Daily GK & Current Affairs Quiz – 5th October 2019
GK & Current Affairs Questions – October 2019
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Daily Current Affairs Questions – 5th October 2019
1.The government recently launched a web portal _______ with a view to improving coordination between the power, coal and railway ministries to ensure coal supplies to power plants.
A. Poorva
B. Prakash
C. Pareeksha
D. Parmanu
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Prakash
Explanation: PRAKASH stands for ‘Power Rail Koyla Availability through Supply Harmony’. Besides mapping coal stocks in mines, the portal will also help to monitor the movement of railway rakes & coal availability at power plants.
2. World Space Week (WSW) is an annual holiday observed from ________ in various parts of the world.
A. 4-10 Oct
B. 5-11 Oct
C. 7-13 Oct
D. 8-14 Oct
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. 4-10 Oct
Explanation: The theme of World Space Week 2019 is “The Moon: Gateway to the Stars”. In India, ISRO has joined hands with 7 academic institutions across Karnataka to observe this week.
3. _______ launched the Audio Guide facility Audio Odigos for 12 sites of India (including Iconic Sites).
A. Tourism Ministry
B. Personnel Ministry
C. HRD Ministry
D. Finance Ministry
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Tourism Ministry
Explanation: This app offers verified content, with visuals & voice over support. With Audio Odigos, visuals & voice over support. With Audio Odigos, visitors will now enjoy a more enriching experience. This app contains an inbuilt map of the site. Moreover, listeners will be offered various versions of history like Synopsis, and Podcasts.
4. _________ has announced the creation of a Pneumoconiosis Fund, which will be majorly financed by money from the District Mineral Foundation (DMF).
A. Gujarat
B. Goa
C. Jharkhand
D. Rajasthan
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – D. Rajasthan
Explanation: Pneumoconiosis is a kind of lung disease. It mostly affects workers who work in the mining and construction sectors. It is worth noting that Rajasthan is one of the leading mining states of India. Most of these are sandstone mines and quarries.
5.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered the repo rate by 0.25 percentage point to _____ in line with economists’ expectations.
A. 5.15%
B. 6.10%
C. 6.25%
D. 6.75%
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. 5.15%
Explanation: This reduction aims to boost demand & private consumption amid an economic slowdown. All but one member of the Committee voted to reduce the key rate by 0.25 percentage point. However, the central bank has reduced the GDP growth outlook for 2019-20 to 6.1%.
6.‘Urjagiri’, a special campaign to prevent line loss and power thefts in _____ got started on the 150th birth anniversary for father of nation Mahatma Gandhi.
A. UP
B. Uttarakhand
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Telangana
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Uttarakhand
Explanation: CM of Uttarakhand, Sh. Rawat, launched an awareness campaign named ‘Urjagiri’ in the state. It aims at stopping power theft & saving. It is worth noting that Uttarakhand has suffered a line loss of more than 18% costing over Rs 22 Crore in 2016-17.
7. Who recently bagged the ‘Most Effective Swachhata Ambassador’ award at India Today Group’s fifth edition of the Safaigiri Awards?
A. Manmohan Singh
B. Amit Shah
C. Sachin Tendulkar
D. Narendra Modi
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Sachin Tendulkar
Explanation: In 2011, during ‘Support My School telethon’, he helped raise crores for creation of basic facilities in government schools. Tendulkar had also launched ‘Mission-24’, aimed at improving the quality of life in Mumbai’s M East ward.
8. Drone Innovators Network Summit 2019, sometimes seen in the news, was recently organized by _____.
A. WEF
B. SAARC
C. BRICS
D. AIIB
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. WEF
Explanation: The Drone Innovators Network (DIN) is a community of progressive governments, who are accelerating the adoption of drones with progressive regulatory approaches. The summit was organised by the World Economic Forum under the aegis of the Civil Aviation Ministry.
9.Which among the following states had the highest number of dry districts, according to IMD?
A. Haryana
B. Uttar Pradesh
C. Rajasthan
D. Maharashtra
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Haryana
Explanation: IMD defines “deficient” rainfall in a district as rainfall that is 20% to 59% below normal. The overall monsoon deficiency in Haryana was 42%, which made it the driest state in the season after Manipur.
10. Digital infrastructure provider, ___________ has named Amur S Lakshminarayanan as Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer designate of the company.
A. Tata Communications
B. Reliance Power
C. Infosys
D. MindTree
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Tata Communications
Explanation: Sh. Amur comes with 35 years of experience in a wide range of leadership roles. He will advise the interim management committee of Tata Communications under his new role.
11. ____ district has emerged as the “Overall Best District” in the country during the annual survey conducted in the country as part of Swachh Survekshan 2019.
A. Jaipur
B. Indore
C. Peddapalli
D. Kochi
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Peddapalli
Explanation: Massive clean-up operation helped Peddapalli clinch this tag. It is worth noting that Peddapalli district in Telangana witnessed an 85% drop in dengue and chikungunya cases. The district had earlier won two national awards in Swachh Sundar Shauchalay and ODF district.
12. ________, one of the smallest members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will leave the 14-nation bloc from Jan. 1 due to fiscal problems.
A. India
B. Saudi Arabia
C. Ecuador
D. Venezuela
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Ecuador
Explanation: Ecuador has left before — it joined OPEC in 1973 and suspended its membership in 1992. The actual market impact based on volumes is likely to be negligible. This measure is in line with Ecuador’s plan to reduce public spending. It must be recalled that Qatar left the group effective January 1, 2019.
13.The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved a proposal to appoint ________ as the Chairman and Managing Director of Oil India Ltd.
A. Sushil Chandra Mishra
B. Ramesh Gill
C. Surya Pratap
D. Yashwant Mishra
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – A. Sushil Chandra Mishra
Explanation: Sh.Mishra will take charge on October 1, 2019. He will hold his post till June 30, 2022. Mishra is currently an Executive Director at OIL, which is India’s second government-owned oil exploration company.
14. Name the senior group president and former chief financial officer at the troubled lender Yes Bank, who has quit recently.
A. Ravneet Gill
B. Rajat Monga
C. Shubham Arora
D. Meenakshi Luthra
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – B. Rajat Monga
Explanation: This disclosure comes at a time when the Kapoor family’s holding in the bank has come to very low levels. Monga was serving the bank as senior group president. He was with the bank since inception in 2004.
15. Who has been selected as the 2019 winner of the UN Refugee Agency’s Nansen Refugee Award?
A. Nita Joshi
B. Xi Jinping
C. Azizbek Ashurov
D. Donald Trump
E. None of these
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Correct Answer – C. Azizbek Ashurov
Explanation: Azizbek Ashurov has helped well over 10,000 people to gain Kyrgyz nationality, as they became stateless following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
About the Award:
This award honours extraordinary service to the forcibly displaced. It is named after Fridtjof Nansen, the League of Nations’ first High Commissioner for Refugees.
