Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - April, 2017
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1. Japan will provide how much Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan for infrastructure projects in India for FY 17?
[A] Yen 201 billion
[B] Yen 232 billion
[C] Yen 445 billion
[D] Yen 371 billion
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Correct Answer: D [Yen 371 billion]
Notes:
Japan will provide an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan for an amount of Yen 371.345 billion (=Rs.21,590 crore approx) under FY 2016-2017 to India for infrastructure projects, the dedicated freight corridor. For this, the notes were exchanged in New Delhi between S Selvakumar, Joint Secretary under Department of Economic Affairs and Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India. (Exchange Rate: Re.1 = Yen 1.72).
2. Which city has become the first Indian city to offer 1Gbps wired broadband internet service?
[A] Chennai
[B] Hyderabad
[C] Bangaluru
[D] Kochi
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Correct Answer: B [Hyderabad]
Notes:
The Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT) Fibrenet has recently launched 1 Gigabit per second wired broadband internet service in Hyderabad. With this launch, Hyderabad has become the India’s first ‘Giga-enabled’. ACT Fibrenet uses fiber optic technology and its 1 Gbps offering is 400 times faster than the average internet speed of 2.5 megabits per second in India. Giga speeds will allow downloads from the internet faster than transferring data from a USB drive and will be available for Rs 5,999 per month.
3. Which high level committee has been set up to examine working of regulatory bodies for AYUSH system of medicine?
[A] Madhukar Gupta Committee
[B] Arvind Panagariya committee
[C] Shailesh Nagar committee
[D] H R Nagendra committee
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Correct Answer: B [Arvind Panagariya committee]
Notes:
The high-level committee headed by Arvind Panagariya has been set up to examine the working of the regulatory bodies viz. Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) and Central Council of Homoeopathy(CCH) and their governing legislations viz. Indian Medicine Central Council (IMCC) Act 1970 and Homoeopathy Central Council (HCC) Act 1973 respectively, for suggesting suitable reforms. Panagariya is the Chairmanship of Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog. The AYUSH systems of medicine are regulated by two statutory regulatory bodies viz. CCIM and CCH. These regulatory bodies regulate education and practice of AYUSH systems of medicine through its subordinate regulations and also maintain central registers of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy.
4. Darcus Howe, the well-known black power activist has passed away. He hailed from which country?
[A] United Kingdom
[B] United States
[C] Germany
[D] Haryana
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Correct Answer: A [United Kingdom]
Notes:
Darcus Howe (74), one of the most prominent black activists of his generation in Britain, has recently passed away in London, United Kingdom. He was best known in the UK for his Black on Black series on Channel 4; his current affairs programme, Devil’s Advocate; and his work with Tariq Ali on “Bandung Fil”.
5. Who has been appointed the new chief justice of Madras High Court?
[A] Pradeep Nandraj
[B] Indira Banerjee
[C] Kanta Bhatnagar
[D] Nikhil Bose
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Correct Answer: B [Indira Banerjee]
Notes:
Justice Indira Banerjee has been appointed the new Chief Justice of Madras High Court. With this, Justice Banerjee would be the second woman next to Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar (June – November, 1992) to head the charted court. Prior to this appointment, Banerjee was a judge of the Delhi High Court.
6. Ajey Jhankar, who passed away recently, was related to which field?
[A] Sports
[B] Law
[C] Film Industry
[D] Politics
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Correct Answer: C [Film Industry]
Notes:
Ajey Jhankar (57), the noted author and filmmaker, has recently passed away. He was well-known for his novels such as Sarkarnama and Drohpar. The hollywood movie ‘Singularity’ by filmmakar Roland Joffe was based on Jhankar’s novel ‘Drohparv’. He was the co-screenwriter for the film. Jhankar was known for his marketing venture ‘Market Missionaries.
7. Who has won the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award?
[A] Michael Stonebraker
[B] Martin E. Hellman
[C] Leslie Lamport
[D] Tim Berners-Lee
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Correct Answer: D [Tim Berners-Lee]
Notes:
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Oxford, has been bestowed with the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award for inventing the World Wide Web (WWW), the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms allowing the Web to scale. The ACM Turing Award is often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Computing,” which is presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) to an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The annual award carries a $1 million prize, with financial support provided by Google Inc.
8. Ikutaro Kakehashi, the Roland founder and digital music pioneer has passed away. He hailed from which country?
[A] North Korea
[B] China
[C] South Korea
[D] Japan
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Correct Answer: D [Japan]
Notes:
Ikutaro Kakehashi (87), the Roland founder and digital music pioneer, has passed away on April 1, 2017 in Japan. The Japanese engineer was best known for founding Roland Corporation in 1972 as well as his roles in the development of Roland drum machines and the MIDI standard. He invented a series of drum machines and synthesisers such as the TR-808, TR-909 and TB-303 that have been used by some of music’s biggest names since the mid-1970s, from Prince to Kanye West, New Order to Dr Dre.
9. What is the current reverse repo rate, as per first bi-monthly monetary policy review for 2017-18 of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
[A] 6.0%
[B] 6.25%
[C] 6.5%
[D] 5.75%
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Correct Answer: A [6.0%]
Notes:
As per first bi-monthly monetary policy review for 2017-18 of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the repo rate — the main policy rate at which banks borrow from RBI remain unchanged at 6.25%. While, RBI raised the Reverse Repo (RR) rate by 25 bps to 6% and cut the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the bank rate by 25 bps to 6.50%. The central bank also allowed banks to invest in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) in a bid to spur investments in core infrastructure sectors. The Reverse Repo (RR) rate is the rate at which banks lend funds to the RBI.
10. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved how much amount of loan to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL)?
[A] $175 million
[B] $160 million
[C] $188 million
[D] $196 million
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Correct Answer: A [$175 million]
Notes:
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $175 million loan to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) to expand its solar energy transmission network in the country. The project funding will improve the capacity and efficiency of interstate transmission networks, particularly in transmitting the electricity generated from new solar parks to the national grid.
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