Daily GK and Current Affairs Quiz – 10th March 2021

Correct Answer: A. Ujjvan Small Finance Bank

Explanation: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB) launched “Garima Saving Accounts”, a women Saving Account to provide the financial needs of women.The account offers various customised benefits for women which includes a maximum of 7% rate of interest on savings account.Free Cash Deposit of up to Rs.5 lakhs per month or 8 transactions, whichever is earlier at any Ujjivan SFB branch.Higher cash deposit and free unlimited withdrawal at any of its branches (No additional charges for non-home branch transactions).No penalty charges on non-maintenance of minimum balance with our Regular Savings Account.

Correct Answer – C. NITI Aayog

Explanation: NITI Aayog, along with the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), organized a national-level virtual workshop on asset monetization.The workshop elaborated on the strategic context of core and non-core asset monetization, along with detailed discussions on the need for and modality of such monetization by public sector entities, and the experiences of public and private sector entities in the space.The workshop discussed the various benefits and pre-requisites of leveraging private sector participation for monetization.It effectively conceptualized a collaborative partnership framework between Centre and States for realizing the country’s infrastructure vision and growth agenda.

Correct Answer – E. Koneru Humpy

Explanation: Chess player Koneru Humpy won the BBC India Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020.The award was based on a public vote in which Humpy beat sprinter Dutee Chand, shooter Manu Bhaker, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and hockey captain Rani Rampal.Humpy won the World Rapid Chess Championship in December 2019 after a two-year maternity break. She then won the Cairns Cup in 2020.Humpy became the youngest grandmaster in 2002 at the age of 15. She has received the Arjuna Award in 2003 and the Padma Shri in 2007.

Correct Answer – A. Girish Chandra Murmu

Explanation:  Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, has been appointed chairman of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations for the second time in a row for 2021.Currently, the panel consists of countries including India, Germany, Chile, China, the United Kingdom, France, Philippines, Switzerland, Italy, Ghana, Indonesia, Canada and Russia.As the chairman, India’s CAG plays a key role in achieving the panel’s objective of greater degree of collaboration and coordination among members and exchange of information on audit methods and findings.

Correct Answer – C. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Explanation: ISRO has completed development of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capable of producing extremely high-resolution images for a joint earth observation satellite mission with the US space agency NASA.NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) is a joint collaboration for a dual-frequency L and S-band SAR for earth observation.”NISAR will be the first satellite mission to use two different radar frequencies (L-band and S-band) to measure changes in our planet’s surface less than a centimeter across”.NASA and Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) signed a partnership on September 30, 2014, to collaborate on and launch NISAR.The mission is targeted to launch in early 2022 from ISRO’s Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district, about 100 kms north of Chennai.

Correct Answer – B. Bangladesh

Explanation: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the ‘Maitri Setu’ bridge between India and Bangladesh through a video conference, to strengthen the connectivity between both countries and especially with the north-eastern region of India. Maitri bridge will also make Tripura the ‘Gateway of North East’ with access to Chittagong Port of Bangladesh, which is just 80 km from the Sabroom.

About the Maitri Setu bridge:

• The Maitri Setu bridge has been built on the Feni river, which lies between the Indian boundary in Tripura and Bangladesh.
• The 1.9 Kilometres long bridge will connect Sabroom in India with Ramgarh in Bangladesh.
• The bridge has been constructed by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited at a project cost of around Rs. 133 Crore.

Correct Answer – E. Uttarakhand

Explanation: Trivendra Singh Rawat has resigned as the chief minister of Uttarakhand, a year before the hill state is scheduled to go to polls. Rawat, who became the CM after the BJP swept the assembly elections here in early 2017, tendered his resignation after meeting governor Baby Rani Maurya. According to reports, the party is mulling bringing in a deputy chief minister, the frontrunners for the post include State Education MinisterDhan Singh Rawat, MP Ajay Bhatt and Satpal Maharaj. 

