QUIZ-14

Q1. Union Cabinet has recently given its approval for signing and ratifying, an agreement between India and Tajikistan on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters. The currency of Tajikistan is ___________.
(a) Tajikistani Dinar
(b) Tajikistani Kuba
(c) Tajikistani Bako
(d) Tajikistani Somoni
(e) Tajikistani Yemen

Q2. India's first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park, an ultra-modern exclusive facility for ornamental fish equipped with multi-species hatchery and live feed culture units, will become operational in which of the following Indian city?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Chennai
(c) Thiruvananthapuram
(d) Amravati
(e) Hyderabad

Q3. The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has recently given its approval for construction of how many units of India’s indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR)?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9
(e) 10

Q4. Which of the following state government has recently hosted the 14th Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council meeting?
(a) Telangana
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Assam

Q5. Which of the following state Legislature passed a Bill to appoint Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu as a Group-1 officer in the government, by amending the State Public Services Act?
(a) Telangana
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Kerala

Q6. Which of the following company has recently received the final nod from the Reserve Bank of India and is set to launch its Payments Bank?
(a) Airtel
(b) FinoPay
(c) India Post Payment Bank
(d) Paytm
(e) Aditya Birla Group

Q7. Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment has recently inaugurated the “15th National Meeting of the State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities (PwD)” to review Implementation of the Persons with Disabilities Act-1995. Name the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.
(a) Thaawarchand Gehlot
(b) Dharmendra Pradhan
(c) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(d) Birender Singh
(e) Anant Geete

Q8. Veteran personality Reema Lagoo passed away recently. She was famous ___________.
(a) Classical Dancer
(b) Classical Singer
(c) Actress
(d) Sitar Player
(e) Politician

Q9. Forbes magazine has recently named ______________ as the topmost among its "Global Game Changers" who are transforming their industries and changing the lives of billions around the world.
(a) Mark Zuckerberg
(b) Steve Jobs
(c) Laxmi Mittal
(d) Mukesh Ambani
(e) Sunder Pichai

Q10. The Minister of State for Labour & Employment(IC), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya launched EPFOs Citizens Charter 2017 and e-court management system in which city?
(a) Amravati
(b) Bangalore
(c) Chennai
(d) Amarkantak
(e) Thrissur

Q11. Name the 18-year-old Indian student who has made the world’s smallest satellite named 'KalamSat' for NASA.
(a) Saman Jivathran
(b) Sivaraman Karthav
(c) Rifath Sharook
(d) Jegathiswaran Kamath
(e) Swapnil Karthik

Q12. Cabinet has recently approved the signing of Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) with Letter of Assurance (LoA) holders of Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) and introduced a new more transparent coal allocation policy for Power Sector, 2017 named SHAKTI. What does 'HA' mean in SHAKTI?
(a) Harvesting and Armoring
(b) Harnessing and Allocating
(c) Hawking and Amalgamating
(d) Hobbing and Assurance
(e) Harvesting and Allocating

Q13. Forbes magazine has recently named a famous Industrialist of India as the topmost among its "Global Game Changers" who are transforming their industries and changing the lives of billions around the world. Forbes is _________________ based company.
(a) USA
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) Australia
(e) Russia

Q14. Softbank has made its biggest investment in an Indian digital enterprise by sealing a funding round of _______________ in mobile payments provider Paytm.
(a) Rs 5,000 crore
(b) Rs 6,000 crore
(c) Rs 9,000 crore
(d) Rs 3,000 crore
(e) Rs 1,000 crore

Q15. What is full form of NASA?
(a) National Aerospace and Scientific Administration
(b) National Aeronautics and Scientific Administration
(c) National Aeronautical and Satellite Administration
(d) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(e) National Aeronautics and Satellite Administration

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. Union Cabinet has given its approval for signing and ratifying, an agreement between India and Tajikistan on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matters. The currency of Tajikistan is Tajikistani somoni.

S2. Ans.(b)
Sol. India's first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park, an ultra-modern exclusive facility for ornamental fish equipped with multi-species hatchery and live feed culture units, will become operational at Chennai in coming three months.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. In a significant decision to fast-track India’s domestic nuclear power program, and give a push to country’s nuclear industry, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for construction of 10 units of India’s indigenous Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR).

S4. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Jammu and Kashmir government is hosting the 14th Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council meeting in the summer capital Srinagar beginning today (18th May 2017). The State administration is gearing up for the meeting of the GST Council headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Andhra Pradesh Legislature passed a Bill to appoint Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu as a Group-1 officer in the government, by amending the State Public Services Act.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Digital payment and commerce company Paytm has received the final nod from the Reserve Bank of India and is set to launch Paytm Payments Bank on May 23, 2017. Paytm is the third company from the 11 other applicants to launch payments bank after Airtel and India Post. Mumbai-based Finopay Tech is also likely to launch its operations by next month (June).

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurated the “15th National Meeting of the State Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities (PwD)” to review Implementation of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of rights and Full Participation) Act-1995.

S8. Ans.(c)
Sol. Veteran actress Reema Lagoo, known for her performance in movies like “Hum Aapke Hain Koun” and “Kal Ho Na Ho”, died due to a cardiac arrest in Mumbai. She was 59.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. Forbes magazine has named Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani as the topmost among its "Global Game Changers" who are transforming their industries and changing the lives of billions around the world.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Minister of State for Labour & Employment(IC), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya launched EPFOs Citizens Charter 2017 and e-court management system in Bangalore. The citizen’s charter has been launched with the vision of social security coverage to all employees as well as the implementation of policies for benefit of all stakeholders with the adequate support level of social security. 

S11. Ans.(c)
Sol. The US’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch the world’s smallest satellite named 'KalamSat', it will be the first time ever that it would be piloting an experiment by an Indian student. Developed by Rifath Sharook, an 18-year-old boy, from Tamil Nadu’s Pallapatti town, KalamSat weighs only 64 grams. ‘KalamSat’, named after India's nuclear scientist and former President, APJ Abdul Kalam, will be launched from a NASA facility in Wallops Island.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. Cabinet has recently approved the signing of Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) with Letter of Assurance (LoA) holders of Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) and Introduced a new more transparent coal allocation policy for Power Sector, 2017-SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyala (Coal) Transparently in India).

S13. Ans.(a)
Sol. Forbes magazine has named Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani as the topmost among its "Global Game Changers" who are transforming their industries and changing the lives of billions around the world. Forbes is an American business magazine was founded in 1917. Forbes headquarter is in New York City, USA.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. Softbank has made its biggest investment in an Indian digital enterprise by sealing a funding round of Rs 9,000 crore ($1.4 billion) in mobile payments provider Paytm. The Japanese internet and telecom conglomerate will now own about a fifth of the Noida-based company estimated to be worth $8 billion, making it the country’s second most valuable startup. This is the largest fund infusion by a single investor in an Indian start-up and also Softbank's largest investment in a single company in India.

S15. Ans.(d)
Sol. Full form of US-based company NASA is National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)