in others and also introducing charges on certain transactions from 01st March 2017?

(a) Bandhan Bank

(b) IDFC Bank

(c) HDFC Bank

(d) ICICI Bank

(e) Axis Bank

Q14. A truly global event taking place every year on 04th February World Cancer Day unites the world’s population in the fight against cancer. Taking place under the tagline of……………...

(a) No more. No Smoking

(b) Our world. Our life

(c) Together we. Are United

(d) We can. I can

(e) None of the given options is true

Q15. Name the former Consulate General of India (CGI), who has been appointed as convener of the high-level panel on ways to improve India's Haj policy and also look into the issue of subsidy to the pilgrimage in light of 2012 Supreme Court order on gradually reducing and abolishing it by 2022.  

(a) Lympo DN Dhungye

(b) Sugandh Rajaram 

(c) JS Mukul 

(d) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

(e) Jeddah Afzal Amanullah

                                                                   Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Women and Child Development Ministry has received a nearly 26 percent increase in budget allocation this year with the total money set aside climbing to Rs 22,095 crore from Rs 17,640 crore last year. The amount budgeted for 'Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana' saw four times jump with Rs 2,700 crore being set aside this year as compared to Rs 634 crore in 2016-17. As per this scheme Rs,6,000 will be provided for mothers who seek institutionalised delivery and vaccination. 

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. The tenth edition of Sula Fest has begun from 03rd February 2017 at the Sula Vineyards in Nashik, Maharashtra. The line-up for the three-day festival, which has also feature professional wine tastings and grape stomping, includes artists Infected Mushroom and Nucleya. Tickets for Sula Fest, which is offering a camping stay facility, range from RS. 1500 to Rs. 4900.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Emerging as a stand-out performer, India witnessed the highest growth of 23.3 per cent in domestic air travel demand worldwide in 2016 twice that of neighbouring China, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA). The global airlines’ grouping has stated that domestic India market topped the growth chart for the second year in a row with passenger volumes surging twice as that of China. “Domestic air travel rose 5.7 percent in 2016. Capacity rose 5.1 percent and load factor were 82.2 percent, up 0.5 percentage points over 2015.

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. The 40-year-old Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan has been an outstanding example of conflict resolution but scarcity of water in the basin states since the early 1990s has brought the agreement under strain and its “survival appears weak”, according to a UN report. “The treaty fails to address two issues: the division of shortages in dry years between India and Pakistan, when flows are almost half as compared to wet years, and the cumulative impact of storages on the flows of the River Chenab into Pakistan,” said the UNDP report titled ‘Development Advocate Pakistan’.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. The most expensive silk saree was made by Chennai Silks and was sold for around Rs.40 lakh in January 2008, according to Guinness World Records. The saree featured reproductions of 11 paintings by Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma and took about 4,760 man-hours to produce. The saree, studded with gold, diamond, emerald, and other precious stones, weighed around 8 kilograms.  

S6. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Sports Ministry budget got a substantial hike of Rs 350 crore in the union budget for 2017-18, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament. Jaitley allocated a total of Rs 1943 crore, compared to Rs 1592 crore earmarked last year. The steep increase in the budgetary allocation comes at a time when Indian athletes are preparing for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in 2018. The hike also comes in the wake of India’s dismal showing at the Rio Olympics where it won just two medals – a silver and bronze.

S7. Ans.(e)
Sol. Sanjeev Sanyal has appointed as principal economic adviser in department of Economic affairs. A Rhodes Scholar with a degree in Economics from Oxford and an alumnus of Delhi’s Sriram College, Sanyal is son of a former bureaucrat.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. The National Rail Museum in New Delhi celebrated its 40th anniversary on 01st February 2017. The museum, which houses a large collection of life-size rail exhibits, allows visitors to take a tour on a toy train. Its attractions include the saloons of the Maharajas of Indore and Mysore and Fairy Queen, the oldest working steam locomotive still in operation.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief Joginder Singh, who oversaw an investigation of several high-profile cases including Bofors scam and Bihar's fodder scam has passed away at aged 77 years.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Leading stock exchange National Stock Exchange (NSE) on 03rd February 2017 has selected IDFC chief Vikram Limaye as its new CEO and Managing Director, two months after the sudden exit of Chitra Ramkrishna from the top post. NSE's board approved Limaye's name for the top position but a formal announcement would be made later as some formalities need to be completed from his side. The approval of the board, chaired by Ashok Chawla, comes after a four-member search panel suggested Limaye's name from amongst the shortlisted candidates.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Champion cueist Pankaj Advani has won the Indian National Snooker Championship with a 6-0 win over Pandurangaiah of Railways in a one-sided final on 03rd February 2017. Apart from clinching his 29th national title overall, Advani broke several other records. He became the only Indian men’s cueist to be the holder of all national billiards and snooker titles at the same time – Billiards, 6-red Snooker and 15-red Snooker.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. In a massive crackdown on unauthorised agencies offering Aadhaar-related services illegally and charging excessive money from the public, UIDAI has got shut down 12 such websites and 12 mobile apps available on the Google Play store. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has further directed authorities for a closure of another 26 such fraudulent and illegal websites and mobile applications.

S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. In a bid to discourage cash transactions, the country’s second-largest private sector lender HDFC Bank has decided to steeply increase the fees for savings account holders on a slew of activities involving cash. HDFC Bank has decided to steeply raise the charges on certain transactions, capping cash component in others and also introducing charges on certain transactions from 01st March 2017. The bank has capped the third-party transactions at Rs. 25,000 a day, reduced the number of free cash transactions at branches to four from five earlier and also raised the fee for non-free transactions by a steep 50 per cent to Rs.150. Earlier, it used to allow Rs. 50,000 cash transactions, both withdrawals and deposits per day, the official said, adding the review is only for salary and savings accounts.

S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. A truly global event taking place every year on 04th February World Cancer Day unites the world’s population in the fight against cancer. Taking place under the tagline ‘We can. I can.’, World Cancer Day 2016-2018 will explore how everyone – as a collective or as individuals – can do their part to reduce the global burden of cancer.

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Centre has formed a six-member committee to give a report on ways to improve India's Haj policy and also look into the issue of subsidy to the pilgrimage in light of 2012 Supreme Court order on gradually reducing and abolishing it by 2022. Former Consulate General of India (CGI), Jeddah, Afzal Amanullah has been appointed as convener of the high-level panel, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters in New Delhi that the committee will submit its report in a month or two on how India's Haj policy can be improved and how the pilgrims can get maximum concessions.