Current Affairs 24 May 2018 Quiz
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- The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has planned to set up its Americas Regional Office in which of the following countries?
A) Brazil
B) Argentina
C) Venezuela
D) Colombia
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Option A
Explanation: The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is planning to launch its Americas Regional Office in Brazil this year. NDB’s President K V Kamath informed that the Americas Regional Office will increase the operational capabilities of the Bank headquartered in Shanghai.
- Professional Cricketer AB de Villiers announced his retirement in a surprise move with immediate effect. He played for which country?
A) Australia
B) New Zealand
C) South Africa
D) West Indies
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Option C
Explanation: South African superstar AB de Villiers has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket with immediate effect.
- Recently, the Ministry of Finance has tied up with how many companies to extend loans to small entrepreneurs under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)?
A) 30
B) 40
C) 10
D) 20
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Option B
Explanation: The Finance Ministry has tied up with 40 entities including Flipkart, Swiggy, Patanjali and Amul, which are big job creators, for extending loans to small entrepreneurs under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY). Under the tie-up, these companies will identify people who need loans and underwrite them to extend loan under the scheme.
- Name the relay satellite launched by Chinese space agency recently to explore the dark side of the moon.
A) Insight
B) Xiangong
C) Ziyuan
D) Queqiao
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Option D
Explanation: China has launched a relay satellite named Queqiao, or “Magpie Bridge” as part of a groundbreaking programme to be the first to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon later this year. The launch is likely to make China the first country to soft-land a probe to investigate moon’s far side, also known as the dark side because it faces away from the earth and is comparatively unknown.
- Which among the given novels has won the 2018 Man Booker International Prize.
A) The Vegetarian
B) A Horse Walks Into a Bar
C) Flights
D) The World Goes On
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Option C
Explanation: An English translation of the Polish novel “Flights,” which combines tales about travel with explorations of the human body, was named as the winner of the prestigious Man Booker International Prize 2018. The novel has been written by Polish author Olga Tokarczuk and translated in English by Jennifer Croft.
- Which state has launched a mobile App for the weavers of the state to help them in marketing and designing their products better?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Haryana
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Option A
Explanation: The Uttar Pradesh Institute of Design (UPID) is soon to launch a mobile application to help weavers in the state to market their products and come up with new designs. The mobile app, which will be known as UPID app, will have a host of features to help artisans in general, and weavers in particular.
- Bill Gold passed away recently. He was a well known _____
A) Lyricist
B) Graphic Designer
C) Choreographer
D) Musician
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Option B
Explanation: Bill Gold, one of Hollywood’s best-known creators of film posters, has died aged 97. The veteran illustrator who had hand in more than 2,000 posters began work at the film production company Warner Brothers in the 1940s.
- Which Indian state has partnered with Nepal to jointly conduct operation to control wildlife poaching and trafficking of animal parts?
A) West Bengal
B) Sikkim
C) Bihar
D) Uttar Pradesh
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Option D
Explanation: In order to control wildlife poaching and trafficking of animal parts, Nepal and India are planning to carry out a joint operation. The operation is to be conducted in Shuklaphanta National Park in Kanchanpur district on Nepal’s side and Krishnapur Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh.
- Philip Roth who died recently was a renowned________
A) Journalist
B) Actor
C) Author
D) Politician
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Option C
Explanation: Philip Roth, the Pulitzer Prize winning American author of “American Pastoral” and “Portnoy’s Complaint”, has died. He was 85.A prolific and controversial writer, Roth was a dominant force in American literature throughout the latter half of the 20th century. He wrote more than 30 books.
- The Bank Note Paper Mill India (BNPM) has received green signal to increase the production of bank note paper at its Mysuru unit from 12,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) to _____ TPA.
A) 15,000
B) 16,000
C) 14,000
D) 18,000
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Option B
Explanation: The government’s Bank Note Paper Mill India (BNPM) has received environment clearance (EC) to increase the production of bank note paper at its Mysuru unit in Karnataka from 12,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) to 16,000 TPA. BNPM is a jont venture of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran (BRBNMPL) and Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL).
- Who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka?
A) H.D. Kumaraswamy
B) B. S. Yeddyurappa
C) Jagadish Shettar
D) Siddaramaiah
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Option A
Explanation: H.D. Kumaraswamy has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of a Janata Dal-Secular-Congress coalitiongovernment in Karnataka. Congress state president G Parameshwara took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister.
- Name the first Indian father-daughter duo who recently conquered Mount Everest, spreading special message about girl child.
