Daily GK Update 08th April, 2017

Ban on cash transactions of over Rs 2 lakh not applicable for bank, post office withdrawals 

i. Ban on cash transaction in excess of Rs 2 lakh will not be applicable to withdrawals from banks and post office savings accounts, the Income-Tax department announced. 
ii.  In a clarification on the newly inserted Section 269ST in the I-T Act, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) abort the restriction to withdrawal from banks and post offices. Restriction is also not applicable to any receipt by government, banking company, post office savings bank or co-operative bank respectively. 

PM to launch digital exhibition on Champaran Satyagraha

i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a 'special digital exhibition' on the Champaran Satyagraha on 10th April 2017. It is a unique initiative to re-envision the theme of the movement undertaken by Mahatma Gandhi. 
ii. The exhibition will be titled as 'Bapu Ko Karyanjali' and will be launched at the National Archive in New Delhi.
iii. This effort will dovetail into the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, and generate greater awareness towards cleanliness, in the run-up to the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 2019.

India extends $4.5 billion new line of credit to Bangladesh

i. India and Bangladesh have signed 22 agreements in strategic sectors like defence and civil nuclear cooperation during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India.

ii. In a joint statement after signing of agreements in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new line of concessional credit of $4.5 billion for implementation of development projects in Bangladesh. 

iii. Apart from that, Mr. Modi also announced $500 million of credit for defence procurement in the country.

 Centre kicks off programme on Cyber Physical Systems

i. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has initiated a Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) program. 
ii. CPS is an interdisciplinary field that deals with the deployment of computer-based systems that do things in the physical world such as, the self-driven cars produced by Google and Tesla. 
iii. It has been conceived as a Rs 3,000-crore exercise that would at first take root in some of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). An initial budget of Rs 100 crore has been earmarked for the project in the current financial year.

India ranks 40th in WEF’s global travel & tourism ranking

i. India has jumped 12 places to 40th rank globally in total 136 countries in Travel and Tourism Competitiveness report 2017 by World Economic Forum. 
ii.  Spain is ranked at the top in the list. The traditional strong travel and tourism destinations, including Japan (4th), the United Kingdom (5th), the United States (6th), Australia (7th), Italy (8th), Canada (9th) and Switzerland (10th), have also made it to the top 10.

HDFC Bank UPI on Chillr app

i. HDFC Bank announced its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will also be available on Chillr, a multi-bank mobile payments app. 
ii. UPI is an instant payment system developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to enable faster money transfer between any two parties’ bank accounts.

Canara Bank partners with BSNL 
i. Canara Bank, a public sector bank, has embarked upon an ambitious project of upgrading the bandwidth at all its branches to 2 Mbps in partnership with BSNL. 
ii. The bandwidth upgradation of branches is in line with the bank’s policy of promoting digital channels and will ensure faster service across the counters. 


South Indian Bank, Flyworld Money in pact for remittances
i. South Indian Bank has entered into an agreement with Flyworld Money Exchange to facilitate remittances by Indian expatriates in Australia. 
ii. Through this tie-up, NRIs in Australia could enjoy quick and cost-effective remittances to India using the SIB Express facility. With this agreement, SIB marks the first remittance arrangement with an exchange house in Australia. 

NPCI disburses Rs. 245 cr in prize money under Niti Aayog's Lucky Draw scheme

i. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in the country, has disbursed over Rs. 245 crore worth of prize money to about 18 lakh winners under the NITI Aayog’s Lucky Draw schemes for consumers and merchants which are Lucky Grahak Yojna (LGY) and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojna (DVY).
ii. There are three mega prizes for consumers worth Rs. 1 crore, Rs. 50 lakh and Rs. 25 lakh. For merchants too there would be three mega prizes worth Rs. 50 lakh, Rs. 25 lakh and Rs. 12 lakh. 

Malala to become youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace

i. Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has become the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace. 
ii. The United Nations stated that the 19-year-old Pakistani education activist will be appointed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on April 10, 2017, and it will help to promote girl education around the world.

Boxer Shyam Kumar wins gold at Thailand International

i. Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar won a gold medal in the 49- kilogram category at the Thailand International Tournament in Bangkok. 
ii. He clinched the medal without even stepping inside the ring for his summit clash as Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan was unable to play the match due to his injury.

