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1) A 9 member high level committee of ministers has been formed for the transformation of agriculture and raising farmers’ income. The committee will be headed by?
a) Yogi Adityanath
b) Vijay Rupani
c) Devendra Fadnavis
d) Narendra Singh Tomar
e) None of these
2) HRD Ministry has launched the STRIDE Scheme to boost research culture in Indian universities. Who is appointed as the head of the Advisory Committee formed to oversee the scheme?
a) Bhushan Patwardhan
b) Arvind Chopra
c) Kalpana Joshi
d) Padmaja Shastri
e) None of these
3) Mahatma Gandhi IT and Biotechnology Park (MGIT-BP) has been inaugurated in which of these country’s with India’s assistance?
a) Nigeria
b) Ghana
c) Senegal
d) Cote d’Ivoire
e) South Korea
4) The first airport of India to operationalise a dedicated Transshipment Excellence Centre (TEC) is ____________
a) Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL)
b) GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL)
c) Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL)
d) Airports Authority of India
e) None of these
5) For the fiscal year 2020, Morgan Stanley has predicted the global growth rate at ____________
a) 5.2%
b) 3.8%
c) 4.6%
d) 3.2%
e) 6.2%
6) Who among the following has took charge as chief vigilance officer of Punjab National Bank (PNB)?
a) VK Tyagi
b) AN Lahri
c) CV Naidu
d) KL Saurya
e) None of these
7) Who among these has taken over as the interim CMD of BSNL?
a) P.K. Purwar
b) Anupam Srivastava
c) Suresh Kumar Gupta
d) Abhay Kumar Singh
e) None of these
8) Who has appointed as CMD of BHEL?
a) Nitin Shanmugham
b) Suman Choudhary
c) Nalin Shinghal
d) Kedar Singh
e) None of these
9) Who has been elected as the chairman of Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN)?
a) Vikram Kumar Nambiar
b) Manoj Kumar Nambiar
c) Satish Kumar Nambiar
d) Vinod Kumar Nambiar
e) Dinesh Kumar Nambiar
10) How much amount has been pledged by India to UN Palestine refugee agency for 2019?
a) USD 2 million
b) USD 5 million
c) USD 4 million
d) USD 6 million
e) USD 7 million
11) The Ministry of Ayush has signed an MoU with which ministry for AYUSH GRID Project?
a) Ministry of Human Resource Development
b) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
c) Ministry of Power
d) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
e) None of these
12) Which bank inks MoU with NIIF to boost capital availability for infrastructure projects?
a) SBI
b) PNB
c) UCO
d) BOI
e) Indian Bank
13) Which state Government is set to host the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Gujarat
e) Rajasthan
14) Carlin Dunne passed away recently. He was a famous __________
a) Motorcycle racer
b) Cricketer
c) Golfer
d) Wrestler
e) Foot Ball Player
Answers:
1) Answer: c)
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituted a high-powered committee of chief ministers for the transformation of agriculture and raising farmers’ income.
- The nine-member committee, headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, will suggest policy measures, attract investments and raise growth in food processing.
- Chief Ministers of Karnataka, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Union Agriculture, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand will be the members of the committee.
- The panel will examine various provisions of the Essential Commodity Act (ECA), to attract private investments in agricultural marketing and infrastructure. It will also suggest a mechanism for linking of market reforms with e-NAM, GRAM and other relevant Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
- The committee will further suggest policy measures to boost agricultural export, raise growth in food processing and attract investments in modern market infrastructure, value chains and logistics, besides making other key suggestions.
2) Answer: a)
- University Grants Commission launched STRIDE scheme aimed at strengthening research culture and innovation in universities and colleges of the country.
- STRIDE scheme will strengthen research culture and innovation in colleges and universities and help students and faculty to contribute towards India’s developing economy with help of collaborative research.
- Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy’ (STRIDE), aims to ” identify young talent, strengthen research culture, build capacity, promote innovation and support trans-disciplinary research for India’s developing economy and national development.
- The scheme also seeks to fund high impact research projects in Humanities and Social Sciences.
- The scheme has three components- first is to identify young talent and providing research capacity building in diverse disciplines by mentoring, nurturing and supporting young talents to innovate solutions for local, regional, national and global problems. This component is open to all disciplines for a grant up to Rs 1 crore.
