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[WpProQuiz 7560]1) Aadhaar has been made mandatory for which among the following schemes?
A) PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojana
B) Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana
C) PradhanMantriAwasYojana
D) PradhanMantriVayaVandanaYojana
E) Atal Pension Yojana
2) KVIC has decided to distribute 1000 Bee Boxes, 100 Pottery Wheels and Leather Kits in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Chennai
C) Agartala
D) Pune
E) Hyderabad
3) Dr. Harsh Vardhan has inaugurated the 2nd Edition of “Eat Right Mela” in which city ?
A) Pune
B) New Delhi
C) Surat
D) Ranchi
E) Vadodara
4) Who will inaugurate the LPG bottling plant of BPCL in Bolangir, Odisha ?
A) Sadananda Gowda
B) Ram Nath Kovind
C) NarendraModi
D) Venkaiah Naidu
E) Amit Shah
5) HRD Minister has launched five documents developed by UGC. What is the purpose of the documents?
A) Teacher reforms
B) Attendance
C) Evaluation reforms
D) Marking scheme
E) Grading
6) Tsunami victims were remembered on the disaster’s anniversary in Tamil Nadu. A massive tsunami occurred in Tamil Nadu in which year?
A) 2001
B) 2004
C) 2003
D) 2002
E) 2000
7) Massive locust invasion has been a cause of concern for farmers of which state ?
A) Gujarat
B) Punjab
C) Haryana
D) Karnataka
E) Maharashtra
8) Who has flagged off Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express featuring Odisha’s heritage?
A) Sadananda Gowda
B) Piyush Goyal
C) Narendra Modi
D) Dharmendra Pradhan
E) Amit Shah
9) Which country has approved a 3% Digital Tax on Large Tech Companies from next year?
A) Switzerland
B) Italy
C) Sweden
D) France
E) Germany
10) Which state owned bank will get fresh capital of Rs. 2,153 crore from the government ?
A) Union Bank
B) United Bank of India
C) Allahabad Bank
D) Punjab National Bank
E) Syndicate Bank
11) NPCI is now offering recharge option for FASTag through which app?
A) Ola Pay
B) Amazon Pay
C) Google Pay
D) BHIM UPI
E) Phone Pe
12) India will cross the 100GW renewable energy capacity mark in ________________.
A) 2021
B) 2020
C) 2023
D) 2024
E) 2025
13) Which bank will introduce OTP based ATM cash withdrawal from 1st January to protect customers from unauthorised transactions?
A) OBC
B) ICICI
C) HDFC
D) SBI
E) PNB
14) Pine Labs has partnered with which bank to enable EMIs on debit cards ?
A) HDFC
B) Punjab National Bank
C) Kotak Mahindra Bank
D) ICICI
E) SBI
15) Dennis Muilenburg has been resigned as the CEO of which aviation company ?
A) Raytheon
B) Lockheed Martin
C) Airbus
D) Boeing
E) Interglobe
16) China has started a joint naval drill with which among the following countries in the Gulf of Oman?
A) Iran and India
B) Iran and Russia
C) Iran and Oman
D) Oman and India
E) India and Russia
17) Which bowler has become the first to play 150 Test matches?
A) Trent Boult
B) Mark Wood
C) James Anderson
D) KasigoRabada
E) Jofra Archer
18) Researchers from which institute have unravelled the mechanism of action of a protein that repairs damaged DNA?
A) IIT Madras
B) IIT Guwahati
C) IIT Bombay
D) IIT Hyderabad
E) IIT Delhi
19) Which healthcare company has developed a software to provide fast and accurate diagnosis of Tuberculosis?
A) Bot.ai
B) Qure.ai
C) Niki.ai
D) Pic.ai
E) Quess.ai
20) Who has written the book “Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games”?
A) Rashmie Deskhmuk and Nalin Mehta
B) Nalim Mehta and ChetanBhagat
C) BoriaMajumdar and Nalin Mehta
D) Sunil Mehta and BoriaMajumdar
E) ChetanBhagat and BoriaMajumdar
21) Who has inaugurated the 2nd Edition of “Eat Right Mela” in New Delhi ?
A) Smriti Irani
B) Dharmendra Pradhan
C) Piyush Goyal
D) Venkaiah Naidu
E) Harsh Vardhan
22) VP Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate the LPG bottling plant of BPCL in ________.
A) Mizoram
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Gujarat
23) Allahabad Bank gets fresh capital of Rs. 2,153 crore from government. Who is the CEO of Allahabad Bank?
A) AtulGoel
B) Rakesh Sharma
C) PS Jaya Kumar
D) S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
E) Sunil Mehta
24) Which among the following will organise a consultative workshop with States & UTs to set out the framework for “Shehri Samridhi Utsav 2020” ?
A) FICCI
B) CII
C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
D) NITI Aayog
E) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
25) The government of which state will have menus in Braille for the visually impaired?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Maharashtra
C) Karnataka
D) Gujarat
E) New Delhi
Answers:
1) Answer: D
The government has made Aadhaarmandatory for subscribers of the PradhanMantriVayaVandanaYojana (PMVVY), a pension scheme for senior citizens.
