Weekly CA Quiz: July 2018 2nd week with PDF

Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Statue of Unity on October 31,the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Explanation: The Indian Railways is planning to launch a special train on November 14, along the route taken by Lord Ram in the Hindu Epic Ramayana.It will reach rameshwaram in 16 days.

Explanation: The facility, inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, is spread over 35 acres in Noida’s Sector 81. Built at a cost of ₹5,000 crore, the facility can produce 12 crore mobile phones every year.

Explanation: Dipa Karmakar clinched the gold medal in the vault event of . FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin,Turkey.

Explanation: Germany’s Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari won the Brtish GP, strengthening his grip on the overall lead in the Formula One drivers’ standings after beating out Britain’s Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Finland’s Kimi Raikkoenen (Ferrari), who finished second and third respectively.

Explanation: Senior Congress leader and former Meghalaya Governor M.M.Jacob has passed away. Jacob, 92, had been suffering from age related illnesses.

Explanation: The central government think tank NITI Aayog has unveiled the blueprint of “National Health Stack (NHS)”, a shared digital healthcare infrastructure. The blueprint is in line with the implementation of the Centre’s flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat and other public healthcare programmes in the country.

Explanation: Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in Vancouver ,Canada.

Explanation: UNCTAD is the UN body looking after consumer issues and is headquartered in Geneva.

Explanation: Nepali and Indian officials agreed to an early finalization of an MoU for Preliminary Engineering cum Traffic Survey of the Raxaul-Kathmandu rail line.

Explanation: ”The English Patient” ,the wartime love story by Michael Ondaatje,won the Golden Man Booker Prize. The one-off award, voted for by the public, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Man Booker prize.

Explanation: TV Actor Kavi Kumar Azad ,best known for his role of Dr,Hasraj in the popular comedy show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, has passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Explanation: As part of this agreement with the Rajasthan government’s Department of College Education, Microsoft will train a total of 9,500 students and 500 faculty members from 50 colleges in the state in four months.

Explanation: Under the guidance of Piyush Goyal, Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs, Railways and Coal, in order to capture the lost traffic through the new delivery model for domestic cargo,Indian Railways has launched Double Stack Dwarf Container Services.

Explanation: As per the index, jointly prepared by the World Bnak and the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion(DIPP), Andhra Pradesh is followed by neighbouring Telangana, and Haryana is in third place.

Explanation: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath formed a three member-committee to look after the security arrangements in the prisons across the state.It will be headed by former UP DGP Sulkhan Singh.

Explanation: The next Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in the holy city of Varanasi in January 2019. The theme of the three-day event, which is being organised in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, will be the “Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India”.

Explanation: As part of the Launchpad Accelerator India, the shortlisted startups will go through extensive mentorship and support from the best of Google in AI/ML, Cloud, UX, Android, Web, Product Strategy and Marketing.

Explanation: Disney has launched a campaign titled “Dream Big Princess” with an aim to inspire and support aspiring women filmmakers.

Explanation: Nepal is set to hold a two-day Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation(BIMSTEC) Summit , starting from August 31, in Kathmandu.

Explanation: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved USD 503 million lining project of the Son canal in Shahabad Bhojpur region of which would benefit the agriculture sector immensely in the region.

Explanation: Under his stint, the team reached the final of the ICC Women’s World Cup in 2017. In 2018, the team won the three-match ODI series and five-match T20I series in South Africa. Earlier this year, the team successfully reached the final of the Asia Cup held in Malaysia.

Explanation: The Department of Telecom has cleared the Vodafone-Idea merger, but both companies will have to meet conditions for final approval.

Explanation: Ranking below United Kingdom, India has recorded a GDP of USD 2,597,491 million, followed by USD 2,582,501 of France, while United Kingdom recorded a GDP of USD 2,622,434 million.USA topped the list.

Explanation: This service would allow customers to make and receive calls over the Internet from anywhere in India or abroad.

Explanation: In order to reduce electricity losses, the Maharashtra government will on August 15, 2018 launch a new scheme allocating one transformer per farmer. Two lakh farmers will be given electricity connection for high voltage distribution line which will ensure uninterrupted power supply under the scheme “one farmer one transformer”.

Explanation: The state has also widened the tax base by 82.22 per cent, logging 19 per cent hike in revenue collections.

Explanation: For the first time, Indian Navy’s P8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft from Indian Naval Ship (INS) Rajali has inducted at Hawaii for participating in the Rim of Pacific Multinational Naval exercise (RIMPAC-18).

Explanation: Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated a library in Kathmandu built by the Indian Government in the presence of Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri.

Explanation: Dhanlaxmi Bank has appointed T Latha as the MD and CEO. She has taken over from G Sreeram, who has retired from the office on completion of his tenure.

