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[WpProQuiz 7558]1) Which state government has topped the Good Governance Index launched by the Central Government ?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Maharahstra
C) Gujarat
D) Karnataka
E) Andhra Pradesh
2) The Central government has planned to convert how many hospitals into medical colleges ?
A) 95
B) 90
C) 85
D) 80
E) 75
3) Free Wifi services will be provided in all villages across the country by which year ?
A) March 2024
B) March 2023
C) March 2022
D) March 2020
E) March 2021
4) Govt has approved the updation of National Population Register. The next census will be taken place in which year?
A) 2022
B) 2021
C) 2023
D) 2024
E) 2025
5) The post of Chief of Defence Staff post will be the rank of _________.
A) 6 star general
B) 5 star general
C) 2 star general
D) 4 star general
E) 3 star general
6) Typhoon Phanfone Misery has hit which country on Christmas Day?
A) Vietnam
B) Thailand
C) Malaysia
D) Singapore
E) Philippines
7) Which city has launched the Housing Scheme For Residents Of Unauthorized Colonies ?
A) Mumbai
B) Surat
C) Ranchi
D) Delhi
E) Pune
8) Delhi cabinet has approved the policy on electric vehicles to curb pollution. It aims to convert _____ percent vehicles to electric vehicles.
A) 45
B) 25
C) 30
D) 35
E) 40
9) Where will be the 11th National Street Food Festival held in ?
A) Bhopal
B) Ranchi
C) Pune
D) New Delhi
E) Surat
10) A fan from which state has built a temple for PM Modi on his farm land ?
A) New Delhi
B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Himachal Pradesh
E) Tamil Nadu
11) Which state government has raised the retirement age of employees of the Road Transport Corporation?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Maharashtra
C) Karnataka
D) Telangana
E) Delhi
12) Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to launch tribal dance in which state ?
A) Himachal Pradesh
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) Bihar
13) India’s first university for transgender community has come up in which state?
A) West Bengal
B) Karnataka
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) Madhya Pradesh
14) Earliest Sanskrit inscriptions have been found in South India. They are related to which cult?
A) Satavahana
B) Rajneesh
C) Saptamatrika
D) ARDHAN
E) Yellamma
15) GST Council has decided to setup GRC at zonal and state level. What does GRC stand for ?
A) Gross revenue control
B) Grievance risk control
C) Governance, risk & compliance
D) Gross Revenue Committee
E) Grievance Redressal Committee
16) RBI has introduced a new prepaid payment instrument for purchase & sales of goods up to a limit of ____________.
A) 16000
B) 11000
C) 12000
D) 10000
E) 15000
17) Which power has been planning to add 10GW of solar energy capacity by 2022 ?
A) Tata Power
B) NHPC
C) NTPC
D) JSW energy
E) Adani Power
18) ______ has been chosen by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for certificate of merit for healthcare project under Best Smart Health Project category.
A) Vijayapura
B) Hubballi
C) Chitguppi
D) Belagavi
E) Bagalkot
19) Which railway station has been conferred with the ‘Eat Right’ station certification ?
A) Jaipur railway station
B) Raipur railway station
C) Secunderabad railway station
D) New Delhi railway station
E) ChhatrapatiShivajiMaharaj Terminus
20) Who has been named among five Wisden cricketers of the decade ?
A) Ellyse Perry
B) AB de Villiers
C) Steve Smith
D) ViratKohli
E) MS Dhoni
21) Which famous tennis player is set to retire from Tennis in 2020 ?
A) RohanBopanna
B) Mahesh Bhupathy
C) Leander Paes
D) Roger Federer
E) Rafael Nadal
22) Who has been named as the captain of Cricket Australia ODI team of the decade ?
A) Ab de Villiers
B) MS Dhoni
C) Hashim A
D) ViratKohli
E) Rohit Sharma
23) The solar eclipse of decade was observed in many parts of the country, it lasted for _________.
A) 5 hours and 25 minutes
B) 5 hours and 30 minutes
C) 2 hours and 30 minutes
D) 2 hour and 39 minutes
E) 3 hour and 15 minutes
24) Researchers from which institute have found a link between a tissue-remodelling enzyme and hypertension risk?
