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[WpProQuiz 7108]1) World Contraception Day is observed on _________.
a) September 23
b) September 24
c) September 25
d) September 26
e) September 27
2) Which among the following day is observed as World Maritime Day annually?
a) September 23
b) September 24
c) September 25
d) September 26
e) September 27
3) Recently the Government has increased the Pension to Families of Deceased Govt Employees who Served less than 7 Years to _________ of the last pay drawn.
a) 30%
b) 40%
c) 50%
d) 60%
e) 35%
4) Which state has launched the Housing Loan Subsidy Scheme ‘Aponar Apon Ghar’?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Assam
c) Manipur
d) Meghalaya
e) Madhya Pradesh
5) Who is elected as the President of International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)?
a) Sebastian Coe
b) Steve Bubka
c) Ximena Restrepo
d) Geoffrey Gardner
e) Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud
6) Payment technology company Visa announced that it has signed up with whom as its brand ambassador for two years?
a) PV Sindhu
b) Parupalli Kasyap
c) Hima Das
d) Harempreet Kaur
e) Geeta Kumari Phogat
7) Name the actress who has been chosen as “goodwill ambassador” by the Chief Electoral Office in Maharashtra?
a) Payal Rajput
b) Alia Bhat
c) Madhuri Dixit
d) Vidya Balan
e) Anushka Sharma
8) Who is appointed as next Ambassador of India to the Guinea Bissau?
a) G V Srinivas
b) M K Manohar
c) Satya Krishnan
d) Vinod Kumar
e) None of these
9) The SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019 will be awarded to mathematician Adam Harper. He belongs to which country?
a) Germany
b) USA
c) England
d) Russia
e) Ireland
10) Name the 17-year-old girl from Rajasthan who made the entire nation proud when she received the Changemaker Award.
a) Payal Jangid
b) Ritu Sharma
c) Nayana Chender
d) Sumana Jangid
e) None of these
11) Who was conferred with the prestigious International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Veteran Pin Award?
a) Mary Kom
b) Pullela Gopi Chand
c) P T Usha
d) Sachin Tendulkar
e) Viswanathan Anand
12) Who is the author of the book titled ‘India in the Persianate Age: 1000–1765’?
a) Richard M. Eaton
b) Neil Gaiman
c) Hilary Mantel
d) James Kelman
e) None of these
13) Who is the author of the book titled “Loss” that will be released soon?
a) Roopa Pai
b) Siddharth Shanghvi
c) Paro Anand
d) Vikram Sampath
e) None of these
14) Name the comic book series launched by the AYUSH Ministry to make children aware of the importance of medicinal plants and their use for home remedies.
a) Teacher Ayushman
b) Ruler Ayushman
c) Dictator Ayushman
d) Professor Ayushman
e) None of these
15) What amount of grant has Indian announced for grant for India-Pacific Islands Developing States (PSIDS)?
a) $ 8 million
b) $ 10 million
c) $ 12 million
d) $ 14 million
e) $ 16 million
16) The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced a partnership with which social media platform for carrying out a range of digital content across four years?
a) Youtube
b) Facebook
c) Instagram
d) Twitter
e) Google+
17) Who has topped the Hurun India Rich List 2019?
a) Mukesh Ambani
b) Azim Premji
c) Lakshmi Mittal
d) SP Hinduja and family
e) None of these
18) Which team has won the 25th Senior Women’s National Football Championship?
a) Tamil Nadu
b) Manipur
c) Railways
d) Telangana
e) Andhra
19) Comedian Venu Madhav passed away. He featured with which film industry?
a) Kannada
b) Tamil
c) Malayalam
d) Telugu
e) Marathi
Answers :
1) Answer: D)
World Contraception Day is observed on 26 September annually.It is a global campaign to improve the awareness about the contraceptive methods available and enable the young people to make informed decisions regarding their sexual and reproductive health.
2) Answer: D)
World Maritime Day is observed annually on 26 September to raise awareness about the importance of gender equality which is also necessary to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and also to highlight the contribution of women in the maritime sector. The theme of 2019 is “Empowering women in the maritime community”.
3) Answer: C)
The Central government amended pension rules to extend benefits to the family of a government servant at an enhanced rate of 50 per cent of last pay drawn, for a period of 10 years even if he dies within seven years of joining service.
The Central government amended Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972.
As per the amended Rule 54, the family of a government servant, who dies within seven years of joining service, will also be eligible for family pension at an enhanced rate of 50 per cent of last pay drawn, for a period of 10 years.
On the death of a government servant while in service, the family is entitled to a family pension in accordance with Rule 54 of the pension rules.
In case the government servant had rendered service of fewer than seven years before his death, the rate of family pension was 30 per cent from the beginning and family pension at an enhanced rate of 50 per cent of last pay drawn was not payable to the family.
The amendments would be effective from October 1, 2019. However, the families of government servants who died before the completion of service of seven years within 10 years before October 1, 2019, will also be eligible for family pension at enhanced rates with effect from October 1, 2019.
4) Answer: B)
The Assam Government has launched a housing loan subsidy scheme to provide financial assistance on purchase or construction of the first house for a family.Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the scheme – Aponar Apon Ghar in Guwahati.
The subsidy up to 2 lakh 50 thousand rupees will be provided for loan amounts from five lakh to 40 lakh rupees. This initiative would provide impetus to the economy and led to the expansion of real estate in the state.
5) Answer: A)
Britain’s Sebastian Coe was re-elected as president of the IAAF for a second term following four years dominated by doping and the issue of gender.Ximena Restrepo, Sergey Bubka, Geoffrey Gardner and Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud were elected as vice-presidents. Restrepo will become the first woman to serve as an IAAF Vice President.
