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  1. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced sanction of 254 projects worth over ____ rupees under National Mission for Clean Ganga, at the India Water Impact Summit 2018 held in New Delhi, on 5th December 2018?
    1) Rs 24,000 crore
    2) Rs 12,000 crore
    3) Rs 32,000 crore
    4) Rs 48,000 crore
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) Rs 24,000 crore
    Explanation:
    On December 5, 2018, speaking in the India Water Impact Summit 2018, held in New Delhi, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari announced sanction of 254 projects worth over 24 thousand crore rupees under National Mission for Clean Ganga. Out of that, the government has earmarked 20 thousand crores for five years towards the clean Ganga programme. And additional 3 thousand crore rupees next year under the programme has been sanctioned. Under this, the Ministry announced taking up construction of 197 ghats in five states, including Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Over the span of 4 years, around five thousand crore rupees have been spent under NMCG.

  2. Which state has become the first state in India to create a fund for high-end technology and innovation, named ‘Science & Technology Innovation (STI) Fund’ and has approved 50-crore rupees for the fund?
    1) Kerala
    2) Telangana
    3) Madhya Pradesh
    4) Gujarat
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 4) Gujarat
    Explanation:
    On December 5, 2018, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani approved 50-crore rupees to Science & Technology Innovation (STI) Fund for assistance in research and development. Gujarat thus became the first state in the country to create such a fund for high-end technology and innovation. The assistance will be for a maximum period of three years. Assistance up to Rs. 50-lakh will be provided to UGC and AICTE recognized central and state universities and colleges. Similar assistance have been provided under the Biotechnology Policy and IT Policy which will be implemented by Gujarat Council of Science & Technology (GUJCOST) as identified by Gujarat Government’s Science & Technology Department.

  3. Lieutenant governors (LGs) and administrators of Union territories have been empowered by the central government to designate civil courts as special courts to adjudicate contracts related to infrastructure projects. This comes under which section of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (47 of 1963)?
    1) Section 20B
    2) Section 21A
    3) Section 40C
    4) Section 31A
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer –1) Section 20B
    Explanation:
    On 06th December 2018, Lieutenant governors (LGs) and administrators of Union territories have been empowered by the central government to designate civil courts as special courts to adjudicate contracts relating to infrastructure projects. This comes under Section 20B of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 (47 of 1963). According to this the state government, in consultation with the chief justice of the high court, can designate one or more civil courts as special courts within the local limits of the area to exercise jurisdiction and to try a suit under this Act in respect of contracts relating to infrastructure projects.

  4. Where did the two day 175th Meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) Conference & one day 5th OPEC and Non OPEC Ministerial Meeting, conclude, on 7th December 2018?
    1) Doha, Qatar
    2) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    3) Vienna, Austria
    4) Melbourne, Australia
    5) None of these 
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 3) Vienna, Austria
    Explanation:
    On December 7, 2018, two day 175th Meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Conference & one day 5th OPEC and Non OPEC Ministerial Meeting concluded in Vienna, Austria. The 175th meeting of the OPEC conference commenced on December 6, 2018, in Vienna, Austria. It was conducted under the chairmanship of OPEC President, HE Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, the UAE minister of Energy and Industry and Head of its delegation. The next Ordinary meeting will convene in Vienna, Austria in April 2019. The 5th OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting commenced in December 7, 2018, in Vienna, Austria.

  5. Who was appointed as the President of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) Conference for 1 year with effect from January 1, 2019?
    1) Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernandez
    2) Mustapha Guitouni
    3) Agustin Mba Okomo
    4) Etienne Lepoukou
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernandez
    Explanation:
    The 175th meeting of the OPEC conference commenced on December 6, 2018, in Vienna, Austria. It was conducted under the chairmanship of OPEC President, HE Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, the UAE minister of Energy and Industry and Head of its delegation. In this conference the following happened: Qatar withdrew its OPEC membership with effect from January 1, 2019. HE Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernandez, People’s Minister of Petroleum of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, was elected as the President of the conference for 1 year with effect from January 1, 2019. HE Mustapha Guitouni, Algeria’s minister of Energy, was elected as the Alternate President for the same period. Mr. Agustin Mba Okomo, Equatorial Governor of OPEC was appointed as the Chairman of Board of Governors for the year 2019. Mr. Etienne Lepoukou, Gabon’s Governor of OPEC was appointed as Alternate Chairman for the same period.

