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Current affairs

Current Affairs Quiz: 22 September 2016 Jagranjosh.com brings for its reader daily updated quizzes that cover the topics like Visakhapatnam-Chennai industrial corridor, chairman of the BCCI Selection Committee and Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, among others. 1. Which Bank approved the 631 million US dollars loan for Visakhapatnam -Chennai Industrial Corridor recently? a) World Bank b) Asian Development Bank c) European Investment Bank d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 2. Which two companies recently signed MoU with Dhamra LNG Terminal Private Limited for taking equity stake in the Terminal? a) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited and Indraprastha Gas Ltd b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and GAIL India Limited c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited and GAIL India Limited d) Hindustan Petroleum Ltd and Indraprastha Gas Ltd 3. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently approved the partial capital grant of 5176 crore rupees for development of 2539 km long Jagdishpur-Haidia and Bokaro-Dhamra Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL) project to which company? a) GAIL (India) Limited b) Indian Oil Corporation Limited c) Bharat Petroleum Limited d) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited 4. Who was appointed as the World Bank Country Director for India recently? a) Onno Ruhl b) Junaid Ahmad c) Syed Muazzem Ali d) Harsh Vardhan Shringla 5. PV Bharathi was recently appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of which bank? a) Yes Bank b) Dena Bank c) Bank of India d) Canara Bank 6. Name the Indian industrialist who was recently conferred the Clinton Global Citizen Award. a) Anil Ambani b) Aditya Vikram Kumar Mangalam c) Adi Godrej d) Azim Premji 7. Who was recently appointed the chairman of the BCCI Selection Committee? a) Rakesh Parikh b) Aashish Kapoor c) Ajay Shirke d) MSK Prasad 8. Who was recently sworn in as the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court? a) Manjula Chellur b) Girish Chandra Gupta c) Chittatosh Mookerje d) None of the above 9. Who was recently named the captain of the India's all time Test XI by Wisden? a) MS Dhoni b) Virat Kohli c) Sourav Ganguly d) Sachin Tendulkar 10. Name the Oscar-winning director of movie LA Confidential who passed away recently? a) Curtis Hanson b) Alfred Hitchcock c) James Cameron d) Christopher Nolan 11. Which of the following island will not be connected with the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) that will be created between Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar Islands? a) Little Andaman b) Car Nicobar c) Havelock d) Neil Island 12. CCEA approved the process of winding up of a joint venture company. Name it. a) Hindustan copper limited b) Hindustan Diamond Company c) Diamond Trading Company d) None of the above 13. The Union Cabinet approved signing and ratification of tax agreement with which nation? a) Samoa b) Fiji c) Palau d) Australia 14. Who of the following is the author of book Democrats and Dissenters? a) Sanjeev Sanyal b) Ravi Velloor c) Ramachandra Guha d) MK Rasgotra 15. Name the team that won the Obaidullah Khan Heritage Cup Hockey Tournament? a) Punjab Sindh Bank b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd c) Indian Railways d) Indian Oil Corporation ANSWERS 1. (b) Asian Development Bank 2. (c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited and GAIL India Limited 3. (a) GAIL (India) Limited 4. (b) Junaid Ahmad 5. (d) Canara Bank 6. (c) Adi Godrej 7. (d) MSK Prasad 8. (b) Girish Chandra Gupta 9. (a) MS Dhoni 10. (a) Curtis Hanson 11. (d) Neil Island 12. (b) Hindustan Diamond Company 13. (a) Samoa 14. (c) Ramachandra Guha 15. (b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation

Niti aayog

NITI Aayog chalks up plan to secure 50 medals in 2024 Olympics NITI Aayog, the think tank of union government, has devised a short –term and medium-to-long term action plan to help India achieve 50 medals in 2024 summer Olympics. In its action plan for revitalising sports in India, Niti Aayog said, India still does not have a conducive environment for sports to polish the talent of Indian sports persons and make them at par with their global counterparts.  Details of the Vision • Short-term vision (4-8 years): it envisages targeting a group of priority sports, organising sports persons into three groups for each priority sport, harnessing the potential of indigenous and regional sports, selecting world-class coaches as well as a grading system for coaches. This term will also focus on a sports injury insurance scheme, strengthening and scaling up of existing SAI training centres, facilitating creation of sports academies for individual sports and more. It also looks forward towards creating a digital database for sports, implementing national sports code and sports Bill and promoting revenue generating methods for team leagues of priority sports. • Medium to long term vision (8-15 years): It will focus on identifying talent at a young age, having sports curriculum in schools, a dedicated training program for coaches, encouraging development of sports infrastructure through private or PPP mode and developing a health and psychological support division. It will also focus on availability of consistent funding of contracts as well as promoting a culture of sports in the country. In terms of funding, the Aayog said that to do away the process of erratic funding it has recommended that after each Olympics, a fixed 4-year contract is signed between SAI (Sports Authority of India) and sportspersons from Group A sportspersons, keeping in mind the funding required by them up to the next Olympics and other international events in between. For Group B and C also, the budgets for the next 4 years should be fixed, with consistent funding allocation for each year. Funding data for all the groups should be publicly made available as soon as it gets finalised.