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1) When is the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation observed?
a) 10 September
b) 11 September
c) 12 September
d) 13 September
e) 14 September
2) The strong ties between India and its southern neighbour Sri Lanka received a boost when a newly ‘Make in India’ train rake was flagged of from Colombo Fort Railway station. What is the train name?
a) Tulasi Express
b) Pulathisi Express
c) Aswagandha Express
d) Mulangi Express
e) None of these
3) _______ becomes the first country in Asia to introduce rolled out plain cigarette packaging
a) India
b) Thailand
c) China
d) Vietnam
e) Bangladesh
4) Under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan Yojana’, a pension scheme for shopkeepers and retail traders will get a fixed monthly pension after attaining the age of ____________
a) 62
b) 68
c) 65
d) 60
e) 61
5) The ‘Mukhyamantri Vyapari Samuhik Niji Durghatna Beema Yojana’ and ‘Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Beema Yojana’ are the new insurance schemes for traders launched by which state?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Manipur
d) Haryana
e) Meghalaya
6) CDBT has launched a one-time facility to apply for compounding of income tax offences. What is the deadline set to avail the benefit of the service?
a) 31 December 2019
b) 30 November 2019
c) 31 October 2019
d) 30 September 2019
e) 31 January 2020
7) Who becomes Indian Banks’ Association committee member?
a) Mahabaleshwara M S
b) Mrutyunjaya R K
c) Jyothirnath S V
d) Purushotama M S
e) None of these
8) Name the Indian Ambassador to UAE who has been conferred with First Class Order of Zayed II award?
a) Gautam Bambawale
b) Navdeep Singh Suri
c) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
d) Manjeev Singh Puri
e) None of these
9) Who has been conferred with the 2019-20 Lata Mangeshkar Award?
a) Suman Kalyanpur
b) Usha Khanna
c) Asha Bhosle
d) Hemlata
e) None of these
10) The National Conference on Criminal Activities and Radicalization in Jails: Vulnerability of Inmates and Jail Staff and their Protection was held in which city?
a) Kolkata
b) Pune
c) Hyderabad
d) Mumbai
e) Delhi
11) 22nd Session of United Nations Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Held in _________
a) Geneva
b) San Jose
c) Rome
d) Warsaw
e) None of these
12) Name the India’s second Scorpene-class attack submarine that will be commissioned into the Navy by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Mumbai on September 28.
a) INS Khanderi
b) INS Karanj
c) INS Vela
d) INS Arigath
e) INS Vagsheer
13) India signs with which countriesdefence company to modernise radar missile systems on P-15 class ships?
a) Russia
b) China
c) Germany
d) South Korea
e) USA
14) DRDO hands over second early warning system to IAF. Name it.
a) Kavacha
b) Netra
c) Vajra
d) Aayu
e) Satrugna
15) Which of the following Universities has topped the ‘Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020’?
a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
b) Stanford University
c) Harvard University
d) University of Oxford
e) None of these
16) Which state has retained its first position in the country in the ‘Logistics Ease Across Different States’ (LEADS) report 2019?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Gujarat
d) Delhi
e) Kerala
17) Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 between India and _____ will be conducted at Foreign Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya) from 16-29 Sep 2019.
a) Thailand
b) Sri Lanka
c) Bangladesh
d) Nepal
e) Vietnam
18) Akilisi Pohiva passes away. He is the Prime Minister of which country?
a) Vanuatu
b) Samoa
c) Toga
d) Tuvalu
e) Tonga
Answers :
1) Answer: C)
The United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation is observed on September 12 since 2011. When the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a plan of action in 1978 to promote and implement technical cooperation among developing countries and also celebrates the economic, social and political developments made in recent years by regions and countries in the south. The General Assembly declared December 19 to be observed as the UN Day for South-South Cooperation in 2003.
2) Answer: B)
The strong ties between India and its southern neighbour Sri Lanka received a boost when a newly ‘Make in India’ train rake was flagged of from Colombo Fort Railway station. The rake of the train was manufactured in the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.
The train which has been inducted under an Indian Line of Credit has an on-board entertainment system, modular interiors and fully-rotating seats in Air Conditioned Chair cars for passenger comfort.
ICF will manufacture six DEMU rakes consisting of 78 coaches in five variants. The order is being jointly executed by RITES and ICF under the India-Sri Lanka economic cooperation agreement.
