10 PM Current Affairs Quiz – September 19

1)  Correct statement: It is a single tax on the supply of goods and services, right from the manufacturer to the consumer.

2) Incorrect statement: The Government had introduced the 122nd Amendment Bill, 2014, in the Parliament to facilitate the introduction of GST in the country.

3) Incorrect statement: It is levied at multiple rates ranging from 0% to 28%.

If approved by both the Houses of Parliament, the emergency continues for six months, and can be extended to an indefinite period with an approval of the Parliament for every six months.

The Wassenaar Arrangement has been established for promoting transparency and greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies.

•         Every six months member countries delivers conventional arms to non-Wassenaar members that fall under eight broad weapons categories: battle tanks, armored combat vehicles (ACVs), large-caliber artillery, military aircraft, military helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, and small arms and light weapons.

The Kabani dam is built on the River Kabini in the district of Mysore. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is one of the legendary and largest dams in India and forms the boundary Andhra Pradesh and Telangana state. Banasura Sagar Dam at the foot of the Banasura Hill of Wayanad, Kerela is the largest earthen dam in India. Bhavanisagar Dam is one of the world’s largest Earthen Dam, constructed on the Bhavani river in Erode district, Tamil Nadu.

Both the statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.

Statement 1 is incorrect. Astra is an air to air (and not ground) beyond visual range indigenously developed by DRDO.

Statement 2 is incorrect. . It is a single stage solid fuelled missile.

More details about Astra:

• It can be launched from different altitudes and is capable of engaging targets at varying range and altitudes at both short-range targets (up to 20 km) in tail-chase mode and long-range targets (up to 20 km) in tail-chase mode and long-range targets (up to 80 km) in head-on mode.
• It possesses high Single Shot Kill Probability (SSKP) making it highly reliable.

Jharkhand Government has launched the Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana which aims at developing villages of freedom fighters. BJP President Amit Shah along with Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das launched the initiative from Ulihatu Village, the birth place of freedom fighter and Jharkhand’s tribal icon, Birsa Munda. This scheme will be developing the villages, inhabitants of the villages will be provided with basic amenities. The villages have long remained inaccessible. A total of 136 pucca houses have been promised at the Ulihatu Village.

Sashastra Seema Bal or SSB, in English the Armed Border Force (rarely translated into English in Indian usage), is one of India’s Central Armed Police Forces. SSB is paramilitary force that guards India’s borders with Bhutan and Nepal.  It is currently under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India. Prior to 2001, the force was known as the Special Service Bureau (SSB). As of 2017, it has 76,337 active personnel in 67 battalions.