Current Affairs MCQs – 6 - 8 July

2018

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Q1. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has developed a mobile app

_____ to protect interest of consumers.

A. GST Verify

B. GST Customer

C. GST Help

D. GST Interest

Answer: A

Explanation: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has developed a mobile

app 'GST Verify' to protect interest of consumers.

It is an android app to verify if the person collecting GST from the consumer is eligible to collect it

or not. It also provides the details of the person/ company collecting GST.

This app is developed by B Raghu Kiran joint commissioner GST Hyderabad. It can be used all

across the country.

Q2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will be

setting up a 'Design University for Gaming' in which city?

A. Hyderabad

B. Visakhapatnam

C. Warangal

D. Amravati

Answer: B

Explanation: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will be

setting up a 'Design University for Gaming' in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

They will develop edutech gaming in the state, with the target of providing 50,000 jobs in 10 years.

Q3. State-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up a state-of-the-art Civil Aviation

Research Organization (CARO) at ______

A. Hyderabad

B. Visakhapatnam

C. Mumbai

D. Chennai

Answer: A

Explanation: State-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) will set up a state-of-the-art Civil

Aviation Research Organization (CARO) at Hyderabad‘s Begumpet Airport.

It is aimed at "finding indigenous solutions" to meet the challenges posed by the growing air traffic.

Q4. ___________ Unveiled World’s First All-Digital Psychedelic Art Museum.

A. China

B. Japan

C. Russia

D. Canada

Answer: B

Explanation: MORI Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan, has become the world‘s first

all-digital museum.

It is a collaboration between the developer and art collective TeamLab, light and space is the art.

Q5. Which Bank has overtaken Russia's Sberbank to become the most valuable bank in the

emerging market outside China?

A. HDFC

B. ICICI

D. Axis

D. None of these

Answer: A

Explanation: HDFC Bank has overtaken Russia's Sberbank to become the most valuable bank in

the emerging market outside China.

HDFC Bank‘s current market capitalisation is $78.4 billion against Sberbank's $74.4 billion.

Globally, America's JPMorgan Chase is the most valuable with a market cap of $353 billion,

followed by Bank of America at $282 billion.

There are four lenders from India that now rank among the world's 500 most valuable companies.

HDFC Bank is followed by its housing finance cousin Housing Development Finance Corporation

(HDFC), Kotak Mahindra Bank and State Bank of India.

In all, there are now 11 Indian companies among the world's 500 biggest firms in terms of market

cap. Tata Consultancy Services tops the chart with a market cap of $103 billion, followed by

Reliance Industries.

Q6. Which state government launched 'Poshan Abhiyan'--a statewide mission to eradicate

malnutrition among children by providing them nutritious food through Anganwadi centres?

A. Gujarat

B. Madhya Pradesh

C. Odisha

D. West Bengal

Answer: A

Explanation: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched 'Poshan Abhiyan'--a statewide mission

to eradicate malnutrition among children by providing them nutritious food through Anganwadi

centres.

The chief minister also launched 'Purna' project to eliminate malnutrition among girls in the age

group of 14 to 18.

'Purna' stands for Prevention of Under Nutrition and Reduction of Nutritional Anaemia among

Adolescent Girls.

Q7. Bajrang Punia has clinched gold in the ___kg category at the 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix

tournament.

A. 65kg category

B. 55kg category

C. 75kg category

D. 85kg category

Answer: A

Explanation: Bajrang Punia has clinched gold in the 65kg category at the 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix

tournament. He defeated Iranian wrestler Mehran Nasiri in the final in Georgia.

Meanwhile, in the 86kg category, Deepak Punia clinched a bronze with a 5-3 win over Osman

Gosen of Turkey.

Q8. World Zoonoses Day is observed on

A. 5 July

B. 6 July

C. 7 July

D. 4 July

Answer: B

Q9. Bindu Dam is in which state?

A. West Bengal

B. Odisha

C. Madhya Pradesh

D. Punjab

Answer: A

Q10. Bardo chham is a Folk Dance Form of which state?

A. Tripura

B. Uttarakhand

C. Arunachal Pradesh

D. Assam

Answer: C

Q11. Which High Court declared the “entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic” as

legal entities?

A. Allahabad High Court

B. Jharkhand High Court

C. Madras High Court

D. Uttarakhand High Court

Answer: D

Explanation: The Uttarakhand High Court declared the ―entire animal kingdom including avian

and aquatic‖ as legal entities with a distinct persona and corresponding rights, duties and liabilities

of a living person.

The Court was hearing a petition filed by one Mr. Narayan Dutt Bhatt seeking directions for

restricting movement of horse carts/tongas from Nepal to India and vice versa through the

Champawat District, Uttarakhand.

Q12. ________ was appointed as the chairperson of National Green Tribunal.

A. Adarsh Goel

B. Pumar Vishnu

C. Sukhpreet Singh

D. Priyanshu Gupta

Answer: A

Explanation: Supreme Court judge Adarsh Kumar Goel was appointed as the chairperson of

National Green Tribunal.

