Weekly CA Quiz: May 2018 2nd week with PDF

Explanation: In order to implement effective governance in the state, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched the official ‘NCBN’ (Nara Chandrababu Naidu) App. The mobile application will notify people in real-time with news updates and will also act as a direct platform for the common people to interact with the government.

Explanation: The 2018 World Robot Conference will be held in Beijing from August 15 to 19.

Explanation: Spain’s Rafael Nadal remained in the number one spot in the latest edition of the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world singles rankings with 8,770 points while Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov jumped to the fourth spot. Switzerland’s Roger Federer stayed in second place, ahead of Germany’s Alexander Zverev in third spot.

Explanation: Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help people with disabilities, Microsoft has announced “AI for Accessibility” — a new $25 million, five-year programme for developers globally including in India. The programme will put AI tools in the hands of developers to accelerate the development of accessible and intelligent AI solutions for people with disabilities.

Explanation: Women Economic Forum (WEF) is the largest global gathering of women entrepreneurs and leaders worldwide. Nisha Bhalla, a 46-year-old holistic coach and consultant from Mumbai was felicitated at the recently concluded Annual WEF 2018 Awards.

Explanation: The e-office system, aimed at enhancing movement of files, was implemented in all the state government departments of Uttar Pradesh. The new system was announced by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on October 27, 2017.

Explanation: The 15th Finance Commission has constituted an advisory council to advise and assist the commission. The six-member council will be headed by the President of Forum for Strategic Initiatives, Arvind Virmani.

Explanation: Forbes has released a list of “The World’s Most Powerful People 2018” where Xi Jinping seizes the top spot for the first time ever. Russian President Vladimir Putin (#2), held the top spot for an unprecedented four consecutive years.Only two Indians got place in this list. Top Indian is PM Modi at 9^th spot and another is Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani at 32^nd place in the list.

Explanation: China has successfully launched a hyperspectral imaging satellite for comprehensive observation of the atmosphere, including air pollution which is one of the country’s major problems. The Gaofen-5 satellite has been developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation for a life of eight years.

Explanation: Journalist Carlos Alvarado has been sworn in as 48th President of Costa Rica. At 39, Alvarado is the country’s youngest president in modern history.

Explanation: Smriti Irani has been removed of the high-profile information and broadcasting ministry and is now only in charge of textiles ministry. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has being given independent charge of the prestigious Information and Broadcasting (I&B) ministry in place of Irani while continuing as Sports Minister.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive plan called REPLACE to eliminate industrially-produced artificial trans fats from the global food supply by 2023.

Explanation: Pakistani actress Mahira Khan has created history by becoming the first actor of Pakistani origin to make debut at Cannes Film Festival 2018

Explanation: The last date for registration for Swachh Bharat Summer Internship has been extended. Students of Higher Education institutions and members of NYKS can now register for the internship till 15th June 2018. Earlier the last date for registration was till 15th May 2018.

Explanation: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Uttarakhand along with the Union Territory of Chandigarh agreed to implement the ambitious national health protection mission, which aims to provide an annual coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family.

Explanation: Famous theoretical physicist Ennackal Chandy (EC) George Sudarshan passed away in Texas, USA at 86.

Explanation: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has announced Asia’s leading sports apparel brand Li-Ning as the Indian contingent’s official sports apparel partner till the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Explanation: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has been given the additional charge of the Finance Ministry and Corporate Affairs till Arun Jaitley, who underwent a kidney surgery, recovers.

Explanation: International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s)  incumbent chairman Shashank Manohar has been re-elected for a second term, after being the only nominee in the election for the post put forward by the ICC board.

Explanation: Aluminium major & Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has signed MoU with the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, setting highest ever target of Rs 9350 crore revenue from operations for FY 2018-19 which is 15% higher than last year. NALCO is headquartered at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Explanation: India emerged as the third largest solar market in the world in 2017 behind China and the United States according to the report of Mercom Communications India.

Explanation: State-owned telecom operator BSNL has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with enterprise solutions provider SAP to jointly offer innovative GST (goods and services tax) solutions to enterprises across India.

Explanation: Internationally acclaimed artist Jivya Soma Mashe, who popularised the Warli tribal art form to the global stage, passed away at his native village in Dhamangaon in Talasari taluka of Thane district of Maharashtra after a prolonged illness. He was 84.

Explanation: Romania’s Simona Halep stayed at the top spot in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings released recently. Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki took second spot and Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain at third position.

Explanation: A state-run Chinese bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has launched the country’s first India-dedicated publicly offered investment fund named ICBC Credit Suisse India Market Fund.

Explanation: Noted Hindi film lyricist, Nandram Das Bairagi, popularly known as Balkavi Bairagi died while sleeping. Bairagi, a Lok Sabha member between 1984 and 1989 and also a former Rajya Sabha MP, was 87.

Explanation: A parliamentary panel headed by veteran BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi has decided to study the recovery of black money and performance of public sector banks among a host of subjects.

Explanation: Alexander Zverev of Germany has claimed the 2018 Madrid Open title for the first time after beating Austria’s Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-4 in the final. The champion became the first German player to win in the Spanish capital.

