Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 17th October 2019
GK & Current Affairs Questions – October 2019
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Daily Current Affairs Questions – 17th October 2019
1. In a first, a serving District and Sessions Judge ________ has been appointed as the Union Law Secretary.
Anoop Kumar
Tulsi Prasad
Gita Mittal
Sushma Sirohi
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Anoop Kumar
Explanation: Currently, Kumar is a District & Sessions Judge in Delhi’s Karkardooma Court. AK Mendiratta has been appointed till March 30, 2023. It is worth mentioning that Department of Legal Affairs was functioning without a full-time law secretary for more than nine months now.
2. The term “Hagibis”, which is sometimes seen in the news, is a/an ________.
Typhoon
Asteroid
Meteorite
Thinnest Gold
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Typhoon
Explanation: The storm is 870 miles wide, with gusts of up to 134mph. Typhoon Hagibis swept across central and eastern Japan. The highest toll was in Fukushima prefecture north of Tokyo.
3. Union Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey announced the launch of 14 AWSITC across 9 cities in India, for the Media and Entertainment. Expand AWSITC.
Authorized World Soft Skills India Training Centers
Authorized World Skills Bharat Training Centers
Authorized World Skills Vande Training Centers
Authorized World Skills India Training Centers
None of these
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Correct Answer – D. Authorized World Skills India Training Centers
Explanation: The acronym AWSITC stands for Authorized World Skills India Training Centers. This programme aims to provide best in class training to candidates to showcase their skills. These centers shall also function as a platform for all states in terms of training the candidates.
4. Which Indian city took the 12th place on the list as the wealthiest city in the world with a total of $960 billion, according to the Wealthiest Cities Worldwide report?
New Delhi
Mumbai
Bengaluru
Puri
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Mumbai
Explanation: Mumbai is the only Indian city to feature in the top 20 list of wealthiest cities. While, New York City topped the list with a total wealth of $3.0 trillion. Tokyo came a close second ($2.5 trillion).
5.The third edition of the India Mobile Congress was recently held in _______.
Noida
New Delhi
Bengaluru
Mumbai
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. New Delhi
Explanation: Apart from being the largest digital technology event in South Asia, IMC is also the biggest international tech conference organised in the country. The India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2019, was held from October 14 to 16.
6. Who chaired the 2nd meeting of the IIIT Coordination Forum in New Delhi recently?
Amit Shah
Ramesh Pokhriyal
Rahul Gandhi
Narendra Modi
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Ramesh Pokhriyal
Explanation: IIITs (Indian Institute of information Technology) Coordination Forum is the apex body for deciding policy for 20 IIITs. Partially supported by the government, they’re required to become self sufficient within short span of time.
7. How many heritage landmarks from India were chosen for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2019?
2
3
4
5
None of these
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Correct Answer – C. 4
Explanation: The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation recognise the efforts to restore and conserve structures of heritage value in the region. The awards were announced at a ceremony held in Penang, Malaysia. The winners from India are:
– Flora Fountain ( Mumbai )
– Gloria Church at Byculla ( Mumbai )
– Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue at Kala Godha ( Mumbai )
– The Vikram Sarabhai Library ( Ahmedabad )
8. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided, in principle, to keep Pakistan in its Grey List till ________.
February 2020
June 2020
January 2021
April 2021
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. February 2020
Explanation: The FATF was established in 1989. It aims to combat:
– Money laundering
– Terrorist financing
– Other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system
It is worth mentioning that FATF do grey listing of that country, which it considers as a safe haven for terror funding & money laundering.
9.The “Van Dhan Internship Programme” has Ben recently launched under Ministry of __________.
Tribal Affairs
Finance
Corporate Affairs
HRD
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Tribal Affairs
Explanation: The interns have been selected to work on Van Dhan programme. They will work with the team of TRIFED in in tribal areas in development of tribal welfare and inclusive growth.
10. Consumption of petroleum products in September dropped to _____ million tonnes, its lowest since July 2017.
16.01
18.99
12.56
10.76
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. 16.01 ( million tonnes )
Explanation: According to data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC), Bitumen saw consumption drop by 7.3%, while diesel saw demand drop by 3.2%. Kerosene saw demand fall almost 38% to 176,000 tonnes.
11. India has been ranked ___ out of 117 countries in terms of severity of hunger, according to the Global Hunger Index.
102
110
115
117
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. 102
Explanation: The four indicators for the index are
Undernourishment
Child stunting
Child wasting
Child mortality
Alarmingly, India was the worst performer when it came to child wasting (age appropriate weight).
– Even Pakistan pulled ahead in the 2019 ranking to 94th place
– Hunger is highest in South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara region, according to the report
12. Who continues to be the richest person in India, according to business magazine Forbes?
Anil Ambani
Gautam Adani
Narendra Modi
Shiv Nadar
None of these
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Correct Answer – E. None of these
Explanation: Mukesh Ambani’s net worth stood at $51.4 billion (around Rs 3.7 lakh crore), according to the Forbes. While Azim Premji fell from No. 2 to No. 17 due to his incredibly generous donation from earlier this year.
13.Shinyuu Maitri – 2019, sometimes seen in the news, is a joint exercise, is between India & _______.
Japan
USA
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Japan
Explanation:
It will be held from October 17 to 23 at Air Force Station Arjan Singh in Panagarh. It aims to undertake joint mobility & tactical interoperability among the two forces.
14. Reliance Jio has alleged that a few Telecom companies are masquerading fixed landline numbers as mobile numbers to earn undue revenue through the IUC. Expand IUC.
Interconnect Usage Charge
Intercom Utilization Calls
Internet User Charges
Internship User Charge
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Interconnect Usage Charge
Explanation: IUC is levied by mobile networks handling incoming calls from rival networks. IUC has been a bone of contention among the private carriers and TRAI.
Notably, TRAI had cut it to 6 paise per minute from 14 paise, two years ago. It has also decided to scrap it from January 2020.
15. GOAL (Going Online as Leaders), sometimes seen in the news, is a program supported by ________.
Facebook
Microsoft
Infosys
Reliance
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Facebook
Explanation: GOAL aims to inspire, guide and encourage tribal girls to become village-level digital young leaders for their communities. In order to be its part, the applicants will be required to be over 18 years of age & of tribal origin.