He will have a tenure of five years from the date he assumes office or till he reaches the age of 70

years, whichever is earlier.

Goel, who was elevated to Supreme Court on July 7, 2014. He had previously served as Chief

Justice of the Orissa High Court and prior to that, he was the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High

Court.

He was Born on July 7, 1953, Justice Goel had also held the position of executive chairman of the

Haryana State Legal Services Authority. With the retirement of Goel, the strength of the Supreme

Court goes down to 22 against a maximum of 31 judges.

The first chairperson of the tribunal was Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta, who was appointed on

October 18, 2010, and relinquished the post in 2011 when he was made ‗lokayukta‘ of Himachal

Pradesh.

Q13. International Co-operative Day is observed on

A. 1st friday of July

B. 1st Saturday of July

C. 1st Sunday of July

D. 1st Monday of July

Answer: B

Explanation: International Co-operative Day is an annual celebration of the co-operative

movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by the International Co-operative

Alliance.

2018 theme: Sustainable societies through cooperation

Q14. UN member states approve $____ billion for 13 peacekeeping operations in 2018-19.

A. $9.69 billion

B. $8.69 billion

C. $7.69 billion

D. $6.69 billion

Answer: D

Explanation: The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of the General Assembly

recommended authorisation of $6.69 billion to finance 13 peacekeeping missions from July 1, 2018

to June 30, 2019.

The missions include MINUJUSTH (United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti),

MINURSO (Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), MINUSCA (Multidimensional

Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic), MONUSCO (Stabilisation

Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo) and UNIFIL (Interim Force in Lebanon).

The Committee also approved significant management reforms — including the creation of two

new departments focused on political and peacebuilding affairs and four stand-alone divisions for

Africa — aimed at streamlining the Organisation's operations.

Q15. _____ gets Knowledge Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution in Aluminium

Knowledge domain.

A. T.K Chand

B. Rama Sharma

C. Jitender Singh

D. None of these

Answer: A

Explanation: Dr. Chand received Knowledge Excellence Award from Secretary, Mines, Govt. of

India for Outstanding Contribution in Aluminium Knowledge domain at the 22nd International

Conference on Non-Ferrous Minerals and Metals 2018 at Ranchi.

The Conference was inaugurated by Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Shri Anil Gopishankar Mukim

and was attended by an impressive gathering of industry leaders and policy makers, including from

major Non Ferrous producers like NALCO, Aditya Birla, Vedanta and HCL.

Q16. The Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is organising a two-

day International Round Table Conference at ______

A. Mumbai

B. New Delhi

C. Hyderabad

D. Pune

Answer: B

Explanation: The Ministry of Statistics &Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is organising a

two-day International Round Table Conference at New Delhi during 9-10th July, 2018.

The objective of the Round Table Conference is to identify innovative ideas for improving the

statistical system in India, taking cue from the best practices followed in advanced countries like

Canada, UK and Australia. Such a Conference is being organized in India for the first time.

The Conference will be inaugurated by D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Hon‘ble Union Minister of

Statistics & Programme Implementation in the presence of Shri Vijay Goel, Hon‘ble Minister of

State and K.V. Eapen, Secretary, Statistics & Programme Implementation.

Q17. Who chaired the first meeting of the Task Force on e-commerce in New Delhi?

A. Rajnath Singh

B. Suresh Prabhu

C. Piyush Goyal

D. Rita Teaotia

Answer: D

Explanation: Commerce Secretary, Rita Teaotia, chaired the first meeting of the Task Force on e-

commerce in New Delhi.

The meeting deliberated upon the suggestions emerging from the sub-group meetings held during

20th – 22nd June, 2018.

The suggestions were on wide ranging issues such as cross border data flows, taxation, trade

facilitation and logistics, consumer confidence, IPR and future tech, FDI and competition issues.

Q18. Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person

with net worth of $____ billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

A. $81.6 billion

B. $82.6 billion

C. $83.6 billion

D. $84.6 billion

Answer: A

Explanation: Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world‘s third-richest person

with net worth of $81.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

It‘s the first time that the three wealthiest people on the ranking made their fortunes from

technology.

Top 3:

1. Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos,

2. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates,

3. Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Q19. ________ was sworn-in as the chief justice of Chhattisgarh high court

A. T B Radhakrishnan

B. Balram Das Tandon

C. Ajay Kumar Tripathi

D. None of these

Answer: C

Explanation: Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi (senior-most judge of Patna High Court) was sworn-in

as the chief justice of Chhattisgarh high court at Darbar Hall of the Rajbhawan in Raipur.

Governor Balram Das Tandon administered him an oath of office and secrecy. He became the 14th

chief justice of the state high court.

He has replaced Chief Justice T B Radhakrishnan who has been transferred to the common high

court for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states at Hyderabad.

Q20. Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary in which state/UT?

A. Goa

B. Delhi

C. Daman and Diu

D. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Answer: B

Q21. The 17th World Sanskrit Conference to be held at

A. Vancouver

B. Toronto

C. Ottawa

D. Montreal

Answer: A

Explanation: Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar will inaugurate the 17th

World Sanskrit Conference to be held at Vancouver, Canada from 9th July to 13th July, 2018.