  6. Which country tops in road deaths with 1.51 lakh road deaths in 2016, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety, released on 7th December 2018?
    1) United States
    2) India
    3) China
    4) South Korea
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) India
    Explanation:
    On 07th December 2018, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety, India tops in road deaths with 1.51 lakh road deaths in 2016 and globally the toll of road deaths increased from 1.25 million to 1.35 in a span of three years. The spike in road deaths globally has come as a shocker considering that the countries had pledged to halve their road deaths by 2020. The United Nations had declared the 2010-2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety. According to the report,at this rate, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target 3.6 to halve road traffic deaths by 2020 will not be met.

  7. Which country has become the first country to abolish all fares on public transport by 2019?
    1) Luxembourg
    2) Monaco
    3) Ireland
    4) Japan
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) Luxembourg
    Explanation:
    On December 7, 2018, Luxembourg became the first country to abolish all fares on public transport by 2019. The move of free public transport was done to enhance the traffic congestion scenario in Luxembourg City, which is one of the worst traffic congestion-hit cities in the world.

  8. Where was the world’s largest Arabic audio library launched on 6th December 2018?
    1) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    2) Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    3) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    4) Muscat, Oman
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
    Explanation:
    On 6th December 2018, Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, launched the Dubai Audio Library, the largest Arabic audio library in the world, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The library, targets seven million visually impaired people in the Arab world, and is an initiative undertaken by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) of Dubai in collaboration with the website Bookshare.org. The first book uploaded to the Dubai Audio Library, Zayed Diwan, is a collection of 87 poems written by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. The library will provide 300,000 books in Arabic and more than 10,000 volunteers will convert Arabic books into digital format and edit them before uploading them to the website.

  9. Name the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General who launched a new framework named as UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact, on 6th December 2018?
    1) Antonio Guterres
    2) Tedros Adhanom
    3) Pedros de Silva
    4) Audrey Auzolay
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) Antonio Guterres
    Explanation:
    On 6th December 2018 United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a new framework named as UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact. The objective of new framework is to combat the scourge of international terrorism and coordinate efforts across the peace and security, humanitarian, human rights and sustainable development sectors. It is an agreement between the UN chief, 36 organizational entities, INTERPOL and the World Customs Organisation. The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism will act as the Coordination Committee and will oversee the implementation of the Compact.

  10. Conference on ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code – A New Paradigm for Stressed Assets’ was held in _____, on 5th December 2018?
    1) New York, United States of America (USA)
    2) New Delhi, India
    3) Mumbai, India
    4) California, United States of America (USA)
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) New York, United States of America (USA)
    Explanation:
    On 5th December 2018, a conference on the theme ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of India – New Paradigm for Stressed Assets’ was held at the Indian Consulate in New York. The conference was organised by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) jointly with the Consulate General of India, New York, USA. The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Mr. Arun Jaitley addressed the conference via Video Conferencing. Dr. M. S. Sahoo, Chairperson, IBBI also addressed at the function. The Conference was followed by a roundtable with prospective stakeholders of the Indian insolvency regime which witnessed participation of many international fund houses and law firms.

  11. Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) announced extension of credit facility of _____ dollars to Tanzania for water supply projects in the country, on 7th December 2018?
    1) USD 500 million
    2) USD 210 million
    3) USD 400 million
    4) USD 350 million
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) USD 500 million
    Explanation:
    On December 7, 2018, Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) announced extension of credit facility of USD 500 million to Tanzania for water supply projects in the country. This is according to a MOU signed on May 10, 2018, between the EXIM Bank and Government of Tanzania. According to the RBI’s statement, of the total credit by Exim Bank: goods and services of value of at least 75 per cent of the contract price shall be supplied by the seller from India and remaining 25 per cent of goods and services may be procured by the seller for the purpose of the eligible contract from outside India. Also, the agreement under the line of credit is effective from September 18, 2018.

