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1) When do we observed the World Brain Tumor Day?
a) June 10
b) June 8
c) June 9
d) June 7
e) June 6
2) The World Oceans Day is observed worldwide on _____________-
a) June 8
b) June 7
c) June 6
d) Second Saturday of June
e) Second Sunday of June
3) Who has been appointed as the Vice-Chairperson in the reconstituted NITI Aayog?
a) Amitabh Kant
b) Bibek Debroy
c) Rajiv Kumar
d) Ramesh Chand
e) VK Saraswat
4) Which of these is not the member of the UNSC?
a) Russia
b) India
c) United States
d) China
e) None of these
5) The Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) has been launched by which organisation?
a) TERI
b) RBI
c) FICCI
d) CII
e) IB
6) RBI slapped a Rs 2 crore fine on Kotak Mahindra Bank for not complying with directions. Headquarters of Kotak Mahindra Bank is in which city?
a) Vadodara
b) Chennai
c) Bengaluru
d) Delhi
e) Mumbai
7) RBI recently revised NPA norms by giving banks 30 days to review stressed loans. An asset is termed as ‘Non-Performing’ when it is overdue for more than _____________.
a) 60 days
b) 180 days
c) 360 days
d) 90 days
e) 200 days
8) Who has been elected as the Prime Minister of Thailand?
a) Maha Vajiralongkorn
b) Prayuth Chan-ocha
c) Somkid Jatusripitak
d) Prem Tinsulanonda
e) None of these
9) Who has becomes first South Asian American woman to chair US house?
a) Pramila Jayapal
b) Prasanthi Kanal
c) Nayana Khurushi
d) Manjusha Kumaran
e) None of these
10) Which country has successfully launched a Long March 11 solid rocket from a sea launch platform, bringing its burgeoning space program new, flexible launch capabilities?
a) Russia
b) China
c) Germany
d) Vietnam
e) Singapore
11) Ministry of Corporate Affairs signed with which among the government bodies for the exchange of data between the two organisations?
a) RBI
b) IRDAI
c) NABARD
d) SEBI
e) None of these
12) Malcolm John Rebennack Jr, popularly known as Dr John, who passed away recently was professionally ____________.
a) Singer
b) Actor
c) Gymnaist
d) Journalist
e) Politician
13) Who among the following are Indian-origin women have been named by Forbes among America’s 80 richest self-made women?
a) Jayshree Ullal
b) Neerja Sethi
c) Neha Narkhede
d) Only (a) and (c)
e) All (a), (b) and (c)
Answers :
1) Answer: B)
- It is observed every year on 8 June to raise international public attention to the people that are suffering from serious disease and the urgent need for more research.
- Several events are organised around the world to educate about brain tumours.
2) Answer: A)
- World Oceans Day is celebrated on 8 June every year to empower people of all ages to become leaders of their own and stop polluting ocean, water bodies.
- This day spread awareness about to reduce single-use plastics and to take action necessary to bring the real change.
- The theme for 2019 World Ocean Day is “Gender and Oceans”
3) Answer: C)
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the reconstitution of government thinktank NITI Aayog.
- While Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar continues in his post along with members VK Saraswat, Ramesh Chand and VK Paul
- The ex-officio members now include Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
- However, the name of Bibek Debroy, a former permanent member, is missing from the new list.
- Special invitees to NITI Aayog include Minister of Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari; Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot; Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal; and Minister of Statistics (Independent) Rao Inderjit Singh.
4) Answer: B)
- Estonia, Niger, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam were elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for a two year term beginning January 1, 2020.
- In the African and Asia Pacific category, Vietnam got 192 out of 193 votes, followed by Niger and Tunisia (191 votes each).
- The Security Council is the most powerful organ of the UN and consists of 15 members including five permanent members (China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States), and 10 non-permanent members who are elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.
- Currently, Belgium, Cte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and South Africa. are the non-permanent members.
- The two-year terms of Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland will end in 2019 and the newly elected members will take on their seats.
5) Answer: D)
- Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has launched a Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) to assess state and central budgets.
- The Index incorporates qualitative assessments of revenue expenditure, capital expenditure, revenues, fiscal prudence and the level of public debt arrive at a more holistic picture of fiscal performance than the fiscal deficit to GDP ratio.