6) Answer: A)
Payment technology company Visa announced that it has signed up world badminton champion PV Sindhu as its brand ambassador for two years. Besides promoting the brand through advertising campaigns, Sindhu has also become an athlete member of Team Visa for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
7) Answer: C)
Actor Madhuri Dixit has been chosen as “goodwill ambassador” by the Chief Electoral Office in Maharashtra to create awareness among people about the importance of voting. State Assembly polls are scheduled for October 21 and results will be declared on October 24. Dixit will be seen in a video titled ‘Let’s Vote” speaking about the democratic process and role of voters in the development of the country.
8) Answer: A)
Godavarthi Venkata Srinivas was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea Bissau. Srinivas, a 1993 batch-IFS officer, is presently the country’s Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal.
9) Answer: C)
The SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019 will be awarded to mathematician Adam Harper, Assistant Professor with the University of Warwick, England.The prize carries a citation and an award of $10,000 and is conferred annually on mathematicians from across the world, who are less than 32 years of age, working in an area influenced by the genius Srinivasa Ramanujan.
10) Answer: A)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation conferred the Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards to PM Modi for the progress India has made in providing safe sanitation under his leadership.At the same ceremony, Payal Jangid, a 17-year-old girl from Rajasthan made the entire nation proud when she received the Changemaker Award.Payal Jangid won the award because she helped discourage child marriages and also successfully persuaded parents to keep their children in education.
11) Answer: C)
Indian track and field legend PT Usha was conferred with the prestigious International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Veteran Pin Award, for her contribution to the growth of sport
IAAF chief Sebastian Coe presented her the Veteran Pin during the 52nd IAAF Congress at Doha She was one of three persons from Asia to receive the honour. Usha is one of the greatest sprinters to have come out of India, often called the “queen of track and field”
12) Answer: A)
A book named “India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765” by United States (US) based professor and author, Richard M Eaton was released. This book mainly focuses on the rise of Persian culture and also about the civilisations, architecture, upheavals, and the art of the Indian subcontinent between 11th and 18th centuries. The book is published by Penguin India.
13) Answer: B)
Award-winning author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi will come out with a memoir on death and grief, drawing on a string of personal losses – of his parents and a beloved pet.
In “Loss”, the author will chart the landscape of bereavement as he takes the reader down the dark, winding path to healing.
Shanghvi, whose first novel “The Last Song of Dusk” won the Betty Trask Award, the Premio Grinzane Cavour, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize.
Shanghvi, whose second book “The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay” was shortlisted for the Man Asian Prize.“Loss” will hit stores next summer.
14) Answer: D)
A comic book series with ‘Professor Ayushman’ as the central character has been unveiled to make children aware of the importance of medicinal plants and their use for home remedies.The comic book, conceived by the National Medicinal Plants Board, talks about plants like Aloe Vera, Tulsi, Amla, Giloy, Neem, Ashvagandha and Brahmi. The AYUSH Ministry has come out with the book that will be available for free and schools can approach the National Medicinal Plant Board
15) Answer: C)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met leaders of the Pacific Islands Developing States (PSIDS) on the sidelines of the UNGA session in New York.
Prime Minister highlighted the need for development policies to be inclusive and sustainable to reduce inequality and contribute to empowerment and improvement of the quality of people’s lives.
India was equally committed to tackle the impact of climate change and supported the efforts of the PSIDS to achieve their developmental goals through necessary developmental and technical assistance.
PM Modi announced allocation of 12 million US Dollar grant towards the implementation of high impact developmental project in the area of their choice.
In addition, a concessional Line of Credit of 150 Million dollars which can be availed by the PSIDS for undertaking solar, renewable energy and climate-related projects based on each country’s requirement was announced.
Mr Modi along with others world leaders also inaugurated the Gandhi Solar Park at the UN headquarters and released a commemorative stamp issued by the UN on the occasion of Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary.
16) Answer: B)
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday announced a partnership with social media giant Facebook for carrying out a range of digital content across four years.
The content will include match recaps, in-play key moments and other match and feature content.
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup became an unprecedented success as it netted around 4.6 billion video views across ICC’s digital and social media platforms.
The package includes major global events of ICC such as Women’s T20 World Cup 2020, Men’s T20 World Cup 2020, Women’s Cricket World Cup 2021, Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 among others.
17) Answer: A)
Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the list of richest Indians for the eighth consecutive year, with a net worth of Rs.3,80,700 crore, according to the latest IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List.
London-based SP Hinduja & family, with assets worth Rs.1,86,500 crore, retained the second rank in the list, followed by Wipro founder Azim Premji at the third place with a wealth of Rs.1,17,100 crore.
L N Mittal, chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, was the 4th richest with a wealth of Rs.1,07,300 crore and Gautam Adani was placed on the 5th position with a net worth of Rs.94,500 crore.
Others in the top 10 include Uday Kotak at the 6th place with a wealth of Rs. 94,100 crore, Cyrus S Poonawalla at 7th position with Rs.88,800 crore assets, Cyrus Pallonji Mistry at 8th spot with a wealth of Rs.76,800 crore, Shapoor Pallonji at 9th position with a net worth of Rs.76,800 crore and Dilip Shanghvi at 10th slot with Rs.71,500-crore wealth.
18) Answer: B)
Manipur beat Railways 1-0 to triumph in the final of the 25th Senior Women’s NFC 2019-20 at Arunachal Pradesh’s CHF Ground.The 25th edition of the tournament was held from 10 September to 24 September 2019 in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, which hosted the tournament for the first time.
19) Answer: D)
Popular Telugu film comedian Venu Madhav passed away after a prolonged illness.Mimicry artiste-turned-comedian, Venu Madhav made his debut in movies with Sampradayam in 1996 and was last seen in the film Dr. Paramanandaiah Students Gang in 2016.
