Magme's Daily GA Capsule

MAGME’S DAILY GENERAL AWARENESS CAPSULE

1. Which city hosted the first edition of Kalinga Literary Festival 2019?

Bhubaneshwar - India’s eastern state of Odisha

     

2. Which city has going to host the smart cities India 2020 Expo?

New Delhi

"100 Smart Cities Mission" was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2015. A total of ₹98,000 crore (US$14 billion) has been approved by the Indian Cabinet for the development of 100 smart cities and the rejuvenation of 500 others.

3. Which committee has been formed by the Securities and Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) on corporate governance?

Uday Kotak committee

4. PM Narendra Modi has launched the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in which district of Madhya Pradesh?

Mandla           

Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), for developing and strengthening the capacities of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) for rural local governance to become more responsive towards local development needs, preparing the participatory plans that leverage technology, efficient and optimum utilization of available resources for realizing sustainable solutions to local problems linked to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  

5. Which of the following smart cities has become the India’s first city to run on 100% renewable energy during daytime?

Diu

6. The Union cabinet has approved the hike of minimum support price (MSP) for raw jute to ………. per quintal for 2019-20 season

INR 3950                 

7. Which Union Ministry has launched the 2^nd edition of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan?

Human resources development (Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Prakash Javadekar)

8. Which Union Ministry in Collaboration with Google India has launched a 360® virtual reality video on incredible India?

Ministry of tourism

9. The Union cabinet has recently approved inclusion of tribal-dominated scheduled areas of Rajasthan under which schedule?

5^th schedule        

10. Which city is hosted the 2019 secure India conclave?

New Delhi

11. Which city is hosted the National Kharif conference 2019?

New Delhi            

12. The Jalaput dam is built on which tributary of the Godavari River?

Machkund river   

13. Which city hosted India’s first ever Nation wide food archaeology conference ‘Archaeobrama’?

Mumbai                   

14.The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has granted the first license for liquid chlorine on all India basis. The head quarters of BIS is located in which city?

New Delhi

15. What is the India’s rank in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI)?

140^th                      

16. NITI Aayog has launched the Atal New India challenge that will provide grants of up to how much amount to innovative products and solutions? 

INR 1.0 crore               

17. Under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ project, which corporate house has signed MoU to maintain historic site ‘Red Fort’?  

 Dalmia Bharat Limited

18. Who ha become the India’s longest serving Chief Minister of India?

Pawan Chamling

19. The NDMA has conducted its first ever Mock Exercise on its Bio-Disasters at which city?

Patna                         

20. The 4^th edition of Global Exhibition on Services (GES-2019) has held in which city?

Bengaluru                    

21. Which IIM institute has launched 25 million Bharat inclusion initiative for startups?

IIM-Ahmedabad        

22. Which of the following coach factories to hosted the International Rail Coach Expo (IRCE-2018 & 2019)?   

Integral coach factory, Chennai

23. The reginal conference on “Physical and Social Infrastructure for Regional Development” was held in Guwahati  

                 

24. The first ever all women Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) has started operations in which city?  

Phagwara    

To delivery of passport related services to the citizens of India. The purpose of this initiative is to develop passport related services on a bigger scale and to ensure wider area coverage.               

25. Which of the following cities has been ranked India’s first cleanest city, as per latest survey report “Swachh Survekshan 2019”?  

Indore  (Third time)                         

Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India. It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which aims to make India clean and free of open defecation by 2 October 2019.