Sunday 13 November 2016

Daily GK Quiz 12th November 2016

Question-1. India and Japan in November 2016 signed ten agreements to boost the bilateral cooperation between the two nations. Consider the following statements in context the same
I. Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in the Field of Agriculture and Food Related Industry was inked
II. It signed in New Delhi
III. MoC on the Manufacturing Skill Transfer Promotion Program was inked

Which is/are correct?

Answer: Only I and III

Question-2. Which state recently received the Union Government’s nod to introduce pneumococcal conjugate vaccine under Universal Immunisation Programme?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh

Question-3. Which of the following countries will host the 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)?

Peru

Question-4. Name the Tennis star who will once again be a UN goodwill ambassador when her doping ban expires in April 2017 and she returns to international tennis competition.

Answer: Maria Sharapova

Question-5. Name the person who in November 2016 smashed the 12-year-old national senior record in high jump with an effort of 2.26 meter.

Answer: Tejaswin Shankar

Question-6. Which American TV series in the year 2000 predicted win for Trump in Presidential elections?

Answer: The Simpsons

Question-7. What was the name of Trump’s Board Game?

Answer: Trump

Question-8. Which man is the real brain behind Modi’s currency withdrawal move?

Answer: Anil Bokil

Question-9. Name the place in Mizoram where the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu laid the foundation stone for Railway Station Building in November 2016.

Answer: Sairang

Question-10. As per official data, the industrial production of India in September 2016 grew by what percent?

Answer: 0.7 percent

Question-11. As per United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia’s report the Arab Spring protest movement has cost what expenses since 2011.

Answer: 614 billion dollars

Question-12. Who of the following was accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Chad in November 2016?

Answer:  Nagabhushana Reddy

Question-13. Who of the following was appointed as Vice President-elect of US by President-elect Donald Trump?

Answer: Mike Pence

Question-14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the last day of his visit to Japan, reached Kobe from Tokyo by the bullet train. Name the bullet train.

Answer: Shinkansen

Question-15. Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana at Patti in district Tarntaran of the state. Tarntaran district is located in which state of India?

Answer: Punjab

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Daily Current Affairs: 13th November 2016

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  • The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a three-year $12 billion loan program for Egypt, the largest such package to a Middle East nation. 
  • The loan will help in boosting Egypt’s foreign currency inflows, which have dwindled since the 2011 Arab Spring uprising, and revive the African nation's economy.
  • The India-China Joint Training Exercise "Hand in Hand 2016" is scheduled to be held in Pune from November 15-27. This would mark the 6th annual joint training exercise between the Indian Army and the People's Liberation Army of China.
  • Australia will host the 2018 Invictus Games for wounded military personnel, Britain's Prince Harry announced. More than 500 serving and former personnel from 17 nations will compete in the multi-sports competition in Sydney.
  • Forward Vandana Katariya will captain Indian senior women's hockey team in the Test Series against Australia to be played at Melbourne from November 23 to November 30.
  • Defender Sunita Lakra will be the vice-captain of the 18-member squad.
  • Narinder Batra has become the first Indian to be elected the President of the International Hockey Federation. He was voted to the top post by an overwhelming margin during the penultimate day of the 45th FIH Congress in Dubai.
  • India will preside the eighth edition of the Conference of Parties (COP) to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which will be held in Switzerland's Geneva in 2018.
  • Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Bhutan's Economic Affairs Minister Tengye Lyonpo Lekey Dorji signed the agreement in New Delhi. The first agreement on trade and commerce between both countries was signed in 1972.
  • 11 year old Pune girl Anvita Prashant Telang has been named national winner of the “Doodle 4 Google” contest. The sixth standard student from Vibgyor High School in Balewadi area was chosen for her Doodle submission on the theme titled “If I could teach anyone anything, it would be”.
  • TAFE, the world’s third largest tractor maker, in collaboration with the Rajasthan government, is setting up a Centre of Excellence — ‘JFarm Rajasthan’ — and a Custom Hiring Centre in six zones in Rajasthan at a total outlay of Rs.970 corer.
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