Current Affairs Quiz: December 12 2018
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- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced the rise in contribution of the government in National Pension Scheme (NPS) to ____ % from existing 10 %, burdening the government by Rs 2,840 crore for 2019-20?
1) 15 %
2) 16 %
3) 14 %
4) 12 %
5) None of these - Where was the Regional Conference on ‘Good Governance – Focus on Aspirational Districts’ held on 10th and 11thDecember 2018?
1) Bengaluru, Karnataka
2) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
3) Pune, Maharashtra
4) Hyderabad, Telangana
5) None of these - Which state/union territory government launched a 10-day special inspection drive named “Operation Minimum Wage” on 10th December 2018, to check implementation of minimum wage rules?
1) Puducherry
2) Delhi
3) Telangana
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these - Lepa Rada became _____ district of Arunachal Pradesh, on 11th December 2018?
1) 28th
2) 26th
3) 24th
4) 30th
5) None of these - Where was the first International Conference, on the theme- ‘Sustainable Water Management’, held on 10th and 11th December 2018?
1) Rohtak, Haryana
2) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
3) Mohali, Punjab
4) Kochi, Kerala
5) None of these - Which country became the 38th member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international body to combat money laundering, terrorist financing etc., on 10th December 2018?
1) Egypt
2) Pakistan
3) Israel
4) Afghanistan
5) None of these - The 14-day 7th Sino-India joint exercise Hand-in-Hand 2018,between India and China commenced at ____, on 10th December 2018?
1) Arunachal Pradesh, India
2) Chengdu, China
3) Wuhan, China
4) Sikkim, China
5) None of these - Jana Small Finance Bank launched Jana Bankable Debit Card in association with which entity, on 11th December 2018?
1) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
2) Hockey India (HI)
3) Indian Olympics Association (IOA)
4) Badminton Association of India (BAI)
5) None of these - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a fine amounting to ____ rupees on Indian Bank for violating cyber security norms, on 11th December 2018?
1) Rs 2 crore
2) Rs 5 crore
3) Rs 3 crore
4) Rs 1 crore
5) None of these - Government of India and which bank signed a loan agreement of 31 million dollars to develop Tourism and boost Jobs in Tamil Nadu, on 11th December 2018?
1) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
2) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
3) World Bank
4) European Investment Bank
5) None of these - The number of countries with strong policy frameworks for sustainable energy increased from 17 to ____ in the eight years till 2017, according to ‘Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2018 report’ released by World Bank?
1) 23
2) 45
3) 59
4) 62
5) None of these - Who became the first-ever recipient of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Coach of the Year Award, on 11thDecember 2018?
1) Sascha Bajin
2) Petra Kvitora
3) Bethani Mattek-Sands
4) Ashley Peterson
5) None of these - Which basketball team was named the 2018 Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, at the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year Awards Show in Los Angeles, United States, on 11th December 2018?
1) Golden State Warriors
2) Los Angeles Lakers
3) Boston Celtics
4) Toronto Raptors
5) None of these - Name the Indian Railway employee who has been conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award 2018 for his novel “Marom” in Santhali language?
1) Anuj Kumar
2) Shyam Sundar Besra
3) Sajin Vohra
4) Ram Nath Bhalla
5) None of these - _____ was appointed as the new Chairman of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) India, on 10th December 2018?
1) Amrita Rao
2) Arundhati Bhattacharya
3) Rujuta Singh
4) Shivkumar Shukla
5) None of these - Who resigned from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), on 11th December 2018?
1) K Veermani
2) Surjit Bhalla
3) Shaktikanta Das
4) Bibek Debroy
5) None of these - Which Indian power station created a world record for the longest uninterrupted operation for 941 days, on 10thDecember 2018?
1) Bokaro Power Station-1, Jharkhand
2) Kaiga Power Station-1, Karnataka
3) Durgapur Power Station-2, West Bengal
4) Barauni Power Station-2, Bihar
5) None of these - Name NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)’s probe that became the second human-made object in history to reach the edge of our solar system, on 10th December 2018?
1) Voyager 2
2) Soyus 3
3) Galaxy 2
4) Star Rider 2
5) None of these - Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Radha Mohan Singh launched the portal ENSURE- National Livestock Mission-EDEG. This portal has been developed by which entity?
1) National Informatics Centre (NIC)
2) NITI Aayog
3) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
4) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
5) None of these - Where was Nishidhi stone inscription from the 12th century, issued to commemorate Jain ascetics who perform Sallekhana vratha, found?
1) Pelling, Sikkim
2) Udaipur, Rajasthan
3) Shivamogga, Karnataka
4) Namakkal, Tamil Nadu
5) None of these - CN Balakrishnan passed away in Kochi, Kerala, on 11th December 2018. He was a _____?
1) Politician
2) Journalist
3) Actor
4) Athlete
5) None of these - Name the author of the book ‘Of Counsel: The Challenges of the Modi-Jaitley Economy’ that was launched in Mumbai, on 9th December 2018?
1) Rajini Pallikal
2) Arvind Subramanian
3) Veena JaiSingh
4) Rishab Mehta
5) None of these - When did UNICEF (United Nations International Children Emergency Fund) celebrate its 71st foundation day?
1) December 9
2) December 10
3) December 11
4) December 12
5) None of these - What was the theme of the International Mountain Day 2018 celebrated on 11th December 2018?
1) #SavetheMountains
2) #MountainsMatter
3) #MountainsunderPressure
4) #Climatechanges&Mountains
5) None of these
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- Where is Periyar National Park located?
- Name the President and headquarters of Financial Action Task Force (FATF)?
- What is the tagline of Jana Small Finance Bank?
- CEO of Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) India is ____?
- Who is the MD and CEO of Indian Bank, headquartered in Chennai?
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