Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - March, 2017
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31. Who has been appointed as the new Whole-Time Member (WTM) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
[A] Gurumoorthy Mahalingam
[B] M M Patel
[C] S Raman
[D] Madhabi Puri Buch
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Correct Answer: D [Madhabi Puri Buch]
Notes:
Madhabi Puri Buch has been appointed as the new Whole-Time Member (WTM) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a period of 3 years. She will get pay as admissible to additional secretary to Government of India or a consolidated salary of Rs. 3.75 lakh per month. This is the first time that a women and a person from private sector has been chosen for a key post with the market regulator. She is founder-director of Agora Advisory Pvt Ltd and currently at the New Development Bank in Shanghai, China.
32. What is the theme of 2017 World Tuberculosis Day (WTD)?
[A] Call for a world free of TB
[B] Unite to End TB
[C] Gear up to end TB
[D] Stop TB in my lifetime
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Correct Answer: B [Unite to End TB]
Notes:
The World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) is observed every year on March 24 to raise public awareness about the global epidemic of Tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria “Mycobacterium tuberculosis” that most often affect the lungs. The disease is spread from person to person through the air. According to World Health Organization (WHO), in 2015 10.4 million people fell ill with TB and 1.8 million died from the disease. Over 95% of TB deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. The 2017 theme is “Unite to End TB”.
33. Which city to host the 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC)-2018?
[A] Hyderabad
[B] New Delhi
[C] Chennai
[D] Bhubaneswar
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Correct Answer: A [Hyderabad ]
Notes:
The 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) will be held at the Osmania University (OU) in Hyderabad from January 3-7, 2018. The theme of the conference will be ‘Science and Technology – Reaching the Unreached’. This will be the 6th time the university will be hosing the conference and ISC will be meeting in Hyderabad for the 7th time. Approx 25 Nobel laureates are expected to participate in the conference.
34. Who is the newly appointed chairman of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI)?
[A] Mohan Singh Ahluwalia
[B] Suresh S.Honnappagol
[C] Chinny Krishna
[D] Sharad Singh Negi
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Correct Answer: D [Sharad Singh Negi]
Notes:
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) is a statutory advisory body under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF) and its headquarters is located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The AWBI is in news because the organization will now be permanently chaired by a senior MoEF official. Thus, Dr. Sharad Singh Negi, who is the Director General of Forests & Special Secretary (MoEF), has been appointed the chairman of the newly created 18-member Board of AWBI for 3 years. The AWBI derives its legal structure from the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 and frames a range of rules on how animals ought to be humanely treated everywhere. It has also frequently litigated to have stricter laws to ensure animals were not unduly harassed or tortured.
35. The Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state?
[A] Andhra Pradesh
[B] Kerala
[C] Telangana
[D] Tamil Nadu
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Correct Answer: C [Telangana]
Notes:
The Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Khammam district of Telangana. The wildlife sanctuary is spread over an area of 635.40 square kilometers with the picturesque Kinnerasani Lake with densely forested islands in the middle of the sanctuary. This sanctuary got its name after the river Kinnerasani. This river divides the sanctuary and meets Godavari. The fauna found in this sanctuary are Panthers, Chinkara, Chousinghas, Sambar, Cheetal, Gaurs, Hyena, Jackals, Wild Boars, Tigers, Sloth Bear, and Black Bucks. Tourists can also spot a number of birds like Jungle Fowl, Quails, Partridges, Peafowl, Nuktas, Spoonbills, Teals, and Doves.
36. Ahmed Kathrada, the renowned anti-apartheid activist has passed away. He hailed from which country?
[A] Pakistan
[B] South Africa
[C] Afghanistan
[D] Israel
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Correct Answer: B [South Africa]
Notes:
Ahmed Kathrada (87), the veteran Indian-origin South African anti-apartheid activist, has recently passed away in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was one of the Nelson Mandela’s closest colleagues in the struggle against white minority rule and a fellow Robben Island prisoner. Kathrada was among three political prisoners who were sentenced to life imprisonment together with the South African anti-apartheid icon after the infamous Rivonia Trial of 1964. The two others were Andrew Mlangeni and Denis Goldberg. They played major roles in shaping the country’s policies after Mandela’s election as the first democratic President of South Africa in 1994. In 2005, Kathrada also received the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the then President of India.
37. What is the theme of the first-ever Houston India Conference-2017?
[A] Make in India -The Inside Story
[B] Make in India -The Inside Culture
[C] Make in India -The Inside Revolution
[D] Make in India -The Inside Strategy
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Correct Answer: A [Make in India -The Inside Story]
Notes:
The first-ever Houston India Conference was hosted by Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, United States with the theme of ‘Make in India -The Inside Story’ from March 24, 2017. The 2-day conference is designed to bring together the various constituencies that have an interest in India, and discuss with them the latest developments and the best practices of doing business in India. The central focus of the conference is to provide a collaboration platform and share today’s India story with the audience in Texas who are interested in investing in India, by the people who are playing an important role in shaping up the modern.
38. Who has been declared the Man of the Series in the 2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy?
[A] Ravichandran Ashwin
[B] Ajinkya Rahane
[C] Ravindra Jadeja
[D] Murali Vijay
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Correct Answer: C [Ravindra Jadeja ]
Notes:
The Indian cricket team has recently won the 2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy by beating Australian cricket team by 8 wickets in the fourth and final Test at Himachal Pradesh. With this victory, India clinched the four test match series by 2-1. Ravindra Jadeja was declared the man of the match and also the man of the series.
39. Which Indian cricket player has won the Sir Garfield Sober Trophy for 2016?
[A] Virat Kohli
[B] Ravichandran Ashwin
[C] Ajinkya Rahane
[D] Ravindra Jadeja
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Correct Answer: B [Ravichandran Ashwin]
Notes:
Ravichandran Ashwin has recently won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016 as well as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year 2016 from former India captains Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar. With this, he became the 3rd Indian to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year after Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar and also the second cricketer ever after Dravid to win the two awards in the same year. The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is a cricket trophy awarded annually by the International Cricket Council to its chosen world player of the year. It was first awarded in 2004 to Rahul Dravid.
40. Which union ministry has launched an online film certification system “e-Cinepramaan” to promote transparency and ease of doing business?
[A] Ministry of Science and Technology
[B] Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
[C] Ministry of Communications
[D] Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]
Notes:
The Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, M Venkaiah Naidu has recently launched the Online Film Certification System “e-Cinepramaan” of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to promote transparency & Ease of Doing Business. The objective is to eliminate the need for human interface to the extent possible. Under the new process, the status of each application (filed by film producers) would be visible online in the dashboard of the producer/concerned CBFC official. Additionally, the new process will eliminate middle men and would mitigate chances of any corruption. The new online certification system would be an important step in making the CBFC Office paper less and would enable effective monitoring & real time progress tracking for both CBFC Officials and the applicant (Producers).
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