NBA launches first basketball school in India

i. The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced the setting up of its first basketball school, a network of tuition-based basketball development programmes, in Mumbai. 
ii. The school, as part of a multi-year agreement announced with India On Track (IOT), is open to male and female players between ages 6-18. 


Important Takeaways from above GK Update are as follows-

• HDFC bank announced its UPI on Chillr, a multi-bank mobile payment app
• HDFC headquarter is in Mumbai and was founded in 1944
• Managing Director of HDFC bank is Aditya Puri.
• Malala from Pakistan has become the youngest UN messenger of peace
• United Nations ninth Secretary-General is Antonio Guterres
• UN headquarter is in New York City, U.S.A
• UN was founded in 1945.
• Canara Bank partnered with BSNL to upgrade bandwidth at all branches
• Canara Bank Headquarter is in Bengaluru, Karnataka and it was founded in 1906
• BSNL was founded in 2000 and its headquarter is in New Delhi
• Chairman of Canara Bank Shri. T.N. Manoharan
• The slogan of Canara Bank is 'Together we Can'.
• NPCI disbursed Rs. 245 crore in prize money under Niti Aayog's Lucky Draw scheme
• NPCI full form is National Payment Corporation of India
• NPCI headquarter is in Mumbai and was founded in 2008
• NITI aayog Chairman is Shri Narendra Modi
• Full form of NITI is National Institute of Transforming India.
• India ranked 40th in WEF’s global travel & tourism ranking
• Spain ranked at the top in the list
• India has jumped 12 places from the previous year ranking
• K Shyam Kumar won a gold medal at the Thailand International Tournament
• He won in the 49- kilogram category
• Bangkok is the capital of Thailand and its currency is Thai Baht
• Thailand International Tournament was held in Bangkok.
• Department of Science and Technology (DST) has initiated a Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) program
• Full form of CPS is Cyber-Physical System
• Full form of DST is Department of Science and Technology.
• India and Bangladesh have signed 22 agreements
• PM of Bangladesh is Sheikh Hasina
• Currency of Bangladesh is Bangladeshi Taka and its Capital is Dhaka.
• Narendra Modi will launch a 'special digital exhibition' on the Champaran Satyagraha on 10th April 2017 in New Delhi
• The exhibition will be titled as 'Bapu Ko Karyanjali'
• Champaran Satyagraha was started in Champaran district of Bihar in 1917
• NBA launches India's first basketball school in Mumbai
• NBA full form is National Basketball Association
• NBA headquarter is in New York, United States of America
• Ban on cash transaction in excess of Rs 2 lakh will not be applicable to withdrawals from banks and post office savings accounts
• In the 2017-18 Budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had proposed to ban cash transaction of over Rs 3 lakh which was lowered to Rs 2 lakh.

How to introduce yourself – తప్పుల్లేకుండా, తడబడకుండా.

ఈ పోటి ప్రపంచంలో మనల్ని మనం market చేసుకుంటూనే ఉండాలి, పర్సనల్ లైఫ్ లో అయినా, ప్రొఫెషనల్ లైఫ్ లో అయినా మనల్ని మనం చక్కగా, ప్రభావితం చేసేట్లుగా  పరిచయం చేసుకోవడం తప్పనిసరి. Self Introduction is one of the very important marketing tools.

చాలా బాధ కలిగించే విషయం ఏంటంటే, ఇంజినీరింగ్ లు, ఎంబీఏలు, ఎమ్మెస్సిలు చేసిన చాల మంది తప్పులు లేకుండా, అంటే basic grammar mistakes లేకుండా ఇంగ్లిష్ లో తమల్ని తాము introduce చేసుకోలేకపోతున్నారు. సహజంగానే,  ఇది వాళ్ళ ఉద్యోగ అవకాశాలను దెబ్బతీస్తుంది. Myself  XXXX, I was completed my engineering last year, my hobbies is  XXXX అని చెప్తే, ఎవరైనా ఎలా ఉద్యోగం ఇస్తారు చెప్పండి. అదీ 10 – 12 సంవత్సరాలు ఇంగ్లిష్ మీడియం లో చదివినవిద్యార్థులు.  వాళ్ళ గ్రామర్ అలా ఉండడం చాలా దురదృష్టకరం.

కొంచెం observation, కొంచెం preparation తో ఈ సమస్య ను solve చేసెయ్యొచ్చు.

