QUIZ-28
Q1. The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee has appointed five new judges to the Supreme Court of India, in a much-needed boost to the judicial strength of the highest court, recently. Who among the following is not one of them?
(a) Justice E. R. Rehman
(b) Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
(c) Justice Shantanagoudar Mohan
(d) Justice Navin Sinha
Q2. Cabinet Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley has recently approved merger of _________ subsidiary banks with State Bank of India.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 6
(e) 7
Q3. More than one thousands delegates, including many leading industrialists, both Indian and from other countries, took part in mega event of 2 day Global Investor Summit. This summit was held in _____________.
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Uttarakhand
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Madhya Pradesh
Q4. All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) of Delhi has won the first prize and a cash reward for maintaining high standards of sanitation and hygiene under the Government's Kayakalp awards held, recently. What was the cash pize of this award?
(a) Rs 1 crore
(b) Rs 2 crore
(c) Rs 4 crore
(d) Rs 5 crore
(e) None of the given options is true
Q5. The five-day ‘Ïndian Panorama Film Festival’ being organized by the Directorate of Information and Publicity, in association with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Directorate of Film Festivals(IFFI) has been started in ____________, recently.
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Port Blair
(c) New Delhi
(d) Daman and Diu
(e) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Q6. India is reviving a three-decade-old plan to build its 14 seated first passenger aircraft as the South Asian country struggles to join an exclusive club of Asian nations that have advanced far ahead in creating their own home-made jets. What is the name of this aircraft?
(a) Kiran
(b) Hans
(c) Saras
(d) Pawan
(e) Gatiman
Q7. Canara Bank recently has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to operationalize ______________.
(a) SAKSHAM
(b) Sakshar Bharat
(c) Mid-day meal Scheme
(d) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
(e) Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA)
Q8. Which state government has recently signed Memorandum of Understanding 12 textile units with different companies for setting up 12 apparel units in the State entailing investment of Rs. 963 crores in all, recently, in CII partnership summit?
(a) Odisha
(b) Karnataka
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Andhra Pradesh
(e) Jharkhand
Q9. SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to buy Fortress Investment Group LLC for about $3.3 billion, looking to add investment expertise as it prepares to launch the world’s largest private equity fund. SoftBank Group Corp is a famous ______________ based company.
(a) South Korea
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) Thailand
(e) North Korea
Q10. In a major turn of events in Tamil Nadu, Mr Edappadi K Palaniswami has been invited to form the government by Governor of Tamil Nadu. Who is the governor of Tamil Nadu?
(a) Pinnarai Vijayan
(b) Vidyasagar Rao
(c) P.V. Narsimhan
(d) B. S. Shekhawat
(e) Birender Saroha
Q11. Legendary American jazz singer ‘Al Jarreau’ passed away in Los Angeles. He was ____________ years old.
(a) 76
(b) 72
(c) 71
(d) 70
(e) 74
Q12. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched its first fully integrated capacity development centre, South Asia Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) in ____________, recently.
(a) Bangalore
(b) Jharkhand
(c) New Delhi
(d) Chandigarh
(e) Mumbai
Q13. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee declared _______________ as 21st district of West Bengal. The new district is from Darjeeling.
(a) Kalimpong
(b) Matigara-Naxalbari
(c) Siliguri
(d) Phansidewa
(e) Kurseong
Q14. The total food grain production in the country has been pegged at record 272 million tonns, recently. It is higher by 6.94 million tonns than the previous record production of 265 million tonnes in 2013-14. It is a noticeable success in the field of agriculture. Who is the union minister of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare?
(a) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(b) Kalraj Mishra
(c) Ramvilas Paswan
(d) Arun Jetley
(e) Radha Mohan Singh
Q15. The 2017 ‘Cobra Gold Military Exercise’ kicked off at the Sattahip Royal Thai Marine Corps Base in Chonburi Province, Thailand .Cobra Gold 2017 is the ________________ edition of the multinational drill and is co-organized by United States and Thailand.
(a) 34th
(b) 35th
(c) 36th
(d) 37th
(e) 38th
SOLUTIONS
S1. Ans. (a)
Sol. Five new judges were appointed to the Supreme Court, taking its working strength to 28. President Pranab Mukherjee has signed their warrants of appointment. Those elevated to the apex court are five high court judges, including four chief justices of state high courts. The news Judges are Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Rajasthan HC Chief Justice Naveen Sinha, Kerala HC Chief Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder, Chhattisgarh HC Chief Justice Dipak Gupta and Karnataka HC judge S Abdul Nazeer.
S2. Ans. (c)
Sol. Cabinet approved merger of five subsidiary banks with State Bank of India. Briefing reporters in New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, the merger is likely to result in recurring saving, which is estimated at more than one thousand crore rupees in first year. He said, SBI will acquire State bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore.
