QUIZ-08

Q1. India test fired a missile named ‘Spyder’ from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha as part of missile launch practice of a series of tests of the short-range quick reaction. Spyder is a __________.

(a) Surface-to-Surface Missile

(b) Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM)

(c) Air-to-Air Missile

(d) Air-to-Surface Missile

(e) Submarine Missile

Q2. The government has revised the base year of Wholesale Price Index, WPI and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) to ____________ from 2004-05.

(a) 2009-2010

(b) 2010-2011

(c) 2011-2012

(d) 2012-2013

(e) 2013-2014

Q3. Which of the following Indian state has topped the list in recently released Public Affairs Index (PAI) 2017 in governance?

(a) Karnataka

(b) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Manipur

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Kerala

Q4. President of Palestine has recently arrived in India on a four-day State visit. Who is the current President of Palestine?

(a) Azlaan Sheikh

(b) Zahhoor Gualim Maka

(c) Mahmood Zaliman

(d) Mahmoud Abbas

(e) Mahkama Khajan

Q5. Which of the following tennis player has beaten Dominic Thiem to win his fifth Madrid Open title 2017 and move into the world's top four?

(a) Rafael Nadal

(b) Novak Djokovic

(c) Roger Federer

(d) Andy Murray

(e) Andre Agassi

Q6. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has recently collaborated with the British Geological Survey to turn which of the following city into a smart city?

(a) Ajamgarh

(b) Varanasi

(c) Muzaffarpur

(d) Jhargram

(e) Chhapra

Q7. Which of the following Indian Wrestler defeated Lee Seung-chul of Korea to win the gold medal in themen’s 65 kg freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championship 2017?

(a) Sushil Kumar

(b) Yogeshwar Dutt

(c) Bajrang Punia

(d) Sakshi Malik

(e) Narsingh Yadav

Q8. Which of the following Indian state was on bottom most position in the list of recently released Public Affairs Index (PAI) 2017 in governance?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Odisha

(d) Bihar

(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q9. Which of the following Indian city hosted the first outreach program of the Ministry of External Affairs ‘Videsh Sampark’ to engage the State governments in creating awareness about various programmes of the Ministry?

(a) Bengaluru

(b) Karnataka

(c) Hyderabad

(d) Thrissur

(e) Telangana

Q10. Who is the current governor of Kerala?

(a) ESL Narsimhan

(b) P R Rangasami

(c) Rameshwar Thakur

(d) Palanisamy Sathasivam

(e) Sushil Kumar Shinde

Q11. Reserve Bank of India has put restriction on UCO Bank’s lending and branch expansion plans as the state-run lender made net losses for the two successive fiscal amid severe stress on asset quality. UCO bank is headquartered in ___________.

(a) Kolkata

(b) Mumbai

(c) New Delhi

(d) Mysore

(e) Chennai

Q12. What is the Capital of Palestine?

(a) Makao

(b) Jabalia

(c) East Jerusalem

(d) West Hebron

(e) Nablus

Q13. Govardhan Eco Village, set up by the ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) has won a Smart Village award for being a sustainable project instituted by the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO). This village is located in which of the following state?

(a) Tripura

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q14. The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has recently inaugurated the second meeting of NPDRR in New Delhi. What does 'RR' stands for in NPDRR?

(a) Rail Road

(b) Reserve Risk

(c) Risk Reduction

(d) Random Risk

(e) Risk Reward

Q15. Asian Wrestling Championship 2017 was concluded recently in ____________.

(a) Chennai

(b) New Delhi

(c) Beijing

(d) Shanghai

(e) Indonesia

Solutions

S1. Ans.(b)
Sol. India test fired a surface-to-air missile ‘Spyder’ from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha as part of missile launch practice of a series of tests of the short-range quick reaction. Full form of Spyder is Surface-to-air PYthon and DERby.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. The government has revised the base year of Wholesale Price Index, WPI and Index of Industrial Production (IIP) to 2011-2012 from 2004-05. As per the new series, April WPI inflation stood at 3.85 percent and March IIP at 2.7 percent. The Consumer Price Index-based inflation in April stood at 2.99 percent.

