Current Affairs MCQs – 2 - 3 July

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Q1. The ninth and final meeting of Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on India-Nepal relations

concluded in

A. New Delhi

B. Mumbai

C. Kathmandu

D. Pokhara

Answer: C

Explanation: The ninth and final meeting of Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on India-Nepal

relations concluded in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The Representatives from Nepal and India deliberated up on various bilateral issues including 1950

Peace and Friendship treaty, trade, transit and border during the two day meeting.

Indian side was represented by Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Jayant Prasad, Bhuvan Chandra Upreti and

Mahendra P. Lama. Nepalese side included Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, Nilamber Acharya, Rajan

Bhattarai and Surya Nath Upadhyay.

Q2. ______ became only the fifth player from India to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall

of Fame for their stupendous achievements in international cricket.

A. Rahul Dravid

B. Saurav Ganguly

C. Virendra Sehwag

D. Sachin Tendulkar

Answer: A

Explanation: Former India captain Rahul Dravid and Australian legend Ricky Ponting have been

inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame for their stupendous achievements in international

cricket.

Along with Dravid and Ponting, retired England woman wicketkeeper-batter Claire Taylor was also

named in the „Hall of Fame‟ during a ceremony in Dublin, Ireland.

Dravid became only the fifth player from India to be named in the elite list. The other four Indians

are former skippers Bishan Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble.

Q3. ______ has become the new president of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA)

A. Rakesh Bansal

B. Rajat Sharma

C. Vinod Tihara

D. Rajan Manchanda

Answer: B

Explanation: Rajat Sharma has become the new president of Delhi and Districts Cricket

Association (DDCA) for a period of 3 years.

Senior TV journalist Rajat Sharma and his team swept the Delhi and District Cricket Association

(DDCA) elections, winning all 12 seats on offer.

Sharma polled 1,521 votes out of 2,791 to beat member of the 1983 World Cup winning team

Madan Lal (1,004) and Singh (232) for the president‟s position.

Those elected:

President: Rajat Sharma

Vice-president: Rakesh Bansal

Secretary: Vinod Tihara

Joint-secretary: Rajan Manchanda

Treasurer: OP Sharma

Cricket director: Sanjay Bhardwaj

Woman director: Renu Khanna

Directors: Alok Mittal, Apurv Jain, Nitin Gupta, Nandan Sharma, Sudhir Kumar Aggarwal.

Q4. Which country‟s team has won the 2018 Men‟s Hockey Champions Trophy?

A. India

B. Netherlands

C. Australia

D. None of these

Answer: C

Explanation: India lost (1-3) to Australia in a shootout in the summit clash of Hockey Champions

Trophy 2018 in Breda, the Netherlands.

India settled for silver medal in the tournament after losing to Australia in the final via shootout.

In the 2016 edition, India had lost to the same opponents in a similar manner. Australia won their

15th goal medal at Champions Trophy. India won their second silver medal after winning their first

in 2016.

Q5. The first 'Khadi Mall' of the country will be opened in

A. Jharkhand

B. Andhra Pradesh

C. Gujarat

D. Maharashtra

Answer: A

Explanation: The first 'Khadi Mall' of the country will be opened in Jharkhand. It was announced

by Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das.

The land in the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) campus will be made available to the Khadi

Board to develop the country's first Khadi mall.

Q6. Bhitarkanika national park is in which state?

A. Odisha

B. West Bengal

C. Karnataka

D. Tamil Nadu

Answer: A

Explanation: The Bhitarkanika national park has become the largest habitat of the endangered

estuarine crocodiles in the country with a record number of their nesting sites spotted in it.

Altogether 101 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles were found this time by enumerators.

Estuarine crocodiles are also found in West Bengals Sundarban areas having the country's largest

mangrove cover.

Q7. _____ has entered into an agreement with the Bombay Metal Exchange (BME) to develop

commodity derivatives markets.

A. National Stock Exchange

B. India International Exchange

C. Indian Commodity Exchange Limited

D. Bombay Stock Exchange

Answer: D

Explanation: Premier stock exchange BSE has entered into an agreement with the Bombay Metal

Exchange (BME) for the growth and systematic development of commodity derivatives markets in

the non-ferrous metals complex.

Through this memorandum of understanding (MoU), the BSE and the BME will co-ordinate and

work jointly on initiatives to deepen the understanding of commodity market among stakeholders.

Q8. ________ appointed as Director & GM of United India Insurance

A. K Vijay Srinivas

B. Vibha Prasad

C. Armaan Bhati

D. None of these

Answer: A

Explanation: City-based United India Insurance Company announced the appointment of K B

Vijay Srinivas as its Director and General Manager with effect from July 1.