The scheme, which envisages an assured rate of return of 8% annually, is being implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). The scheme was announced in Union Budgets of 2017-18 and 2018-19.
About PMVVY
PMVVY is a pension scheme for senior citizens implemented through LIC of India.
The scheme was announced in two versions in Union Budget 2017-18 and 2018-19.
It offers assured rate of return in the range of 8-8.3 percent depending on the mode of pension that the individual chooses.
2) Answer: C
To commemorate 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and to support the weaker section of the society in Agartala, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) organized a distribution of 1000 Bee Boxes, 100 Pottery Wheels and 100 Advanced Leather Tool kits 100 Farmers, 100 Potters and 100 Leather Artisans.
3) Answer: B
“The right kind of diet will help to reduce the disease burden in the country”. This was stated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare while inaugurating the second edition of the ‘Eat Right Mela’ at JawaharLal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi .
Dr. Harsh Vardhan stated that the Eat Right Mela of FSSAI is a commendable effort and outreach activity for citizens to nudge them towards eating right. “Let the ‘Eat Right Melas’ be part of public gatherings like local melas, community programs etc.The Union Minister launched ‘The PURPLE Book’ a handbook on diets for diseases. The book provides general guidelines for hospitals on suitable diets for common medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, gut disorders and so on in a simple format and has been developed and vetted by experts in the field of food and nutrition.
4) Answer: D
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is scheduled to visit Balangir district of Odisha to inaugurate an LPG bottling plant of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and to attend the platinum jubilee function of Rajendra College in Balangir.
The bottling plant has been established at an expenditure of 103 crore rupees and has capacity of manufacturing 42 lakh cylinders annually.
The bottling plant will benefit residents of 14 western Odisha districts. BPCL has 21 lakh, 59 thousand customers, in Odisha who consume approximately 78 lakh cylinders in a year. It stated that the consumption is expected to increase to 105 lakh cylinders by the end of 2020.
The State will soon have seven LPG bottling plants with two more plants coming up at Bhubaneswar and Rayagada. While the current bottling capacity of the existing four plants is 2 crore 80 lakh cylinders per annum, the bottling capacity will increase to 4 crore 6 lakh cylinders annually once all seven plants start production.
5) Answer: C
Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh PokhriyalNishank launched the five documents developed by University Grants Commission, UGC covering the 5 verticals of Quality Mandate in New Delhi .
These five documents cover evaluation reforms, eco-friendly and sustainable university campuses, human values and professional ethics, faculty induction and academic research integrity.
Speaking on the occasion Mr.Nishankstated to improve the quality in Higher Educational Institutions, UGC has adopted the Higher Education Quality Improvement Programme Mandate.
The quality mandate aims at evolving higher education system to equip the country’s next-generation with vital skills, knowledge and ethics for leading a rewarding life.
6) Answer: B
The victims of the deadly 2004 Tsunami that struck the Tamil Nadu coast were remembered , with a slew of memorial events marking the 15th anniversary of the natural disaster.
On December 26, 2004, a massive tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake in Indonesia struck the south Indian coast on a Sunday morning.
Giant waves swallowed many, with Cuddalore and Nagapattinam districts bearing the brunt,
even as nearly 7,000 people were killed in Tamil Nadu.
7) Answer: A
Sharing borders with neighbouring Pakistan, Gujarat is under attack from hoppers — new-born locusts — that have flown in across the international border.
As the swarms mature, they have ravaged farms in North Gujarat, devastating farmers in the three border districts Banaskantha, Patan and Kutch.
The locusts, known as tiddis locally, have wreaked havoc on standing crops of castor, cumin, jatropha, cotton, and potato, and fodder grass in around 20 talukas.
Gujarat has not witnessed such an invasion of locusts since 1993-94.
8) Answer: D
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express showcasing Odisha’s heritage and culture on the exteriors of the train.
The coaches were draped with vinyl wrapping sheets having high-quality art related prints on the dance forms, archaeological monuments and flora and fauna of the state.
Earlier, an agreement was signed between the East- Coast Railway (ECoR) and Navratna NALCO for decoration of the Rajdhani Express.
9) Answer: B
Italy has recently decided to implement a new tax on technology giants that will put a three per cent digital tax on companies like Google and Amazon.
According to global figures, technology companies make over $831 million in global revenue and approximately $6 million from transactions and operation in Italy alone.
This recent move comes after France had passed a similar tax earlier this year.
10) Answer: C
State-owned Allahabad Bank stated it will get a fresh capital infusion of Rs 2,153 crore from the government in the current financial year. The capital infusion is towards the contribution of the central government in the preferential allotment of equity shares of the bank during the financial year 2019-20 as the government’s investment
11) Answer: D
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) stated that customers can recharge NETC FASTags through BHIM UPI. Any BHIM UPI-enabled mobile app would now give vehicle owners the opportunity to recharge their FASTags on the go and avoid queues at toll plazas.