The central BJP leadership had recently sent two observers, party vice president Raman Singh and general secretary Dushayant Kumar Gautam, to Uttarakhand to get feedback from the party’s core group in the state amid reports of discontent against the chief minister.

Correct Answer – C. 11%

Explanation: India’s GDP growth is expected to rebound to 11% in FY’22 as people learn to live with the new normal, flattening of the Covid-19 affliction curve, the rollout of vaccinations, and investment-focused government spending converge, according to rating firm Crisil. But recovery won’t be easy, with scars of the pandemic deep for small businesses and the urban poor.

Important Points:

• CEO of Crisil: Ashu Suyash.
• Crisil Chief Economist: Dharmakirti Joshi.
• Headquarters of Crisil: Mumbai.

Correct Answer – D. INS Karanj

Explanation: The Indian Navy got its third Scorpene submarine, commissioned as INS Karanj, of Project P-75 in Mumbai. With the delivery of Karanj, India further cemented its position as a submarine-building nation. Mazagon Dock Ltd (MDL), one of India’s leading shipyards with the capacity and the capability to meet the requirements and aspirations of the Indian Navy.  Before Karanj, INS Kalvari and INS Khanderi have been commissioned in the Indian Navy in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

Salient features of Karanj:

Karanj is seen as a small submarine having a length of 60 metres.It’s equipped with the best sensors in the world.Weapon package includes sufficient wire-guided torpedoes and sub-surface to surface missiles to neutralise a large enemy fleet. For self-defence, it has a state-of-the-art torpedo-decoy system.It is fitted with an integrated platform management system to provide centralised propulsion and machinery control. The powerful diesel engines can quickly charge batteries for a stealthy mission profile.It is fitted with a permanent magnet synchronous motor, making it one of the quietest submarines in the world.Its modular construction enables up-gradation to air-independent propulsion in future.

Important Points:

• Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral Karambir Singh.
• Indian Navy Founded: 26 January 1950.

Correct Answer – A. Carolina Marin

Explanation: India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu has won a silver medal in the BWF Swiss Open Super 300 in the final of the women’s singles event held at Basel, Switzerland. The World No. 7 Sindhu lost to World No. 3 and reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin.

Winners List of Swiss Open 2021

• Men’s Singles : Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) beat Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand).
• Women’s Singles: Carolina Marin (Spain) beat PV Sindhu (India).
• Men’s Doubles: Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark) beat Mark Lamsfuss-Marvin Seidel (Germany).
• Mixed Doubles: Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (France) beat Denmark pair, Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje

Correct Answer – D. Uttar Pradesh

Explanation:Uttar Pradesh government has launched a campaign to make golden cards of the Ayushman Bharat scheme across the state.It aims to drive awareness about Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) across the state.The campaign will run from 10-24 March’21.Under this, a free Ayushman golden card will be given to those families who have still not taken the benefit of the scheme.

Uttar Pradesh:

• Chief Minister – Yogi Adityanath.
• Governor – Anandiben Patel.
• Number of Districts – 75.

Correct Answer – D. 157

Explanation: The Government has informed that 157 new medical colleges have been approved under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) in three phases.These new medical colleges are attached with existing district and referral hospitals.In phase-I of the scheme, 58 districts in 20 states and union territories have been approved for the establishment of medical colleges.

Correct Answer – D. 2030

Explanation:  India’s Electric Vehicle financing industry is projected to be Rs 3,70,000 cr in 2030.This was said in the report titled Mobilising Electric Vehicle Financing in India, which was released by NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain Institute India.The report has also proposed a toolkit of 10 solutions that can be adopted in catalyzing the required capital.

Correct Answer: C. 10 March

Explanation: CISF Raising Day is observed every year on March 10.It was set up under an act of the Parliament of India on March 1969 with a strength of around 2,200 personnel.CISF stands for Central Industrial Security Force, which is a Central Armed Police Force in India.It is governed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and its headquarters is in New Delhi.