3) Answer: B)
Thailand becomes the first country in Asia to introduce rolled out plain cigarette packaging. Activists say that plain cigarette packaging is an effective way to reduce the appeal of smoking. In 2012, Australia became the first country to require tobacco products to be sold without colourful brand logos. Singapore is set to implement similar restrictions on packaging next year
4) Answer: D)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in the Jharkhand capital, launched ambitious pension schemes for farmers, shopkeepers and self-employed persons.
The prime minister also inaugurated a new building of the Assembly and a multi-modal cargo terminal, which is expected to ease transportation in the region.
The ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana’ will help small and marginal farmers by providing a minimum pension of Rs 3000 per month, on attaining the age of 60 years.
Farmers who are currently between 18 and 40 years of age can apply for the scheme.
The ‘Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan Dhan Yojana’, a pension scheme for shopkeepers and retail traders was also launched.
Another ‘Swarojgar’ pension scheme was also rolled out for self-employed persons.
Under both the schemes, beneficiaries between 18 and 40 years will get Rs 3,000 per month after completing 60 years of age.
The three-storey building has been constructed at a cost of Rs 465 crore.
PM Modi laid the foundation stones online for 462 Eklavya Model Schools across the country, of which 69 will be established in 13 of Jharkhand’s 24 districts.
The new secretariat building in the state capital will come up at an estimated cost of Rs 1238.92 crore.
5) Answer: D)
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched two insurance schemes for traders.
An insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh would be provided under the ‘Mukhyamantri VyapariSamuhikNiji DurghatnaBeemaYojana’, while an insurance cover ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh would be provided under the ‘Mukhyamantri VyapariKshatipurti Beema Yojana’.
The premium of Rs 38 crore for both the insurance schemes would be paid by the state government.
Under the ‘Mukhyamantri VyapariSamuhikNiji DurghatnaBeemaYojana’, 3.75 lakh registered traders would be provided an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh.
The benefit of insurance would be admissible in case of an accidental death, permanent disability and damage to two body organs, or eyes or one organ or one eye.
Haryana is the first state in the country to implement ‘Mukhyamantri VyapariKshatipurti Beema Yojana’ under which insurance benefits ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh would be provided to the traders on the basis of their turnover to compensate for loss of stock due to fire, theft, flood and earthquake, and damage to furniture and other goods.
Khattar also announced that all the families in the state having an annual family income of Rs 1.80 lakh would be covered under the ‘Ayushman Bharat Yojana’ under which they would be provided free annual medical treatment for up to Rs 5 lakh.
He also announced enhancement in monthly wages of ‘Safai Karamcharis’ working in urban areas to Rs 15,000 from Rs 13,500 and in rural areas to Rs 12,500 from Rs 11,000.
About 39,000 ‘Safai Karamcharis’ would benefit from this decision.
6) Answer: A)
The income tax department has relaxed time for applying for compounding of income tax offences by launching of a one-time facility.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a circular relaxing the 12-month time limit for compounding application, as a one-time measure.
The step has been taken to mitigate unintended hardship to taxpayers in deserving cases and to reduce the pendency of existing prosecution cases before the courts.
A taxpayer or an assessee, in order to avail the facility, will have to file an application for compounding a tax offence before the competent authority, that is a Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner, Principal Director General or Director General of Income-tax department “on or before December 31, 2019”.
7) Answer: A)
Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Karnataka Bank, has been inducted to the managing committee of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). This was announced during the annual general meeting of IBA in Mumbai. Mahabaleshwara has been elected unopposed from the private sector member banks’ category.
8) Answer: B)
The President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has bestowed the First Class Order of Zayed II on outgoing Indian Ambassador Navdeep Singh Suri, in recognition of his efforts and his contribution to the development and strengthening of friendly relations and cooperation between the two friendly countries. Suri has been serving as the Indian ambassador to the Gulf nation since October 2016. He will now be succeeded by senior diplomat Pavan Kapoor as the new ambassador to the UAE.
9) Answer: B)
Veteran music director Usha Khanna, who created magic by giving songs like “zindagi pyaar ka geet hai”, “chhodo kal ki baatein”, and “aap to aise na the”, has been chosen for the Maharashtra government’s coveted Lata Mangeshkar Award.She has composed music for over 150 films in the male-dominated field. The award, which carries a cash reward of Rs.500,000, a citation and a memento shall be awarded to the 78-year old Khanna.
