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Topics of the Day Nobel Prize 2018 in Medicine World Habitat Day Archery World Cup Final India’s first good Samaritan bill New norms for UCBs making transition to Small Finance Banks
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Question of the Day The famous hill-station ‘Kodaikanal’ lies in : (a) Nilgiri hills (b) Palani hills (c) Cardamom hills (d) Javadi hills
'' ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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1. Which other day is being observed along with International Day for Older Persons on October 1, 2018? (a) World Habitat Day (b) World Teachers Day (c) World Post Day (d) World Mental Health Day
1. 1 2018 ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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1 October Celebrating Older Human Rights Champion
1990
World Habitat Day 1 October Municipal Solid Waste Management with slogan ‘Waste-wise cities’
1985
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
1992
Ministry of Rural Development 1995
National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE)
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
2010-11
Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
1 April 2017 (Nellore)
Senior Citizens’ Welfare Fund Ministry of Finance 2016 Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY) Ministry of Finance 2003, relaunched in
2014 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PNVVY)
Ministry of Finance May 2017
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2. Who will head the Competition Law Review Committee constituted to review the Competition Act, 2002? (a) Injeti Srinivas (b) M S Sahoo (c) Sudhir Mittal (d) Harsha Vardhana Singh
2. , 2002 ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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3. In which state did Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launch development projects worth over Rs 7000 crore? (a) Maharashtra (b) Uttarakhand (c) Gujarat (d) Odisha
3. 7000 ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept 30, 2018 dedicated a series of development projects. Among others, these include
• LNG terminal at Mundra port, • Anjar - Mundra Port Gas Transmission Project and • Palanpur- Pali- Badmer Gas Pipeline Project
He also inaugurated six new projects of Amul dairy set up at the total cost of 1120 crore rupees. These include the state of art chocolate plant of Amul dairy among others. He also launched Mujkuva Solar Energy Cooperative Group of 11 farmers. Also laid the foundation stone of first dairy plant of Amul at Kolkata in West Bengal through video conferencing.
4. Where was Archery World Cup Final being held in September 2018? (a) Mexico (b) China (c) Germany (d) Turkey
4. 2018 ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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5. Which state recently passed the India’s first good Samaritan bill? (a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra
5. ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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6. Who was recently appointed as Bangladesh’s first female Major General? (a) Md Shamsul Haque (b) Dr Susane Giti (c) Apu Biswas (d) Runa Laila
6. ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
7. What is the minimum net worth required by urban cooperative banks (UCBs) to apply for voluntary transition to small finance bank (SFB)? (a) Rs 100 crore (b) Rs 75 crore (c) Rs 150 crore (d) Rs 50 crore
7. ? (a) 100 (b) 75 (c) 150 (d) 50
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently said urban cooperative banks (UCBs) with minimum net worth of 50 crore are eligible to apply for voluntary transition to small finance bank (SFB). Other Conditions
• Maintaining capital to risk (weighted) assets ratio of 9 per cent and above. • Promoters should submit information relating to the general body resolution by a
two-thirds majority and authorising the board of directors to take steps for the transition.
• Promoter has to submit a no-objection letter from the Central Registrar/Registrar of Co-operative Societies.
A brief history • First known mutual aid society in India was "Anyonya Sahakari Mandali"
organised in the erstwhile princely State of Baroda in 1889. • It was organized under the guidance of Vithal Laxman also known as Bhausaheb
Kavthekar. • Cooperative Credit Societies Act, 1904 gave the real impetus to the movement.
The first urban cooperative credit society was registered in Canjeevaram (Kanjivaram) in the erstwhile Madras province in October, 1904.
• Bombay passed the first State Cooperative Societies Act in 1925
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8. Who won the Nobel Prize 2018 in Medicine for cancer research? (a) James P Allison (b) Tasuku Honjo (c) Jeffrey C. Hall (d) Both (a) and (b)
8. 2018 ? (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b)
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, by the Nobel committee of the Karolinska Institute. The two immunologists — from the U.S. and Japan, respectively — were awarded the Prize “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.” The two immunologists have won the prize for their discovery of ‘immune checkpoint therapy,’ a cancer treatment.
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9. The president of which country arrived in India on Sept 30, 2018? (a) Kazakhstan (b) Turkmenistan (c) Australia (d) Uzbekistan
9. 30 , 2018 ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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Question of the Day Who won the Nobel Prize in Science in two different disciplines? (a) David Lee (b) Jack Kilby (c) Madam Curie (d) Russel Hulse
- ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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Who is an awardee of both the Nobel Prize and Bharat Ratna? (a) C V Raman (b) Rabindra Nath Tagore (c) Mother Teresa (d) Mahatma Gandhi
? (a) (b) (c) (d)
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