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[WpProQuiz 7524]1) The International Migrants Day is celebrated annually on which date ?
A) December 20
B) December 18
C) December 25
D) December 26
E) December 28
2) Who has written the book Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World ?
A) Chetan Bhagat
B) Sudha Murthy
C) Dr. Shashi Tharoor
D) Dalai Lama
E) Kapil Sibal
3) As per the National Broadband Mission, the Government has promised broadband access in all villages by which year ?
A) 2025
B) 2024
C) 2023
D) 2022
E) 2027
4) GEM has launched which program to facilitate on-boarding of local sellers on the marketplace ?
A) GEM Outreach
B) GEM Samvaad
C) GEM Onboarding
D) GEM Sahayta
E) GEM Markets
5) Which country has launched the World’s first liquid hydrogen carrier ship ?
A) Russia
B) Germany
C) France
D) England
E) Japan
6) India has signed an agreement with which organization for $250 million loan to expand energy efficiency investments in India ?
A) IBRD
B) WB
C) AIIB
D) ADB
E) IMF
7) Axis Bank and which petroleum company have launched a co-branded credit card for cashless payments?
A) HPCL
B) Essar
C) RIL
D) BP
E) IOCL
8) Where is the five-day music festival ‘TansenSamaroh’ being organized ?
A) Pune
B) New Delhi
C) Gwalior
D) Lucknow
E) Ranchi
9) In which state, the 16th Orange Festival has been organized?
A) Sikkim
B) Mizoram
C) Arunachal Pradesh
D) Assam
E) Manipur
10) The Rajasthan government has set up ________ crore Farmers Welfare Fund to boost agricultural produce and income.
A) 1500
B) 1200
C) 1000
D) 1800
E) 2000
11) Who has been appointed as the new CMD of NALCO ?
A) Anil Nayak
B) V Balasubramaniyam
C) Tapan Chand
D) Sridhar Patra
E) Nalin Mehta
12) Who presented the National Safety Awards to develop a culture of prevention and safety for all workers ?
A) Prakash Javadekar
B) Harsh Vardhan
C) Ram Nath Kovind
D) Narendra Modi
E) Venkaiah Naidu
13) Who has won the 2019 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 ?
A) Sadia Abbas
B) Jamil JanKochai
C) Basant Thakur
D) Amitabha Bagchi
E) Arunava Sinhga
14) CSIR and the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) have inked an MoU for Promotion and Support of Scientific and Technological Research with which country ?
A) Brazil
B) France
C) US
D) Russia
E) Germany
15) Indra 2019 was held between India and which country in Pune and Gwalior for Air Force elements?
A) Thailand
B) Sri Lanka
C) China
D) US
E) Russia
16) The Kargil to Kohima Ultra Marathonnamed as K2K Ultra Marathon-Glory Runwas flagged off from which place ?
A) Ladakh
B) Jammu
C) Drass
D) Srinagar
E) Katra
17) Laura Marsh recently announced international retirement. She played for which country ?
A) South Africa
B) Australia
C) England
D) West Indies
E) Ireland
18) The International Astronomical Union has announced the name of a white yellow star in the Sextans constellation as ________.
A) Mohita
B) Jasraj
C) Chetna
D) Bibhā
E) Santamasa
19) Who has written the book ‘A Dominant Character’ that captures the thoughts of British-Indian scientist JBS Haldane ?
A) Amish Tripathi
B) Samanth Subramanian
C) Neena Gupta
D) Rajshree Desai
E) Anant Geete
20) Concerned Citizens’ Group (CCG) headed by ________ has suggested restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
A) Derek O’Brien
B) Rahul Gandhi
C) Yashwant Sinha
D) Gulam Nabi Azad
E) MallikArjunKharge
21) Indian Railways has installed the first atmospheric water generator called ____ to harvest water directly from air through a series of steps.
A) Ritu
B) Varsha
C) Aquatech
D) Maitri
E) Meghdoot
22) The GoI has signed a ______ million loan with the Asian Development Bank to Energy Efficiency Services Ltd to expand energy efficiency investments in India.
A) 240
B) 150
C) 250
D) 190
E) 200
Answers:
1) Answer: B
International Migrants Day is celebrated on 18 December to raise awareness about the protection for migrants and refugees.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is calling an international community to come together and remember the migrants and refugees who have lost their lives or have disappeared while reaching a safe harbour.
2) Answer: D
Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World is a 2011 book written by the14th Dalai Lama. It is about the usage of Secular ethics in our everyday life. Such ethics can be used by both religious and non-religious people. There are many suggestions about getting rid of destructive emotions and helping other people.
3) Answer: D
The government promised broadband access in all villages by 2022, as it launched the ambitious National Broadband Mission entailing stakeholder investment of Rs 7 lakh crore in the coming years.
The mission will facilitate universal and equitable access to broadband services across the country, especially in rural and remote areas. It also involves laying of incremental 30 lakh route km of Optical Fiber Cable and increase in tower density from 0.42 to 1 tower per thousand of population by 2024.
4) Answer: B
A national outreach Programme, GeMSamvaad, was launched by Anup Wadhawan, Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and Chairman, GeM in New Delhi.