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. Two South Indian States - Kerala and Tamil Nadu - secured first and second rankings for the second year in a row while poll-bound Gujarat gained two positions rising from five in 2016 to three in 2017 and Bihar stayed at the bottom in public affairs index (PAI) in governance in States.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas recently arrived in India on a four-day State visit. During his stay in New Delhi, President Abbas will visit C-DAC in Noida to forge cooperation between Palestine - India Techno Park being built by India in Palestine and Indian IT industry.

S5. Ans.(a)
Sol. Rafael Nadal beat Dominic Thiem to win his fifth Madrid Open title and move into the world's top four.

S6. Ans.(b)
Sol. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has collaborated with the British Geological Survey to turn Varanasi into a smart city. 3D geological modeling of the geology under Varanasi will be prepared to help improve the building of new transport and service infrastructure. It would be the first major 3D subsurface urban study and planning of its kind in India.

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. Bajrang Punia defeated Lee Seung-chul of Korea to win the gold medal in the men’s 65 kg freestyle category at the Asian Wrestling Championship.

S8. Ans.(d)
Sol. Two South Indian States - Kerala and Tamil Nadu - secured first and second rankings for the second year in a row while poll-bound Gujarat gained two positions rising from five in 2016 to three in 2017 and Bihar stayed at the bottom in public affairs index (PAI) in governance in States.

S9. Ans.(e)
Sol. Telangana hosted the first outreach program of the Ministry of External Affairs ‘Videsh Sampark’ to engage the State governments in creating awareness about various programmes of the Ministry. It was inaugurated by the Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen. V.K. Singh. The conference will create awareness on the schemes regard to consular and passport services, engagement with overseas Indians, welfare and protection of overseas Indians.

S10. Ans.(d)
Sol. Palanisamy Sathasivam is the current Governor of Kerala.

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Reserve Bank of India has put restriction on Kolkata based PSU UCO Bank’s lending and branch expansion plans as the state-run lender made net losses for the two successive fiscal amid severe stress on asset quality.

S12. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Capital of Palestine is East Jerusalem

S13. Ans.(b)
Sol. Govardhan Eco Village, set up by the ISKCON in adjoining Thane district, has won a Smart Village award for being a sustainable project in rural Maharashtra.

S14. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the second meeting of National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) in New Delhi. The Second meeting of NPDRR will be held over two days, i.e. 15-16 May 2017 on the theme 'Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: Making India resilient by 2030'.

S15. Ans.(b)
Sol. Asian Wrestling Championship 2017 was concluded recently in New Delhi in which Indian Players have clinched 10 Medals (1 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze).

Daily GK Update 07th June 2017

Nepal signs MoU with China for construction of Budhigandaki Hydropower Project 

i. Nepal has signed a major deal with a China to develop a 1,200 MW Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project, the biggest hydro project in the landlocked country that could resolve its perennial power crisis.
ii. Nepal’s Ministry of Energy has signed an MoU with China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) for the development of the 1,200 MW Budhigandaki Hydroelectric Project.

iii. As per the agreement, the storage project would be built under engineering, procurement, construction, and finance (EPCF) model. 

Static Takeaways-

• Gandaki River is Situated in Nepal
• Sher Bahadur Deuba is the newly appointed Prime Minister of Nepal
• Xi Jinping is the present President of China
• Renminbi is the currency of China.

Sher Bahadur Deuba elected Nepal’s Prime Minister for the fourth time

i. Veteran Nepalese politician Sher Bahadur Deuba was elected as Nepal’s Prime Minister for the fourth time. Deuba, 70, was the sole candidate to contest in the Prime Minister election as the main opposition UML or any other party didn’t register their candidacies.

ii. He secured 388 votes in his favor and 170 votes against him. A total of 558 were cast during the voting. He needed 297 votes in the 593-strong Parliament to prove his majority. The Nepali Congress leader has become the 40th Prime Minister of Nepal.

Static Takeaways-

• The Central Bank of Nepal is called as Nepal Rashtra Bank (NRB)
• NRB was established in 1956 under the Nepal Rastra Bank Act 1955
• Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal is the present Governor of NRB

RBI keeps Repo Rate unchanged in Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2017-18 

i. On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation at its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to:

• Keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.25 per cent.
• Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF remains at 6.0 per cent, and
• The Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.50 per cent.

