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[WpProQuiz 7238]1) When is the World Osteoporosis Day observed?
a) Third Sunday of October
b) October 19
c) October 20
d) Third Saturday of October
e) October 21
2) Name the Odisha’s biggest trade fair to begin on Nov 12 and going to continue for eight days.
a) Karunayatra
b) Baliyatra
c) Chivariyatra
d) Narayatra
e) Nne of these
3) Recently, Bloomberg released the list of 20 countries which is likely to dominate the global growth in 2024. What is the rank of India in the list?
a) Fourth
b) First
c) Third
d) Second
e) Fifth
4) Which country topped in the recently released Bloomberg list of 20 countries which is likely to dominate the global growth in 2024?
a) China
b) USA
c) Indonesia
d) Russia
e) Brazil
5) Based upon the latest direction of the Ministry of Finance, Merchant Discount Rate will not be charged on digital payments made to establishments having turnover above____________ from November 1, 2019
a) Rs 20 crore
b) Rs 25 crore
c) Rs 75 crore
d) Rs 60 crore
e) Rs 50 crore
6) Who among these has assumed the charge as the President of Indonesia after 2019 elections?
a) Joko Widodo
b) Maruf Amin
c) Jusuf Kalla
d) Prabowo Subianto
e) None of these
7) Who was appointed as the new chairman of Indian Banks’ Association(IBA) ?
a) Rajnish Kumar
b) P.K Gupta
c) Dinesh Kumar Khara
d) Duncan Victor Brain
e) None of these
8) To which country Upender Singh Rawat was concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India ?
a) Honduras
b) Guatemala
c) Mexico
d) Republic of Nicaragua
e) None of these
9) Shri K. Parasaran has been conferred with the Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. What was the profession of Mr Parasaran?
a) Author
b) Journalist
c) Lawyer
d) Economist
e) Social Activist
10) Who is the author of the book ‘Bridgital Nation: Solving Technology’s People Problem’?
a) N Chandrasekaran and Roopa Purushottam
b) Jaspreet Bindra
c) Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
d) Siddharth Shanghvi
e) None of these
11) The India Myanmar Naval Exercise IMNEX-2019 is being held in which place?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Dehradun
c) Jhansi
d) Gurugram
e) Kakinada
12) Recently two female astronauts created history by becoming the first ever all-woman team to complete the spacewalk. They belonged to which space agency?
a) ISRO
b) JAXA
c) NASA
d) Roscosmos
e) None of these
13) Which team has won the Pro Kabaddi League title 2019?
a) Bengaluru Bulls
b) Bengal Warriors
c) Patna Pirates
d) Dabang Delhi
e) Hyderabad Heros
14) Prithvi Sekhar has won gold medal for India recently. He is associated with which sports?
a) Hockey
b) Badminton
c) Golf
d) Tennis
e) Shooting
15) Which country is going to host the 7th International Military World Games underway?
a) India
b) Abu Dhabi
c) Iran
d) China
e) South Korea
16) Renowned Socio Political philosopher, poet and social activist K.B. Siddaiah passed away recently, he belonged to which Indian State ?
a) Telangana
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Kerala
e) Meghalaya
17) What is the name of Oracle’s CEO who was recently passed away?
a) Jerem Dumini
b) Mark Hurd
c) Joseph Ilnis
d) Robert Dwen
e) Ben Stokes
18) India’s first plant to covert paddy straw into biogas is proposed to be set up in which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Haryana
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Karnataka
19) What is the total number of members on the board of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)?
a) 10
b) 7
c) 12
d) 6
e) 9
20) Where was the 1st edition of Asia Health-2019 conference with the theme “Serving the World’s Fastest Growing Region through Healthcare Convergence” held ?
a) Jakarta, Indonesia
b) New Delhi, India
c) Beijing, China
d) Tokyo, Japan
e) None of these
21) Ministry of Culture & Tourism is inaugurating CCRT e-portal and YouTube Channel with an aim to promote Indian culture. Who is the Union Minister of state for Culture and Tourism?
