The Union Government will launch a new sub-scheme “AGEY” as part of the DAY– NRLM. What does “AGEY” stands for?
Correct Answer: B [Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana]
Answer Explanation:
The Government of India will soon launch a new sub-scheme named
“Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY)” as part of the Deendayal
Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
Initially, AGEY will be implemented in 250 Blocks in the country on
pilot basis with each Block provided upto 6 vehicles to operate the
transport services. The Self Help Groups (SHGs) under DAY-NRLM will
operate road transport service in backward areas. This will help to
provide safe, affordable and community monitored rural transport
services to connect remote villages with key services and amenities
(such as access to markets, education and health) for the overall
economic development of backward rural areas. This will also provide an
additional avenue of livelihood for SHGs.
Which bank has recently launched two digital products: Bharat QR and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) for online payments?
Correct Answer: C [Canara Bank]
Answer Explanation:
The Canara Bank has recently launched two digital products: ‘Bharat
QR’, a platform for payment settlement at merchant locations, and Bharat
Bill Payment System (BBPS) is an integrated bill payment system for Net
banking customers. The first service is a mobile application, which
enables a merchant to accept payments as settlement for sale of goods or
services. The second product (BBPS), an initiative of the RBI offers
bill payment services to the bank’s net banking customers with network
of agents.
Vijay Nambisan, who passed away recently, was the renowned personality of which field?
Correct Answer: A [Poetry]
Answer Explanation:
Vijay Nambisan (54), the well-known poet, writer and journalist of
India writing in English, has passed away on August 10, 2017. He was the
first-ever All India Poetry Champion in 1988 for his poem Madras
Central. He co-authored a book of poems ‘Gemini’ with Dom Moraes and
Jeet Thayil. Nambisan passionately championed the ethical use of
language and made an appeal to readers, writers and enthusiasts of
literature in his monumental book ‘Language as an Ethic’. His poetry
served keen observations about politics — both internal and external —
with gentle wit, often directed at himself.
Which state government has launched Facebook’s ‘She Means Business’ programme to train women entrepreneurs?
Correct Answer: D [Odisha]
Answer Explanation:
Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Odisha, has recently launched
Facebook’s ‘She Means Business’ programme in Bhubaneswar to train women
entrepreneurs in the state. For this, Facebook has partnered the
Odisha’s MSME department and Project Mission Shakti to train 25,000
women entrepreneurs and self-help group (SHG) members on digital
marketing skills by the end of 2018. After imparting training, Facebook
will make a database of entrepreneurs in the state and will monitor
their growth, turnover and profit after one year.
Which state is hosting the 2017 India-ASEAN Youth Summit?
Correct Answer: C [Madhya Pradesh]
Answer Explanation:
The 2017 India-ASEAN Youth Summit has started in Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh on August 14, 2017 with theme of “Shared Values, Common
Destiny”. The event is being organised by Foreign Ministry, Madhya
Pradesh government and India Foundation. The five day Summit has
inaugurate by Union Minister of State for External Affairs General VK
Singh, Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel
and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The exercise
will mark the 25th anniversary of the ASEAN-India dialogue partnership
in the ongoing year 2017. Madhya Pradesh has been chosen for this event
as the Sanchi stupa here strengthens the state’s cultural affiliation
with the ASEAN countries. Over 175 delegations of youths from Indonesia,
Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos,
Myanmar, Vietnam and India are participating in the Summit.
Which Indian pair has won gold in the skeet mixed team event at the 7th Asian Championship Shotgun?
Correct Answer: B [Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Rashmmi Rathore]
Answer Explanation:
The Indian duo of Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Rashmmi Rathore has won a
gold medal in the skeet mixed team event at the 7th Asian Championship
Shotgun in Astana, Kazakhstan on August 13, 2017. With this, India
finished the championship with a total of 8 medals. Earlier, Ankur
Mittal had won a gold in the men’s double trap and had also helped India
bag the team gold in the event. Kynan Chenai won a bronze in the men’s
trap and also partnered Shreyasi Singh to claim the trap mixed team
bronze. Maheshwari Chauhan clinched a bronze in the women’s skeet, along
with team silver in the event before the men’s skeet team picked up
another bronze. The results will serve as good encouragement for the
2017 Shotgun World Championships in Moscow, which is scheduled to start
from August 30.
Yisrael Kristal, the world’s oldest man passed away. He hailed from which country?
Correct Answer: A [Israel]
Answer Explanation:
Yisrael Kristal (113), the world’s oldest man who lived through both
World Wars, has passed away in Haifa, Israel on August 11, 2017. He was
officially recognised as the world’s oldest man by the Guinness Book of
Records in March 2016. Kristal, a Polish-Israeli supercentenarian,
became the world’s oldest recognized Holocaust survivor in 2014 and the
world’s oldest man in 2016.
The 2017 World Elephant Day (WED) is observed on which date?
Correct Answer: C [August 12 ]
Answer Explanation:
The World Elephant Day (WED) is observed every year on August 12 to
focus the attention of various stakeholders in supporting various
conservation policies to protect elephants, including improving
enforcement policies to prevent illegal poaching and trade in ivory. On
the occasion of 2017 WED, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the Union Environment,
Forest and Climate Change Minister, has launched a nationwide campaign
“Gaj Yatra” in New Delhi to protect elephants in the country. The
campaign is planned to cover 12 elephant range states.
Which state government has launched “Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra” for unemployed youth?
Correct Answer: C [Maharashtra]
Answer Explanation:
Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has launched
‘Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra’ on August 14, 2017 to provide job
opportunities to unemployed youth in Mumbai. Under this initiative,
there are various schemes like farmers weekly market, farmers mobile
market and mother’s tiffin. These products will be made available with
the help of mobile vans all over Mumbai and the information about the
location of the vans is made available through an app.
The Orang National Park (ONP) is located in which state?
Correct Answer: D [Assam ]
Answer Explanation:
The Orang National Park (ONP) is located on the north bank of the
Brahmaputra River in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam and
covers an area of 78.81 square kilometers. The park has a rich flora and
fauna, including great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, pigmy hog,
elephants, wild buffalo and tigers. It is the only stronghold of
rhinoceros on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river.
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