More than 500 scholars and delegates from over 40 countries will be participating in this

conference and exchange their knowledge by presenting papers on various subjects followed by

discussions from amongst the members.

The purpose of this conference is to promote, preserve and practice the Sanskrit language all over

the world by the people. The World Sanskrit Conference is being held in various countries across

the globe once in every three years and so far it has been held thrice in India.

Q22. _______ created history by becoming the first from the minority community to contest

in pakistan elections.

A. Sunita Parmar

B. Sneha Megha

C. Keerti Singh

D. None of these

Answer: A

Explanation: Sunita Parmar, a Hindu woman in Pakistan‘s Sindh province, has created history by

becoming the first from the minority community to contest the provincial assembly elections to be

held on July 25.

Parmar (31) who is from the Meghwar community will contest as an independent candidate for the

Sindh Assembly constituency PS-56 from Tharparkar district which has the highest number of

Hindus in Pakistan.

Q23. __________ has been appointed as a member of the Broadcasting Content Complaints

Council (BCCC).

A. Uday Kumar Varma

B. Wajahat Habibullah

C. Vikramajit Sen

D. None of these

Answer: A

Explanation: Former Information and Broadcasting secretary Uday Kumar Varma has been

appointed as a member of the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC).

He replaces former information commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, whose tenure at the BCCC has

ended.

The 13-member council, chaired by former Supreme Court judge Justice Vikramajit Sen, has actor

Sharmila Tagore, theatre person Arundhati Nag and JNU professor Ira Bhaskar as some of its

members, besides representatives of the National Commission for Women, National Commission

for the Protection of Child Rights and the National Commission for Minorities, among others.

He was a member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) till recently and during his tenure

as the I&B secretary, he spearheaded the nationwide digitisation programme.

Q24. ______ has become the 3rd Indian cricketer who played 500 international matches.

A. M S Dhoni

B. Suresh Raina

C. Virat Kohli

D. None of these

Answer: A

Explanation: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the 3rd Indian cricketer who played 500

international matches.

He achieved this milestone after playing in the second T20I against England at Sophia Gardens,

Cardiff.

Dhoni is now the ninth player in the history of cricket and only the third Indian player, after Sachin

Tendulkar (664 matches) and Rahul Dravid (509), to complete 500 international games.

Some of the other names to feature on this list are – Mahela Jayawardene (652), Ricky Ponting

(560), Shahid Afridi (524) and Jacques Kallis (519).

Q25. J N Sadhu who passed away recently was related to which field?

A. Politics

B. Journalism

C. Films

D. Sports

Answer: B

Explanation: Veteran journalist J N Sadhu passed away in Shimla after a prolonged illness. Sadhu

was 94. He worked with The Indian Express for nearly 35 years.

Q26. Famous Kumaoni folk singer Kabutari Devi passed away. She belongs to which state?

A. Rajasthan

B. Uttarakhand

C. Gujarat

D. Madhya Pradesh

Answer: B

Explanation: Famous Kumaoni folk singer Kabutari Devi passed away Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

following a cardiac arrest. She was 70.

The folk singer has received several honours, which includes the Ministry of Culture, Government

of Uttarakhand for her outstanding contribution which echoed the sound of Kumaon hills.

Q27. _____ clinched the gold medal in the vault event of FIG Artistic Gymnastics World

Challenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey.

A. Rifda Irfanaluthfi

B. Uctas Sanli

C. Dipa Karmakar

D. Sakshi Malik

Answer: C

Explanation: India's premier gymnast Dipa Karmakar clinched the gold medal in the vault event of

FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup at Mersin, Turkey.

This is Dipa's first medal in a World Challenge Cup. The 24-year-old from Tripura, who had

finished fourth in vault event in the 2016 Rio Olympics, scored 14.150 to win gold. She had topped

the qualification also with a score of 13.400.

Q28. Muthoot Pappachan Group appoints _______ as its brand ambassador.

A. Vidya Balan

B. Parineeti Chopra

C. Kriti Sanon

D. Alia Bhatt

Answer: A

Explanation: Muthoot Pappachan Group (MPG), the diversified financial services firm, has

unveiled a new brand philosophy ‗Blue Soch‘ (Blue is belief) under which the company aims to

motivate customers to take their destiny in their own hands by helping them choose the right

financial products.

As a part of the transformation exercise, the group has also appointed Bollywood actor Vidya Balan

as its brand ambassador to drive awareness around its offerings.

Q29. World Chocolate Day is observed on

A. 5 July

B. 6 July

C. 7 July

D. 8 July

Answer: C

Explanation: World Chocolate Day, referred to, in some instances, as International Chocolate Day

is an annual observance that occurs globally on 7 July.

Q30. Bandh Baratha Wildlife Sanctuary located in which state?

A. Haryana

B. Gujarat

C. Punjab

D. Rajasthan

Answer: D

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