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Q. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has officially changed its name and will now be known as “__________________”.
(a) Global Athletics
(b) Universal Athletics
(c) World Athletics
(d) Sports Athletics
(e) International Athletics
Answer
Answer: (c) World Athletics
Explanation: The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has officially changed its name and will now be known as “World Athletics”.
Q. Name the Spain’s striker who has recently announced his retirement from football.
(a) Xavi
(b) Carles Puyol
(c) Fernando Torres
(d) Andrés Iniesta
(e) David Villa
Answer
Answer: (e) David Villa
Explanation: Spain’s striker David Villa has announced his retirement from football.
Q. Name the veteran actor who was recently conferred with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award for year 2019.
(a) Jaya Bhaduri
(b) Rekha
(c) Hema Malini
(d) Meena Kumari
(e) Jaya Prada
Answer
Answer: (b) Rekha
Explanation: The veteran actors Sridevi and Rekha were conferred with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award for 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Q. Name the Indian table tennis star who defeated Amalraj Anthony to win men’s singles title at ITTF Challenge Indonesia Open 2019 held at Batam, Indonesia.
(a) Harmeet Desai
(b) Ayhik Mukherjee
(c) Sathiyan Gnanasen
(d) Anthony Amalraj
(e) Sanil Shetty
Answer
Answer: (a) Harmeet Desai
Explanation: Indian paddler Harmeet Desai defeated Amalraj Anthony to win men’s singles title at ITTF Challenge Indonesia Open 2019 held at Batam, Indonesia.
Q. Who among the following has been elected as the new president of Sri Lanka?
(a) Mahinda Rajapaksa
(b) Maithripala Sirisena
(c) Sajith Premadasa
(d) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
(e) Ranil Wickremesinghe
Answer
Answer: (d) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Explanation: Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been elected as the new president of Sri Lanka.
Q. Who among the following was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court?
(a) Justice Ajit Singh
(b) Justice Ravi Shankar Jha
(c) Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan
(d) Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani
(e) Justice Anirudh Bose
Answer
Answer: (c) Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan
Explanation: Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.
Q. Renowned Rabindra Sangeet exponent Rezwana Choudhury Bannya has been conferred the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (ICCR) distinguished alumni award in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is from?
(a) India
(b) Bangladesh
(c) Bhutan
(d) Nepal
(e) Sri Lanka
Answer
Answer: (b) Bangladesh
Explanation: Renowned Rabindra Sangeet exponent Rezwana Choudhury Bannya has been conferred the ICCR distinguished alumni award in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Q. The United Nations observes “World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims” every year. The United Nations is headquartered at?
(a) New York, USA
(b) Paris, France
(c) Geneva, Switzerland
(d) Lyon, France
(e) London, UK
Answer
Answer: (a) New York, USA
Explanation: The United Nations observes “World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims” every year. The United Nations is headquartered at New York, USA.26. (a)
The United Nations observes “World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims” every year. The United Nations is headquartered at New York, USA.
Q. India has successfully conducted the first night trial of Agni-II, its versatile surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. It is an?
(a) Medium-range ballistic missile
(b) Inter Continental ballistic missile
(c) Intermediate-range ballistic missile
(d) Supersonic Cruise Missile
(e) Short-Range ballistic missile
Answer
Answer: (c) Intermediate-range ballistic missile
Explanation: India has successfully conducted the first night trial of Agni-II, its versatile surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile from Dr Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. It is an intermediate-range ballistic missile.
Q. Name the Indian Professional boxer who is among the 6 boxers from 5 continents who were elected as members of AIBA Athletes Commission.
(a) Saweety Boora
(b) Jamuna Boro
(c) Lovlina Borgohain
(d) Ankushita Boro
(e) Laishram Sarita Devi
Answer
Answer: (e) Laishram Sarita Devi
Explanation: Laishram Sarita Devi is among the 6 boxers from 5 continents who were elected as members of AIBA Athletes Commission.
Q. The Government of India has issued fresh rules under the IBC to govern the rescue of non-bank lenders. IBC stands for?
(a) Insolvency and Bank Code
(b) Insolvency and Bankholding Code
(c) Insolvency and Booking Code
(d) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
(e) Indian Bankruptcy Code
Answer
Answer: (d) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Explanation: The Government of India has issued fresh rules under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to govern the rescue of non-bank lenders.
Q. Laishram Sarita Devi is among the 6 boxers from 5 continents who were elected as members of AIBA Athletes Commission. She is from which state?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Manipur
(c) Tripura
(d) Assam
(e) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer
Answer: (b) Manipur
Explanation: Laishram Sarita Devi (Manipur) is among the 6 boxers from 5 continents who were elected as members of AIBA Athletes Commission.
Q. The Ministry of Agriculture will organize the 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) in?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Mumbai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Chennai
(e) Chandigarh
Answer
Answer: (c) New Delhi
Explanation: The Ministry of Agriculture will organize the 8th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics (ICAS-VIII) in New Delhi.
Q. Justice SA Bobde took oath as the Chief Justice of India on November 18, 2019. He was administered the oath of office by which of the following leaders?
a) Prime Minister
b) President
c) Judges of Supreme Court
d) Council of Ministers
Answer
Answer: (b) President
Explanation: Justice SA Bobde was sworn in as the 47th Chief Justice of India on November 18, 2019. He was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind. He succeeds Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
Q. Who among the following has been recently elected as the new President of Sri Lanka?
a) Premdasa
b) Mahinda Rajapaksa
c) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
d) Arvind Disilva
Answer
Answer: (c) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Explanation: Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the brother of former Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa. He defeated Premadasa with a difference of more than one lakh votes. Experts believe that now China can expand its presence in the region.