A) IIT Guwahati
B) IIT Bombay
C) IIT Hyderabad
D) IIT Delhi
E) IIT Madras
25) Ganga Prasad Vimal, who passed away recently, was a famous _______.
A) Director
B) Singer
C) Writer
D) Dancer
E) Painter
26) The Good Governance Index has been launched by _____________.
A) NITI Aayog
B) DARPG
C) CII
D) FICCI
E) ASSOCHAM
27) 11th National Street Food Festival in New Delhi is being organized by FSSAI in collaboration with which organisation?
A) NABARD
B) FICCI
C) FAO
D) FCI
E) NASVI
28) Telangana government has raised the retirement age of RTC staff from 58 to 60 years. Who is the governor of Telangana?
A) ChandrasekarRao
B) BandaruDattatreya
C) PhaguChauhan
D) TamilisaiSoundarajan
E) Arif Khan
Answers :
1) Answer: A
The Good Governance Day is observed on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Singh stated that Good Governance Index has been scientifically designed on various parameters of governance.
Tamil Nadu topped the Good Governance Index launched by the Centre. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh followed among the ‘Big States’
2) Answer: E
Harsh vardhan Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has stated the Centre is planning to convert 75 hospitals in aspirational districts across the country into medical colleges in a phased manner.
A target has been set to convert 49 hospitals, including six in Odisha, into medical colleges within the next five years.
3) Answer: D
Communication and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has stated that free WiFi services will be provided to all villages across the country through Bharat net till March next year.
Inaugurating Digital Village Gurawara in Rewari in Haryana, Mr Prasad stated, the Ministry has already connected one lakh 30 thousand gram panchayats through Bharatnet. The target is to take this to two lakh 50 thousand gram panchayats. Mr Prasad also stated, the target of the government is to convert at least 15 percent of villages to the digital village in the next four years.
4) Answer: B
Union Cabinet approves conduct of Census of India 2021 and updation of National Population Register. Cabinet approved expenditure of over 8 thousand 754 crore rupees for the exercise of Census of India 2021 and over 3 thousand 941 crore rupees for updation of National Population Register. The next decennial Census is due in 2021 and would be conducted in two phases.
5) Answer: D
The Cabinet approved the creation of the post of Chief of the Defence Staff, CDS which was announced by Prime Minister NarendraModi during his Independence Day address this year.
The post of Chief of Defence Staff will be the rank of 4-Star General with salary equivalent to Service Chiefs and will head the Department of Military Affairs to be created under the Ministry of Defence and will function as its Secretary. The Cabinet also gave ex-post facto approval for official amendments to the Arms (Amendment) Bill, 2019 moved and passed by the LokSabha on 9th of this month.
6) Answer: E
Typhoon Phanfonepummelled the central Philippines on Christmas Day, bringing a wet and miserable holiday season to millions in the mainly Catholic nation.
Thousands were stranded at shuttered ports or evacuation centres at the height of the festive season , and residents cowered in rain-soaked homes as Phanfone leapt from one small island to another for the second day.
7) Answer: D
Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal launched the ”MukhyamantriAawasYojana” for the residents of Jhuggi-Jhopri (JJ) clusters would provide a pucca house to every citizen of Delhi.
65,000 families residing in slum areas were distributed ownership certificates and they would soon be provided pucca houses. The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), which is mandated to construct houses for the slum dwellers, had launched a survey in June this year to ascertain the number of beneficiaries to be provided pucca houses.
8) Answer: B
The AamAadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government approved a policy on electric vehicles (EVs) with a focus on two-wheelers, shared transport vehicles, and commercial vehicles to lead the change to electric mobility, at a time when the state is grappling with severe levels of pollution.
By 2024, They want that 25% of the vehicles to be electric vehicles. The aim is to reduce air pollution and create large scale jobs. The emphasis is on two-wheelers and public transport because they operate more.
Electric two-wheelers are less than 0.2% (of annual sales) and three-wheelers are close to zero.