  12. Which country has retained its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances in 2018 with its diaspora sending $80 billion back home, according to World Bank?
    1) India
    2) China
    3) Mexico
    4) Egypt
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer –1) India
    Explanation:
    On 08th December 2018,India retain its position as the world’s top recipient of remittances this year with its diaspora sending $80 billion back home, according to World Bank. India is followed by China ($67 billion), Mexico and the Philippines ($34 billion each) and Egypt ($26 billion). The Bank estimates that officially recorded remittances to developing countries will increase by 10.8% to reach $528 billion in 2018, against a 7.8% growth in 2017. Global remittances, which include flows to high-income countries, are projected to grow by 10.3 per cent to $689 billion. Bangladesh and Pakistan both experienced strong upticks of 17.9 percent and 6.2 percent in 2018, respectively. For 2019, it is projected that remittances growth for the region will grow to 3.7 percent to $715 billion. Reducing remittance flows to three per cent by 2030 is a global target under Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.7.

  13. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened to ____ % of the Gross domestic product (GDP) in the July-September quarter of the current fiscal?
    1) 3.5 %
    2) 2.9 %
    3) 4.5 %
    4) 1.8 %
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) 2.9 %
    Explanation:
    On 7th December 2018, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that India’s current account deficit (CAD) widened to 2.9% of the GDP in the July-September quarter of the current fiscal, against 1.1% in the year-ago period, mainly due to a large trade deficit. The deficit for the second quarter was $19.1 billion compared with $6.9 billion in the year-earlier period. The central bank said that the widening of CAD on a year-on-year basis was primarily on account of a higher trade deficit at $50 billion compared with $32.5 billion a year ago. Country’s balance of payments was in deficit of $1.9 billion in the July-September quarter as compared with a surplus of $9.5 billion in the year ago period.

  14. Which country became the world’s leading exporter of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time, on 7thDecember 2018?
    1) Qatar
    2) United States of America
    3) Iran
    4) Australia
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 4) Australia
    Explanation:
    On December 7, 2018, Australia surpassed Qatar to become the world’s leading exporter of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for the first time. This was announced according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics which stated that Australia had exported 6.55 million tonnes of LNG in November 2018 compared to Qatar’s 6.27 million tonnes. LNG is Australia’s third-largest export commodity behind coal and iron ore.

  15. Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Shobhana Bhartia and _____ are the 4 Indians featured in the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women of 2018 released by Forbes?
    1) Deepika Padukone
    2) PV Sindhu
    3) Priyanka Chopra
    4) Mary Kom
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 3) Priyanka Chopra
    Explanation:
    On December 6, 2018, Forbes released The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women of 2018. Four Indians who were featured in the list were:
    • IT stalwart Roshni Nadar Malhotra ranking 51st in the list,
    • Biotechnology pioneer Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ranking 60th,
    • Media mogul Shobhana Bhartia at 88th position and
    • Actor Priyanka Chopra at 94th spot.

  16. Which Union Ministry was conferred the Skoch Award for National Significance in New Delhi, on 7th December 2018?
    1) Ministry of Home Affairs
    2) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
    3) Ministry of Women and Child Development
    4) Ministry of Railways
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
    Explanation:
    On December 7, 2018, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India was conferred the Skoch Award for National Significance in New Delhi. The award was received by Secretary, Ministry of New Renewable Energy Shri Anand Kumar. It was selected as the winner for its critical role in installing about 73 GW renewable energy capacity in the country. This provided one billion units of electricity in the country with 21 per cent of total installed capacity in the span of a year.

  17. Name the Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize-winner who was honored by Harvard University in the United States for her work in promoting girls’ education, on 6th December 2018?
    1) Asma Jahangir
    2) Malala Yousafzai
    3) Sabeen Mahmud
    4) Farzana Bari
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) Malala Yousafzai
    Explanation:
    On 6th December 2018, Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai was honored by Harvard University in the United States for her work promoting girls’ education. The 21-year-old Malala, received the 2018 Gleitsman Award from Harvard’s Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The award provides $125,000 for activism that has improved quality of life around the world. Now 21, Yousafzai became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 when she was recognised for her global work supporting schooling for all children. Currently she is a student at Oxford University in England.

  18. Who has retained the position of top newsmaker in India in the year 2018, according to the Yahoo Year in Review list?
    1) Virat Kohli
    2) Narendra Modi
    3) Anushka Sharma
    4) Rahul Gandhi
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) Narendra Modi
    Explanation:
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi was once again the top newsmaker in India in the year 2018, according to the Yahoo Year in Review list. Modi has featured at the top of the list for at least a couple of years now and is followed this year by Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra wrote his way into the list with third position after landmark verdicts on triple talaq and Article 377.