1. కిందున్న కొన్ని ఎక్స్ప్రెషన్స్ ని చదవండి.
2. అందులో మీకు సరిపోయే, మీ introduction కి ఉపయోగపడే, వాక్యాల్ని తీసుకొని చిన్న చిన్న మార్పులతో మీ సెల్ఫ్ ఇంట్రడక్షన్ ను రాసుకోండి.
3. మీ ఓపిక ను బట్టి, రెండు మూడు versions of introduction ప్రిపేర్ చేసుకోండి ( ఒకటి సంక్షిప్తంగా, ఇంకొకటి కొంచెం డిటైల్డ్ గా, మరొకటి చాలా డిటైల్డ్ గా. అవసరాన్ని బట్టి ఏదో ఒక version వాడొచ్చు.)
4. మీరు రాసింది వీలైతే, ఎవరితోనైనా కరెక్ట్ చేయించుకోండి.
5. స్రిప్ట్ రెడీ అయిన తరువాత , దాన్ని ప్రాక్టిస్  చెయ్యండి. మీరు బాగా ప్రిపేర్ అయి అయ్యి వచ్చారు అన్న విషయం మిమ్మల్ని interview చేసేవాళ్ళకి తెలియనియ్యనంత నేచురల్ గా మీరు self introduce చేసుకోవాలి.
6. మొదట కరెక్ట్ గా, ఎలాంటి  గ్రామర్ మిస్టేక్స్ లేకుండా introduce చేసుకోవడం నేర్చుకొని, ఆ తరువాత effective గా చెప్పడం నేర్చుకోండి.

ఇంత అవసరమా అనుకుంటున్నారా? ఇంటర్వ్యూలలో “Introduce yourself? ” అన్న మొదటి ప్రశ్నకే సరిగా జవాబివ్వక, మంచి మంచి అవకాశాలు కోల్పోతున్న వందల, వేల ( లక్షల?) మంది లో మీరు ఉండకూడదనుకుంటే ఈ మాత్రం preparation అవసరమే.

Expressions:

• I am XXXX.
• My name is XXXX.
• ( Imp: Please DO NOT say- Myself XXXX, It is incorrect)

• I am from XXXX.
• My native is XXXX.
• I hail from XXXX.
• I am from XXXX. Currently, I am staying in ABCD
• I was born and brought up in XXXX

• At present , I am studying XXXX in ABCD college/uiniversity.
• At present, I am pursuing B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from XXXXX University.
• I am pursuing electronics and communication engineering in XYZ college/ABC university
• I am pursuing Post Graduation from XXXX university
• I am an engineering graduate from XXXX university.
• I have completed graduation …….
• I have just finished my post graduation in Computer Science from XXXX university.
• I completed  B.Tech in 2014 from XXXX university.
• I have done an internship with XXXX (Company name)

• I am 21 years old
• I am 21…..

• I am from an agricultural family.
• I hail from an agricultural family.
• I belong to an agricultural family.

• My father’s name is …….
• My mother’s name is ………..
• My father is a businessman/a farmer/a government employee/ a private employee/ a labourer/ a retired government employee
• My mother is a businesswoman/ a farmer/ a house wife/ a home maker/ a domestic engineer/

• Ours is a nuclear family…… Ours is a joint family.
• My family consists of four members: my father, my mother, an elder sister and me.
• There are four members in my family: my father, mother, a younger brother and me.

• I have two siblings…… a sister and a brother. Both are elder to me.
• I have an elder brother and a younger sister
• I have two elder sisters.
• I am the youngest in my family.
• I have two brothers and I am the eldest.
• I have two brothers and I am the youngest.
• I have an elder sister and a younger brother.
• My elder sister is married
• My younger brother is pursuing engineering.
• I have two younger sisters. The elder of the two is in intermediate and the other is in 10th

• My hobbies are playing cricket and watching TV.
• My hobbies are listening to music and reading books.
• My hobby is watching TV.
• Playing chess is hobby.
• My hobbies are listening to music, reading books and watching movies.
• I am interested in watching movies and collecting stamps.
• I am interested in making friends and surfing the internet.
• I love gardening.
• I love playing with my pet dog.
• I love spending time with my friends.
• I like playing games on mobile….
• In my free time, I help my father in his business.
• In my free time, I love watching TV.
• Playing chess is my favourite pastime.
• Cooking is my favourite pastime.

