GK & Current Affairs: December 7, 2016
1. The Armed Forces Flag Day is celebrated on which day in India?
[A]December 7
[B]December 6
[C]December 8
[D]December 9
Answer: December 7
Notes:
The Armed Forces Flag Day is celebrated annually in India on December 7 to honour the sacrifices of brave soldiers, airmen and sailors of India. The day is dedicated towards collection of funds from people for the welfare of the Armed Forces personnel.
2. The 2016 India International Science festival (IISF) has started in which city?
[A]Pune
[B]New Delhi
[C]Kolkata
[D]Bengaluru
Answer: New Delhi
Notes:
The 2016 India International Science festival (IISF) has started at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Campus in New Delhi from December 7 and will continue till 11th of this month. The Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences has been organising India International Science Festival in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) to promote the science and technology developed by the Indian research labs and to inculcate the scientific temper among masses. The theme of the science festival is “Science for the masses”. IISF-2016 is expecting a large number of visitors (more than 5 lakh) from all walks of life to experience the festival of science and to interact with Indian scientific community.
3. The Center of Excellence in Information Technology will be established by the Government of India (GoI) in which country?
[A]Bhutan
[B]Morocco
[C]Egypt
[D]Greece
Answer: Egypt
Notes:
The Government of India (GoI) will establish a Center of Excellence in Information Technology at Egypt’s oldest and most prestigious Al-Azhar University. This was announced by Indian Ambassador to Cairo, Sanjay Bhattacharyya, after meeting Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayeb in Cairo. The centre will be set up in the engineering department of the university early next year, as part of an effort to enhance cooperation in education between the two countries.
4. Which is the most powerful language according to the 2016 World Power Language Index (PLI)?
[A]Mandarin
[B]English
[C]French
[D]Spanish
Answer: English
Notes:
English has been ranked first in the top 10 most powerful languages in the world according to the 2016 World Power Language Index (PLI) published by World Economic Forum (WEF). It is the dominant language of three G7 nations (USA, UK and Canada). The list is followed by Mandarin, French and Spanish. An Indian language “Hindi” has been ranked 10th in the 2016 PLI. The index measures the usefulness of a language to a representative human being and is not meant to apply to any particular person with their own set of conditions, preferences and geography.
5. Which of the following has become the India’s first parliamentary constituency to have health insurance for all?
[A]Warangal
[B]Aurangabad
[C]Vijayawada
[D]Ratlam
Answer: Vijayawada
Notes:
The Vijayawada Parliamentary constituency has become the India’s first parliamentary constituency to have health insurance for all from a new born to senior citizens. The constituency consists of 265 villages in Andhra Pradesh.The “Swastha Kutambham” health insurance scheme launched by Andhra Pradesh Government in association with Tata Trusts covers health for all in the rural areas and was introduced recently in the villages under Vijayawada MP Constituency. The health insurance will cover all the villagers for a year from December 1, 2016 to November 30, 2017.
6. Which Indian bank has been adjudged the “Best Bank for SME Lending” by Assocham?
[A]Punjab National Bank
[B]State Bank of India
[C]Vijaya Bank
[D]Bank of Baroda
Answer: Vijaya Bank
Notes:
Vijaya Bank has been adjudged “Best Bank for SME Lending” by The Associate Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) at the 4th SMEs Excellence Award function in New Delhi.The Vijaya Bank offers a wide range of personalized and online banking services including savings and current accounts, credit cards, debit cards, loans, mortgages, etc.
7. Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, who recently passed away, was related to which field?
[A]Journalism
[B]Sports
[C]Marine Science
[D]Film Industry
Answer: Journalism
Notes:
Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy (81), the noted political satirist and founder editor of Thuglak magazine, has recently passed away in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was popularly known as Cho Ramaswamy and was an advisor to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
8. “Resourcesat-2A” remote sensing satellite has been launched by which launch vehicle?
[A]PSLV-C33
[B]PSLV-C36
[C]PSLV-C35
[D]PSLV-C37
Answer: PSLV-C36
Notes:
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the remote sensing satellite “Resource sat-2A” into orbit by the PSLV C-36 launch vehicle at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Andhra Pradesh. The mission life of Resourcesat-2A is 5 years. The satellite carries two Solid State Recorders with a capacity of 200 Giga Bits each to store the images taken by its cameras which can be read out later to ground stations. These cameras will send clear and specific pictures of areas where exactly the various resources are located at an in depth level. The new satellite Resourcesat-2A is a follow on mission to Resourcesat-1 and 2. The Resourcesat-2A intends to continue the remote sensing data services to global users provided by the earlier two.
9. “AP Purse mobile app” has been launched by which state government to promote digital transactions?
[A]Arunachal Pradesh
[B]Uttar Pradesh
[C]Andhra Pradesh
[D]Karnataka
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Notes:
The Andhra Pradesh Government has recently launched AP Purse mobile application to promote digital transactions among the people in Vijayawada. The mobile app features 13 mobile banking and 10 mobile wallet options. By using this application, people can pay their bills and carry out their cashless transactions to solve the cash crunch problem in the state following demonitisaton of high value old currency notes.
10. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI)?
[A]Jasti Chelameswar
[B]Dipak Misra
[C]Madan B Lokur
[D]Jagdish Singh Khehar
Answer: Jagdish Singh Khehar
Notes:
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar has been appointed as the 44th Chief Justice of India. He will be sworn-in as the CJI on January 4, 2017. The current Chief Justice TS Thakur will hold on to the office till 3rd January, 2017. Justice Khehar will be the first Sikh to hold the post of CJI and would remain in office from January 4, 2017 till August 4, 2017 i.e. till he attains the age of 65. .
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