GK & Current Affairs Quiz: August 5-6, 2017
August 6, 2017 March 16, 2018
1. India has recently signed how much amount of loan pact with AIIB for Gujarat road project?
[A] $429 million
[B] $329 million
[C] $229 million
[D] $529 million
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Correct Answer: B [$329 million]
Notes:
India has recently signed a $329 million loan agreement with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for Gujarat Rural Roads Project. The objective of the project is to improve the rural road connectivity and accessibility to more than one thousand villages in all the 33 districts of the state benefiting about 80 lakh people. The project will also benefit the service providers such as public transport operators, educational institutions, hospitals, local markets and traders.
2. India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility has set up in which city?
[A] Guwahati
[B] Pune
[C] Hyderabad
[D] New Delhi
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Correct Answer: C [Hyderabad ]
Notes:
India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility has inaugurated near Hyderabad on August 4, 2017. It has been established a line with the ‘Make in India’ initiative and Government’s policy to encourage private sector participation in defense product. It is a joint venture between the $2.5 billion Kalyani Group and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd. The Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) plant will make anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Spike and the production is expected to start soon within weeks.
3. Who has will be the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog?
[A] Rajiv Kumar
[B] Vinod Paul
[C] Ritesh Gupta
[D] S L Shivappa
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Correct Answer: A [Rajiv Kumar]
Notes:
Noted economist Dr. Rajiv Kumar will be the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, which is a think-tank that replaced the Planning Commission. He will succeed Arvind Panagariya, who will leave the government think tank on August 31, 2017 and return to Columbia University. Currently, Rajiv Kumar is a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, a non-governmental think tank on public policy based out of New Delhi. He had also been part of a Government appointed high-level search Panel that went into the appointment of regulators in the Indian financial sector. Meanwhile, the Centre has also appointed Vinod Paul, a Paediatrician at AIIMS, as a member of NITI Aayog.
4. Which country to host the 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries?
[A] India
[B] Sri Lanka
[C] Indonesia
[D] Nepal
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Correct Answer: D [Nepal]
Notes:
The 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from August 10-11, 2017. From India, the Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will represent India in the meeting and will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of the members countries. During the BIMSTEC meeting, progress on several programmes will be discussed.
5. Which committee has recently submitted report on institutionalization of arbitration mechanism in India?
[A] BN Srikrishna committee
[B] Neil Chatterjee committee
[C] BP Das committee
[D] K L Gupta committee
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Correct Answer: A [BN Srikrishna committee ]
Notes:
The high level committee under the Chairmanship of Justice BN Srikrishna has recently submitted its on review of the Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism in India. The committee has recommended for setting up an Autonomous Body, Arbitration Promotion Council of India (APCI) having representatives from all stakeholders for grading arbitral institutions in India. The APCI may recognize professional institutes providing for accreditation of arbitrators. The APCI may hold training workshops and interact with law firms and law schools to train advocates with interest in arbitration and with a goal to create a specialist arbitration bar comprising of advocates dedicated to the field. It has also recommended for creation of a specialist Arbitration Bench to deal with such Commercial disputes, in the domain of the Courts.
6. Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan?
[A] Rajesh Kumar Sachdeva
[B] Manoj Mittal
[C] Ajay Bisaria
[D] Prabhat Kumar
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Correct Answer: D [Prabhat Kumar]
Notes:
Prabhat Kumar, the IFS officer of 1991 batch, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Presently, he is Ambassador of India to Colombia. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
7. Microsoft has tied up with which Indian state to use its AI-based MINE platform to screen children for eye problems?
[A] Himachal Pradesh
[B] Telangana
[C] Kerala
[D] Karnataka
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Correct Answer: B [Telangana ]
Notes:
The Microsoft India has tied up with the state of Telangana to use its artificial intelligence-based MINE platform to screen children for eye problems and prevent avoidable blindness. The Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE) is an artificial intelligence platform to reduce avoidable blindness. With this tied up, Telangana has become the first Indian state to deploy artificial intelligence for eyecare screening.
8. Robert Hard, the noted actor has passed away. He hailed from which country?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] England
[D] United States
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Correct Answer: C [England]
Notes:
Robert Hard (91), who portrayed the role of Minister of Magic ‘Cornelius Fudge’ in four of the ‘Harry Potter’ films, has passed away in London, England on August 3, 2017. He was also known for his many portrayals of Winston Churchill and as the irascible vet Siegfried Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small. His voice performance as Robin Hood in Tale Spinners For Children, an LP from the 1960s, is considered one of the best Robin Hood renditions.
9. The Chimmini Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) is located in which state?
[A] Uttrakhand
[B] Chhattisgarh
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Kerala
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Correct Answer: D [Kerala]
Notes:
The Chimmini Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) is located along the Western Ghats in Mukundapuram taluk of Thrissur District of Kerala. The sanctuary is an important bird area with 192 recorded avian species such as grey-headed bulbul, Indian rufous babbler, white-bellied blue-flycatcher, Ceylon frogmouth, Indian edible-nest swiftlet, Malabar trogon and Loten’s sunbird. The sanctuary also offers trekking paths for the adventure traveller.
10. Ankur Mittal is associated with which sports?
[A] Sprint
[B] Football
[C] Shooting
[D] Basketball
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Correct Answer: C [Shooting]
Notes:
Indian shooter Ankur Mittal has clinched the individual as well as the team gold medal in men’s double trap at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship at Astana, Kazakhstan on August 5, 2017. Mittal shot 71 in the six-man final to finish at the top of the podium. With scores of Sangram Dahiya and Mohammad Asab added to Mittal’s final total, India managed to bag the top prize in the team event also. Dahiya had a score of 43 and Asab had shot 34.
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