• My strengths are sincerity and hardworking nature.
• My strength is self-confidence.
• Strong communication skills are my greatest strength.
• Knowledge in computers is my strength.
• I have a positive attitude towards life.

• I am good at marketing.
• I have a good command over computer networking.
• I have good analytical skills.
• I am a team player…..
• I’m very results-driven
• I am proud of my communication skills

• Doing a good job and achieving the desired end result is my primary motivation…..

• My aim is to get a government job.
• My aim is to become a government teacher.
• My aim is to be a successful business woman.
• I want to become a software engineer
• I would like to be an IAS officer.

QUIZ-08

QUIZ-08

Q1. In which cities, the 03-day global conference on Nuclear Terrorism has begun on 08th February 2017?
Answer: New Delhi, India

Q2. Name the person, who has won the women’s singles titles in the 81st Senior National Badminton Championships tournament in Patna, Bihar?
Answer: Rituparna Das


Q3. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Adani Group for its renewable energy business unit in Australia in a bid to drive its plans to become the largest renewable energy player in the country?
Answer: Jennifer Purdie

Q4. Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh stated that over 13 thousand Divyangs have been given jobs in various central government departments recently. Where is constituency of Jitendra Singh?
Answer: Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Q5. Israel’s Parliament has passed a law retroactively legalising about 4,000 homes built in Area (C) of the occupied West Bank. What is the name of Parliament of Israel?
Answer: Knesset

Q6. Which banks has tied up with IFFCO, a cooperative, to provide co-branded debit cards with inbuilt overdraft facilities to the farmers?
Answer: Bank of Baroda

Q7. Which Bank has partnered with leading online data and information portal Commodity Online for the distribution of loans against warehouse receipts and collateral management services across the country.
Answer: Federal Bank

Q8. RBI governor Urjit Patel led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has kept the key repo rate unchanged at _____________ in the first monetary policy review of 2017 and after Budget 2017. 
Answer: 6.25 percent

Q9. ICICI Securities, a subsidiary of ICICI Bank, has entered into a strategic partnership with Saxo Bank, an online multi-asset trading and investment specialist. Saxo Bank based in-
Answer: Denmark

Q10. The Supreme Court has approved the government‘s plan to record the identification details of mobile subscribers through an e-KYC mechanism linked to Aadhaar in a bid to enhance national security and prevent fake users. What is meaning of "C" in KYC-?
Answer: Customer

Q11. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that the cash withdrawal limit on savings accounts will be scrapped from-
Answer: 13th March 2017

Q12. Which two priate sector banks are live with the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) that is aimed at easing utility and other repetitive bill payments for consumers?
Answer: HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank

Q13. In which Indian city, the 23rd edition of International Conference and Exhibition on Terrestrial & Satellite Broadcasting was held?
Answer: New Delhi

Q14. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to phase out weekly limit on cash withdrawal from savings accounts recently. The weekly withdrawal limit for savings accounts will be raised to how much amount from 20th February 2017? 
Answer: Rs. 50,000

Q15. With the government taking steps to improve ease of doing business and relax regulations, FDI into the country surged by 60% to USD 4.68 billion in November 2016. What is meaning of "I" in FDI?

Answer: Investment

Daily GK Update 07th April, 2017

64th National Film Awards

i. The 64th National Film Awards were announced in which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honor the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema.
 ii. The awards ceremony will be held on 3 May 2017 in India.
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World Health Day: 7 April 

i. World Health Day is celebrated on 7th of April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization. 

ii. The theme of 2017 World Health Day is 'Depression: Let's Talk'.

Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated 3-day National Children’s Film Festival

i. Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a three-day National Children’s Film Festival in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. 
ii. It is the largest film festival for children in the country giving the audience quality and wholesome entertainment. The aim of the film festival is to expose children to quality cinema and to introduce novel elements beyond films.

India & Israel sign defense deals worth over 2 billion dollars

i. India and Israel signed a mega defense deals worth over 2 billion dollars for advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, to further tighten the bilateral strategic partnership ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel in July, 2017. 
ii. The SAM systems are designed to destroy hostile aircraft, missiles and drones at a range of 70-km. The major deal was for the joint project between the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for the Barak-8 medium-range SAM systems for the Indian Army.