a) Shripad Yesso Naik
b) Hardeep Singh Puri
c) Prahalad Singh Patel
d) Raj Kumar Singh
e) Rao Inderjit Singh
22) Which Indian organization has recently adopted over 100 villages & 100,000 acres of farm area in Punjab & Haryana to enable zero crop residue burning?
a) NITI Ayog
b) BSNL
c) Indian railways
d) Confederation of Indian Industry
e) Public Health Engineering Department
23) Who is appointed as the head of the European Central Bank (ECB)?
a) Christine Lagarde
b) David Malpass
c) Kristalina Georgieva
d) Gita Gopinath
e) None of these
24) Who is appointed as the Special Observer for Assandh Assembly Constituency in the Karnal District of Haryana?
a) Aman Gupta
b) Harsh Dikshit
c) Nidhi Malik
d) Vinod Zutshi
e) Chetan Sharma
25) Kanwar Sain Jolly, who passed away recently, was associated to which field?
a) Journalism
b) Politics
c) Arts
d) Science
e) Lawyer
26) The Nuclear Energy Conclave 2019 was held in which city?
a) Kochi
b) Laddakh
c) Bangaluru
d) Hyderabad
e) New Delhi
Answers :
1) Answer: C)
The World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) is observed annually on October 20 to raise global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. Each year the event is marked by launch of a year-long campaign with a specific theme. In 2019 the Global WOD Campaign theme is “THAT’S OSTEOPOROSIS”.
2) Answer: B)
Baliyatra, one of the biggest trade fairs of Odisha, is scheduled to begin on November 12. The trade fair will continue for eight days. This year’s Baliyatra will be jointly organized by the Cuttack District Administration, District Cultural Council, and the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
3) Answer: D)
Bloomberg, based on the data of the International Monetary Fund has named 20 Countries that Will Dominate Global Growth in 2024. India is on second on the list with 15.5% share in global growth.
4) Answer: A)
China is on top with 28.3% while India is on second with 15.5% share in global growth. United States is on third with 9.2% share in global growth. The data are based on Purchasing Power Parity. The share of the remaining 17 countries in the growth is 21.5%. Some are: Indonesia, Russia, Brazil, Germany, Turkey, Japan and Egypt.
5) Answer: E)
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced that system providers will not impose charges or Merchant Discount Rate on customers as well as merchants on digital payments made to establishments having a turnover in excess of Rs 50 crore from November 1.
6) Answer: A)
Indonesian President Joko Widodo was sworn in for a second and final five-year term as president on October 20, 2019. The 58-year-old, popularly known as Jokowi, took oath along with the 76-year-old vice president Maruf Amin.
7) Answer: A)
SBI’s head Rajnish Kumar has been elected as the chairman of the banking industry lobby Indian Banks Association for fiscal 2019-20. He succeeds Sunil Mehta, the former MB & CEO of Punjab National Bank.
8) Answer: D)
A 1998-batch IFS officer Upender Singh Rawat was appointed as India’s next Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua. Rawat currently Ambassador of India to the Republic of Panama. He will be succeeding Yogeshwar Varma
9) Answer: C)
The Vice President of India, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu conferred the ‘Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award’ to veteran lawyer and former Attorney General of India, Shri K. Parasaran on October 20 at the India International Centre in New Delhi.
10) Answer: A)
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled the book titled “Bridgital Nation: Solving Technology’s People Problem” during an event in New Delhi on October 20, 2019. The book has been written by Shri N Chandrasekaran and Ms. Roopa Purushottam.
11) Answer: A)
The second edition of ‘India Myanmar Naval Exercise’ IMNEX-2019 began in Visakhapatnam, onboard INS Ranvijay on October 18, 2019. The harbour phase of IMNEX-19 scheduled till October 20 includes visits to Indian Naval units, training and maintenance facility at Visakhapatnam.
