1). Mission Parivar Vikas comes under which of the following ministry?
a) Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Information & Broadcasting
b) Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
c) Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
d) Ministry of Women and Child Development
e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Answer: e)
Explanation: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon launch “Mission Parivar Vikas” in 145 high focus districts having the highest total fertility rates in the country. These 145 districts are in the seven high focus, high TFR states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam that constitute 44% of the country’s population. The main objective of ‘Mission Parivas Vikas’ will be to accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable services and supplies within a rights-based framework.
2). Recently how many members were newly appointed by central government to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)?
Answer: a)
Explanation: The Union government has named 3 outside experts as members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), moving to a model followed in the developed world. The 6 member MPC - the other 3 members are from RBI will conduct its first monetary policy review on 4 October, Urjit Patel’s first as RBI governor. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the names of Chetan Ghate, a professor at Indian Statistical Institute Pami Dua, director at Delhi School of Economics (DSE) and Ravindra Dholakia, professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad, as MPC members.
3). PM approves constitution of how many committees for commemoration of birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay?
Answer: b)
Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the constitution of two committees for the commemoration of the birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Mr. Modi will head the 149 member National Committee while Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the 23 member Executive Committee. Former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and H.D. Deve Gowda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Manohar Parrikar, former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani and BJP President Amit Shah are the members of National Committee. Besides, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, Film Director Chandraprakash Dwivedi, former Hockey player Dhanraj Pillai, former Chief Justice R C Lahoti and Constitutional expert Subhash Kashyap will have also been included in the National Committee among others. Union Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma will be the Convenor of the committee.
4). Centre released ________ cr for Building Toilets along Ganga?
a) 325
b) 345
c) 315
d) 335
e) 335
Answer: c)
Explanation: Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry has released an amount of Rs. 315 crore to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation for the implementation of Ganga action plan under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) during the current financial year. This amount will be spent on the construction of toilets along the river Ganga. It may be recalled that Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry had released Rs. 263 crore for this purpose to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation during the last financial year. So far, 14,500 toilets have been constructed under this scheme.
5). What is the rank of India in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)?
a) 188
b) 157
c) 143
d) 163
e) 153
Answer: c)
Explanation: In the first ever annual assessment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in health performance India has ranked 143rd among 188 countries. Health Indicators measured includes: mortality rates, malaria, and hygiene and air pollution. The study was published in medical journal Lancet and launched at a special event at the United Nations general assembly in New York. India was placed just ahead of Pakistan and Bangladesh which were ranked 149th and 151st respectively. India’s is placed lower than countries like Bhutan, Botswana, Syria and Sri Lanka. The SDGs are 17 universal goals, 169 targets and 230 indicators set by the United Nations in 2015 to guide a range of pressing problems, including food and water security, poverty and climate change up to 2030. The Central African Republic, Somalia and South Sudan had the lowest values in the SDG index.
6). What is the name of Russia-Pakistan Military Drill?
a) Friendship 2016
b) Druzhba-2016
c) TASS 2016
d) Raspak 2016
e) RAPK 2016
Answer: a)
Explanation: Russian forces have reached in Pakistan for its first ever joint military drill. The military exercise in which around 200 Russian army men are participating, was earlier reported to have been cancelled in the wake of the killing of 18 soldiers in the September 18 terror attack on an Indian army base in Jammu and Kashmir. The two-week military drill named ‘Friendship 2016’ is the first between the two former Cold War rivals. It will continue till October 7. The exercise is a signal that Russia and Pakistan are deepening their military cooperation.
7). Which of the following country host the India Business and Culture Festival?
a) Brazil
b) China
c) Japan
d) South Africa
e) Russia
Answer: b)
Explanation: China’s Yangzhou city is hosting India Week celebrations from 23 September with a business and investment meeting to be attended by CEOs of top Indian firms. As part of Yangzhou’s International Cuisine Festival, an ‘Incredible India Pavilion’ was inaugurated, showcasing select Indian food delicacies and for promoting tourism-related travel options for Yangzhou visitors to India. The city in coastal Jiangsu province has been an important business partner for India in the Eastern China Region. Companies in Yangzhou have shown keen interest in investing in India as part of the projects available under the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Secretary of the ruling Communist Party of China’s Yangzhou unit, Xie Zhengyi, will soon lead an investors’ delegation to India to explore opportunities for investment.
8). Recently Insurance regulator IRDAI has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on which of the following Insurance Company for violations of various norms?
a) ICICI
b) LIC
c) SBI
d) MAX
e) HDFC
Answer: c)
Explanation: Insurance regulator IRDAI has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on SBI Life Insurance Company for violations of various norms. Inspection reports indicated that it had done 621 policies after expiry of license. Authority renewed the expired licence of the corporate agent from a retrospective date i.e licence expiry date, which is only for operational convenience but doesn’t mean that insurer is allowed to procure business during the licence expiry period while the renewal application was under process.
9). Securities and Exchange Board of India recently has prohibited ______companies from selling various immovable and movable properties?
