Headlines For The Day 1st July

1 st July 2019
Headlines for the day… Suggested Reading 1st July 2019

Daily Quiz
1) WarnerMedia has named _____________ as

the new Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros.
A. Ann Sarnoff
B. Kevin Tsujihara
C. John Stankey
D. Ranso Down
E. None of these
2) In a significant step, Saudi Arabia has

increased India’s Haj quota to _________.
A. 200,000
B. 250,000
C. 300,000
D. 350,000
E. None of these
3) Who was recently elected as a member of

the International Olympic Committee?
A. Raj Shukla
B. Sachin Manohar
C. Hemant Gokhale
D. Narinder Batra
E. None of these
4) Telangana notched up a high Rs __________

Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in 2018-19
financial year.
A. 36,212 crore
B. 47,202 crore
C. 67,272 crore
D. 96,000 crore
E. None of these
5) India & _________ signed a loan agreement of

US$ 250 million for the Resilient Kerala Program.
A. IMF
B. NDB
C. World Bank
D. EBRD
E. None of these
6) EQUIP, an ambitious project of HRD Ministry, stands for

____________.
A. Education Qualification Upgradation and Inclusion

Programme
B. Education Quality Updation and Inclusion Programme
C. Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusive
Programme
D. Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion
Programme
E. None of these
7) Which among the following ministries will place

before the Union Cabinet a ₹450 crore proposal for
Natural Language Translation?
A. HRD
B. Electronics and IT
C. Finance
D. Corporate Affairs
E. None of these
8) Asteroid Day, sometimes seen in the news,

is observed on ________.
A. June 30
B. July 5
C. July 10
D. July 16
E. None of these
9) CAFE regulations in India came into force in

2017. Expand CAFE.
A. Corporate Average Free Efficiency/Economy

B. Corporate Average Fume Efficiency/Economy
C. Corporate Analysis Fuel Efficiency/Economy
D. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency/Economy
E. None of these
10) India and Indonesia recently set an ambitious

USD ________ target for bilateral trade over the
next six years.
A. 30 billion
B. 50 billion
C. 70 billion
D. 100 billion
E. None of these
11) Similipal National Park, sometimes seen in the

news, is located in which among the following
states?
A. Nagaland
B. Odisha
C. Manipur
D. Tripura
E. None of these
12) Minaret of Jam, a UNESCO World Heritage

Site, is located in _________.
A. Afghanistan
B. Pakistan
C. Iran
D. Saudi Arabia
E. None of these
13) Dipankar Banerjee, solar physicist from Indian

Institute of Astrophysics has become a Co-
Investigator of which mission of NASA?
A. BlueRocks
B. PUNCH
C. MartianSoil
D. RedCircles
E. None of these
14) _______, South Africa, and Indonesia have

boycotted the “Osaka Track” on the “digital
economy” at the G20 leaders’ summit in Osaka.
A. Pakistan
B India
C. Sri Lanka
D. Malaysia
E. None of these
15) NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered high

amounts of methane in the air on which among
the following planets?
A. Jupiter
B. Mars
C. Uranus
D. Neptune
E. None of these
1) A. Ann Sarnoff
She will become the first woman to head the company in its 96-year old history.
2) A. 200,000
Last year, Saudi Arabia increased India’s Haj quota by 5,000. It is worth noting that the Haj subsidy
was removed last year.
3) D. Narinder Batra
Batra secured 58 votes out of 62 while four voted against him. In 2016, Nita Ambani was elected
as an individual member of the IOC in 2016.
4) A. 36,212 crore
The taxpayers’ base of Telangana is around 3% of the country. Hyderabad zone stood first in the
country in terms of arrears recovery for the fiscal year.
5) C. World Bank
The 2018 floods and landslides in Kerala led to severe impact on infrastructure. This program will
focus on strengthening the state’s institutional and financial capacity.
6) D. Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme.

It is meant to bridge the gap between policy and implementation. It aims to improve the quality of
higher education over the next 5 years.
7) B. Electronics and IT
It is one of the key missions identified by the PM-STIAC. It aims to make science and technology
accessible to all by facilitating access to material bilingually ( English & one native Indian language ).
8) A. June 30
It aims to raise public awareness about the possible hazardous impacts of asteroids. They pose
potentially catastrophic threats to our planet, as they pass close to the Earth’s orbit.
9) D. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency/Economy

CAFE regulations aim at lowering fuel consumption of vehicles by lowering carbon dioxide emissions.
10) B. 50 billion
Trade between the two countries in 2016 was $12.9 billion. PM Narendra Modi and President Joko
Widodo discussed ways to deepen cooperation in a number of key areas.
11) B. Odisha
Similipal derives its name from ‘Simul’ (Silk Cotton) tree. It has some beautiful waterfalls like Joranda and
Barehipani.
12) A. Afghanistan
It is one of the few well-preserved monuments. It represents the exceptional artistic creativity & mastery of
structural engineering.
13) B. PUNCH
PUNCH will consist of a ‘constellation’ of four suitcase-sized microsats that will orbit the Earth in formation
and study how the corona. PUNCH stands for “Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere.”
14) B. India
Osaka Track overtly undermined “multilateral” principles of consensus-based decisions in global trade
negotiations. India, South Africa, Indonesia opposed the plurilateral negotiations on digital trade.
15) B. Mars
The existence of methane is a possible sign of life. Curiosity Rover has been on the surface of Mars since
2012.
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Headlines for the day… Suggested Reading 1st July 2019

1) WarnerMedia has named _____________ as

2) In a significant step, Saudi Arabia has

3) Who was recently elected as a member of

4) Telangana notched up a high Rs __________

5) India & _________ signed a loan agreement of

6) EQUIP, an ambitious project of HRD Ministry, stands for

A. Education Qualification Upgradation and Inclusion

7) Which among the following ministries will place

8) Asteroid Day, sometimes seen in the news,

9) CAFE regulations in India came into force in

A. Corporate Average Free Efficiency/Economy

10) India and Indonesia recently set an ambitious

11) Similipal National Park, sometimes seen in the

12) Minaret of Jam, a UNESCO World Heritage

13) Dipankar Banerjee, solar physicist from Indian

14) _______, South Africa, and Indonesia have

15) NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered high

6) D. Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion Programme.

9) D. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency/Economy

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