Important G.K. & Current Affairs Questions – 29th January 2019

Correct Answer – B. 27th January

Explanation: World Leprosy Day is observed internationally every year on the last Sunday of January to increase the public awareness of the Leprosyor Hansen’s Disease. This day was chosen in commemoration of the death of Gandhi, the leader of India who understood the importance of leprosy. Leprosy is one of the oldest recorded diseases in the world. It is an infectious chronic disease that targets the nervous system, especially the nerves in the cooler parts of the body – the hands, feet, and face.

Correct Answer – A. Nepal

Explanation: Nepal and India have agreed to set up an ‘Energy Banking’ mechanism that would help the Himalayan country export its surplus electricity to neighbour India during the monsoon season and import power during its lean season in winter. The agreement on the ‘Energy Banking’ mechanism was arrived at during a meeting between the Nepali and Indian Energy Secretaries in Pokhara, following recommendations by the electricity authorities of both the neighbours

Correct Answer – C. Tetra Pak

Explanation: Tetra Pak India, the world’s leading packaging and processing solutions provider was felicitated with the ‘Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Social Impact’ award in the ‘Sustainable Environment category’. The award recognizes Tetra Pak’s leading efforts in setting up a sustainable ecosystem for recycling of used Tetra Pak cartons, using a multistakeholder approach and delivering measurable impact. The award recognizes excellence of organisations in the sphere of social investment, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. More than 80 project nominations were received across different project categories from corporates, NGOs and implementation agencies, of which 40 were shortlisted for further evaluation.

Correct Answer – C. IIT Ropar

Explanation: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, has developed an app to help the visually impaired recognise currency notes. The app can recognise both old and new notes and gives audio information as to which note you are holding in your hands. The application is called Roshni and is free on the Google Play Store. The team comprising of Dr Puneet Goyal, PhD scholars Mandhatya Singh and Joohi Chauhan, and student R Ram from the institute demonstrated the app. The demonstration took place in the presence of students from Institute for Visually Impaired, Chandigarh. The claim is that Roshni is the first Android app to successfully recognise new INR currency notes. The new currency notes came into effect after demonitization. We now have Rs 2,000 notes while the old Rs 10, Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs 200 and Rs 500 got a refresh.

Correct Answer – A. 27th January

Explanation: International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an international memorial day on 27 Januarycommemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War. It commemorates the genocide that resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jewish people, 5 million Slavs, 3 million ethnic Poles, 200,000 Romani people, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people, and 9,000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. It was designated by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 60/7 on 1 November 2005 during the 42nd plenary session. The resolution came after a special session was held earlier that year on 24 January 2005 during which the United Nations General Assembly marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the end of the Holocaust.

Correct Answer – B. Radiation

Explanation: India has tested a new indigenous air-launched missile called NGARM, which is designed to destroy a variety of surveillance and radar targets on the ground after being fired from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter.This new-generation anti-radiation missile (NGARM), with a strike range of around 100-km, is the first indigenous air-to-ground missile to be developed by the DRDO, after the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile developed jointly with Russia.

Correct Answer – B. Universal Robots

Explanation: Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd (BFW), a Bengaluru-based machining solution provider, has partnered with Universal Robots, a Danish robot maker and a leader in collaborative robots, to co-create robots for MSME sector. Ravi Raghavan, CEO, Bharat Fritz Werner, said: “This partnership between the Danish robot maker and BFW will leverage the productivity in the MSME segment by integration of collaborative robots in manufacturing processes.”

Correct Answer – A. HUL

Explanation: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH India) said its merger deal with Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has been approved by the fair trade regulator CCI. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the scheme of amalgamation between the two companies, through an-all equity deal, valuing the total business of the latter at Rs 31,700 crore.

Correct Answer – D. Gujarat

Explanation: Dairy major Amul for the first time has launched camel milk in select Gujarat markets — Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad and the Kutch. Sourced from the Kutch, the camel milk will be available in a 500 ml PET bottles priced at Rs 50, and needs to be refrigerated, as has a shelf life of three days, the dairy major said. Amul had earlier introduced a camel milk chocolate which continues to receive a good response, it said.

Correct Answer  – D. Pravin Kutumbe

Explanation: Insurance regulator IRDAI set up a panel to identity domestically systemically important insurers (SII) and put in place an enhanced regulatory framework for them. Explaining the rationale for having enhanced regulatory watch for SIIs, IRDAI said their failure has potential to cause significant disruption to the essential services they provide to policy holders and to the overall economic activity in the country. SIIs are perceived as insurers that are ‘too big to fail’. “The continued functioning of SIIs is critical for the uninterrupted availability of uninterrupted insurance services to the real economy,” said the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). The committee headed by Pravin Kutumbe, Member-Finance & Investment, IRDAI, has been asked to submit report in six months.