12) Answer: C)
Two NASA astronauts namely Christina Koch and Jessica Meir made space history on October 18 as they completed the first-ever spacewalk by an all-woman team. The two astronauts stepped outside the International Space Station to replace a faulty battery charger.
13) Answer: B)
Bengal Warriors has won the Pro Kabaddi League title 2019 by defeating Dabang Delhi 39-34. The finals was held in EKA Arena by TransStadia in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
14) Answer: D)
India’s unseeded Prithvi Sekhar has won the men’s final gold at the World Deaf Tennis Championship 2019 in Antalya, Turkey. Prithvi had also won the doubles bronze medal with Prashanth Dasharath Harsambhavi.
15) Answer: D)
7th International Military Sports Council Military World Games is underway in China’s Wuhan. 54 players form Indian armed forces contingent went to Wuhan to participate. More than 9000 soldiers are participating from over 100 countries.
16) Answer: B)
Renowned Socio Political philosopher, poet and social activist K.B. Siddaiah passed away at the age of 65.A month ago, he met with an accident and was under treatment until his death at Manipal Hospitals in Bengaluru, Karnataka.Born on March 2, 1954 in Karnataka Siddaiah taught English at Sri Siddhartha PU college in Tumakuru,Karnataka. His famous literary works were in Kannada, including Bakaala, Daklakathadevi Kavya, Anatma, and Gallebaani etc.
17) Answer: B)
Mark Hurd, who until last month was the co-CEO of software giant Oracle, has passed away Hurd had taken a leave of absence last month to focus on his health. Hurd joined Oracle nine years ago, after spending five years with Hewlett-Packard, where he was CEO, president and, ultimately, board chairman
18) Answer: C)
India’s first plant to covert paddy straw into biogas (can be used as CNG in automobiles) will come up at Karnal in Haryana in 2022.
19) Answer: A)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the appointment of Sudhaker Shukla as a Whole-Time Member (WTM) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), for a period of five years or upto the age of 65 years. With this appointment, the Governing Board of IBBI is complete, which can have a total strength of 10.
20) Answer: B)
The 1st edition of Asia Health-2019 conference with the theme Serving the World’s Fastest Growing Region through Healthcare Convergence, organized jointly by the National Health Authority and CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) held in New Delhi from 16 – 19 October 2019 with the aim to bring multiple stakeholders together to discuss the future of Health.
21) Answer: C)
Prahlad Singh Patel will inaugurate portal of Centre for Cultural Resources & Training & YouTube Channel with an aim to take India to a newer digital pinnacle & to promote Indian culture. He will also attend “Digital Bharat – Digital Sanskriti” program. He is the Union Minister of state for Culture and Tourism.
22) Answer: D)
CII has adopted over 100 villages & 100,000 acres of farm area in Punjab & Haryana to enable zero crop residue burning. Air quality monitors have been installed to monitor village level air pollution data & to measure the impact of reduced stubble burning. CII- Confederation of Indian Industry.
23) Answer: A)
Former IMF chief Christine Lagarde is appointed head of the European Central Bank (ECB). She was nominated to become the President of the European Central Bank by the European Union Council.
24) Answer: D)
Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Sh Vinod Zutshi as the Special Observer for Assandh Assembly Constituency in the Karnal District of Haryana. ECI requested Sh Zutshi to proceed immediately to the Constituency to take necessary corrective action and ensure a fair, free, and peaceful election.
25) Answer: A)
Kanwar Sain Jolly (86), the Veteran journalist, has passed away in Gurugram. He served at various positions for 40 years at Press Trust of India (PTI), India’s premier news agency. He was retired as Deputy General Manager of PTI news agency in 1993.
26) Answer: E)
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has inaugurated the 11th Edition of Nuclear Energy Conclave 2019 in New Delhi. The theme of the Conclave: “Economics of Nuclear Power- Innovation towards Safer & Cost-Effective Technologies”. It was organized by India Energy Forum (IEF).