Important Takeaways-

• The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935, in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
• The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially established in Calcutta but was permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937.
• RBI Act, 1934 has been amended by the Finance Act, 2016, to provide a statutory and institutionalized framework for a Monetary Policy Committee, for maintaining price stability, while keeping in mind the objective of growth. 
• The primary objective of monetary policy is to maintain price stability while keeping in mind the objective of growth. Price stability is a necessary precondition to sustainable growth.

Montenegro becomes NATO’s 29th member 

i. Montenegro has officially joined North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and hence became the 29th member country of NATO. Montenegro Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic submitted the official accession papers in a ceremony at the US State Department.

ii. The move came in the face of bitter opposition from Russia, which says NATO’s steady expansion into the former communist states of Eastern Europe threatens its own security and cannot go unchallenged.

Static Takeaways-

• The Capital of Montenegro is Podgorica and its Currency is  Euro
• The Current President of Montenegro is Filip Vujanovic
• The Current Prime Minister of Montenegro is Dusko Markovic
• Secretary-General of NATO is Jens Stoltenberg
• NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

India signs agreement with Sri Lanka for developing Railway sector

i. India signed an agreement to provide fresh assistance of 318 million US Dollar credit line to Sri Lanka for the development of the railway sector in the country.
ii. The agreement was signed in Colombo amidst the presence of senior officials of Sri Lanka’s finance and transport ministries.

Static Takeaways-

• Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the capital of Sri Lanka
• Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is Ranil Wickramasinghe
• EXIM Bank was established by the Government of India, commenced operations in 1982 under the Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981
• David Rasquinha is the Current MD of EXIM Bank of India.

Vijaya Bank set to develop 100 digital villages 

i. Vijaya Bank is going to develop as many as 100 digital villages in various States of the country as part of its initiative to promote digital banking among the rural population.

ii. Speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration of the bank’s 2031st ATM at Pandit Nehru Bus Station in the Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, Bank Executive Director B.S. Rama Rao stated that Vijaya Bank is the only public sector financial institution to develop digital villages with focus on rural areas and it has already developed five villages including the one in Guntur district.

Static Takeaways-

• Vijaya Bank is a Public Sector Bank founded in 1931.
• It is Headquartered in Bengaluru.
• The Founder of the bank was Sri Attavara Balakrishna Shetty.
• Present MD & CEO of the Bank is Dr. Kishore Sansi.

NHB approves merger between Aadhar Housing Finance and DHFL Vysya Housing Finance

i. The proposed merger between Aadhar Housing Finance and DHFL Vysya Housing Finance has hit the final lap with it got the nod from housing finance regulator National Housing Bank (NHB). ii. Aadhar Housing Finance Chief Executive Officer Deo Shankar Tripathi stated that it had applied to National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for the next stage approval.

iii. Both the companies are owned by Wadhawan family promoted Wadhawan Global Capital Pvt Ltd. International Finance Corporation owns 20% in Aadhar Housing, while DHFL Vysya is fully owned by Wadhawan family.

Static takeaways-

• Aadhar Housing Finance Chief Executive Officer is Deo Shankar Tripathi
• The government has initiated a plan "Housing for All by 2022" with the focus to build affordable dwelling units for the lower-income group and wage earners
• National Housing Bank is wholly owned by Reserve Bank of India
• NHB was set up on July 9, 1988, under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987
• The Head Office of NHB is at New Delhi
• Shri Sriram Kalyanaraman is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of National Housing Bank.

India Signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank for the project "Assam Citizen Centric Service Delivery" 

i. An agreement for International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Credit of USD 39.2 Million from World Bank for the project 'Assam Citizen Centric Service Delivery' was signed recently.
ii. The loan agreement was signed by Shri Raj Kumar, Joint Secretary (MI), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance on behalf of the Government of India and Mr. Hisham Abdo, Manager, Operations (India) on behalf of the World Bank.

iii. The program size is USD 49 million, of which USD 39.2 million will be financed by the Bank, and the remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget.

Static Takeaways-

• The World Bank was Formed in July 1945
• It is Headquartered in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
• Present President of the World Bank is  Jim Yong Kim
• The capital of Assam is Dispur
• Sarbananda Sonowal is the CM of Assam and its Governor is Banwarilal Purohit.
• Kaziranga National Park is situated in Assam
• Bihu is the famous folk Dance of Assam.