Explanation: JN Sadhu has passed away at the age of 94. He was a committed journalist, who always maintained professionalism and remained active in the field of journalism for many years.

Explanation: India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing Unmanned Air vehicles(UAV) and light bulletproof vehicles(LBPV)will be set up by DCM Shriram Industries Group on the campus of Shriram Rayons in Kota,Rajasthan.

Explanation: The Global Innovation Index has ranked India as the 57th most innovative nation in the world. The country has improved its ranking from 60th position in 2017. Switzerland topped the list.

Explanation: Indian Railways is all set to establish its footprint in Sri Lanka with the export of six DMU train sets consisting of 78 modern coaches worth Rs.600 crore.

Explanation: India’s first asymmetrical cable-stayed signature bridge connecting the Outer Ring Road with Wazirabad will open by October end.

Explanation: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has given in principle approval for the 39 crore rupees “Seema Darshan” project for developing more infrastructure facilities from T-Junction to Zero Point at Nadabet near Suigam in Banaskantha district to instil patriotism through a unique Gujarat initiative for border tourism.

Explanation: Payments-wallet services provider Paytm has launched foreign exchange services in 20 international currencies. It would offer “multi-currency forex card and forex cash”.

Explanation: The EBRD aims to promote the private and entrepreneurial initiative in emerging Europe and invests in 38 emerging economies.

Explanation: An acclaimed writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and educator, Vaswani excelled as a student and had obtained his Bachelor of Science degree at the age of 17.

Explanation: The draft action plan titled “Breathe India” includes encouraging electric vehicles, phasing out private diesel vehicle and development of crop residue utilisation policy.

Explanation: The custom built computer named SpiNNaker produced results similar to that of the best brain-simulation supercomputer software currently used for neural-signalling research.

Explanation: Hima Das created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championship in Tempere,Finland. She clinched the top spot in the women’s 400 meters final race on the third day of the competitions.

Explanation: Veteran journalist and Dainik Bhaskar Group Editor Kalpesh Yagnik has passed away following a heart attack. He was 55.

Explanation: Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki has been given the additional charge of Himachal Pradesh by President Ram Nath Kovind.

Explanation: Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the world’s largest state-of-the-art visa centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh with modern facilities, promising shorter waiting times for applicants.

Explanation: With the help of this project, the people will easily be able to get pure and clean water only in 50paisa/litre.

Explanation: The Haryana Education Department has launched “I am not afraid of English”initiative to promote English language right from class 1 in the state’s primary schools.

Explanation: Developed by Hong Kong based company Hanson Robotics,Sophia is modeled after actress Audrey Hepburn, and is known for her human-like appearance and behavior compared to other robotic variants. Sophia uses artificial intelligence, visual data processing and facial recognition.

Explanation: Ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted a 10 Member Committee to review the Companies Act 2013. According to an official release, certain offences of the act may require to be decriminalised. It will also allow the trial courts to pay more attention on offences of serious nature.

Explanation: The Bansagar Canal project would help at least 1.70 lakh farmers of both Mirzapur and Allahabad with the irrigation sector receiving a huge boost. A joint venture of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, the canal is 171 km long.

Explanation: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, laid the Foundation Stone of the Poorvanchal Expressway in Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.

Explanation: According to a Finance Ministry release, the position will enable India to take on leadership role of Asia Pacific Region of the organisation.

Explanation: The latest census figure of 2011 shows Sanskrit language earned 10,000 new speakers in a span of 10 years, a growth of 71 per cent, though the ancient language may be the least-spoken language in India. According to the 2011 data, released recently, 24,821 people have registered Sanskrit as their mother tongue, in comparison to 14,135 people who had said Sanskrit was their mother tongue in 2001.

Explanation: Iceland was elected to take up the seat left vacant at the United Nations Human Rights Council after the United States quit the body.

Explanation: The torch relay for the much awaited Asian Games 2018 began from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.

Explanation: France defeated first time finalists Crotia 4-2 in 2018 FIFA World Cup final to win the quadrennial tournament for the first time since 1998. France became the first team since Brazil in 1970 to score four goals in a World Cup final.

Explanation: Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic overpowered South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) in a lopsided Wimbledon final, taking home the trophy for the fourth time in his career.

Explanation: The German 11th seed, 30, beat the 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams 6-3 6-3 to add this title to her 2016 Australian Open and US Open crowns.

Explanation: Kaif played 13 Tests and 125 ODIs for India and will always be remembered for his match-winning knock of 87 at the Lord’s during the epic Natwest Trophy final in 2002.

Explanation: Recommendations were reviewed that seek to achieve this through an Asset Trading Platform(ATP)recommended under Project Sashakt, the broad contours of which had been announced on July 2.