Explanation: Paytm has introduced automatic recurring payments named ‘My Payments’, a new feature that lets users configure the payments app to pay for periodic recurring expenses automatically.

Explanation: Veteran stage, TV and Malayalam film artiste Kalashala Babu passed away in Kerala  at a private hospital. He was 68

Explanation: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar was on Saturday honoured with “Swara Mauli” title by spiritual guru Vidya Narsimha Bharati Swami at her residence in ‘Prabhu Kunj’.

Explanation: British driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix, his second victory in a row after winning the Azerbaijan GP. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen came third, followed by Ferrari’s  of Germany in fourth.

Explanation: The Indian U-16 football team was crowned champions at the Four-Nation Tournament held in Serbia after they defeated Tajikistan 4-2 in the finals.

Explanation: After years of deliberations, the Army has finalized a mega Rs 15,000-crore project under which a range of ammunition for its critical weapons and tanks will be produced indigenously to overcome long delays in imports and address the problem of a dwindling stockpile.

Explanation: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has decided to implement a strict ‘No-Needle’ policy at all the national camps and training centres in the country.

Explanation: Former Madhya Pradesh minister and senior Congress leader Dr Nirmal Hirawat died of a heart attack at his residence in Katangi town. He was 74.

Explanation: Czech Petra Kvitova defeated Kiki Bertens 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-3 in a hard-fought battle to win the Madrid Open for a record third time.

Explanation: Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army the Staff has released the book titled ‘Across the Bench – Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System’ by Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan, former Army Commander and Member ‘A’, Armed Forces Tribunal, Lucknow Bench.

Explanation: Nepal will host the 2018 Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit.

Explanation: Rajinder Pal, the former Delhi cricketer who represented India in one Test, passed away at his Dehradun residence on May 9. The right-arm fast bowler played his only Test against England in 1964 and was 80.

Explanation: Nobel laureate and noted economist Muhammad Yunus has been honoured with the 11th KISS Humanitarian Award 2018.

Explanation: Ankit Chadha, a Delhi-based writer and storyteller and talented exponent of dastangoi, died after allegedly drowning at Uksan lake near Kamshet in Maharashtra, around 60 kilometres from Pune. He was 30

Explanation: SpaceX’s launched the new and final version of its Falcon 9 rocket in its ninth flight of this year. The new Block 5 version of Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on May 11, carrying the Bangabandhu-1 satellite, the first Bangladeshi telecom satellite, into geostationary transfer orbit.

Explanation: International Nurses Day is celebrated on the 12th May in the World to provide the Honor and Respect to the Nurses for their Incredible and Honourable work. This year theme of the Day is: ‘Nurses: A voice to lead – Health is a Human Right’. The Day marks the birth anniversary of founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale.

Explanation: India’s longest road and railway bridge named Bogibeel Bridge connecting Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh is likely to be inaugurated by end of this year by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Explanation: In a major step towards realising the centre’s smart city mission (SCM), the Madhya Pradesh government has launched the country’s first Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for all seven smart cities of the state.

Explanation: India and Panama have signed two agreements on exemption of Visas for holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports and in the field of Agriculture. Besides, two centres for Biodiversity and Innovation will be setup by India in Panama worth US $10 mn. and US $15 mn

Explanation: Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Malaysia with a historic victory in the country’s general elections.

Explanation: English-born film editor Anne V. Coates, who won an Academy Award for David Leans classic “Lawrence of Arabia”, is dead. She was 92.

Explanation: Amid growing impact of digitization on media and entertainment industry, a two-days Asia Media Summit began in New Delhi from May 10. The theme of the summit is “Telling Our Stories – Asia and More”.

Explanation: Credit rating agency Fitch has said that India’s economic growth will accelerate to 7.3 per cent in the current financial year and 7.5 per cent in the next fiscal.

Explanation: Commonwealth Heads of Government has launched an online platform named Commonwealth Digital Education Leadership Training in Action (C-DELTA) to create an enabling environment and culture of lifelong learning.

Explanation: The 20th National Technology Day is being celebrated in the country on May 11, 2018. On this day in 1998, India successfully tested its nuclear bombs in Pokhran, Rajasthan. .

Explanation: SEBI has asked listed companies to split the post of Chairman and Managing Director by April 2020. It has also made it compulsory for them to have six independent directors on board, including a women director.

Explanation: Nearly Rs 16.5 thousand crores have been earmarked by 71 Ministries/Departments of Government of  India to take up swachhata activities within their own spheres during the FY 2018-19.

Explanation: Actor-turned-politician and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan unfurled the national flag in Hyderabad, claimed to be the world’s largest Indian tricolour, to commemorate the first war of the country’s independence that took place in 1857.

Explanation: To promote electric vehicles in India, the government has approved green licence plates bearing numbers in white fonts for private e-vehicles and yellow for taxis.

Explanation: India and Myanmar discussed a range of bilateral issues and signed seven agreements during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s two-day visit to the country.

Explanation: Commerce Secretary of the Government of India, Rita A Teaotia, will inaugurate the two-day second Reverse Buyers Sellers Meet (RBSM) commencing from May 15 in Mumbai for promoting export of mangos and other tropical fruits and products.