In the next year there will be 35,000 e-vehicles and 250 charging stations. In five years, hope that 5 lakh electric vehicles will be registered. The Delhi government will give 100% subsidy for the purchase of charging equipment up to ₹6,000 per charging point for the first 30,000 charging points at homes and workplaces. This will be routed through power distribution companies responsible for charger installations.
9) Answer: D
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in collaboration with the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NVSVI) is organizing the 11th edition of the National Street Food Festival.
The five-day festival begins on December 25, 2019, and will continue up to the29th of December.
The festival with a vibrant representation of tastes from across the country is organized at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. The theme of the 11th National Street Food Festival: Healthier Diets
The FSSAI will also be organizing its ‘ National Eat Right Mela’ during the National Street Food Festival to promote healthy foods for a healthier life. This will be the second edition of the National Eat Right Mela.
10) Answer: E
Prime Minister NarendraModi has an unusual fan in Tamil Nadu. One who was so impressed with his work that decided to build a temple for him in his farm land.
The temple also has framed pictures of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, current CM EdapadiPalanisamy and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The temple has come up at a village near Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
11) Answer: D
Telangana government has decided to raise the retirement age of employees of the Road Transport Corporation, RTC to 60 from the current 58 years. The decision will be applicable to all cadres of employees of the state-owned RTC. The increase in age limit for retirement will be extended to each and every employee of the TSRTC.
12) Answer: B
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on December 27 to take part in the opening ceremony of the national tribal dance festival.
The state is going to hold a three-day ‘National Tribal Dance Festival 2019’ at the Science College ground, wherein over 1,350 artistes from 25 states in India and six other countries are expected to take part.
13) Answer: D
The first university for the transgender community in India will be opened in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district. In the university, the transgender community will be able to study right from class one to PG and even do research and get PhD degree.
The university, which will come up in Fazilnagar block of Kushinagar district, is being built by the AkhilBhartiyaKinnarSikshaSeva Trust (All-India transgender education service trust).
14) Answer: C
In a significant find, the Epigraphy Branch of the Archaeological Survey of India has discovered the earliest epigraphic evidence so far for the Saptamatrika cult.
It is also the earliest Sanskrit inscription to have been discovered in South India as on date.
Saptamatrikas are a group of seven female deities worshipped in Hinduism as personifying the energy of their respective consorts. The inscription is in Sanskrit and in Brahmi characters and was issued by Satavahana king Vijaya in 207 A.D.
15) Answer: E
The GST Council on announced setting up the Grievance Redressal Committees (GRC) at zonal and state levels to resolve issues related to the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Approved by the council in its 38th meeting, the committee will consist of both central tax and state tax officers, representatives of trade and industry and other GST stakeholders.
This will help in speedy redressal of grievances of taxpayers pertaining to tax related issues and the related procedure. The committee will meet once every quarter or more frequently as decided by the co-chairs.
16) Answer: D
The Reserve Bank has introduced a new type of prepaid payment instrument (PPI) which could be used only for purchase of goods and services up to a limit of Rs 10,000 per month.
To give impetus to small value digital payments and for enhanced user experience, it has been decided to introduce a new type of semi-closed PPI.
PPIs are financial instruments that facilitate the purchase of goods and services against the value stored on such instruments.
The amount loaded in such PPIs during any month shall not exceed Rs 10,000 and the total amount loaded during the financial year shall not exceed Rs 1,20,000.
17) Answer: C
State -owned power giant NTPC is planning to add 10GW of solar energy generation capacity by 2022, which entails an investment of around Rs 50,000 crore, to be funded mainly by green bonds.
The power generator wants to focus on having a larger renewable energy portfolio and eyes a clean energy generation capacity as large as its thermal portfolio some time in the future.Currently, NTPC has 920 MW of commissioned renewable energy projects comprising 11 solar photo-voltaic projects with a capacity of 870 MW and one wind energy project of 50 MW. It has formulated a long term plan to become a 130 GW company by 2032 with 30 per cent non-fossil fuel or renewable energy capacity. Total installed power generation capacity of the group stands at 57,356 MW.
18) Answer: B
Chitaguppi Hospital is short-listed for the recognition under Smart City-Empowering India Awards.
