Weekly CA Quiz: February 2019 3rd week with PDF

Explanation: Following the Pulwama terror attack ,India withdrew the “most favored nation” status to Pakistan, a move which would enable India to increase customs duty on goods coming from the neighbouring country.

Explanation: Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep S Puri said the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban Mobile Application will allow beneficiaries to capture and upload high resolution photographs of completed houses along with their families.

Explanation: Famous industrialist and philanthropist Dinesh Shahr’s book,”Simplicity and Wisdom”was launched at Parmarth Ashram in the ongoing Kumbh Mela.

Explanation: Flight Lieutenant Hina Jaiswal from Chandigarh scripted history by becoming the first Indian Women Flight Engineer to be inducted by the Indian Air Force.

Explanation: Himachal Pradesh and the World Bank signed a $40 million loan agreement to help provide clean and reliable drinking water to the Greater Shimla area which has been facing severe water shortages and water-borne epidemics over the last few years.

Explanation: Chandramouli Ramanathan has been appointed as the world body’s controller by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Explanation: P C Mody took charge as the new Chairman of Central Board Of Direct Taxes, the apex policy-making body for Income Tax Department

Explanation: Manfred Eigen,who shared the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for showing how to measure the speeds of reactions that had seemed impossibly fast passed away. He was 91.

Explanation: Riding their first innings lead, Ranji Champions Vidarbha clinched the Irani Cup defeating Rest of India in Nagpur..

Explanation: Myanmar clinched the Hero Gold Cup crown in style, edging Nepal 3-1 in the final at the kalinga stadium in Bhubaneshwar.

Explanation: In a battle between the Indian shuttle queens, Saina Nehwal toppled top seed PV Sindhu for the 2nd year as she claimed the senior national title in women’s singles finals with a 21-18, 21-15 victory in Guwahati.

Explanation: US Space Agency NASA has unveiled a new space telescope,SPHEREx, that would begin a two-year mission in 2023 to look for life’s ingredients and probe how the universe evolved.

Explanation: To facilitate secure payments and financial transactions on its platform, Amazon launched “Amazon Pay UPI” for Android users in partnership with Axis Bank to issue UPI IDs to its customers in India.

Explanation: Moving a step ahead towards ensuring optimum use of National Waterways, the Inland Waterways Authority of India launched a new portal LADIS-Least Available Depth Information System in New Delhi.

Explanation: The Indian Air Force(IAF) demonstrated its full spectrum combat and fire capabilities during “Exercise Vayu Shakti-2019” in Pokaran firing range close to Indo-Pak border in rajasthan

Explanation: World Sustainable Development Summit 2019,the flagship event of “The Energy and Resource Institute(TERI)”, was inaugurated by Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu at New Delhi.The theme was “Attaining the 2030 Agenda:delivering on our promise”.

Explanation: Veteran Writer and deputy speaker of Goa Legislative Assemby Vishnu Wagh passed away in South Africa.

Explanation: Legendary actor Bruno Ganz, who played Adolf Hitler in the film “Downfall”, passed away.

Explanation: Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh Municipal Corporation won the “Swachhata Excellence Awards 2019”.

Explanation: Abdul Aziz Muhamat,a Sudanese refugee who has been held in Australia’s notorious offshore Manus Island Processing Centre for over five years, has won the prestigious Martin Ennals Human Rights Prize,the UN refugee Agency UNHCR has said.

Explanation: William Barr was sworn in for his second stint as the US attorney General, taking the helm of the Justice Department as special counsel Robert Mueller investigates Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Explanation: Belgium’s Elise Mertens has claimed the biggest title of her career by beating top seed Simona Halep 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to win the Qatar Open.

Explanation: Sourabh Verma completed a hattrick of titles at the senior Badminton Nationals,, claiming the men’s singles crown after defeating young Lakshya Sen in straight games, in the 83rd edition of the tournament in Guwahati.