  19. Bharti Enterprises chairman ____ has received ESCP Europe’s highest honour ‘Doctor Honoris Causa’ for his innovative entrepreneurship and contribution towards philanthropy in education?
    1) Sunil Bharti Mittal
    2) Aunbrata Biswas
    3) Arpit Singh
    4) Ranjan Mishra
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) Sunil Bharti Mittal
    Explanation:
    On 08th December 2018, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has received ESCP Europe’s highest honour ‘Doctor Honoris Causa’ for his innovative entrepreneurship and contribution towards philanthropy in the field of education. With this, Mittal has become the first Indian to be honoured with this recognition in ESCP Europe’s near 200 years history. Established in 1819, ESCP Europe is the world’s first business school, founded by a group of economic scholars and businessmen.

  20. Name the person who is the most followed world leader on Instagram, according to the Twiplomacy study 2018, conducted by Burson-Marsteller, an international public relations and communications firm?
    1) Donald Trump
    2) Narendra Modi
    3) Joko Widodo
    4) Pope Francis
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) Narendra Modi
    Explanation:
    Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most followed world leader on Instagram. And, a photo he posted of his meeting with Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma after their wedding was the most liked photo posted by a world leader this year. Even the second most liked photo of a world leader belonged to PM Narendra Modi. This was of him standing at a bus stop in a picturesque snowy Davos, where he attended the World Economic Forum 2018. And, PM Narendra Modi is also the most “effective” world leader on Instagram, with every one of his 80 posts and videos from this year garnering 873,302 interactions on the photo-sharing app. All this, according to the Twiplomacy study 2018, which is conducted by Burson-Marsteller, an international public relations and communications firm. According to the study, Narendra Modi is the most followed leader with 14.8 million followers. Indonesian President Joko Widodo is second, and US President Donald Trump is third.

  21. Who was appointed as Chief Economic Advisor for a period of 3 years, on 7th December 2018?
    1) Ravi Shankar A S
    2) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
    3) Leena Thomas
    4) Manish Chauhan
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) Krishnamurthy Subramanian
    Explanation:
    On December 7, 2018, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), chaired by PM Narendra Modi, appointed Krishnamurthy Subramanian as Chief Economic Advisor for a period of 3 years. He is currently serving as Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure) and Executive Director for the Centre for Analytical Finance at the Indian School of Business, a top business school in India. He would replace Arvind Subramanian who resigned from the post on 20 June 2018. His appointment comes barely 50 days before the Economic Survey released by GOI. He has done his MBA and PhD in Financial Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business under the advice of Professor and ex-RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.

  22. ____ was appointed as additional director on the board of Axis Bank to replace incumbent Shikha Sharma, on 8th December 2018?
    1) Suraj Prasad
    2) Amitabh Chaudhry
    3) Shiv Kumar Kandala
    4) Tapas Jain
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) Amitabh Chaudhry
    Explanation:
    On 08th December 2018, Axis Bank inducted Amitabh Chaudhry as additional director on its board. He will replace incumbent Shikha Sharma whose fourth term has been curtailed by the RBI by nearly two-and-half years. The board also gave its nod for the reappointment of Samir Barua, Som Mittal and Rohit Bhagat as independent directors. Amitabh Chaudhry, the former MD and CEO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company, was in September named the MD and CEO of Axis Bank for a period of three years, with effect from January 1, 2019.

  23. Name the former managing director of Facebook India, who has joined SoftBank as its first venture partner at its $100 billion Vision Fund?
    1) Juanita Remington
    2) Kirthiga Reddy
    3) Rashmika Patil
    4) Pavithra Gunasekaran
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) Kirthiga Reddy
    Explanation:
    On 08th December 2018, Kirthiga Reddy, the former managing director of Facebook India, has joined SoftBank as its first venture partner at its $100 billion Vision Fund. She is the first women coming on board in a company where the rest are all men. Reddy was Facebook’s first employee in India and served as the managing director for India and South Asia market until 2016, following which she relocated to the company’s US headquarters, serving as Managing Global Client Partner and Emerging Markets Lead.

