GK & Current Affairs Quiz: May 18-19, 2019
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1. Which country to host the 2023 Asian Cup Football tournament?
[A] Japan
[B] India
[C] South Korea
[D] China
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Correct Answer: D [China ]
Notes:
The 2023 Asian Cup Football tournament will be hosted by China after South Korea withdraws its bid. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said in a statement it had pulled out to “strategically focus” on a joint bid with North Korea to host the Women’s World Cup in the same year. The 2023 AFC Asian Cup is the quadrennial international men’s football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
2. Which of the following organizations has released the ‘Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – 2021’?
[A] NABARD
[B] IRDA
[C] SEBI
[D] RBI
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Correct Answer: D [RBI]
Notes:
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a vision document – Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision 2019 – 2021 – with its core theme of ‘Empowering Exceptional E-payment Experience’, for ensuring a safe, secure, convenient, quick and affordable e-payment system. The move comes as the apex bank expects the number of digital transactions to increase more than four times to 8,707 crore in December 2021. The vision document has been envisages to achieve a highly digital and cash-less society through the goal posts of competition, cost-effectiveness, convenience and confidence (4Cs). The document talks about creating customer awareness, setting up a 24X7 helpline and self-regulatory organisation for system operators and service providers, among others. And also, the ‘no-compromise’ approach towards safety and security of payment systems remains a hallmark of the vision.
3. Which country has recently blocked all language editions of Wikipedia?
[A] United States
[B] China
[C] Iran
[D] Russia
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Correct Answer: B [China ]
Notes:
China has expanded its ban on Wikipedia to block the community-edited online encyclopedia in all available languages. Hence, Wikipedia had joined thousands of other websites which cannot be accessed in China. According to a report by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), China started blocking all language editions of Wikipedia from April 2019. China’s online censorship apparatus — dubbed the ‘Great Firewall’ — blocks a large number of foreign sites in the country, such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and The New York Times. Topics that are deemed too sensitive are also scrubbed. An earlier enforced ban barred Internet users from viewing the Chinese version, as well as the pages for sensitive search terms such as Dalai Lama and the Tiananmen massacre.
4. Which Indian judge has been appointed as Judge of Supreme Court of Fiji?
[A] Sharad Arvind Bobde
[B] Madan B Lokur
[C] N V Ramana
[D] Abhay Manohar Sapre
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Correct Answer: B [Madan B Lokur]
Notes:
Justice Madan B Lokur, the Retired Supreme Court judge of India, has been appointed to the Supreme Court of Fiji as a judge of its non-resident panel. He he received the offer from the Chief Justice of the Fiji Supreme Court on the day of his superannuation from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of Fiji has three sessions in a year. Justice Lokur will attend the August session from August 15 to August 30, 2019.
5. The first full-fledged Services Selection Board (SSB) of Indian Navy has opened in which of the following cities?
[A] Kolkata
[B] Chennai
[C] Kochi
[D] Mumbai
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Correct Answer: A [Kolkata]
Notes:
The first full-fledged Services Selection Board (SSB) of Indian Navy has been inaugurated by Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba at Diamond Harbour near Kolkata. The SSB (Kolkata) will boost the induction of officers, both men and women, into the Indian Navy. Its location will reduce the travel time and effort for candidates from northern and northeastern parts of the country. This is the fifth SSB of the Indian Navy and will cater for selection of both permanent and short service commission (SSC) officers. The other boards are located in Bhopal, Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam and Coimbatore. The board can accommodate 160 candidates at a time and has separate facilities and accommodation for men and women candidates. Facilities available at the board include a GTO ground, testing hall, conference room, accommodation for staff and a medical inspection room.
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