Answer-(C) Ministry of Human Resource DevelopmentExplanation:
The HRD Ministry had launched Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan (VISAKA), a digital financial literacy campaign aimed to actively engage youth and students of Higher Education Institutions to encourage and motivate all payers and payees to use a digitally enabled cashless economic system for transfer of funds.
2) The fourth edition of ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM)-Plus will be held in ___________.
(A) Philippines
(B) Japan
(C) Indonesia
(D) China
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Answer-(A) PhilippinesExplanation:
The ADMM-Plus is platform for ASEAN and its eight dialogue partners to strengthen security and defence co-operation for peace, stability, and development in the region.
3) PM launches South Asia’s first Ro-Ro ferry service in __________.
(A) Kerala
(B) Gujarat
(C) West Bengal
(D) Assam
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Answer-(B) GujaratExplanation:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated first phase of Ro-Ro (roll-on, roll-off) ferry service between Ghogha in Bhavnagar district and Dahej in Bharuch district in the Gulf of Cambay, Gujarat.
It is South Asia’s first world class Ro-Ro ferry service.
The Ro-Ro ferry services are vessels made to carry wheeled cargo (such as cars, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers, and railroad cars) that are driven on and off ferry on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle.
It is opposite of lift-on and lift-off (lo-lo) vessels which uses crane to load and unload cargo.
It will reduce the distance between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej is South Gujrat from 310 kilometres by road to 30 kilometres.
4) The Union Home Ministry has appointed former director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) ____________as central government’s representative to initiate dialogue with all stakeholders in insurgency-hit Jammu and Kashmir.
(A) Dineshwar Sharma
(B) Vinoth Roy
(C) Sushil Arora
(D) Rajiv Jain
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Answer-(A) Dineshwar SharmaExplanation:
The initiative has been taken as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address Dineshwar Sharma is 1979-batch (retired) officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS).
He had served as the IB director between December, 2014 and 2016.
5) Which are the countries not signatory of Paris climate agreement?
1. USA
2. China
3. Syria
4. India
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1 and 3
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 2 and 4
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Answer-(B) 1 and 3Explanation:
On October 23, 2017, Central American country, Nicaragua officially signed the Paris climate change agreement and presented the relevant documents for the agreement at the United Nations.
Paris climate agreement, adopted in December 2015, is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through which member countries have committed to take steps for limiting global warming and thereby avoid dangerous climate change.
It is to be noted that Nicaragua has no oil and its government pursues a green energy policies. More than 50% of its electricity is produced by geothermic, wind, solar, biomass and wave power.
Now as Nicaragua has signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement, US and Syria are the only countries who are not party to this agreement.
6) Who has been appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)?
(A) Suresh Sethi
(B) Anoop Kumar Agrawal
(C) Kanwaljit Singh Cheema
(D) NS Venkatesh
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Answer-(A) Suresh SethiExplanation:
Suresh Sethi replaces AP Singh who had held the post since January 2017.
As stated by Union Ministry of Communications, Suresh Sethi had been selected by the Banks Board Bureau. Several top heads from public and private sector banks as well as reputed finance professionals were vying for this post.
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