Answer: e)
Explanation: Securities and Exchange Board of India has prohibited four companies from selling various immovable and movable properties as part of its efforts to recover dues totalling over Rs 1,200 crore. The companies are Mega Mould India, Promotech Infratech, Megasys Medi life and Mangalam Agro Products.
10). Canara Bank to raise $_________mn for its overseas branches?
a) 660
b) 500
c) 550
d) 530
e) 540
Answer: b)
Explanation: State-owned Canara Bank on Friday said its board has permitted raising up to $500 million as a part of its $2-billion medium-term note programme, for funding its overseas branches. This would be done by issuing senior unsecured foreign currency bonds in international markets. The board has also approved raising up to Rs1,128 crore via a rights issue to existing shareholders.
11). Which of the following country India has Sign MoU on Tea Production?
a) China
b) Nepal
c) Bangladesh
d) Sri Lanka
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: India and China have joined hands to promote sustainable tea production and consumption. The United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) and China Tea Marketing Association (CTMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard. This MoU is the first step towards greater regional cooperation between Indian and Chinese tea industries, which produce and consume the highest volume of tea in the world. The funding support for this region would be around €15 million by 2020.
12). Girish Chandra Gupta was sworn in as Chief Justice of which of the following state?
a) Kerala
b) Kolkata
c) Manipur
d) Tamil Nadu
e) None of the above
Answer: b)
Explanation: Justice Girish Chandra Gupta was sworn in as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court. West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi administered the oath of office to Justice Gupta at the Raj Bhavan in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Gupta replaces Manjula Chellur, who has taken over as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
13). Sanjiv Singh will be the new Chairman of which of the following nation’s largest company?
a) BHEL
b) BSNL
c) BEEL
d) IOC
e) NTPC
Answer: d)
Explanation: Sanjiv Singh will be the new Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest company.Singh, 56, who is currently Director of Refineries at IOC, was selected for the top job after government headhunters Public Enterprise Selection Board (PESB) interviewed eight candidates.
14). Who has been appointed as a chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board?
a) M.K. Sahoo
b) Justice R C Lahoti
c) Subhash Kashyap
d) Mahesh Sharma
e) None of the above
Answer: e)
Explanation: The cabinet’s panel approves the appointment of M.S. Sahoo as chief of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board for a period of 5 years or until further orders, whichever is the earliest M.S. Sahoo is currently a member at anti-trust regulator Competition Commission of India and was earlier a member at capital markets regulator SEBI.
15). Vijay Kelkar has been elected president of the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). Kelkar succeeded which of the following person?
a) C Rangarajan
b) Mahesh Sharma
c) S K Kalra
d) Rakesh Jain
e) Sandeep Patel
Answer: a)
Explanation: Former petroleum secretary Vijay Kelkar has been elected president of the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). Kelkar succeeded former RBI governor C Rangarajan. He was elected at the general body meeting of the institute, which functions under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
16). Mohan M Shantanagoudar new CJ of which of the following state?
a) Kerala
b) Kolkata
c) Manipur
d) Tamil Nadu
e) None of the above
Answer: a)
Explanation: Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar was sworn in as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court at a function held at Raj Bhavan here. Governor Justice (Retd) P Sathasivam administered oath of office to Justice Shantanagoudar, who was the acting Chief justice. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his cabinet colleagues were among those present on the occasion
17). The ___________ edition of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise ‘INDRA-2016’ has begun in the Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok, Russia.
Answer: c)
Explanation: The eighth edition of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise ‘INDRA-2016’ has begun in the Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok, Russia. Main focus of this edition of the joint exercise is on ‘Counter-Terrorism Operations in semi mountainous and jungle terrain under United Nations Mandate’. To achieve interoperability in joint operations, troops from both sides would acquaint themselves with the respective approach to such operations.
18). who has written the book ‘Citizen and Society’?
a) Harilal Upadhyay
b) Hemant Shesh
c) Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman
d) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
e) None of the above
Answer: e)
Explanation: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Vice President Mohd Hamid Ansari's book titled "Citizen and Society" at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. The book is a collection of lectures delivered by Hamid Ansari ranging from the role of women in a multicultural society to other dynamics of a democratic nation.
19). Ritu Rani related to which of the following sport?
a) Cricket
b) Shooting
c) Hockey
d) Volley ball
e) Golf
Answer: c)
Explanation: Former Indian women's hockey captain Ritu Rani has retired from international hockey after being deeply hurt following her axing from the Rio Olympics-bound squad. Ritu, who was controversially dropped from the team for the Rio Olympics citing "attitude" issues, however was included in the 29 probables for the national camp which began in Bhopal on Sunday.
20). Who won the doubles title of the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo ?
a) Sania Mirza & Barbora Strýcová
b) Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis
c) Zhaoxuan Yang & Chen Liang
d) Martina Hingis & Barbora Strýcová
e) T. Bacsinszky & M. Hingis
Answer: a)
Explanation: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza won her 40th WTA doubles title after winning the Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo on Saturday. Sania and her Czech partner Barbora Strýcová, playing together in their third tournament, defeated China's Zhaoxuan Yang and Chen Liang 6-1, 6-1 in the 52-minute long tournament final.
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