S3. Ans. (b)
Sol. A two-day mega event of Global Investor Summit, branded as "Momentum Jharkhand" is going to start at Khelgaon of Ranchi. More than one thousands delegates, including many leading industrialists, both Indian and from other countries, will take part in this. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Submit through video-conferencing. A number of Central Ministers were also present at the occasion.
S4. Ans. (d)
Sol. All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) of Delhi has won the first prize and a cash reward of 5 crore rupees for maintaining high standards of sanitation and hygiene under the Government's Kayakalp awards. AIIMS was followed by North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, which got a cash prize of 3 crore rupees. While Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, received the third prize of one crore rupees.
S5. Ans. (b)
Sol. The five-day ‘Indian Panorama Film Festival’ being organized by the Directorate of Information and Publicity, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, in association with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and Directorate of Film Festivals/IFFI, New Delhi, Govt. of India got underway in Port Blair.
S6. Ans. (c)
Sol. India is reviving a three-decade-old plan to build its first passenger aircraft as the South Asian country struggles to join an exclusive club of Asian nations that have advanced far ahead in creating their own home-made jets. A 14-seat aircraft, called ‘Saras’ is undergoing preliminary tests, Jitendra Jadhav, director of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research at state-controlled National Aerospace Laboratories, said in an interview in Bengaluru.
S7. Ans. (e)
Sol. Canara Bank on Thursday said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to operationalize the Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA). In September 2016, the Union Cabinet had approved the establishment of HEFA to give a major push for the creation of high quality infrastructure/capital assets in premier educational institutions. Few important schemes launched by MHRD are SAKSHAM, Sakshar Bharat, Mid-day meal Scheme, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan,Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan etc
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol. During the recent CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) partnership summit in Andhra Pradesh 12 MoUs were signed by the State Government with different companies for setting up 12 apparel units in the State entailing investment of Rs. 963 crores in all and generating 46,000 jobs. These 12 projects will come up in the next one to one-and-a-half years. Four of the units will come up in the Brandix apparel park , including two by Chinese companies, five units in Anantapur district and the remaining in Chittoor district.
S9. Ans. (b)
Sol. Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp has agreed to buy Fortress Investment Group LLC for about $3.3 billion, looking to add investment expertise as it prepares to launch the world’s largest private equity fund. The all-cash deal is SoftBank’s first major investment in an asset manager and represents yet another unpredictable gambit for a group that has to date focused on telecoms and technology
S10. Ans. (b)
Sol. In a major turn of events in Tamil Nadu, Mr Edappadi K Palaniswami has been invited to form the government by Governor Vidyasagar Rao. He is expected to be sworn in as the state's new chief minister at 4 pm at Raj Bhavan today. Mr Palaniswami, owing allegiance to the VK Sasikala camp in the AIADMK, is at present the state PWD Minister and the party headquarters secretary
S11. Ans. (a)
Sol. Legendary American jazz singer Al Jarreau passed away in Los Angeles. He was 76. Al Jarreau was nicknamed as 'Acrobat of Scat' for his unique singing style and was best known for his 1981 album Breakin’ Away and singing the theme song to the popular 1980’s TV show Moonlighting.
S12. Ans. (c)
Sol. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched its first fully integrated capacity development center, South Asia Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) in New Delhi. The SARTTAC was inaugurated by Shaktikanta Das, Secretary of India’s Ministry of IMF’s SARTTAC Finance. SARTTAC will help to assist the local member countries of South Asia including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
S13. Ans. (a)
Sol. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee declared Kalimpong as 21st district of West Bengal Kalimpong as separate district of West Bengal . The new district is from Darjeeling. On the same day Banerjee announced two projects for the development of newly created Kalimpong Rs 220 crore road link project to connect Kalimpong with Sikkim via the old Silk Route.
S14. Ans. (e)
Sol. The total food grain production in the country has been pegged at record 272 million tonne. It is higher by 6.94 million tonnes than the previous record production of 265 million tonnes in 2013-14. Agriculture Ministry in its 2nd advance estimates of production of major crops for 2016-17 said that the record is going to be made due to good rainfall and various policy initiatives taken by the government. Minister of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh is an Indian politician having affiliations with Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh was president of BJP's Bihar State unit from 2006 to 2009.
S15. Ans. (c)
Sol. The 2017 Cobra Gold Military Exercise kicked off at the Sattahip Royal Thai Marine Corps Base in Chonburi Province, Thailand. Cobra Gold 2017 is the 36th edition of the multinational drill and is co-organized by United States and Thailand. It will expand regional cooperation and collaboration for disaster relief. The ten day exercise would continue till February 24, 2017 and the closing ceremony of the event will take place in Phu Lamyai Training area in Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
