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Daily Current Affairs Questions – 1st July 2019
1. WarnerMedia has named _____________ as the new Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros.
A. Ann Sarnoff
B. Kevin Tsujihara
C. John Stankey
D. Ranso Down
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Ann Sarnoff
Explanation: She will become the first woman to head the company in its 96-year old history.
2. In a significant step, Saudi Arabia has increased India’s Haj quota to _________.
A. 200,000
B. 250,000
C. 300,000
D. 350,000
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. 200,000
Explanation: Last year, Saudi Arabia increased India’s Haj quota by 5,000. It is worth noting that the Haj subsidy was removed last year.
3. Who was recently elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee?
A. Raj Shukla
B. Sachin Manohar
C. Hemant Gokhale
D. Narinder Batra
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – D. Narinder Batra
Explanation: Batra secured 58 votes out of 62 while four voted against him. In 2016, Nita Ambani was elected as an individual member of the IOC in 2016.
4.Telangana notched up a high Rs __________ Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in 2018-19 financial year.
A. 36,212 crore
B. 47,202 crore
C. 67,272 crore
D. 96,000 crore
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. 36,212 crore
Explanation: The taxpayers’ base of Telangana is around 3% of the country. Hyderabad zone stood first in the country in terms of arrears recovery for the fiscal year.
5.India & _________ signed a loan agreement of US$ 250 million for the Resilient Kerala Program.
A. IMF
B. NDB
C. World Bank
D. EBRD
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. World Bank
Explanation: The 2018 floods and landslides in Kerala led to severe impact on infrastructure. This program will focus on strengthening the state’s institutional and financial capacity.
6.EQUIP, an ambitious project of HRD Ministry, stands for ____________.
A. Education Qualification Upgradation and Inclusion Programme
B. Education Quality Updation and Inclusion Programme
C. Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusive Programme
D. Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – D. Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme.
Explanation: It is meant to bridge the gap between policy and implementation. It aims to improve the quality of higher education over the next 5 years.
7. Which among the following ministries will place before the Union Cabinet a ₹450 crore proposal for Natural Language Translation?
A. HRD
B. Electronics and IT
C. Finance
D. Corporate Affairs
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Electronics and IT
Explanation: It is one of the key missions identified by the PM-STIAC. It aims to make science and technology accessible to all by facilitating access to material bilingually ( English & one native Indian language ).
8. Asteroid Day, sometimes seen in the news, is observed on ________.
A. June 30
B. July 5
C. July 10
D. July 16
E. None of these
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Correct Answer- A. June 30
Explanation: It aims to raise public awareness about the possible hazardous impacts of asteroids. They pose potentially catastrophic threats to our planet, as they pass close to the Earth’s orbit.
9.CAFE regulations in India came into force in 2017. Expand CAFE.
A. Corporate Average Free Efficiency/Economy
B. Corporate Average Fume Efficiency/Economy
C. Corporate Analysis Fuel Efficiency/Economy
D. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency/Economy
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – D. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency/Economy
Explanation: CAFE regulations aim at lowering fuel consumption of vehicles by lowering carbon dioxide emissions.
10. India and Indonesia recently set an ambitious USD ________ target for bilateral trade over the next six years.
A. 30 billion
B. 50 billion
C. 70 billion
D. 100 billion
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. 50 billion
Explanation: Trade between the two countries in 2016 was $12.9 billion. PM Narendra Modi and President Joko Widodo discussed ways to deepen cooperation in a number of key areas.
11.Similipal National Park, sometimes seen in the news, is located in which among the following states?
A. Nagaland
B. Odisha
C. Manipur
D. Tripura
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Odisha
Explanation: Similipal derives its name from ‘Simul’ (Silk Cotton) tree. It has some beautiful waterfalls like Joranda and Barehipani.
12. Minaret of Jam, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in _________.
A. Afghanistan
B. Pakistan
C. Iran
D. Saudi Arabia
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Afghanistan
Explanation: It is one of the few well-preserved monuments. It represents the exceptional artistic creativity & mastery of structural engineering.
13.Dipankar Banerjee, solar physicist from Indian Institute of Astrophysics has become a Co-Investigator of which mission of NASA?
A. BlueRocks
B. PUNCH
C. MartianSoil
D. RedCircles
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. PUNCH
Explanation: PUNCH will consist of a ‘constellation’ of four suitcase-sized microsats that will orbit the Earth in formation and study how the corona. PUNCH stands for “Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere.”
14. _______, South Africa, and Indonesia have boycotted the “Osaka Track” on the “digital economy” at the G20 leaders’ summit in Osaka.
A. Pakistan
B India
C. Sri Lanka
D. Malaysia
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. India
Explanation: Osaka Track overtly undermined “multilateral” principles of consensus-based decisions in global trade negotiations. India, South Africa, Indonesia opposed the plurilateral negotiations on digital trade.
15.NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered high amounts of methane in the air on which among the following planets?
A. Jupiter
B. Mars
C. Uranus
D. Neptune
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Mars
Explanation: The existence of methane is a possible sign of life. Curiosity Rover has been on the surface of Mars since 2012.