Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 19th October 2019
GK & Current Affairs Questions – October 2019
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Daily Current Affairs Questions – 19th October 2019
1. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi wrote to the Centre recommending the name of Justice ______ as his successor.
SA Bobde
R Bhanumathi
NV Ramana
Hemant Gupta
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. SA Bobde
Explanation: Justice Gogoi will demit the office on November 17. Justice Bobde will likely take oath as 47th CJI on Nov 18. Justice Bobde is a former Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh HC.
2. ______ approved a new tax on digital companies, including U.S. tech giants, as part of its 2020 draft budget on October 16.
Italy
Russia
UK
Iran
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Italy
Explanation: The levy will oblige companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon, to pay a 3% levy on internet transactions. Reportedly, the Italian scheme is expected to yield about 600 million euros a year.
3. The Department of Tourism in ______ is hosting the 3rd state level Shirui Lily Festival.
Manipur
Assam
Telangana
Andhra Pradesh
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Manipur
Explanation: The Shirui Lily Festival was organised by Manipur Tourism Department. It aims to promote the Shirui Lily. It is an endangered Lily found in Shirui hills of the district.
4. Indian Air Force (IAF) kickstarted its bilateral joint exercise with ______, named ‘EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V’ at Air Force Base Masirah.
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Oman
Pakistan
None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Oman
Explanation: India is participating in a Bilateral Joint exercise with Oman named EX EASTERN BRIDGE-V. For the first time, MiG-29 fighter aircraft will be participating in this exercise. It will enhance inter-operability during mutual operations between the two Air Forces.
5.A three day long festival of Baul songs named Indo-Bangla Baul Music Festival concluded in _____ recently.
Dhaka
Kolkata
Chittagong
Patna
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Dhaka
Explanation:
The program was organised to mark the 129th death anniversary of Baul saint Fakir Lalon Shah. Notably, Bauls are mystical musicians from Bengal. The music of the Bauls, Baul Sangeet, is a particular type of folk music.
6. Which country has emerged as third largest ecosystem for more successful startups, according to Hurun Global Unicorn List 2019?
US
China
India
Israel
None of these
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Correct Answer – C. India
Explanation: The Hurun Research Institute has receny released the inaugural Hurun Global Unicorn List 2019. The world’s unicorns are based in only 25 countries around the world. India was placed third with 21 unicorns, led by payments solutions platform One97 Communications.
7. India Army has launched a new software ‘OASIS’ for the digitisation of the service and personal records of its officers. Expand OASIS.
Officers Automated Structured Information System
Officers Automation Structured Information System
Officials Automated Structured Database System
Officers Automated Structured Meta-Data System
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Officers Automated Structured Information System
Explanation: The new software is hosted on Army’s intranet. It can be accessed by the Army officers to check their details. Notably, Manpower Planning Directorate, is responsible for custody and maintenance of their service records. On the retirement of the officer, the whole data will migrate from OASIS to Retired Officers Digital Records Archive.
8. The National Highway (NH) starting from Kapurthala connecting Gobindwal Sahib and terminating near Taran Taran has been named after which Sikh Guru?
Guru Angad Ji
Guru Ram Das Ji
Guru Amar Das Ji
Guru Nanak Dev Ji
None of these
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Correct Answer – D. Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Explanation: The ministry had decided to rename the new National Highway 703AA in the name of Guru Nanak Dev. This decision is a befitting tribute to Guru Nanak Dev on the occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
9.______ launched Food Safety Mitra (FSM), which will support small and medium scale food businesses in compliance to the food safety laws.
NITI Aayog
FICCI
FSSAI
SAIL
None of these
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Correct Answer – C. FSSAI
Explanation: This aims to improve the ease of doing business. A Food Safety Mitra is a certified professional, who assists in compliances related to FSS Act. Notably, ‘Mitra’ is the word for ‘friend’ in several Indian languages. He’ll have 3 roles:
Hygiene Mitra
Trainer Mitra
Digital Mitra
10. According to the Credit Suisse Research Institute (CSRI)’s report titled ‘The CS Gender 3000 in 2019, India ranks ____ among the 56 countries in terms of women representation at senior levels.
23rd
29th
35th
42nd
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. 23rd
Explanation: The research studied the gender mix of 3,000 companies across 56 countries. India significantly lags in the percentage of women in senior management roles. According to the report, the percentage of women on boards globally now stands at 20.6%.
11. World Trauma Day is observed annually on ______.
16 Oct
17 Oct
18 Oct
19 Oct
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. 17 Oct
Explanation: Trauma refers to any kind of injury to the body. This day highlights the increasing number of injuries and deaths caused by accidents.
Nearly 1.5 lakh people died in road accidents in India in 2015, according to NCRB
Every day, more than 400 people die in road accidents across India on average
12. Global body World Steel Association has elected _______ as its vice chairman.
LN Mittal
Sajjan Jindal
Mukesh Agnihotri
TV Narendran
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Sajjan Jindal
Explanation: World Steel Association is an international trade body for the iron and steel industry. It is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Recently, it has selected JSW Steel Chairman Sajjan Jindal as its Vice-Chairman.
13.Karur Vysya Bank partnered with _______, a local armof the international consumer finance provider with operations spanning over Europe and Asia, for joint lending.
Home Credit India
HDB Finance Services
Bajaj Finance
Tata Capital
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Home Credit India
Explanation: KVB and HCIN will disburse the loan as a single amount to the customer. It is worth mentioning that Karur Vysya Bank is a 103-year-old scheduled commercial bank.
14. The Chenani-Nashri tunnel, the longest tunnel in ______, will be renamed after Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
J&K
Assam
Himachal Pradesh
Nagaland
None of these
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Correct Answer – A. J&K
Explanation: • In 2017, this 9.2-kilometer-long tunnel was inaugurated by PM Modi
This tunnel reduces the distances between Jammu and Srinagar by 30 km
Mukherjee was the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh
He died after 40 days of being arrested by the J&K for entering the state without permit
15. ______ is the most innovative major state in India, according to the recently released the India Innovation Index (III) 2019.
Gujarat
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Punjab
None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Karnataka
Explanation: NITI Aayog with Institute for Competitiveness has released the India Innovation Index 2019. This attempts to create an extensive framework for the innovation environment of 29 states and 7 UTs. This index is calculated as the average of the scores of its two dimensions – Enablers and Performance.
