Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 31st May 2019

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1) Which among the following day observed on May 31st every year?

a) World No Tobacco Day

b) World Hunger Day

c) International Everest Day

d) World Press Freedom Day

e) World AIDS Vaccine Day

2) Which among the following states has launched the Healthcare Investment Policy-2019 to boost medical tourism in the state?

a) Chhattisgarh

b) Jammu & Kashmir

c) Rajasthan

d) Madhya Pradesh

e) Andhra Pradesh

3 )Name the head of the pannel formed by RBI to develop secondary market for corporate loans?

a) Sanjaya Gupta

b) Pranjul Bhandari

c) T N Manoharan

d) Chandan Sinha

e) Dr. Harsh Vardhan

4) FICCI survey forecasts India’s GDP growth at what percentage for the financial year 2020?

a) 8.1%

b) 8.7%

c) 9.2%

d) 7.1%

e) 7.8%

5) Name the head of the committee formed by RBI on the Development of Housing Finance Securitisation Market?

a) Chandan Sinha

b) T N Manoharan

c) Sanjaya Gupta

d) Pranjul Bhandari

e) Dr. Harsh Vardhan

6) Who among the following persons take charge as new Navy Chief?

a) Ram Dawlath Singh

b) Praneeth Singh

c) Narendra Singh

d) Vikram Singh

e) Karambir Singh

7) Who administered the oath of office of PM Narendra Modi?

a) President Ram Nath Kovind

b) CJI Ranjan Gogoi

c) MP Maneka Gandhi

d) Both A and B

e) Both A and C

8) Who among the following was elected as the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea?

a) James Marape

b) Sam Abal

c) Bill Skate

d) Rabbie Namaliu

e) None of these.

9) Who among the following has taken over Vice Admiral Karambir Singh to be appointed as the new Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command (ENC)?

a) Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain

b) Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar

c) Vice Admiral Robin K. Dhowan

d) Vice Admiral R. P. Suthan

e) None of these

10) Carmine Caridi died recently. He was a famous ____________

a) Physician

b) Actor

c) Politician

d) Astronomer

e) Scientist

11) Name the India’s last Orangutan dies at Nandankanan Zoological Park, Odisha.

a) Ponney

b) Sunny

c) Chinny

d) Binny

e) None of these

Answers:

1) Answer: A)          

  • Every year, on 31 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD).
  •  The annual campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness on the harmful and deadly effects of tobacco use and second-hand smoke exposure, and to discourage the use of tobacco in any form.
  • The focus of World No Tobacco Day 2019 is on “tobacco and lung health.”

2)Answer: B)

  • Jammu and Kashmir Government unveiled Healthcare Investment Policy-2019.
  • This follows the State Administrative Council decision taken in this regard on March 08, 2019.
  • As per the new Health Care Investment Policy, the Government of Jammu & Kashmir will promote and encourage the private parties and entrepreneurs for setting up healthcare infrastructure in the state by providing subsidies and incentives
  • Accordingly, 30% subsidy on capital investment will be provided for setting up of multi-speciality Hospitals, Super Specialty Hospitals, Medical Colleges, Nursing Colleges and Paramedical Colleges.
  • Interest subsidy shall be provided @ 5% per annum on term loan subject to a ceiling of Rs. 15 lakh per year for a period of five years from the date of operationalization of the project.
  • Also, the subsidized power tariff rates shall apply as applicable to Industries Sector. 100 % subsidy on purchase and installation of DG sets with an upper ceiling of Rs. 45 lakh.

3) Answer: C)

  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a six-member committee on the Development of Secondary Market for Corporate Loans to come up with recommendations to increase the efficiencies of the debt market and aid in the resolution of stressed assets
  • The six-member body, headed by Canara Bank Chairman T N Manoharan, has been set up to review the existing state of the market for loan sale/transfer in India as well as the international experience in loan trading

4) Answer: D)

  • The country’s median GDP is forecast at 7.1 per cent for FY20 and 7.2 per cent for FY 21.
  • The industry body FICCI’s economic outlook survey stated that the minimum and maximum growth estimate stood at 6.8 per cent and 7.3 per cent, for 2019-20.
  • The survey was conducted in May 2019 among economists belonging to the industry, banking and financial services sectors.
  • Inflation is expected to remain moderate and the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation rate is projected at 3.1 per cent in 2019-20, while, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation has a median forecast of 4 per cent for 2019-20.

5) Answer: E)

  • The Reserve Bank of India has constituted a six-member committee on Development of Housing Finance Securitisation Market.
  • The committee, headed by Harsh Vardhan, Senior Advisor, Bain & Co, will review the regulations relating to mortgage-backed securitisation (MBS) currently in place, and make specific recommendations on suitably aligning the same with international norms
  • The committee will review the existing state of mortgage securitisation in India and various issues constraining market development, and to develop the market further
  • The committee will submit its report by the end of August 2019

6) Answer: E)

  • The Armed Forces Tribunal cleared the way for Vice Admiral Karambir Singh to become the next Navy Chief, while it deferred for four weeks the matter of Vice Admiral Bimal Verma which seeks to quash Singh’s appointment
  • Vice Admiral Singh, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam
  • Singh will be the first helicopter pilot to become chief of Naval Staff.

7) Answer: A)

  • National Democratic Alliance leader Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for the second consecutive term
  • President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of Office and Secrecy to him and a team of 57 ministers at a glittering ceremony on the forecourts of the Rashtrapati Bhawan
  • Besides 24 Cabinet ministers including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, and Piyush Goyal, nine were sworn in as Minister of State with Independent charge and another 24 as Minister of State.
  • One-third of the total ministers in the Cabinet are first-timers,  including BJP president Amit Shah and former Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Two former Chief Ministers – Ramesh Pokhriyal from Uttarakhand and Arjun Munda from Jharkhand – have taken oath as Union ministers for the first time.
  • President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena, President of Myanmar, U Win Myint, President of Bangladesh, Md. Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister of Bhutan, Dr Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Nepal, K P Sharma Oli, Special Envoy of Thailand, Grisada Boonrach, President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth witnessed the event

8) Answer: A)            

  • James Marape, a former finance minister and critic of a major global gas development deal, has been elected by parliament as the prime minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG)

His election came after weeks of political turmoil that saw his predecessor, Peter O’Neill, resign having lost the support of the House after more than seven years in power

9) Answer: A)         

  • Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, AVSM, VSM took over as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command (ENC) succeeding Vice Admiral Karambir Singh
  • The outgoing FOC-in-C, Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, will assume the charge as the 24th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS)

10) Answer: B)              

  • Carmine Caridi, known for roles in The Godfather franchise, has passed away
  • Caridi first appeared in the Godfather franchise in 1974, when he played Carmine Rosato in The Godfather Part II.
  • He returned in 1990 as Albert Volpe in The Godfather Part III.
  • In 2004, Caridi became the first person to be expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

11) Answer: D)

  • A 41-year-old orangutan at Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoological Park, named ‘Binny”, has passed away
  • ”Binny”, the country’s lone orangutan, was brought to Nandankanan Zoo from Pune’s Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park on November 20, 2003, when she was 25.
  • Orangutans are one of the world”s three extant species of great apes and are native to Indonesia and Malaysia. Orangutans are currently found only in the rain forests of Borneo and Sumatra.
  • Considered to be among the most intelligent primates, orangutans can live up to 45 years in the wild and even more in zoos

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