QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 01 June 2019

Solution: B

India’s quarterly GDP growth slumped to five-year low of 5.83% in the last quarter of Financial Year 2019. India’s GDP grew at 5.8% in the January­March 2019 quarter, dragging down the full year growth to a fiveyear low of 6.8%. The unemployment rate in the country rose to a 45­year high of 6.1% in 2017­18, as per official data released on the first day of the second term of the Modi government.

Solution: C

The National Defence Fund was set up to take charge of voluntary donations in cash and kind received for promotion of the national defence effort, and to decide on their utilisation.

The Fund is used for the welfare of the members of the Armed Forces (including Para Military Forces) and their dependents. The Fund is administered by an Executive Committee, with PM as Chairperson, and Defence, Finance and Home Ministers as Members.

Finance Minister is the Treasurer of the Fund and the Joint Secretary, PMO dealing with the subject is Secretary of the Executive Committee. Accounts of the Fund are kept with the Reserve Bank of India.

The fund is entirely dependent on voluntary contributions from the public and does not get any budgetary support.

The fund accepts online contributions. Such contributions can be made through the website i.e. ndf.gov.in, pmindia.gov.in and http://www.onlinesbi.com website of State Bank of India. Collection account number is 11084239799 with State Bank of India, Institutional Division, 4th Floor, Parliament Street, New Delhi.The fund has also been allotted a Permanent Account Number (PAN) AAAGN0009F.

https://ndf.gov.in/aboutndf.php

In News: Scholarship for wards of defence personnel hiked.

Solution: D

The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Climbing to the summit of all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first achieved on 30 April 1985 by Richard Bass. The Seven Summits achievement has become noted as an exploration and mountaineering accomplishment.

In news: Ongole mountaineer gearing up to conquer Mount Koscuiszko in August

Solution: C

The National Green Tribunal has been established on 18.10.2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010 for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It is a specialized body equipped with the necessary expertise to handle environmental disputes involving multi-disciplinary issues.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a penalty of ₹25 lakh each on the States of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal for not taking adequate steps to curb pollution in the river Ganga.

http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/

Solution: A

India should not assume it will get a waiver from U.S. sanctions if it goes ahead with its purchase of the S­400 Triumf missile shield from Russia, Washington made it clear on Thursday.

The purchase could also hamper the future of IndoU.S. defence relationship, an official said. India had committed last October to purchasing a Russian S­400 Triumf longrange missile defence shield for about $5 billion.

The deal has run the risk of attracting sanctions from the U.S. under a 2017 law — the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).

In News: U.S. reiterates threat of sanctions over Triumf deal.