A project under the Smart City Scheme pertaining to the development of Chitguppi Hospital in Hubli, Karnataka has been chosen for the award of certificates of merit under the Smart City-Empowering India Awards of the Union government.
The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has chosen the Hubballi project for the certificate of merit under the “Best Smart Health Project” category.
19) Answer: E
Iconic ChhatrapatiShivajiMaharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station in Mumbai has been conferred with ‘Eat Right Station’ certification with the five-star rating by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) for food safety and hygiene.
The CSMT is the first station on the Central Railway to get this certification.
The CSMT has been judged on the basis of compliance of food safety and hygiene, availability of healthy diet, food handling at preparation, food waste management, promotion of local and seasonal food and creating awareness on food safety and healthy diet.
20) Answer: D
Kohli Indian skipper ViratKohli is one of the five players named in the Wisden Cricketers of the Decade.
Kohli joins Australian batsman Steve Smith, and South Africans, Dale Steyn, and AB de Villiers.
Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry is the only female cricketer in the list.
21) Answer: C
Indian tennis ace Leander Paes has announced that 2020 will be his last year as a professional tennis player.
The 46-year old will bid adieu to the sport after next season. Leander announced on Twitter that he will be picking and choosing tournaments next year to meet his fans all around the world. Paes has won eight doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles.
22) Answer: B
World Cup-winning India superstar MS Dhoni has been named the captain of the ODI Team of the Decade compiled by Cricket Australia. 3 Indians are part of the 11-man team, which includes some of the best one-day players of the 2010s.
MS Dhoni, who led India to World Cup glory in 2011, also handles the wicketkeeping duties in CA’s ODI team.
Apart from MS Dhoni, India captain ViratKohli and opener Rohit Sharma also find a place in the team of the decade. Rohit opens along with HashimAmla in CA’s team and Kohli, as usual, comes at No. 3.
23) Answer: D
A partial solar eclipse will be visible in India along with several other countries at the morning.
This will be an annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon covers the sun’s centre, leaving the sun’s visible outer edges to form a ‘ring of fire’ or annulus – around the moon.
In Delhi, the partial eclipse will begin at 8.17 am and will end at 10.56 am while the greatest eclipse will start at 9.30. The total duration of the eclipse will be 2 hours and 39 minutes.
However, the ring of fire will be visible only from places like Kannur in Kerala along with the southern coast of the country and will not be seen from other places in India.
24) Answer: E
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have found an association between a particular tissue-remodellingenzyme called ‘MMP7’ and risk of hypertension, the premier science institute. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a crucial role in hypertension-induced heart tissue remodelling, which results in alterations in the structural and mechanical support to blood vessels. This directly results in increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. MMPs are a group of enzymes that have been found to be associated with degradation of extracellular matrix proteins (that provide structural support to the cells), during regular tissue growth.
25) Answer: C
Renowned Hindi author Ganga Prasad Vimal and his two family members passed away in a road accident in southern Sri Lanka.
He wrote more than one dozen poetry collections, short story collections and novels. His last novel, Manushkhor, was published in 2013. He received several Hindi literary awards.
26) Answer: B
The rankings were launched by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), and the Centre for Good Governance.
The Good Governance Day is observed on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister AtalBihari Vajpayee. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Singh stated that Good Governance Index has been scientifically designed on various parameters of governance.
27) Answer: E
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in collaboration with the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) is organizing the 11th edition of the National Street Food Festival.
The five-day festival begins on December 25, 2019, and will continue up to the29th of December.
The festival with a vibrant representation of tastes from across the country is organized at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. The theme of the 11th National Street Food Festival: Healthier Diets
28) Answer: D
Telangana government has decided to raise the retirement age of employees of the Road Transport Corporation, RTC to 60 from the current 58 years.
The decision will be applicable to all cadres of employees of the state-owned RTC.
The increase in age limit for retirement will be extended to each and every employee of the TSRTC.
About Telangana
Capital: Hyderabad
Chief Minister: ChandrasekarRao
Governor: TamilisaiSoundararajan
