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[WpProQuiz 7184]1) When is the World Habitat Day observed?
a) October 7
b) First Monday of October
c) October 8
d) First Sunday of October
e) October 9
2) When was the first World Cotton Day observed?
a) October 9
b) October 8
c) October 7
d) October 6
e) October 2
3) World Post Day is celebrated each year on __________.
a) October 9
b) October 8
c) October 7
d) October 6
e) October 2
4) Which organization has developed the eco-friendly green firecrackers ?
a) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR)
b) Central Council for Research Institute (CCRI)
c) Central Drugs Standard Control Organization(CDSCO)
d) Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI)
e) None of these
5) Who will head the Inter-Ministerial Co-ordination Committee (IMCC), which is formed to check money laundering activities ?
a) Subhash Chandra Garg
b) Ajay Bhushan Pandey
c) Hasmukh Adhia
d) Ajay Narayan Jha
e) None of these
6) Who among these has been appointed as the head of the 12-member working group formed by IRDAI to revisit the product structure of title insurance?
a) A V Girija Kumar
b) T.L. Alamelu
c) John Pulinthanam
d) Atul Sahai
e) None of these
7) From which bank, India has received the first tranche of details about financial accounts of its citizens under a new Automatic Exchange Of Information(AEOI) framework ?
a) Swiss bank
b) Arab Group Bank
c) Credit suisse bank
d) UBS Bank
e) None of these
8) Who was awarded with Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology (after the Big Bang theory)?
a) Gérard Mourou
b) Arthur Ashkin
c) James Peebles
d) Donna Strickland
e) None of these
9) The World Congress of Poets (WCP) 2019 was held in which city?
a) Pune
b) New Delhi
c) Bhubaneswar
d) Chennai
e) Hyderabad
10) The first ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) will be held in which city?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Gurugram
c) Mumbai
d) New Delhi
e) Ahemadabad
11) Around which planet, the orbiting of 20 new moons is discovered as per the researchers from the University of California?
a) Uranus
b) Neptune
c) Jupiter
d) Saturn
e) None of these
12) India ranks _____ out of 141 surveyed countries in the annual global competitiveness index.
a) 68th
b) 72nd
c) 58th
d) 63rd
e) 51st
13) Who has written the book “Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice”?
a) Twinkle Khanna
b) Chetan Bhagat
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Michelle Obama
e) Richard Obama
14) Simone Biles is associated with which game/sport?
a) Gymnastics
b) Archery
c) Shooting
d) Swimming
e) Golf
Answers :
1) Answer: B)
The first Monday of the month of October has been designated as World Habitat Day by United Nations to reflect on the state of our towns and cities, and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter as well as remind people that they are responsible for the habitat of future generations. World Habitat Day 2019: October 7. Theme 2019: Frontier Technologies as an innovative Tool to Transform Waste into Wealth
2) Answer: C)
The first-ever World Cotton Day (WCD) will be hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva on October 7, 2019. The international day aims to celebrate the advantages of cotton, ranging from its qualities as a natural fibre to the benefits people obtain from its production, transformation, trade and consumption.World Cotton Day also aims to highlight the challenges faced by the world’s cotton economies, as cotton is significant for the least developed, developing and developed economies worldwide.
3) Answer: A)
World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October. The day was anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. World Post Day is observed to create awareness about the role and importance of postal services in the lives of people, and how it contributes to the global development
4) Answer: A)
The Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhanlaunched eco-friendly green firecrackers, manufactured in India and are also made available in markets for sellers and consumers. These green crackers were developed by the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to combat air pollution.
5) Answer: B)
The government formed a 19-member Inter-Ministerial Co-ordination Committee (IMCC) chaired by the revenue secretary Mr Ajay Bhushan Pandey to check money laundering activities. The committee five secretaries, including from ministries of finance and external affairs, and chiefs of various regulatory authorities, as well as probe agencies.
6) Answer: B)
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has constituted a 12-member working group to revisit the product structure of title insurance, develop a standard product and recommend measures to spur demand for the product. Chairperson: The WG will be chaired by T.L. Alamelu , the whole-time member of IRDAI, in-charge of non-life insurance.
7) Answer: A)
In the matter of getting information about black money from foreign land, India has got the first tranche of details of accounts of Indian citizens in Swiss banks under the new regular system of automatic exchange of information (AEOI). However, the exchange of information is done with the condition of confidentiality.
8) Answer: C)
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 “for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos”; with one half of the prize to James Peebles of Princeton University, United States of America (USA) “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” (after the Big Bang theory) and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor from the University of Geneva, Switzerland and Didier Queloz, University of Geneva, Switzerland, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting
9) Answer: C)
The 39th edition of World Congress of Poets (WCP), 2019 was held at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KIIT & KISS) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from October 2-6, 2019. The theme of the 5 days poetry festival was “Compassion through Poetry”.
10) Answer: D)
The First ever India International Cooperatives Trade Fair (IICTF) will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 11 to 13 October, 2019. The fair will jointly be organised by National Cooperative Development Corporation in association with the Bangkok-based international organisation NEDACand leading organisations in India like NAFED, APEDA and ITPO.
11) Answer: D)
A team of researchers led by Carnegie’s Scott S. Sheppard from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) discovered 20 new moons orbiting Saturn, increasing its tally of moons to 82. It surpassed the number of moons orbiting Jupiter planet which stands at 79. This was announced by the International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) Minor Planet Center (MPC), France.
12) Answer: A)
India has slipped 10 spots to rank 68th out of 141 surveyed countries in the annual global competitiveness index. The index maps the competitiveness landscape of 141 economies through 103 indicators organized into 12 themes. Singapore replaced the United States as the world’s most competitive economy. Hong Kong SAR came in at 3rd position while Netherlands was ranked 4th and Switzerland at 5th spot.
13) Answer: D)
A book authored by Michelle Obama titled “Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice” will be launched in November 2019. The book is a companion to her earlier book “Becoming,” which came out in November. 2018.
14) Answer: A)
US gymnastics star Simone Biles clinched a record-extending 15th world championship gold medal as the Americans won the women’s team title in Stuttgart, Germany. Biles secured her 21st world medal, overtaking Russia’s Svetlana Khorkina for the women’s record.
