Current Affairs Quiz - 21 July 2017

Current Affairs Quiz - 21 July 2017

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Q1. Who will take oath as the 14th President of India on 25th July ?
A. Pranabh Mukherjee
B. Ramnath Kovid
C. LK Advani
D. Surendra Pratap
E. Either A or C


Q2. Recently The CM of Odisha Navin Patnaik dedicated the Logest bridge in Odisha, On which River its situated ?
A. River Mahanadi
B. River Satluj
C. River Brahmani
D. River Kathajodi
E. River Tel


Q3. What is the Growth Rate Projected by Asian Development Bank recently for the financial year 2017 ?
A. 7.0%
B. 7.2%
C. 7.3%
D. 7.4%
E. 7.7%


Q4. Which bank will recently offer upto 15Lakh instant Personal loan through ATM ?
A. SBI
B. HDFC
C. PNB
D. BOB
E. ICICI


Q5. Which Indian State Recently Demanded for a Seperate State Flag after J&K ?
A. Tamilnadu
B. Kerala
C. Maharashtra
D. Gujrat
E. Karnataka


Q6. Which Famous Multinational Giant has recently introduced Recruiting Apps "Hire" for business ?
A. Microsoft
B. Facebook
C. Google
D. Flipkart
E. Amazon


Q7. Which veteran leader has recently received the Life Time Achievement Award for his contributions as a parliamentarian in the Lok Sabha ?
A. Suresh Prabhu
B. Nitin Gadkari
C. Narendra Modi
D. LK Advani
E. None of these


Q8. Which State Govt. has recently revised the policy of the 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme, according to which families who have a yearly income of upto Rs 7.5 lakh will be benefited ?
A. Maharashtra
B. Gujarat
C. Odisha
D. West Bengal
E. Haryana


Q9. Recently who has been appointed as the New Indian Bowling Coach ?
A. Navin Kumar Pathak
B. Jitender Singh
C. Anushuman Trivedi
D. Rohan Aggarwal
E. Bharat Arun


Q10. Which State has recently launched the Janahitha grievance redressal system for online complain ?
A. Maharashtra
B. Telangana
C. Haryana
D. WestBengal
E. Jharkhand



Answer with Explanation

Explanation 1. Ram Nath Kovind has won the presidential election after securing over two-thirds of the total electoral college votes. Mr Kovind will be sworn-in as the 14th President of India on July 25.

Explanation 2. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today dedicated to the nation the state’s longest bridge and named it after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The 2.88 km bridge over the river Kathajodi will connect the state capital of Bhubaneswar with Cuttack reducing the distance between the two cities by 12 km.

Explanation 3. India is expected to achieve the projected growth rate of 7.4% in 2017 and further up 7.6% next year on strong consumption demand, with South Asia leading the growth chart in Asia and the Pacific, an ADB supplement report said today. “India, the sub-region’s largest economy, is expected to achieve previous growth projections of 7.4% in 2017 and 7.6% in 2018, primarily from strong consumption,” the supplement of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Outlook 2017 said.

Explanation 4. Largest private sector lender ICICI BankBSE 0.15 % will be selling personal loans of up to Rs 15 lakh through its ATMs that can be availed of by select salaried customers even if they haven't previously applied for one. Using data from credit information companies, the lender will pre-qualify select customers for personal loans. Such customers will get a message on the ATM screen after completing a transaction, informing about their eligibility for personal loans.

Explanation 5. Karnataka govt forms panel to design separate flag for state If the flag comes into being, Karnataka will be the second state to have its official flag after J&K. The Karnataka government has formed a nine-member committee to submit a report on designing a separate flag for the state and providing a legal standing for it, with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defending the move saying there is no constitutional provision against it. If the flag comes into being, Karnataka will be the second state to have its official flag after Jammu and Kashmir, which enjoys a special status under Article 370 of the Constitution.

Explanation 6. Google Introduces Recruiting App 'Hire' For Businesses In an apparent move to compete with Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, Google has launched 'Hire', a recruiting app for small- and medium-sized businesses that also integrates seamlessly with G Suite. "Hire makes it easy for you to identify talent, build strong candidate relationships and efficiently manage the interview process end-to-end," Berit Johnson, Senior Product Manager at Google Cloud, wrote in a blog on Tuesday.

Explanation 7. Advani gets Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions in Lok Sabha Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani on Wednesday received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions as a parliamentarian in the Lok Sabha. JD-U leader Sharad Yadav also received the Lifetime Achievement Award as a Rajya Sabha representative from Vice President Hamid Ansari at a function organised by the Lokmat Media Group to honour distinguished Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members.

Explanation 8. Maharashtra Govt. approves revised policy of 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme aimed to improve girl The Maharashtra government today approved a revised policy of the 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme, according to which families who have a yearly income of upto Rs 7.5 lakh will be benefited. A decision to this effect was taken during the cabinet meeting held here. The scheme, launched by the state government on April 1, 2016 in place of 'Sukanya' scheme, is aimed at improving the skewed girl child ratio, prevent sex determination and female foeticide, and support female education. According to the earlier provisions, the 'Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree' scheme catered to girls from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families and those whose annual income was upto Rs 1 lakh.

Explanation 9. Bharat Arun appointed India bowling coach The three-member committee formed by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has decided to retain the services of Sanjay Bangar and fielding coach R Sridhar while appointing Bharat Arun as the bowling coach of the Indian senior men's team. In addition to serving as batting coach, Bangar will also serve as Ravi Shastri's deputy. The committee met India's new head coach Shastri in Mumbai today (July 18) and made the announcements. The appointments were made by CoA chairman Vinod Rai who acted on the recommendations of BCCI's acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and CoA member Diana Edulji.

Explanation 10. Janahitha grievance redressal system launched in Telangana Now, complainants in the district need not travel long, or go from pillar to post to meet officials to submit their grievances. A short text from your WhatsApp or a phone call to the redressal centre could save you time and money. Developed by the State Information Technology, E&C department, ‘Janahitha’, an integrated grievance redressal management system aims at expediting complaint resolution through continuous monitoring at a centralised cell. The portal also serves information on the various schemes the users could avail. A call centre set up for the purpose will act as the support station and receives grievances from complainants in simpler forms – an SMS, e-mail or a call after the user completes a one-time registration.