Narendra Modi government to scrap UGC, AICTE soon with HEERA

i. The University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will soon be a thing of the past as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre is planning to replace the two education regulators with a new Higher Education Regulator.

ii. This is being done to bring one single education regulator named HEERA in place. Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency or HEERA is the name of the new proposed regulator. 

iii. The Human Resource and Development Ministry (HRD) is working with the Niti Aayog towards the implementation of this new proposed regulatory body. They are working to bring the technical as well as the non-technical institutions under the same umbrella.

Static takeaways-

• Prakash Javadekar the Cabinet Minister of Human Resource Development
• Chairperson of NITI ayog is Shri Narendra Modi
• Vice Chairperson of NITI Ayog is Arvind Panagariya.
• The National Institution for Transforming India, also called NITI Aayog, was formed via a resolution of the Union Cabinet on January 1, 2015.

Hoshiar Singh appointed chief of copyrights office 

i. Senior bureaucrat Hoshiar Singh has been appointed as Registrar of Copyrights.
ii. The Office of Copyrights, under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, is mandated to protect the music and film industry besides addressing its concerns, among others.

Static Takeaways-

• Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is the Minister of State for the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

అపజయం వెనుక ఆరు కారణాలు.

 

                     ఇంగ్లిష్…….. నేర్చుకోవాల్సిన అవసరం ఉంది. నేర్చుకోవాలన్న ఆలోచనా ఉంది. కాని, కా…నీ……నెలలు, సంవత్సరాలు గడుస్తున్నా ‘ఇంగ్లిష్ లో చక్కగా మాట్లాడాలి’ అన్న లక్ష్యం మాత్రం నెరవేరకపోవడం మనలో చాలా మందిని అసంతృప్తికి గురి చేస్తుంది. కదా? ఈ (తాత్కాలిక) అపజయం వెనకున్న ఆరు కారణాలేంటో చూద్దాం.

1. ఇంగ్లిష్ నేర్చుకోవడానికి కావాల్సిన మోటివేషన్ లేకపోవడం.

 

మీకు తెలుసు. జీవితంలో ఏం సాధించాలన్నా, ఏం నేర్చుకోవాలన్నా దానికి తగిన ప్రేరణ, స్పూర్తి, చిత్తశుద్ది ఉండాలి. ఏదో అందరూ ‘ముఖ్యం’ అంటున్నారు కాబట్టి ఇంగ్లిష్ నేర్చుకోవాలి అని కాకుండా ఇంగ్లిష్ నేర్చుకుంటే కలిగే లాభాలేంటో మనకు తెలిసి ఉండాలి. కనీసం, ఇంగ్లిష్ రాకపోతే వచ్చే నష్టాలేంటో తెల్సినా చాలు. మన ఉజ్వల భవిష్యత్తే మనకు ప్రేరణ కావాలి.. So, be motivated and learn English.

 

2. ఇంగ్లిష్ నేర్చుకోవడానికి తగినంత సమయం ఇవ్వకపోవడం.

 

ఇదీ మీకీ తెలుసు. కేవలం ఆలోచన ఉంటే సరిపోదు. ఆచరణ కూడా కావాలి. ఏదో బుద్ది పుట్టినప్పుడు, ఎప్పుడో ఒక సారి కాకుండా రెగ్యులర్ గా, ప్రతిరోజూ కనీసం ఒక అర్థ గంటో, గంటో ఇంగ్లిష్ నేర్చుకోవడానికి కేటాయించాలి. పరిశీలనతో ఇంగ్లిష్ వినడం, చదవడం చేయాలి. కథలో, నవలలో, న్యూస్ పేపరో ఎదో ఒకటి చదవాలి. టీవీ న్యూస్, యూట్యూబ్ వీడియోస్, మూవిస్ ఎదో ఒకటి చూడటం అలవాటు చేసుకోవాలి. కృషి చేస్తే సాధించలేంది ఏమీ లేదు. కాని, కృషి చేయాలి కదా?

 

3. నేర్చుకున్నది ప్రాక్టిస్ చెయ్యకపోవడం.

