QUIZ-16

Q1. ALTBalaji, the digital platform of Balalji Telefilms Ltd has announced a partnership with mobile wallet major ______.

(a) HDFC Chillr

(b) Citrus

(c) ICICI Pockets

(d) PayTM

(e) MobiKwik

Q2. Kerala, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh have joined the Centre’s power distribution company debt relief scheme named UDAY recently. UDAY stands for-

(a) Utkarsh Discom Assurance Yojna

(b) Ujjwal Disha Assurance Yojna

(c) Ujjwal Discom Assembly Yojna

(d) Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna

(e) Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yatra

Q3. The Government of India has signed a contract for the Discovered Small Fields (DSF) Bid 2016 with GEM Laboratories for extracting Hydrocarbons at Neduvasal. Neduvasal located in-

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Odisha

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Gujarat

(e) Kerala

Q4. Which among the following e-commerce giant has made its entry in UAE by acquiring Souq.com, the Middle East’s largest online retailer?

(a) Jabong.com

(b) Amazon

(c) Snapdeal

(d) Flipkart

(e) None of the given options is true

Q5. In which among the following countries, the 9th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) will be held?

(a) Canada

(b) Germany

(c) Japan

(d) Italy

(e) China

Q6. In the Historic move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally open the longest road tunnel of South Asia, Chenani-Nashri Tunnel on 2nd April 2017. Chenani-Nashri Tunnel is located in-

(a) Jammu & Kashmir

(b) Uttarakhand

(c) Manipur

(d) Assam

(e) Himachal Pradesh

Q7. India and Nepal have renewed the fuel supply agreement between Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for another five years. Who is the present president of Nepal?

(a) Sushil Koirala

(b) Bidhya Devi Bhandari

(c) Pushpa Kamal Dahal

(d) Ram Baran Yadav

(e) Parmanand Jha

Q8. Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has launched the online film certification system, _____________' with an aim to censor corruption and promote clean cinema.

(a) e-moviesatya

(b) e-cinenirmaan

(c) e-cinepramaan

(d) e-moviepramaan

(e) None of the given options is true

Q9. The 3rd G-20 Framework Working Group (FWG) Meeting under the G-20 German Presidency was held in-

(a) Kolkata, West Bengal

(b) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

(c) Patna, Bihar

(d) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

(e) Nagpur, Maharashtra

Q10. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are jointly working on the development of Dual Frequency (L and S band) Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Satellite named as NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR). Who is present chairman of ISRO?

(a) Samir Brahmachari

(b) Sriram Kalyanaraman

(c) Avinash Chander

(d) Kshatrapati Shivaji 

(e) AS Kiran Kumar

Solutions

S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. ALTBalaji, the digital platform of Balalji Telefilms Ltd, has announced a partnership with mobile wallet major MobiKwik. The Over-the-top (OTT) entertainment platform ALTBalaji will offer 250 hours of original content and subscribers can now avail themselves of 25 per cent cashback while paying for the service using MobiKwik wallet.

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. Kerala, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh have joined the Centre’s power distribution company debt relief scheme, Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna (UDAY). With this, 26 states have joined the scheme. The government estimates that Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura will gain net benefits of approximately Rs 4,178 crore, Rs 309 crore and Rs 810 crore respectively. 

S3. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Government of India signed a contract for the Discovered Small Fields (DSF) Bid 2016 with GEM Laboratories for extracting Hydrocarbons at Neduvasal in Tamil Nadu.

S4. Ans.(b)
Sol. Amazon, the USA based e-commerce giant made its entry in UAE by acquiring Souq.com, the Middle East’s largest online retailer. This agreement brings Amazon into a fast-growing market as it expands into a wide range of services. The deal’s specific value was not announced officially yet.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. The 9th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) will be held in Vancouver, Canada between September 9-15 2017. The theme will be 'Weaving new connections'.

S6. Ans.(a)
Sol. In the Historic move, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will formally open the longest road tunnel of South Asia- Chenani-Nashri Tunnel on 2nd April 2017. The 9.2 km long road tunnel is built between Chenani in Udhampur District and Nashri in Ramban District of Jammu & Kashmir.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. India and Nepal have renewed the fuel supply agreement between Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) and Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) for another five years. Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the present president of Nepal.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has launched the online film certification system, 'e-cinepramaan' with an aim to censor corruption and promote clean cinema. The new system of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) will make the entire process of certification transparent and efficient.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. The 3rd G-20 Framework Working Group (FWG) Meeting under the G-20 German Presidency was held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 28th and 29th of March, 2017. The first two G-20 FWG meetings under the G-20 German Presidency have already been held at Berlin in December 2016 and at Riyadh in February 2017. Since the inception of the FWG in 2009, this is the fourth occasion that India is hosting this meeting.

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are jointly working on the development of Dual Frequency (L and S band) Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Satellite named as NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR). AS Kiran Kumar is present chairman of ISRO.