  24. Which Australian cricketer broke an unwanted 130-year-old record in Australian cricket when he lost his wicket for just 2 runs, on 7th December 2018?
    1) Shaun Marsh
    2) Tim Paine
    3) David Warner
    4) Glen Maxwell
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) Shaun Marsh
    Explanation:
    On 7th December 2018 Australian batsman Shaun Marsh broke an unwanted 130-year-old record in Australian cricket when he ended up gifting his wicket for just 2 runs to Ravichandran Ashwin on Day 2 of the first Test between Indian and Australia in Adelaide. This was Marsh’s sixth successive single digit score and he became the first Australian among the top five Test batsman since 1888 who has made six single-figure scores in a row. The extent of his poor form can be understood from the fact that Marsh hasn’t been able to cross 40 runs in his last 13 innings. In fact, only five time out of those innings he has managed a score in double-digits.

  25. Name the cricketer who set a new record of having the most double tons in Ranji Trophy history, after he scored his eighth double ton in the competition, on 7th December 2018?
    1) Paras Dogra
    2) Aditya Kaushik
    3) Ishant Sharma
    4) Atul Parikhar
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 1) Paras Dogra
    Explanation:
    Dogra, a 34-year-old batsman who currently plays for Puducherry, set a new record of having the most double tons in Ranji Trophy history after slamming his eighth double ton in the competition against Sikkim. Dogra’s 244-ball 253 is also his highest individual score.

  26. Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu released two books named “The Republican Ethic” in English and “Loktantra ke Swar” in Hindi, on 8th December 2018. These books contain compilation of selected speeches made by ____?
    1) Prime Minister Ram Nath Kovind
    2) President Ram Nath Kovind
    3) Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    4) Union Minister Arun Jaitley
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 2) President Ram Nath Kovind
    Explanation:
    On 8th December 2018, Vice President of India Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu released two books on the compilation of selected speeches made by the President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind in the first year of assuming the office. The books are titled as, “The Republican Ethic” in English and “Loktantra ke Swar” in Hindi. The occasion was also graced by Union Minister of External Affairs, Smt. Sushma Swaraj and the Minister of Information Broadcasting (IC), Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore along with other senior dignitaries. ‘The Republican Ethic’ is a collection of 95 select speeches in English categorized into eight subgroups — Addressing the Nation, diversity of India, window to the world, educating India, equipping India, dharma of public service, honoring our sentinels, spirit of the Law & acknowledging excellence. The book “Loktantra ke Swar” – is a collection of 109 speeches in Hindi which talks about different layers and levels of multifaceted largest democracy in the world – India and the building blocks of the book are equality, egalitarianism & education.

  27. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council has approved India’s proposal to observe which year as International Year of Millets?
    1) 2019
    2) 2021
    3) 2023
    4) 2025
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 3) 2023
    Explanation:
    On December 7, 2018, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh announced Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council’s approval to India’s proposal to observe an International Year of Millets in 2023. This was approved in the 160th session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council, being held in Rome. Millets consists of Jowar, Bajra, Ragi and minor millets together termed as nutri-cereals. Earlier, India had observed 2018 as the National Year of Millets, which promoted cultivation and consumption of these nutri-cereals. This decision will thus enhance global awareness to bring back these nutri-cereals to the plate, for food and nutrition security.

  28. When did Indian Navy celebrate Submarine Day to commemorate the induction of the first submarine, the erstwhile INS Kalvari, into the Navy in 1967?
    1) December 6
    2) December 7
    3) December 8
    4) December 9
    5) None of these
    Answer & Explanation
    Answer – 3) December 8
    Explanation:
    On 08th December 2018, the Indian Navy celebrates Submarine Day.The day commemorates the induction of the first submarine, the erstwhile INS Kalvari, into the Navy on this day in 1967. The Foxtrot class submarine was decommissioned on the 31st May, 1996, after 29 years of service. Addressing the annual Navy Day press conference on the 03rd December 2018, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba had spoken of the launch of INS Arihant nuclear submarine. He called it the third and most reliable part of India’s nuclear triad.

STATIC GK based on Current Affairs

  1. Chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) is ____?
    Answer
      Dr. M. S. Sahoo

  2. Name the MD and CEO and headquarters of Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank)?
    Answer
      MD & CEO – Mr. David Rasquinha; Headquarters – Mumbai

  3. Who is the Secretary General of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquartered in Vienna, Austria?
    Answer
      Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo

  4. What is the capital and currency of Tanzania?
    Answer
      Capital – Dodoma; Currency – Tanzanian shilling

  5. Name the Chairman and headquarters of Axis Bank?
    Answer
      Chairman – Sanjiv Mishra; Headquarters – Mumbai





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