Prior to taking up the new role, he was serving National Insurance Company Ltd as its Chief

Marketing Officer and General Manager.

Srinivas, in his 37 years of service, has also contributed articles in journals of insurance, tax and

other subjects. A recipient of many awards, Srinivas is also an associate member of Insurance

Institute of India.

Q9. ________ has won the Austrian Grand Prix in Austria

A. M. Verstappen

B. K. Räikkönen

C. S. Vettel

D. None of these

Answer: A

Explanation: Red Bull‟s Max Verstappen has won the Austrian Grand Prix in Austria.

Top 3 Winners:

1. Netherlands M. Verstappen - Red Bull

2. Finland K. Räikkönen - Ferrari

3. Germany S. Vettel - Ferrari

Q10. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary is in which state?

A. Tamil Nadu

B. Kerla

C. Karnataka

D. Andhra Pradesh

Answer: C

Q11. Which government launched 'Happiness Curriculum' for its school students?

A. Delhi

B. Maharashtra

C. Madhya Pradesh

D. West Bengal

Answer: A

Explanation: The Delhi government launched 'Happiness Curriculum' for its school students. It

was launched by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the presence of the Dalai Lama.

The 'Happiness Curriculum' including meditation, value education, and mental exercises.

It was designed and prepared by a team of 40 Delhi government teachers, educators and volunteers

over a period of six months.

The curriculum will involve a 'Happiness' period of 45 minutes for all students studying in nursery

up to class VIII at all the Delhi government schools. Each class will begin with a five minute

meditation practice.

Q12. NITI Aayog, in collaboration with various ministries and industry partners, is

organising „MOVE: Global Mobility Summit‟ in which city?

A. Mumbai

B. Hyderabad

C. New Delhi

D. Chennai

Answer: C

Explanation: NITI Aayog, in collaboration with various ministries and industry partners, is

organising „MOVE: Global Mobility Summit‟ in New Delhi on 7th and 8th September 2018.

This Summit will help drive Government‟s goals for vehicle electrification, renewable energy

integration and job growth and also speed up India‟s transition to a clean energy economy.

MOVE Summit aims to bring together and engage with key stakeholders within the rapidly

transforming global mobility landscape and to evolve a public interest framework for a shared,

connected, zero emission and inclusive mobility agenda for the future.

The Summit will constitute three designated components – The Conclave, the Expo and the

Featured Events.

Q13. Election Commission of India launched Mobile App ______ to enable citizens to report

on violation of election code of conduct.

A. pVIGIL

B. sVIGIL

C. eVIGIL

D. cVIGIL

Answer: D

Explanation: The Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat, along with the Election

Commissioners Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa launched a mobile app, called „Cvigil,‟ on July 3,

2018, for citizens to report any violation of the model code of conduct during elections.

“cVIGIL" is a user-friendly and easy to operate Android application. It will be operational only

where elections are announced.

However, the beta version of the app will be made available for the public and election staff to

download so that they can acquaint themselves with its features and also try sending dummy data.

Upon successful completion of the trial that is underway, the application will be made available for

general use by all, right from the forthcoming Assembly elections in the States of Chhattisgarh,

Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Rajasthan.

The practical use of the app during the four-state Assembly polls will also serve as a pilot initiative

before it is put to extensive use during the next Lok Sabha General Elections.

“cVIGIL” will allow anyone in the election-bound state to report violations of Model Code of

Conduct (MCC) that comes into effect from the date of announcement of elections and goes on till

a day after the polls.

By using this app, citizens can immediately report on incidents of misconduct within minutes of

having witnessed them and without having to rush to the office of the returning officer to lodge a

complaint.

Q14. Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in ____ state has become the first oil public sector

undertaking (PSU) to adopt an online legal compliance system by introducing 'Legatrix'.

A. Assam

B. Odisha

C. Tripura

D. Maharashtra

Answer: A

Explanation: Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in Assam has become the first oil public sector

undertaking (PSU) to adopt an online legal compliance system by introducing 'Legatrix'.

'Legatrix' is a onestop solution for effectively managing the organisations legal and regulatory

compliances through monitoring control at different levels.

It encompasses the requirements of laws like labour, taxation, IT, commercial, export-import,

corporate laws and other industry-specific laws.

Q15. ________ appointed as the new director general and chairman of the Ordnance Factory

Board (OFB).

A. P K Shrivastava

B. K J Mahobiya

C. Kiran Rao

D. Vishnu Mehta

Answer: A

Explanation: P K Shrivastava appointed as the new director general and chairman of the Ordnance

Factory Board (OFB).