The National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) is a programme designed to meet the electronic tolling needs of the Indian market.
12) Answer: B
India is all set to cross the 100GW renewable energy capacity mark in 2020 and can make rapid strides towards the ambitious 175GW clean energy target by 2022 provided the government keeps a close eye on key issues and deals with those well in time.
The government, however, needs to promote storage to ensure 24X7 clean energy supply as
coal-fired thermal power still remains the base load in the country.
13) Answer: D
Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) will be introducing one time password (OTP) based cash withdrawal system to help protect its customers from unauthorised transactions at ATMs. The OTP-based cash withdrawal system shall be active across all SBI ATMs effective 1 January 2020 between 8 pm to 8 am.
14) Answer: C
Pine Labs, one of India’s largest merchant-focused companies and Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) announced a tie-up to enable EMI payments via Kotak Debit Cards. This arrangement enables over 10 million eligible Kotak debit card customers to pay for their purchases in easy instalments via the Pine Labs POS terminals.
15) Answer: D
Boeing’s CEO is resigning amid ongoing problems at the company over the troubled Max 737 aircraft. The board of directors stated that Dennis Muilenburg is stepping down immediately.
The board’s current chairman, David Calhoun, will become president and CEO on Jan. 13.
16) Answer: B
China, Russia and Iran will hold joint naval drills starting on in the Gulf of Oman, Beijing stated, at a time of heightened tensions since the United States (US) withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal with Tehran.
Set to take place from December 27 to 30, the military exercises aim to deepen exchange and cooperation between the navies of the three countries.
17) Answer: C
England’s leading pacer James Anderson became the first fast bowler in the history of Test cricket to make 150 appearances. He achieved the rare feat while making a return from injury during the first Test against South Africa at the Super Sport Park.
The 37-year-old made a terrific comeback as he scalped Dean Elgar with the very first ball he bowled.
18) Answer: D
In the evolution of life forms, what determines the formation of a bacteria? It’s Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), which is the blueprint of the life form. It also encodes the directions that life form must take. Any damage to the DNA causes a range of diseases and problems.
Nature has evolved techniques to not only protect the DNA but also repair it to an extent. In humans, one such repair mechanism involves activation of a special class of proteins called ‘DNA repair proteins’.
In a significant development, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) have unravelled the mechanism of action of a protein ( alkB homolog 3, or ALKBH3) that repairs damaged DNA.
19) Answer: B
Tuberculosis kills around 1.5 million people every year in India and one of the reasons behind this is a late diagnosis of the infectious disease, reports reveal. To deal with this scenario, healthcare start-up Qure.ai has developed software qXR using a database of 2.5 million X-rays, which provides fast and accurate diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB).
Qure.ai’sqXR is designed to screen and prioritise abnormal chest X-rays and individuals suspected of TB, says Prashant Warier, CEO and co-founder, Qure.ai, which was one of the recipients of the India Health Fund TB Quest Awards given for innovations in the area of TB elimination.
20) Answer: C
“Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games” written by BoriaMajumdar with Nalin Mehta will be brought out by HarperCollins India in January 2020.
The book provides an inside view of what goes on backstage in the Indian Olympics world alongside a quick history of how India has fared at the Olympics over the past century and a look at how the Indian Olympics world has changed
21) Answer: E
“The right kind of diet will help to reduce the disease burden in the country”. This was stated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare while inaugurating the second edition of the ‘Eat Right Mela’ at JawaharLal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi .
He stressed upon the importance of having a Jan Andolan, a people’ movement, encouraging people to have healthier diets which will help in reduction of the disease burden in the country.
The Union Minister launched ‘The PURPLE Book’ a handbook on diets for diseases. The book provides general guidelines for hospitals on suitable diets for common medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, gut disorders and so on in a simple format and has been developed and vetted by experts in the field of food and nutrition.
22) Answer: C
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is scheduled to visit Balangir district of Odisha to inaugurate an LPG bottling plant of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and to attend the platinum jubilee function of Rajendra College in Balangir.
The bottling plant has been established at an expenditure of 103 crore rupees and has capacity of manufacturing 42 lakh cylinders annually.
23) Answer: D
State-owned Allahabad Bank stated it will get a fresh capital infusion of Rs 2,153 crore from the government in the current financial year.
The Department of Financial Services in a letter conveyed the sanction for release of the fresh capital infusion fund of Rs 2,153 crore.
About Allahabad bank :
Headquarters: Kolkata
CEO: S. S. MallikarjunaRao
Tag line: A tradition of trust
24) Answer: E
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will be organising a consultative meeting at New Delhi on December 30, 2019 ; with all States and UTs to set out the framework for Shehri Samriddhi Utsav (SSU) 2020. The workshop will be attended by the officials from the State Urban Livelihoods Missions, State Skill Development Missions, and other partners besides the officials from Ministry.
25) Answer: E
The Delhi State Commissioner of Person with Disabilities (PWD) has recently passed an order to almost 400 hotel and restaurants stating that they should print menus in Braille for the benefit of the visually impaired.