 

ఇంగ్లిష్ లో మాట్లాడడం ఒక skill, నైపుణ్యం. కేవలం గ్రామర్ రూల్స్ నేర్చుకుంటే ఇంగ్లిష్ వచ్చేసినట్లు కాదు. నేర్చుకున్నది, నేర్చుకున్నట్లు ప్రాక్టిస్ చెయ్యాలి. అవకాశమొచ్చినప్పుడల్లా, ఇంకా చెప్పాలంటే అవకాశాలు కల్పించుకుంటూ ఇంగ్లిష్ లో మాట్లాడడం ప్రాక్టిస్ చెయ్యాలి. ఎంత ఎక్కువ ప్రాక్టిస్ చేస్తే అంత ఆత్మ విశ్వాసం పెరుగుతుంది. One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is practice.

 

4. ఇంగ్లిష్ నేర్చుకోవడంలో అవసరానికి మించి తెలుగు మీద ఆధారపడటం.

 

‘ఇంగ్లిష్ నేర్చుకోవడానికి తెలుగు మీద అవసరానికి మించి ఆధారపడకండి.’ ఈ విషయం తెలుగు లోనే చెప్తున్నామనేం అనుకోకండి. కాని ఇది నిజం. ప్రతీ పదాన్ని, ప్రతీ వాక్యాన్ని తెలుగులో అనుకొని ఇంగ్లిష్ లోకి Translate చేసి మాట్లాడాలనుకోకండి. ఇలా చేయడం వల్ల మీరు సరిగ్గా మాట్లాడలేరు. ఎందుకంటే, ఇంగ్లిష్ వేరు, తెలుగు వేరు. కొత్తలో పర్వాలేదు కాని మెల్ల మెల్లగా మన మాతృభాష మీద అవసరానికి మించి ఆధారపడటం మానెయ్యాలి.

 

5. తప్పులు చేస్తామేమో అని ఎక్కువగా భయపడటం.

 

నడకైనా, నాట్యమైనా, భాషైనా, బాస్కెట్ బాలైనా ఏది నేర్చుకొనేప్పుడైనా తప్పులు చెయ్యడం సర్వ సాధారణం. తప్పులు చెయ్యకుండా ఎవ్వరూ, ఏమీ నేర్చుకోలేరు. ఇది 100% నిజం. కాబట్టి, తప్పుల మీద ఎక్కువ దృష్టి పెట్టడం మానెయ్యాలి. Confident గా మాట్లాడటం వచ్చిన తరువాత మెల్ల మెల్ల గా తప్పుల్ని సరిదిద్దుకోవచ్చు. So, don’t worry much about committing mistakes.

 

6. ఎవరైనా నవ్వుతారేమోనని సిగ్గు పడటం.

 

ఒక ఇరవై, ముప్పై సంవత్సరాల క్రితం ఇంగ్లిష్ లో మాట్లాడడం ఫ్యాషన్ అయితే కావచ్చేమో గాని, ఇప్పుడది ఒక అవసరం. చాలా మందికి ఇంగ్లిష్ లో మాట్లాడాలంటే చెప్పలేనంత సిగ్గు. ‘అంత అవసరమా’ అని అనుకుంటారు. పూర్తిగా ఇంగ్లిష్ రానివారితో కాదు కాని, కళాశాలల్లో, కార్యాలయాల్లో ఇంగ్లిష్ మాట్లాడే అవకాశం ఉన్నప్పుడు ప్రాక్టిస్ చెయ్యడానికి సిగ్గుపడకండి. వీలైతే మీ ఫ్రెండ్స్ కి, కొలీగ్స్ కి మీరు ఇంగ్లిష్ ఇంప్రూవ్ చేసుకుంటున్నారు అన్న విషయం అనౌన్స్ చెయ్యండి. ఎవరైనా నవ్వితే అది వాళ్ళ సంస్కార లోపం. మీ అభివృద్దికి సహకరించని వాళ్ళు మీ ఫ్రెండ్సే కారు. అటువంటి వాళ్ళను పట్టించుకోవడం మానెయ్యండి.

 

ఇవీ ముఖ్యమైన ఆరు కారణాలు. ఇందులో మీ కారణమేంటో గమనించండి, ఇవి కాక ఇంకేమైనా కారణాలుంటే ‘ఇంగ్లిష్ బడి’ తో పంచుకోండి.

 

Thanks for reading. ఆలోచించండి. చిత్తశుద్ది తో, ఒక ప్రణాళిక ప్రకారం పని చేస్తే ఇంగ్లిష్ నేర్చుకోవడం పెద్ద బ్రహ్మవిద్యేం కాదు అని మీకూ అర్థం అవుతుంది.

 

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