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GK Current Affairs Quiz October 11, 2019
Q 1. Which State government has changed the integrated emergency number for police recently?
A. Delhi
B. Telangana
C. Tamil Nadu
D. Goa
Answer: Option D
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Mithali Raj completed 20 years in international cricket on 8 October. She became the first-ever woman cricketer player to achieve the milestone. She achieved this feat in the first One-day International (ODI) against South Africa at the Reliance Stadium in Vadodara, Gujarat.
Answer: Option C
Explanation: The PM-Kisan scheme provides income support of Rs.6,000 per year to landholding families who are eligible to avail of the scheme. Centre will release the amount in three installments of Rs.2,000. The fund will be released once in 4 months. The amount will be credited directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries through DBT mode.
Explanation: The Goa government launched 112 as the new integrated emergency number for police, fire and medical emergency contact. This replaces the traditional dial number 100. The announcement was made by the Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawan. The services have been launched with the help of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
Answer: Option D
Explanation: John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the year 2019. The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Answer: Option B
Explanation: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the inclusion of the Displaced Persons (DP) Families out 5,300 DP families of Jammu & Kashmir-1947. These 5,300 families initially opted to move outside the State of J&K but later on, returned and settled in the State of J&K. They were not included in the Rehabilitation Package.
Answer: Option A
Explanation: Senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Ramesh Pandey has been selected for the prestigious Asia Environmental Enforcement Award for the year 2019. He was selected by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He will receive the award at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok on 13 November 2019. The selection panel recognized Pandey for his excellent work to combat transboundary environmental crime.
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Senior diplomat Anumula Gitesh Sarma is appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Australia. The announcement was made by the Ministry of External Affairs. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. He replaces A.M Gondane as India’s envoy in Australia.
Answer: Option C
Explanation: India handed over 10,000 vials of anti-rabies vaccines to Myanmar. The move is to help Myanmar in its fight against the Rabies disease. The handing over ceremony was held in Yangon, Myanmar on 8 October. The vials of Anti-Rabies Vaccines were handed over by the Deputy Chief of Mission Sumit Seth to Myanmar’s Director General of Department of Medical Research [DG(DMS)] Zaw Than Htun at the Indian Embassy in Myanmar.
A) Jupiter
B) Uranus
C) Neptune
D) Saturn
Solution: D
Explanation: On October 8th 2019, 20 new moons of Saturn were discovered using the Subaru telescope which is set up atop Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano. Thus, making Saturn (82 moons), the planet with the highest number of moons. Jupiter occupies the 2nd position with 79 moons.
Q 12. What is India’s rank in Global Competitiveness Index, 2019?
A) 55
B) 68
C) 75
D) 77
Solution: B
Explanation: India ranks 68th in the annual global competitiveness index 2019, has slipped 10 spots from last years ranking.
Singapore occupies the first position as the world’s most competitive economy followed by the United States, Hong Kong SAR, Netherlands and Switzerland.
Q 13. Indian Army had organised Veer Kutumb Rally in which of the following states?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Punjab
C) Jammu & Kashmir
D) Sikkim
Solution: C
Explanation: Indian Army’s Crossed Swords Division organized the Veer Kutumb Rally at Tanda, Akhnoor, Jammu & Kashmir. The Indian Army organized the Veer Kutumb Rally as part of observing 2019 as the ‘Year of the Next of Kin’. The main aim of the rally is to reach out to veterans, veer naris, widows and their families.
Q 14. Which of the following statements is/are correct about C40?
I) C40 -Country Climate Leadership Group focuses on tackling climate change.
II) C40 started functioning in the year 2005.
A) Only I
B) Only II
C) Both I & II
D) None of the Above
Solution: B
Explanation: The Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), created and led by cities is a group of 94 cities around the world that represents about one-twelfth of the world’s population and one-quarter of the global economy.
C40 started functioning in the year 2005, focuses on tackling climate change and take appropriate action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions and climate change risks while increasing the health, wellbeing and economic opportunities of urban citizens.
The C40 Summit, 2019 is set to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark between 9th October and 12th October 2019.
Q 15. Who among the following won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Medicine?
A) Peter J. Ratcliffe
B) James P. Allison
C) Tasuku Honjo
D) Jeffrey C. Hall
Solution: A
Explanation: William G. Kaelin Jr, Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza won 2019, Nobel Prize award for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of how cells sense and to adapt to oxygen availability.
Q 16. Which of the following statement is/are wrong about Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan?
I) Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan Campaign
II) The campaign aims to promote River Rejuvenation and Water Conservation on a large scale.
A) Only I
B) Only II
C) Both I & II
D) All are True
Solution: D
Explanation: The Ministry of Jal Shakti Shri launched the campaign named Ganga Aamantran Abhiyan. Under this campaign, an open-water rafting and kayaking expedition on the Ganga River will be held between 10th October to 11th November 2019. The main aim of the campaign is to promote the message of “River Rejuvenation and Water Conservation” on a massive scale.
Q 17. What is the theme of World Habitat Day, 2019?
A) Municipal Solid Waste Management
B) Housing Policies: Affordable Homes
C) Frontier Technologies as an innovative tool to transform waste to wealth
D) Housing at the Centre
Solution: C
Explanation: The World Habitat Day is organized by the United Nations on the 1st Monday of every October to commemorate the day.
The theme of 2019 World Habitat Day is “Frontier Technologies as an innovative tool to transform waste to wealth”.
Q 18. Which city will host the India International Cooperative Trade Fair?
A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Chennai
D) Pune
Solution: A
Explanation: The India International Cooperative Trade Fair has been scheduled to be held in New Delhi from 11th October. It is India’s 1st and the largest international cooperatives trade fair.
The fair aims to boost cooperative to cooperative trade within India and abroad, leading to enhanced rural and farm prosperity.
Q 19. Name the state government that has launched “Farishte Dilli Ke scheme”?
A) Uttar Pradesh
B) Uttarakhand
C) Punjab
D) New Delhi
Solution: D
Explanation: The state government of Delhi has launched the Farishte Dilli Ke scheme Farishte Dilli Ke scheme aims to help accident victims, burn victims and acid attack victims and take them to hospitals and also honours and provides a reward of Rs.2,000 and certificate those who help accident victims and take them to the hospital.
Q 20. The United States of America has named _____ for the 2019 Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE).
A) Coca-Cola India
B) Nestlé India
C) PepsiCo India
D) Reliance Industries Limited
Solution: C
Explanation: The United States of America has named PepsiCo India for the 2019 Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). The award recognizes the company’s efforts to save more than 17 billion litres of water and appreciates the company’s sustainable operations for its sustainable farming initiative in India. The company saved water through community water programmes which positively impacted 60,000 community members.