Explanation: India continued to draw a blank as Netherlands Eva de Goede and Arthur Van Doren of Belgium were named as the International Hockey Federation Players of the Year for 2018.

Explanation: A UAE based international cooling provider has entered into a 30-year concession with Andhra Pradesh Government to build, own, operate and transfer India’s first district cooling system in the state’s new capital Amravati.

Explanation: Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri arrived in New Delhi on a three-day India visit during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to enhance cooperation in key sectors such as economy, nuclear technology and space.

Explanation: Country’s first semi high speed train Vande Bharat Express left Delhi for Varanasi on its first commercial run.Tickets of the train have already been sold out for the next two weeks.

Explanation: Author of books like “Small Island” and “The Long Island” and “The long Song”, Andrea Levy passed away from cancer at the age of 62.

Explanation: Sunil Chhetri the all-time leading scorer for India in international football, says he is always there to help develop the sport in the national capital, where he was brought up. The 34-year-old Padma Shri conferred the first ever Football Ratna Honour by Football Delhi, the association governing the sport in the city.

Explanation: RBI will pay an interim dividend of Rs 28000 cr to the government, a move that will help the Centre keep fiscal deficit in check.

Explanation: Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Slaman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud arrives in New Delhi on a two-day visit.

Explanation: Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched Emergency Response Support System(ERSS) in 16 states and UT’s for women safety from New Delhi. The states include Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir.

Explanation: A poem on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by acclaimed Punjabi writer Nanak Singh,which was banned by the British after its publication in 1920,has now been translated into English. Singh was present at Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919. He was 22 years old at the time.

Explanation: Argentina became the 72nd country to sign the Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance(ISA).

Explanation: RBI withdrew the 20% limit on investments by FPIs, in corporate bonds of an entity with a view to encourage more foreign investments.

Explanation: The government informed Parliament that loans worth Rs 7277.31 crore of PSBs under Pradhan Mantri Mura Yojana have turned bad at the end of March 2018.

Explanation: Tennis World no 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his 4th Laureus World Sportsman of the year and American record-holding gymnast Simone Biles bagged the World Sportswomen of the year award.

Explanation: West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle will retire from One Day internationals after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, to be held in England and Wales.

Explanation: India captain Virat Kohli remained on top while teammate Cheteshwar Pujara managed to hold on to his 3rd position in the latest ICC Test Team rankings.

Explanation: Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated the 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 at the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM) in Ganaur,Sonipat district,Haryana.

Explanation: Two new districts ,Narayanpet and Mulugu were created in Telangana taking the total number of districts in the state to 33.

Explanation: India is hosting the 12th edition of “Aero India 2019” Asia’s biggest defence exhibition show at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru. from 20 to 24 February, 2019.

Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the world’s first Diesel to Electric Converted Locomotive at Diesel Locomotive Works campus in Varanasi.

Explanation: The Union Cabinet approved the construction of Regional Rapid Transit System(RRTS), a first-of-its-kind, covering a distance of 82.15 km at a cost of Rs 30,274 crore.

Explanation: Union Cabinet approved a 3 percent hike in DA for central government employees and pensioners which will cost the exchequer Rs 9168.12 crore.

Explanation: The Union Cabinet approved the continuation of the Swadesh Darshan Scheme during the extent of 14th Finance Commission ending in 2020 and beyond, sanctioning Rs 2055 crore for 60 projects under the scheme to be completed by December 2019.

Explanation: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) approved two schemes for promotion of solar power one for the agriculture sector and the other for rooftops. The long-pending KUSUM scheme(Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan) was approved by the CCEA.

Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a Virtual Experiential Museum(VEM) at Man Maha, a centrally-protected observatory under the ASI in Varanasi.

Explanation: India’s first “fulldome 3D Digital Theatre” at the Science City in Kolkata was inaugurated by Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma.

Explanation: LIC launched a new micro insurance plan “Micro Bachat”. It is a regular premium, non-linked, participating endowment micro insurance plan, which offers a combination of protection and savings.