10) Answer: E)
The Bureau of Police Research and Development is organizing a two-day National Conference on ‘Criminal Activities and Radicalization in Jails: Vulnerability of Inmates and Jail Staff and their Protection’ on 12th and 13th September. The conference was inaugurated at BPR&D Headquarters by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy. Scheme for Modernization of Prisons – a Central Government scheme with an outlay of 1800 crore rupees that aims to create 199 new jails, 1572 additional barracks and 8568 prison staff quarters.
11) Answer: A)
The 22nd Session of the UN Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to review India took place at UNHRC, Geneva, Switzerland on September 2-3, 2019.
The Indian delegation was headed by Mrs. Shakuntala D. Gamlin, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD).
India is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). It ratified this Convention on October 01, 2007 in pursuance of Article 35 of the Convention.
India submitted its First Country Report on Status of Disability in India in November 2015, and this report has now been taken for consideration by UN Committee during the Session.
12) Answer: A)
India’s second Scorpene-class attack submarine INS Khanderi will be commissioned into the Navy by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Mumbai on September 28.
The conventional diesel-electric submarine has been manufactured by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in Mumbai.
The first Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari had been commissioned into the Indian Navy in December 2017.
Under the Project 75 programme, India is committed to building six Scorpene-class submarines that also includes INS Kalvari and INS Khanderi. The programme has been undertaken with Transfer of Technology from Naval Group, state-run French submarine builder, which was formerly known as DCNS. INS Khanderi had been launched in January 2017.
13) Answer: A)
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with Russian defence company JSC Rosoboronexport to modernise the radar and missile systems on the P-15 ships
The modernisation of radar and missile systems would substantially enhance the Air Defence capability of the P-15 Ships
There are 3 Delhi class destroyers in Indian Navy – INS Delhi, INS Mysore, INS Mumbai.
Delhi-class warships are guided-missile destroyers with a displacement of 6,200 tonnes, a length of 163 metres and a crew of 40 officers and 310 sailors. They have a maximum speed of 32 knots (59 kilometres per hour).
14) Answer: B)
Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has handed over the second ‘Netra’ Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS) system to the Indian Air Force (IAF)
The indigenously-built aircraft was handed over to Western Air Command chief, Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, at the Bathinda Air Base in Punjab.
‘Netra’ was Designed and developed by DRDO, with assistance from the Bengaluru-based Centre for Airborne Systems
It is useful for surveillance, tracking, identification and classification of airborne and sea surface targets and is useful in detecting incoming ballistic missile threats.
15) Answer: D)
University of Oxford of United Kingdom has topped the ‘Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020’.IISc Banglore is the top Indian University in the ranking and is placed in the 301-350 bracket. This is for the first time since 2012 that no Indian University has been placed in top 300. IIT Ropar made a surprise entry and takes the number 1 spot among Indian varsities alongside IISc Bangalore.
16) Answer: C)
Gujarat has retained its first position in the country in the ‘Logistics Ease Across Different States’ (LEADS) report 2019
This is the second consecutive year the state has bagged the number one spot in the ranking. Punjab and Andhra Pradesh are ranked second and third, respectively
Himachal Pradesh stood last on the chart. Bihar ranked at 20th position
The report, was published by the Union ministry of commerce and industry, prepared with the help of consultancy firm Deloitte
Among the union territories, Chandigarh occupied the top position followed by Delhi and Puducherry.
Among hilly states, Tripura retained the top spot. It was followed by Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
The index was based on an analysis of perceptions with regard to nine parameters, including infrastructure, quality of logistics, services, promptness of cargo delivery, regulatory processes and safety of cargo
17) Answer: A)
Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 between India and Thailand will be conducted at Foreign Training Node, Umroi (Meghalaya) from 16-29 Sep 2019.
Indian and Royal Thailand Army (RTA) comprising 50 soldiers each will participate in the exercise with an aim to share experience gained during various counter terrorism operations in their respective countries.
MAITREE is an annual training event which is being conducted alternatively in Thailand and India since 2006
18) Answer: E)
Tonga’s Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva, has passed away at the age of 78.Mr Pohiva had served as Tonga’s prime minister since 2014, and was Tonga’s longest serving member of Parliament, coming into office in 1987.
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