 RBL Bank opens IFSC Banking Unit in GIFT City

i. Ratnakar Bank limited (RBL) Bank announced the opening of its Indian Financial System Code (IFSC) Banking Unit (IBU) at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). 

ii. The leading private sector bank had received an in-principle approval from RBI for setting up IBU in November 2016.

NEFT transfers to be faster as RBI cuts clearance time

i. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to slash clearance time for National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) in an attempt to enhance the efficiency of the electronic payment system and add to customer convenience.  
ii. The NEFT settlement cycle will be reduced from hourly batches to half hourly batches, the RBI stated in the first bi-monthly monetary policy for 2017-18. 
iii. 11 additional settlement batches will be introduced at 8.30 am onwards, taking the total number of half hourly settlement batches during the day to 23. RBI also stated the starting batch at 8 am and closing batch at 7 pm shall remain the same and the return discipline will also remain the same as per the existing practice.

 Bhimaraya Metri joins as Director of IIM Trichy

i. Bhimaraya Metri has taken over as Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy (IIM Tiruchirappalli). 
ii. He succeeded Prafulla Agnihotri. Prior to joining IIM Trichy, Metri was the Dean at L&T Institute of Project Management, Vadodara.


India's first transgender police officer appointed in Tamil Nadu
i. K Prithika Yashini, aged around 25 years, is the first transgender person to become a police official in India, appointed in Tamil Nadu. 
ii. After struggling with the social dogma and gender bias, she recently applied to become a police sub-inspector in Dharampuri, Tamil Nadu. A court in Chennai, Madras has now ruled in her favour.

Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in US
i. Facebook launched its digital assistant named 'M' for US users of its Messenger application, ramping up the social network's efforts in artificial intelligence.
ii. For users of the messaging platform, M will pop up and suggest helpful actions in the chat window. 'M' uses artificial intelligence and suggests relevant actions to help manage conversations or help get things done. 

Germany ‘1st NATO member’ to launch cyber command
i. Germany is the first North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) state to launch a 'self-contained' cyber command unit designed to shield IT and weapons systems from growing attacks. 
ii. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is one of the world’s major international institutions. It is a political and military Alliance of 28 member countries from Europe and North America.

Ministry approves appointment of two foreign athletics coaches

i. Sports Minister Mr. Vijay Goel has approved the appointment of two top foreign athletics coaches, one each in race walking and 400m race. Australian Dave Smith has been appointed as the coach in race walking. 
ii. The ministry also approved the appointment of American Galina P Bukharina as coach of national 400m and 400m relay teams. The appointments have been made keeping in mind the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 
iii. The ministry has also approved the appointment of two masseurs- Dmitry Kislev and Elmira Kisleva both from Russia.

RCB, Nazara tie up to launch online cricket game
i. Royal Challengers Bangalore and gaming entity Nazara Games have come together to launch a new mobile cricket game RCB Star Cricket. 
ii. This will also mark the first cricket franchise to have a game off the field and on the screen.



P V Sindhu reaches career-best World No.2 ranking
i. Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu jumped three places to achieve a career-best world number two ranking in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings. 
ii. The 21-year-old shuttler from Hyderabad became only the second Indian woman after Saina Nehwal to break into the top-five of the world rankings by earning 75759 points. 



Important Takeaways from above GK Update are as follows-

• World Health Day is celebrated globally on 7th of April
• The Theme of 2017 World Health Day is  'Depression: Let's Talk'
• World Health Day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization
• Headquarter of WHO is in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Dr. Margaret Chan is the Director-General of WHO.
• RBI has decided to slash clearance time for NEFT
• National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) is a nation-wide payment system facilitating one-to-one funds transfer
• Under NEFT, the transactions are processed and settled in batches, hence are not real time.
• 3-day National Children’s Film Festival inaugurated in Vishakhapatnam
• Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Urban Development is Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu
• AP capital is Amravati and CM is Nara Chandrababu Naidu
• Governor of AP is E.S.L Narasimhan
• 3-day National Children’s Film Festival inaugurated in Vishakhapatnam
• Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Urban Development is Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu
• AP capital is Amravati and CM is Nara Chandrababu Naidu
• Governor of AP is E.S.L Narasimhan
• PV Sindhu reaches career-best World Number 2 ranking
• PV Sindhu has recently bagged Indian open title, 2017
• Tai Tzu Ying of China is at World Number 1 Ranking
• Sports Ministry approved the appointment of two foreign athletics coaches, Dave Smith (for race walking) and  Galina P Bukharina (for national 400m and 400m relay teams)
• Mr. Vijay Goel is the Minister of State (I/C) of Youth Affairs and Sports
• 2020 Summer Olympics will be organized in Tokyo, Japan
• Bhimaraya Metri appointed as Director of IIM Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
• IIM Trichy was founded in 2011
• Bhimaraya Metri succeeds Prafulla Agnihotri
• RBL bank has opened it's IFSC banking unit in GIFT City
• RBL bank headquarter is in Maharashtra
• Slogan of RBL bank is 'apno ka bank' and it was founded in 1943
• CEO of RBL bank is Vishwavir Ahuja