- The second component of the scheme is to enhance problem-solving skills with the help of social innovation and action research to improve well being of people and contribute to India’s developing economy. Collaborations between universities, government, voluntary organisations, and industries are encouraged under this scheme. This component is also open to all disciplines for grant up to 50 lakh-1 crore.
- The final component involves funding high impact research projects in the field of identified thrust areas in humanities and human sciences through a national network of eminent scientists from leading institutions. This component is only open to specific disciplines with a possible grant of up to Rs 2 lakhs to developing a proposal.
3) Answer: d)
- The Mahatma Gandhi IT and Biotechnology Park in Cote d’Ivoire, a dedicated free trade zone built with India’s assistance to build development capacities, has been inaugurated.
- MGIT-BP is a dedicated Free Trade Zone (FTZ) for IT and Biotechnology.
- MGIT-BP is being built with the Indian assistance through EXIM Bank Lines of Credit of USD 20 million.
4) Answer: c)
- Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure, announced that it is the first Airport in India to operationalize a dedicated Transshipment Excellence Centre (TEC) that will simplify and expedite the procedure for transfer of Transshipment cargo.
- This initiative has been taken by DIAL as per the guidelines of Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) under National Civil Aviation Policy 2016 to develop Air Cargo Transshipment Hubs at major airports of India.
- All the EXIM shippers and the airlines will now have an opportunity to carry more and more volume of Air Cargo across the world by leveraging the TEC facility at Delhi Airport for handling their transshipment cargo.
5) Answer: d)
- America based Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley has predicted the GDP growth rate for India at 6.2% in 2019 and 7.1% in 2020.
- For 2018 it was 7.4%.Morgan Stanley has also cut the global growth estimate at 3% and 3.2%t for 2019 and 2020.
6) Answer: A)
- V K Tyagi has assumed charge as chief vigilance officer of Punjab National Bank (PNB).
- Prior to joining PNB, he was director in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) under the finance ministry.
7) Answer: a)
- The government has appointed MTNL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) P.K. Purwar as the CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) for a period of three months starting July 1, subject to the approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), for ensuring continuity at the struggling PSU.
- He succeeds Anupam Shrivastava who retired upon superannuation on June 30, 2019.
8) Answer: c)
- State-owned engineering firm BHEL said that Nalin Shinghal has been appointed its chairman and managing director for five years.
9) Answer: b)
- Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) has elected Manoj Kumar Nambiar, managing director of Arohan Financial Services, as its chairman.
- Vineet Chattree of Svatantra Microfin will be the vice-chairman, the industry association and self-regulatory organisation (SRO) for the microfinance industry in India.
10) Answer: b)
- India has pledged to contribute 5 million US Dollars in 2019 to the UN Palestine refugee agency.
- The Government has increased its annual financial contribution fourfold to the UNRWA core budget, from  1.25 million dollars in 2016 to 5 million in 2018.
- Under an India-Palestine development partnership, agreements have been signed including in agriculture, healthcare and youth affairs in the last five years.
11) Answer: b)
- The Ministries of AYUSH and Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) inked an MoU to collaborate on the digitisation of the AYUSH sector.
- MeitY has agreed to give technical support to the AYUSH Ministry for planning and development of AYUSH GRID Project.
- In pursuance to the National Health Policy 2017 and e-governance initiative, the ministry aims to digitize the entire AYUSH, leading to transformation in field of healthcare delivery at all levels, in addition to greater research, education, delivery of various healthcare programmes and better drug regulations
12) Answer: a)
- State Bank of India (SBI) and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost the availability of capital for infrastructure projects.
- The scope of the MoU includes equity investments, project funding, bond financing, renewable energy support and take-out finance for operating assets, according to the joint statement issued by SBI and NIIF.
- The objective of this initiative is to aid in filling the gap at a time when the availability of equity and debt financing for infrastructure has moderated
13) Answer: b)
- Odisha Government is set to host the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship at the Jawaharlal Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, scheduled for July 17 to 22.
- The government of Odisha signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and Odisha State Table Tennis Association (OSTTA) to host the event.
14) Answer: a)
- A prominent motorcycle racer Carlin Dunne passed away as he crashed near the finish line of an event during the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Championship.
- The 36-year-old Ducati racer was famous as king of the mountain.