- The new index will use multiple indicators to measure the quality of Budgets at the Central and the State levels rather than a single indicator “fiscal deficit to GDP ratio” used till date.
6) Answer: E)
- The Reserve Bank imposed a penalty of ₹2 crore on Kotak Mahindra Bank for not complying with its directions regarding dilution of promoters’ shareholding in the company.
- The private sector lender was directed by RBI to furnish information about details of the shareholding held by its promoters and to submit details of the proposed course of action for complying with the permitted timeline for dilution of promoter shareholding.
- However, Kotak Mahindra Bank failed to comply with the directions and a show cause notice was issued to the bank as to why penalty should not be imposed for non-compliance.
- As per RBI’s banking licensing norms, a private bank’s promoter holding has to be brought down to 40 per cent within three years of operations, 20 per cent within 10 years and 15 per cent within 15 years.
7) Answer: D)
- New NPA resolution norms replace all the previous models, the central bank said. Under the new norms, defaults are to be recognized within 30 days.
- Lenders will get a breather from the one-day default norm
- They will get a 30-day review period to frame a resolution strategy
- They have to submit a weekly report to the RBI on defaults by borrowers with exposure of Rs.5 crore and above.
- New norms also applicable to small finance banks and large NBFCs
8) Answer: B)
- Thailand’s new parliament has elected military government chief Prayuth Chan-ocha as the country’s prime minister, completing a transition from coup leader to head of a civilian government in a system seen tilted in his favour.
- Prayuth’s appointment becomes official when it is endorsed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.
- The 65-year-old exceeded the 375-vote threshold needed to win the premiership by receiving 500 votes from the 750-member parliament.
9) Answer: A)
- Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal becoming the first South Asian American woman to preside over the US House of Representatives.
- Jayapal, who was first elected to the Congress in 2016.
10) Answer: B)
- China successfully launched a Long March 11 solid rocket from a sea launch platform, bringing its burgeoning space program new, flexible launch capabilities.
- The Long March 11 solid propellant light launch vehicle lifted off from a mobile launch platform in the Yellow Sea.
- The satellites included Bufeng-1A and B, designed by the China Academy of Space Technology to monitor ocean wind fields and improve typhoon monitoring, Xiaoxiang-1-04, a small satellite developed by Changsha-based private firm Spacety, an experimental communications satellite, Tianqi-3, developed by Guodian Gaoke, and two ‘Tianxiang’ Ka-band communications test satellites for the China Electronic Technology Group.
11) Answer: D)
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for data exchange between the two regulatory organisations.
- The agreement was signed by K.V.R. Murty, Joint Secretary, MCA, and Madhabi Puri Buch, Whole Time Member, SEBI in the presence of senior officers from both the organisations.
- The MoU will facilitate the exchange of data and information between SEBI and MCA on an automatic and regular basis.
- It will enable sharing of specific information such as details of suspended companies, delisted companies, shareholding pattern from SEBI and financial statements filed with the registrar by corporates, returns of allotment of shares, audit reports relating to corporates.
- SEBI and MCA will also exchange with each other, on request, any information available in their respective databases, for the purpose of carrying out scrutiny, inspection, investigation, and prosecution
12) Answer: A)
- Six-time Grammy award winning singer and songwriter Malcolm John Rebennack Jr, popularly known as Dr John, passed away due to a heart attack at the age of 77.
- During his singing career, Dr John was nominated for 15 Grammy Awards and won six of them.
13) Answer: E)
- Three Indian-origin women have been named by Forbes among America’s 80 richest self-made women.
- President and CEO of computer networking firm Arista Networks Jayshree Ullal, co-founder of IT consulting and outsourcing firm Syntel Neerja Sethi and CTO and co-founder of streaming data technology company Confluent Neha Narkhede are in the Forbes list of ‘America’s Richest Self-Made Women 2019’.
- The list has been topped by Diane Hendricks, who chairs ABC Supply, one of the largest wholesale distributors of roofing, siding and windows in America. The 72-year old has a net worth of USD 7 billion.
- Ullal, who has been ranked 18th in the list, has a net worth of USD 1.4 billion. Sethi, ranked 23rd,and Narkhede is ranked 60th.