QUIZ-07

Q1. The World Bank has recently signed a 100 million US dollar credit agreement with the Centre and which one of the following state government to improve the quality of health care services?

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Meghalaya

(c) Assam

(d) Himachal Pradesh

(e) Bihar

Q2. Name the Photojournalist who was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry for his remarkable contribution to the field.

(a) Ashok Bansal

(b) Tripurari Sharma

(c) Raghu Rai

(d) Ramnath Shukla

(e) Anup Shekhawat

Q3. Yves Meyer won the 2017 Abel Prize, recently. He is famous ____________.

(a) Biologist

(b) Surgeon

(c) Musician

(d) Mathematician

(e) Philosopher

Q4. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has recently commissioned the world’s third largest hypersonic wind tunnel in ___________.

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Odisha

(d) Andhra Pradesh

(e) Maharashtra

Q5. Defense Minister Arun Jaitley handed over three naval systems, developed by premier Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to the Indian Navy. Chairman of DRDO is _____________.

(a) Kiran Kumar

(b) R. Madhavan

(c) James Robert

(d) S. Christopher

(e) Vinay Kumar

Q6. The country’s sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya successfully carried out the maiden test of the newly installed Barak Missile. BARAK is _________.

(a) Medium-Range surface-to-surface Missile

(b) Medium-Range surface-to-air Missile

(c) Short-Range surface-to-air Missile

(d) Short-Range surface-to-surface Missile

(e) None of the given options are true

Q7. Finance Minister of India has recently announced to change the name of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) to ___________ for the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.

(a) CBIC

(b) CNBC

(c) CBAC

(d) CBOC

(e) None of the given options are true

Q8. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is situated in ____________. 

(a) Karnataka

(b) Kerala

(c) Odisha

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Gujarat

Q9. Name the state government that has recently signed two MoUs with State Bank of India (SBI) to provide housing loan and education loan for its employees.

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Jharkhand

(c) Telangana

(d) Assam

(e) Punjab

Q10. Headquarter of World Bank is in _________ and its CEO is _________.

(a) Geneva, San Ki Moon

(b) Beijing, Robert Pattison

(c) Washington D.C., Kristalina Georgieva

(d) Tokyo, Adam Matthews

(e) Philippines, Pater Karry

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. The World Bank has signed a 100 million US dollar credit agreement with the Centre and Uttarakhand in New Delhi to improve the quality of health care services in all 13 districts of the state. 

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Photojournalist Raghu Rai was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry for “his remarkable contribution to the field.”

S3. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the Abel Prize for 2017 to mathematician Yves Meyer. He was awarded for his pivotal role in the development of the mathematical theory of wavelets.

S4. Ans.(b)

Sol. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) created history by commissioning the world’s third largest hypersonic wind tunnel at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. Defense Minister Arun Jaitley handed over three naval systems, developed by premier Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to the Indian Navy. DRDO chairman is S.Christopher.

S6. Ans.(c)

Sol. The country’s sole aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya successfully carried out the maiden test of the newly installed Barak short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM).

S7. Ans.(a)

Sol. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) will be reorganized for the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime and will be renamed as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) following Parliamentary approval.

S8. Ans.(b)

Sol. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is situated in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

S9. Ans.(d)

Sol. The state government of Assam has signed two MoUs with Mumbai-based State Bank of India (SBI) to provide housing loan and education loan for its employees.

S10. Ans.(c)

Sol. World Bank headquarter is in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and World Bank CEO is Kristalina Georgieva.