A) Ramesh Thakur- Geeta Thakur
B) Sunil Garg- Priya Garg
C) Ajeet Bajaj – Deeya Bajaj
D) Dipesh Mittal-Siya Mittal
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Option C
Explanation: Ajeet Bajaj and Deeya Bajaj, India’s first father-daughter duo to climb atop of Mount Everest, have recently returned back to Nepal’s capital with a special message about girl child. The 53-year-old Ajeet advised parents that they should love girl child and allow them to follow their dreams.
- The WHO is soon to adopt the digital health initiative, National Health Protection Mission (NHPM) of India as its first resolution on digital health. The NHPM will provide an insurance cover of _______ per year to beneficiaries.
A) Rs 4 lakhs
B) Rs 2.5 lakhs
C) Rs 2 lakhs
D) Rs 5 lakhs
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Option D
Explanation: The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J.P. Nadda, announced that the digital health initiative of India would be adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) as its first resolution on digital health. Prime Ministers’ National Health Protection Mission (NHPM) is aimed at providing secondary and tertiary healthcare to 100 million families covering 500 million individuals, about 40 per cent of the country’s population, who will be provided an insurance cover of Rs 500,000 per year.
- Who among the following has bagged the 2018 Palme d’Or award, the highest prize at the 71st Cannes Film Festival?
A) Renato Castellani
B) Shohei Imamura
C) Teinosuke Kinugasa
D) Hirokazu Kore-eda
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Option D
Explanation: Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda bagged the top prize — the Palme d’Or at the closing ceremony of the 71st Cannes Film Festival. Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or for ‘Manbiki Kazoku’ (Shoplifters) and is only the second Asian Palme d’Or winner this millennium (after Thailand’s Apichatpong Weerasethakul for ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’, 2010).This is the seventh time that a director from Asia has bagged the coveted trophy.
- The government of Haryana has set up a panel to work out on demands of the sanitation workers on strike for over 15 days. Who has been appointed the head of the panel?
A) Krishan Kumar
B) Kavita Jain
C) Manish Grover
D) Arun Tripathi
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Option B
Explanation: In a bid to end the fortnight-long strike of the sanitation workers in support of their demands, the Haryana government has set up a committee under the chairmanship of Urban Local Bodies Minister Kavita Jain. The committee would hold meetings with leaders of the striking Safai Karamcharis and work out on an agreement on their demands.
- Name the commodity market to launch India’s first options contract on copper futures.
A) National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX)
B) Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX)
C) Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)
D) National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE)
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Option C
Explanation: Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) has launched India’s first options contract on copper futures. Three contracts expiring in June, August and November 2018 with a lot size of 1 tonne were launched. The option contract will provide physical market participants an additional instrument to hedge their risk.
- Who among the following has clinched the Italian Open 2018 in women’s single category?
A) Elina Svitolina
B) Demi Schuurs
C) Simona Halep
D) Ashleigh Barty
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Option A
Explanation: Elina Svitolina thrashed world number one Simona Halep 6-0 6-4 to win a second consecutive Italian Open crown. The 23-year-old world number four Svitolina (Ukraine) will now go into the French Open at Roland Garros, which starts on 27 May.
- The Government of India has announced a minimum compensation of Rs __________ crore to the families of Jawans who dies in action.
A) Rs 1.5 crore
B) Rs 1 crore
C) Rs 2 crore
D) Rs 2.5 crore
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Option B
Explanation: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has announced that the family of a paramilitary jawan who dies in action will be given a minimum compensation of one crore rupees so that the families of martyrs does not face any difficulty. Addressing the BSF investiture ceremony in New Delhi Mr Singh said, it is the duty of the Border Security Force (BSF) to protect the country’s borders, but their duties have no boundaries.
- Name the celebrity to be conferred with the BRICS Business Forum Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award 2018?
A) Lata Mangeshkar
B) Rekha
C) Dharmendra
D) Sridevi
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Option D
Explanation: Late veteran actress Sridevi was posthumously conferred with the BRICS Business Forum Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement in Indian Cinema. Reena Marwah, sister of actor-producer Boney Kapoor, husband of late Sridevi, received the award and memento from Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh and Larisa Zelentsova, President of the International Alliance of BRICS (Strategic Projects) and Representative in ECOSOC UN.
- Veteran industrialist and founder of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) Bansidhar Panda has died. He hailed from which Indian state?
A) Odisha
B) Karnataka
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Tamil Nadu
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Option A
Explanation: Noted Odisha’s industrialist and founder of Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) Bansidhar Panda has passed away. He was 87. The industrialist was known for his close ties with former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik.
- Name the player to win the 2018 Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament.
A) Deepan Chakkravarthy
B) Erigaisi Arjun
C) Srinath Narayanan
D) Shyam Sundar M
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Option C
Explanation: Srinath Narayanan took a quick draw against Shyam Sundar M in just 27 moves to become champion in LIC 3rd Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament.
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