Daily Current Affairs Quiz - 9th August 2018

Q1. A motorcycle-maker Benelli signed an MoU with Telangana government and Adishwar Auto Ride International (AARI) for setting a manufacturing facility. Benelli is ____________ based company.

1. Canada
2. France
3. Belgium
4. Italy
5. Bolivia

Solution:

Italian motorcycle-maker Benelli signed an MoU with Telangana government and Adishwar Auto Ride International (AARI) for setting a manufacturing facility.

Q2. NITI Aayog has identified how many districts as ‘Aspirational Districts’ as aspirational districts for RUSA Scheme.

1. 125
2. 117
3. 135
4. 129
5. 104

Solution:

NITI Aayog has identified 117 districts as ‘Aspirational Districts’. These districts have been selected on the basis of composite index which includes published data of deprivation enumerated under Socio-Economic Caste Census, Health &Nutrition, Education and Basic Infrastructure. During the second phase of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), central assistance is provided for opening of new Model Degree Colleges(MDCs) in ‘Aspirational Districts’ identified by NITI Aayog and in unserved & underserved districts in North Eastern and the Himalayan States.

Q3. Exercise 'Maitree' is a joint military exercise that begun recently between Indian Army and ______________.

1. France Army
2. US Army
3. Thailand Army
4. Russian Army
5. Bangladesh

Solution:

Exercise 'Maitree' is a joint military exercise between Indian Army and Royal Thai Army which is running on in Thailand. It is a platoon level exercise which comprises of infantry component.

Q4. NITI Aayog’s International Conference on “Sustainable Growth through Material Recycling: Policy Prescriptions” was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in __________.

1. New Delhi
2. Pune
3. Mumbai
4. Guwahati
5. Chandigarh

Solution:

NITI Aayog’s International Conference on “Sustainable Growth through Material Recycling: Policy Prescriptions” was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Road Transport, Highways & Ganga Rejuvenation, Nitin Gadkari at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in New Delhi.

Q5. The Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari launched BIMS and Bhoomi Rashi and PFMS linkage. BIMS stands for ________________.

1. Building Information Management System
2. Biometric Information Management System
3. Bidder Information Management System
4. Business Information Management System
5. None of the given options is true

Solution:

The Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari launched Bidder Information Management System (BIMS) and Bhoomi Rashi and PFMS linkage - two IT initiatives of the Road Transport & Highways Ministry.

Q6. RUSA is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), launched in 2013 aims at providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions. What does 'U' stands for in RUSA?

1. Union
2. United
3. Uchchatar
4. Unnati

None of the given options is true

Solution:

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS), launched in 2013 aims at providing strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions.

Q7. The Union Government constituted a four-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by ______________ was formed recently to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi on whether to continue with or withdraw from the 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations.

1. Union Minister of Home Affairs, Raj Nath Singh
2. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Suresh Prabhu
3. Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ramvilas Paswan
4. Minister of Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad
5. None of the given options is true

Solution:

The Union Government constituted a four-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu. The GoM has been constituted to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi on whether to continue with or withdraw from the 16-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations.

Q8. In which of the following state, the world's first-ever thermal battery plant was unveiled recently to boost renewable sources of energy production and reduce the dependence on non-renewable fossil fuel-based energy generation?

1. Kerala
2. Gujarat
3. Rajasthan
4. Andhra Pradesh
5. Maharashtra

Solution:

The world's first-ever thermal battery plant was unveiled in Andhra Pradesh by the state’s Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Manufactured by the Bharat Energy Storage Technology Private Limited (BEST), the first-of-its-kind batteries will aim to boost renewable sources of energy production and reduce the dependence on non-renewable fossil fuel-based energy generation.

Q9. Pacific Endeavor-2018, a communication exercise under the Multinational Communications Interoperability Program (MCIP) was held recently in ______________.

1. India
2. Nepal
3. Bangladesh
4. Afghanistan
5. Pakistan

Solution:

Pacific Endeavor-2018, a communication exercise under the Multinational Communications Interoperability Program (MCIP) started in Kathmandu, Nepal. The basic objective of 12 day exercise is to develop common communications operating procedures to enable military forces in the Asia Pacific region to collectively work in the wake of disaster.

Q10. The 123rd Constitutional Amendment Bill giving constitutional status to the NCBC has got Parliamentary assent. NCBC stands for ______________.

1. National Community for Backward Classes
2. National Consortium for Backward Classes
3. National Commission for Backward Classes
4. National Compartment for Backward Classes
5. None of the given options is true

Solution:

The 123rd Constitutional Amendment Bill giving constitutional status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has got Parliamentary assent. It will give the institution all powers to safeguard the rights of the socially and educationally backward classes and fulfils a long pending commitment of the central govt to the OBCs.