Explanation: Irani President Hassan Rouhani has unveiled the first Iranian made semi-heavy submarine. The Fateh “Conqueror” in Persian, is capable of being fitted with cruise missiles.

Explanation: Veteran film producer Raj Kumar Barjatya passed away.

Explanation: Google announced that it will acquire Silicon Valley data migration company Alooma to grow its cloud business service in its latest efforts to compete with its rivals Amazon and Microsoft

Explanation: HDFC Ergo General Insurance Company, India’s third-largest non-life insurance provider in the private sector, announced the launch of “Trip Protector” insurance policy, a pioneering policy in the non-life insurance segment in Indi

Explanation: Eight-time world champion Nicol David has announced she will retire at the end of the 2018-19 squash season, bringing down the curtain on the Malaysian’s illustrious career.

Explanation: Nikhat Zareen and Meena Kumari Devi became the first Indian women boxers to win medals at the Strandja Memorial Tournament in Sofia,Bulgaria.

Explanation: Dr GC Anupama has been elected president of the Astronomical Society of India, becoming the first woman to head the prime association of professional astronomers in the country.

Explanation: Bengali Singer Pratik Chodhury passed away at a City hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Explanation: Accalaimed Hindi author Namvar Singh passé away at AIIMS.

Explanation: A climate scientist who popularized the term “global warming” has passed away. Wallace Smith Broecker was 87.

Explanation: International Mother Language Day is observed on Feb 21 around the world.The theme is “Indigenous language as a factor in development,peace and reconciliation”.

Explanation: Since 2009, every 20 February has been the UN observance known as “World Day of Social Justice”.The theme is “If You want Peace and Development,Work For Social Justice”.

Explanation: The Supreme Court appointed its former judge, Justice DK Jain as the first ombudsman of the BCCI.

Explanation: EPFO recommended increasing interest rate for 2018-19 to 8.65 percent as compared to 8.55 per cent in the previous year.

Explanation: Veteran UAE based coach Irfan Ansari has been banned from all forms of cricket for 10 years after ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching three counts of the ICC Anti Corruption Code.

Explanation: Scientists claim to have developed the first walking robot that can explore its environment and find its way home without GPS or mapping, opening new avenues for the navigation of autonomous vehicles. Researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research(CNRS) took inspiration from desert ants, which are extraordinary solitary navigators, to design the AntBot.

Explanation: Bandicoot,a drainage cleaning robot has been introduced for the first time in India at the Kumbakonam city corporation as part of efforts to rid of manual scavenging at the cost of Rs 18 lakh in Chennai,Tamil Nadu.

Explanation: Himachal Pradesh will collaborate with the World Bank and the Korean Green Growth Trust Fund for developing agro climatic zone-based municipal solid waste management strategies.

Explanation: Boosting the country’s efforts in tackling cybercrime, Union home minister Rajnath Singh and LG Anil Baijal inaugurated the state-of-the-art National Cyber Forensic Lab and Delhi Police’s cybercrime unit “CyPAD” at Dwarka Sector 16.

Explanation: After Pune University allegedly backed out, the Congress government in MP has decided to host the 79th Indian History Congress in Bhopal beginning February 26.

Explanation: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu launched SWAYATT on Government e-Marketplace and reiterated the need to support and strengthen such initiatives and enterprises which constitute the backbone of the Indian economy.

Explanation: Keeping in line with the government’s initiative to ensure empowerment to the common man through technology for access to justice, the law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a tele law mobile application that is integrated with a dashboard and an application called Nyaya Bandhu.

Explanation: The Central Government approved recapitalisation of 12 public sector banks with an infusion of Rs 48,239 crore.

Explanation: Shri Hiralal Samariya, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment inaugurated the three days Conference on the VISION ZERO and its relevance to Occupational Safety and Health in Mumbai.

Explanation: The Department of Pharmaceuticals,Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers along with FICCI,is organizing the 4th International Conference on Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Sector on 18th-19th Feb,2019 in Bengaluru.