Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 8th July 2019

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1) Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has informed that central government is going to set-up three Sports Centre of Excellence in which city?

a) Itanagar

b) Imphal

c) Dispur

d) Ahemadabad

e) Mumbai

2) Which state government recently approves Aadhaar-linked payment mode for disbursal of pension?

a) Jammu and Kashmir

b) Punjab

c) Mizoram

d) West Bengal

e) Meghalaya

3) 10th edition of World Tamil Conference held in­­­­­­­________.

a) Singapore

b) Chicago

c) New York

d) Paris

e) Washington D.C

4) Name the anti-infiltration grid launched by BSF along the Pakistan border?

a) Suraksha

b) Sudarshan

c) Saurya

d) Sagar

e) Surya

5) Who won men’s singles Canada Open badminton-2019?

a) Li Shi Feng

b) Lin Dan

c) Chen Long

d) Taufik Hidayat

e) Parupalli Kashyap

6) Name the Indian sprinter who won international gold in women’s 200m with a top finish at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland?

a) Hima Das

b) Geeta Pogat

c) Swapna Barman

d) Dutee Chand

e) Manu Bhaker

7) Who won German MotoGP 2019?

a) Maverick Viñales

b) Fabio Quartararo

c) Cal Crutchlow

d) Danilo Petrucci

e) Marc Marquez

8) Divya Kakran is related to which sports?

a) Wrestling

b) Athletics

c) Tennis

d) Shooting

e) Golf

9) João Gilberto, a singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre has passed away. He belongs to which country?

a) Brazil

b) Canada

c) Germany

d) USA

e) France

10) Which country/countries have topped the 2019 Henley Index list of world’s most powerful passports?

a) Spain

b) Turkey

c) United Kingdom

d) Japan and Singapore

e) Russia

11) The YSR Rythu Bharosa scheme will offer Rs ____________ per annum to each farmer per year

a) Rs 9,500

b) Rs 7,500

c) Rs 10,000

d) Rs 12,500

e) Rs 13,000

12) Who has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

a) Pradip Kumar Mishra

b) B C Tripathi

c) Nalin Shinghal

d) Sambit Patra

e) None of these

13) UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has voted to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site. The site located in  _______

a) Iraq

b) Iran

c) Saudi Arabia

d) UAE

e) Turkey

14) Who has been made as the new EU chief?

a) Ursula von der Leyen

b) Takehiko Nakao

c) Jin Liquin

d) K.V. Kamath

e) Christine Lagarde

15) Fertiliser subsidy has seen a hike of how much in Union Budget 2019-20 over last year?

a) Rs 10000 crore

b) Rs 20000 crore

c) Rs 2000 crore

d) Rs 100 crore

e) Rs 1000 crore

Answers :

1) Answer: A)

• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju has informed that central government is going to set-up three Sports Centre of Excellence in Itanagar
• The three centre of excellence will be for Martial Arts, Weight Lifting and Boxing.
• These centres will have a capacity of 300 sportspersons with residential facility.
• The government will also set up 12 to 15 football stadiums with Astro-turf football pitches across the state in the next three years.
• Mr. Rijiju further announced that this year Arunachal Pradesh will host the North East Youth Festival

2) Answer: A)

• The Jammu and Kashmir government approved Aadhaar-linked payment mode for disbursal of pension to beneficiaries under various central and state sponsored schemes in order to ensure transparency and avoid delays
• The decision was taken by the State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik

3) Answer: B)

• The 10th World Tamil Conference (WTC) will be held in Chicago for four days from July 4-7
• The conference was sponsored by International Association of Tamil Research (IATR), Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA) and Chicago Tamil Sangam (CTS),
• This is the first time a world Tamil conference is being held on the American soil.
• The ninth edition was held at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in 2015
• Tamil Nadu Minister for Tamil Official Language and Culture K Pandiarajan released ‘Sootti Magizhvom Thamizh Peyargal’, a book containing 46,000 Tamil names
• The book was edited by S. Parthasarathy, founder of Valaithamizh and writer Pavala Shankari. Poet Ve. Pathumanar is the publishing editor

4) Answer: B)

• The Border Security Force (BSF) has launched a massive exercise, code named ‘Sudarsha’, to fortify the ‘anti-infiltration grid’ along the Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu
• The operation was launched on July 1 and will cover the entire over 1,000-kms length of the India-Pakistan International Border.
• While Jammu shares about 485-kms of the sensitive IB with Pakistan, about 553-kms of the front is in Punjab.

5) Answer: A)

• India’s Parupalli Kashyap lost to Li Shi Feng of China in the men’s singles title clash of the Canada Open
• Kashyap entered the final, defeating Taiwan’s Wang Tzu-wei in a semi-final encounter at Calgary

6) Answer: A)

• Star Indian sprinter Hima Das won her second international gold in women’s 200m with a top finish at the Kutno Athletics Meet in Poland
• National record holder Muhammed Anas also won the gold in men’s 200m race with a time of 21.18 seconds.
• MP Jabir won the gold in men’s 400m hurdles in 50.21 seconds while Jithin Paul was third in 52.26 secs.

7) Answer: E)

• Honda rider Marc Marquez extended his lead at the top of the championship with a seventh consecutive victory at the German MotoGP
• He has won every MotoGP in Germany since 2013.
• It is Marquez’ fifth victory in nine races this season which takes him to 185 points in the championship standings

8) Answer: A)

• India’s top wrestler Vinesh Phogat won her first gold medal after shifting to 53kg category while Divya Kakran claimed the top honours in the 68kg category at the Grand Prix of Spain.
• World Championship bronze medallist Pooja Dhanda (57kg) had to be content with a silver after losing the title clash to Russia’s Veronika Chumikova.
• India finished second with 130 points in team championship behind Russia (165).

9) Answer: A)

• João Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre has passed away
• João Gilberto introduced bossa nova to the world in 1958: he created a new beat, with his unique guitar style, mixing traditional samba music with modern jazz influences.

10) Answer: D)

The Henley Passport Index is based on data provided by IATA and covers 199 passports and 227 travel destinations.Japan and Singapore have held onto their position as the world’s most travel-friendly passports, with South Korea dropping into second place.

11) Answer: D)

The Andhra Pradesh government has announced that its ‘YSR Rythu Bharosa’ Scheme will now also be extended to tenant farmers. It will offer investment support of Rs. 12,500 per annum per farmer. It will also free crop insurance and interest-free loans to farmers. In total Rs 50,000 will be given to a farmer in four installments of Rs 12,500.

12) Answer: C)

Dr.Nalin Shinghal appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL). Nalin Shinghal appointed as its chairman and managing director for five years. The appointment of Nalin Shinghal as chairman and managing director BHEL. It is for a period of 5 years. He will replace Atul Sobti as the chairman and managing director of BHEL.

13) Answer: A)

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has voted to list the sprawling Mesopotamian metropolis of Babylon as a World Heritage Site. Iraq had been trying since 1983 to have the site – a massive 10sq-km complex of which just 18% has been excavated thus far – recognised by UNESCO. The city was the centre of the ancient Babylonian empire more than 4,000 years ago.

14) Answer: A)

The EU’s new president-elect Ursula von der Leyen made her first trip to Brussels since being nominated, as senior officials sought to shore up support for her appointment in the European Parliament.

15) Answer: A)

Fertilizer Subsidy allocation has seen a hike of around 10,000 crore rupees in the Union Budget. The allocation has been increased from 70,090 crore rupees in 2018-19 to 79,996 crore rupees in 2019-20. Out of this, 53,629 crore Chemicals & Fertilizers Minister: DV Sadananda Gowda