Shrivastava was earlier the additional director general of ordnance factories and member at OFB.

He was also in-charge of OFB's Armoured Vehicles headquarters at Avadi in Chennai.

Srivistava joined Indian Ordnance Factories' Service in 1982 and in a career spanning 36 years. He

has been with Ammunition Factory Khadki, Vehicle Factory Jabalpur, Ordnance Factory

Varangaon, Ordnance Factory Khamaria, Armoured Vehicles headquarters and at OFB

headquarters as member of personnel division.

Q16. ________ has taken over the additional charge as chairman and managing director of

steel PSU SAIL.

A. Saraswati Prasad

B. Srikar Kumar

C. Navneeth Rai

D. P K Singh

Answer: A

Explanation: Senior bureaucrat Saraswati Prasad has taken over the additional charge as chairman

and managing director of steel PSU SAIL.

Prasad succeeds P K Singh.

Q17. Which country to host International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST)?

A. India

B. Canada

C. Australia

D. United States

Answer: A

Explanation: The International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), the global voice

of food science and technology in association with Indian National Science Academy (INSA) as

adhering body, announced the 19th edition of its prestigious global event to be held in Navi

Mumbai, India from October 23-27, 2018.

The focal theme for this edition of the prestigious congress is 25 Billion Meals a Day by 2025 with

Healthy, Nutritious, Safe and Diverse Foods.

IUFoST 2018 will provide insight on key concepts on recent advances in food sciences, food

processing and agriculture technologies.

The five-day event will bring together researchers, academicians, professionals, policy makers and

industry leaders from across the globe to showcase innovation, exchange breakthrough ideas and

drive policy issues.

Q18. Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) is Headquartered in which

city?

A. Hyderabad

B. New Delhi

C. Chennai

D. Bengaluru

Answer: A

Explanation: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has

approved a proposal allowing the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to acquire a majority

stake in the IDBI bank.

Under the proposal, the public sector life insurance behemoth can raise its stake in the public sector

bank to 51%, injecting ₹10,000-13,000 crore in the debt-ridden lender.

Q19. _________ has been adjudged first among states for its performance under the Pradhan

Mantri Surakshit Matritav Abhiyan (PMSMA) in the country.

A. Madhya Pradesh

B. Himachal Pradesh

C. Jharkhand

D. Telangana

Answer: B

Explanation: Himachal Pradesh has been adjudged first among states for its performance under the

Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritav Abhiyan (PMSMA) in the country.

Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda conferred the award upon the state which was received

by Additional Chief Secretary, Health, BK Agarwal at a ceremony in New Delhi.

The Himachal Pradesh government had launched PMSMA in August, 2016, and established around

495 clinics in which ante-natal check-ups were conducted by the doctors.

Under PMSMA pregnant women are supposed to get antenatal check up on 9th of every month by a

doctor.

Q20. Swiggy announced the appointment of _______ as its first Chief Operating Officer.

A. Vivek Sunder

B. Rajkumar Bhatiya

C. Pramod Patil

D. Ankush Rao

Answer: A

Explanation: Swiggy announced the appointment of Vivek Sunder as its first Chief Operating

Officer.

As COO of Swiggy, Vivek will be responsible for the company's operating units and be tasked with

accelerating Swiggy's mission of making the lives of consumers more convenient and hassle-free.

Q21. NABARD sanctions Rs ______ crore for Bengal rural infra projects.

A. Rs 735.53 crore

B. Rs 730.53 crore

C. Rs 725.53 crore

D. Rs 720.53 crore

Answer: A

Explanation: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned

Rs 735.53 crore under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to West Bengal during the

first quarter of 2018-19.

The funding would help execution of 86 projects, which included six solar power projects, works

on one medium irrigation, five minor irrigation and 12 flood protection projects, besides 57 projects

of widening and strengthening of roads and five rural bridges.

Q22. Who is the new president of Mexico?

A. Manuel López

B. Peña Nieto

C. Jaime Calderon

D. Jose Meaade

Answer: A

Explanation: Mexico‟s leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has won country‟s

presidential election by a landslide. He replaced President Enrique Peña Nieto.

He is a Mexican politician who is the President-elect of Mexico, until he becomes President on 1

December 2018.

He began his political career in 1976 as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in

Tabasco and eventually became the party's state leader.

In 1989, he joined the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and was the party's 1994

candidate for Governor of Tabasco. He was the national leader of the PRD between 1996 and 1999.

In 2000, he was elected Head of Government of Mexico City. Often described as a populist and a

nationalist López Obrador has been a politician of national relevance for more than two decades.

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