Q. When was the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims observed?
a) 16th November
b) 17th November
c) 18th November
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) 17 November
Explanation: The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is observed on the third Sunday of November every year. This year, the day was commemorated on November 17. The UN Day is dedicated to the memory of the people killed in road accidents. The 2019 theme of the day is – Life is not a car part.
Q. When is National Press Day observed every year?
a) 18th November
b) 16th November
c) 10th November
d) 12th November
Answer
Answer: (b) 16 November
Explanation: The is National Press Day is observed annually on November 16. National Press Day is a symbol of free and responsible press. On this day the Press Council of India started working, which is a monitoring press related institutions. The Press Council of India is a legal quasi-judicial body created by an Act of Parliament.
Q. Who among the following has won the Panasonic Open recently held at the Classic Golf and Country Club in Gurugram, India?
(a) Tiger Woods
(b) Rory McIlroy
(c) Phil Mickelson
(d) Kim Joo Hyung
(e) Dustin Johnson
Answer
Answer: (d) Kim Joo Hyung
Explanation: South Korea’s Kim Joo Hyung has won the Panasonic Open held at the Classic Golf and Country Club in Gurugram, India.
Q. Name the veteran actor who was recently conferred with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award for year 2018.
(a) Sridevi
(b) Madhuri Dikshit
(c) Raveena Tandon
(d) Karishma Kapoor
(e) Shilpa Shetty
Answer
Answer: (b) Madhuri Dikshit
Explanation: The veteran actors Sridevi and Rekha were conferred with the Akkineni Nageswara Rao National Award for 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Q. Who has been elected as a member of AIBA athletes commission?
a) Sarita Devi
b) Mary Kom
c) Manju Rani
d) Simranjit Kaur
Answer
Answer: (a) Sarita Devi
Explanation: Veteran Indian boxer, Sarita Devi was elected unopposed as a member of the AIBA Athletes Commission. She was among the six boxers who were selected as members of the commission from 5 continents.
Q. Which among the following Muslim bodies has decided against filing review petition on Supreme Court’s Ayodhya Verdict?
a) All India Muslim Personal Law Board
b) Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind
c) Sunni Waqf board
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) Sunni Waqf board
Explanation: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board and the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind have decided to file a review petition against Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict. The Sunni Waqf board clarified that they would not be filing a review petition.
Q. India’s Ravi Prakash won the BRICS-Young Innovator Prize for inventing which among the following inventions?
a) Green ice box
b) Milk chilling unit
c) Plastic recycle machine
d) Eco-friendly manure maker
Answer
Answer: (b) Milk chilling unit
Explanation: India’s Ravi Prakash was awarded the BRICS-Young Innovator Prize for inventing affordable and indigenously-designed milk chilling unit. The milk chilling unit can be used by the small and marginal rural dairy farmers to cool milk from the point of production.
Q. Which Ministry launched the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK), a repository of diverse crops?
a) Ministry for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
b) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
c) Ministry of Women and Child Development
d) Ministry of Rural Development
Answer
Answer: (c) Ministry of Women and Child Development
Explanation: Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, launched the Bharatiya Poshan Krishi Kosh (BPKK) in New Delhi along with Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This Kosh is a repository of diverse crops of India across 128 agro-climatic zones.
Q. Indian government has decided to extend the visa-on-arrival facility for citizens of which country?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Qatar
c) UAE
d) Bhutan
Answer
Answer: (c) UAE
Explanation: The Indian government has decided to extend the visa-on-arrival facility for the nationals of the United Arab Emirates. The visa-on-arrival facility will be available to the citizens of UAE for a period of up to 60 days with double entry for business, tourism, conference and medical purposes.
Q. Bilateral Maritime Exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr 2019 began between India and which country recently?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Qatar
c) Kuwait
d) Turkey
Answer
Answer: (b) Qatar
Explanation: Bilateral Maritime Exercise Za’ir-Al-Bahr began between Indian Navy and Qatari Emiri Navy on November 17, 2019. Indian Navy’s INS Trikand and Patrol Aircraft P8-I arrived at Doha to take part in the exercise that will conclude on November 21, 2019.
Q. On which day the United Nations observes “World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims” every year?
(a) 17 November
(b) 18 November
(c) 19 November
(d) 20 November
(e) 21 November
Answer
Answer: (a) 17 November
Explanation: The United Nations observes “World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims” on 17 November every year.
Q. The World Athletics was founded in ___________ as the International Amateur Athletic Federation.
(a) 1916
(b) 1915
(c) 1914
(d) 1913
(e) 1912
Answer
Answer: (e) 1912
Explanation: The World Athletics was founded in 1912 as the International Amateur Athletic Federation.
Q. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Sisseri Bridge, built by the Border Road Organisation (BRO) on Pasighat-Bomjir Highway in?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Nagaland
(e) Assam
Answer
Answer: (b) Arunachal Pradesh
Explanation: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Sisseri Bridge, built by the Border Road Organisation (BRO) on Pasighat-Bomjir Highway, Arunachal Pradesh.
Q. Who among the following was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura?
(a) Justice Ajit Singh
(b) Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan
(c) Justice Ravi Shankar Jha
(d) Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi
(e) Justice Anirudh Bose
Answer
Answer: (d) Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi
Explanation: Justice Akil Abdulhamid Kureshi was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura.
Q. The North India’s first sugar mill which will produce ethanol direct from sugarcane was inaugurated in Pipraich area of Gorakhpur,________________
(a) Haryana
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Rajasthan
(e) Gujarat
Answer
Answer: (b) Uttar Pradesh
Explanation: The North India’s first sugar mill which will produce ethanol direct from sugarcane was inaugurated in Pipraich area of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.