The outreach programme will take place with stakeholders across the country and with local sellers in order to facilitate on-boarding of local sellers on the marketplace while catering to specific requirements and procurement needs of buyers.
GeM has more than 15 lakh products and around 20,000 services
About GEM:
Government e Marketplace (GeM) is the national public procurement portal offering end to end solutions for all procurement needs of Central and State Government Departments, PSUs, autonomous institutions and local bodies.
5) Answer: E
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries debuted the world’s first marine carrier that transports liquefied hydrogen, using technology that will vastly expand cargo capacity of the green energy source The carrier will transport to Japan hydrogen produced in Australia from cheap coal, with trial shipments due to begin before March 2021.
Hydrogen, which produces no carbon dioxide when burned, is a promising fuel when it comes to reducing the carbon footprint. Middle East tensions are also driving demand for alternative energy sources.
6) Answer: D
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $250 million loan to Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to expand energy efficiency investments in India that will benefit agricultural, residential and institutional consumers. In addition, $46 million financing will be provided from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), to be administered by ADB.
ADB previously approved a $200 million loan to EESL, a public sector energy service company, in 2016 for Demand Side Energy Efficiency Sector Project that focused on efficient lighting and appliances.
7) Answer: E
Axis Bank announced the launch of co-branded credit card in partnership with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL).
The co-branded card is for customers who prefer cashless and hassle-free payments.
This partnership is an effort from Axis Bank and IOCL to expand their presence in the fast-developing credit card ecosystem in India, with an aim to offer attractive rewards and benefits for its customers.
8) Answer: C
Popular classical music festival ‘TansenSamaroh’ has begun in Gwalior.
The five-day festival is celebrated every year in the memory of one of the most eminent singers of Indian history, ‘MianTansen’. Pandit Vidyadhar Vyas will be honoured with this year’s prestigious TansenSamman.
The music-driven platform is used by the musicians and instrumentalists from all over the world to showcase their talent.
9) Answer: E
The State-level Orange Festival began in Manipur.
The 3-day festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh at district headquarters Tamenglong.
The festival will have many programmes like competition for adventure sports, best orange recipes and orange peel products, orange eating competition, children’s fair, choir competition, traditional games, traditional fashion show, cultural dances, rock concert by various rock bands.
In the festival, competition for the Orange growers was held and prizes were distributed to top position holders.
10) Answer: C
The Rajasthan government has constituted Rs 1,000 crore Farmers Welfare Fund to provide them a reasonable price for agricultural produce and boost their income.
On completion of one year of the present state government, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot launched the fund at ‘KisanSammelan’.
11) Answer: D
Sridhar Patra was appointed as the chairman-cum-managing director of NALCO.
Patra is at present Director (Finance) in the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO).
He has been appointed as the CMD of NALCO till the date of his superannuation, i.e. October 31, 2024.
12) Answer: E
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu asserted that Mining Industry must accord top priority to the safety, health and life of all the workers by developing the ‘culture of prevention’ across the industry.
Provisions for occupational safety of persons employed in mines are contained in the Mines Act, 1952, and the Rules and Regulations framed thereunder.
13) Answer: D
The 8th edition of the IME Nepal Literature Festival, at Pokhara, concluded with the announcement of the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019.
The $25,000 award went to Amitabha Bagchi for his 2018 novel, Half the Night is Gone.
The six shortlisted books included one translated work (ManoranjanByapari There’s Gunpowder in the Air, translated from Bengali by Arunava Sinha), a novel by Pakistan-born author Jamil Jan Kochai and another by Sadia Abbas, who grew up in Pakistan and Singapore, besides fiction by Indian authors.
14) Answer: B
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India and the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France to establish a framework for cooperation between the two towards promotion and support of scientific and technological research.
CSIR and CNRS may explore strengthening their cooperation to foster joint innovation and transfer of technologies applicable to India or/and France and to other nations.
15) Answer: E
Exercise INDRA – 2019 is the second edition of Joint Tri Services Exercise between Indian and Russian Armed Forces which is being conducted from 10-20 December 2019 simultaneously at Pune and Gwalior for Air Force elements.
The broad theme for the exercise is to organise a Joint Task Force for undertaking planning and execution of air operations for eliminating terrorists at the request of the third country under UN mandate.
16) Answer: C
Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, Chief of the Air Staff Indian Air Force felicitated a team of 25 Air Warriors at Air Force Station, New Delhi for a unique achievement – a running expedition from Kargil to Kohima- aptly named as K2K Ultra Marathon-Glory Run.
The event commemorating the 20th year of Kargil Victory was flagged off from the Kargil War Memorial at Drass on 21 Sep 19.
17) Answer: C
England off-spinner Laura Marsh has ended her international career in a 13-year span that included three World Cup wins, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) .
The 33-year-old made her debut as a pace bowler in 2006 before switching to spin and signs off with 217 international wickets, making her the most successful women’s spinner in English cricket.
18) Answer: D
A white yellow star in Sextans constellation and its Jupiter like exo-planets, which were hitherto named HD 86081 and 86081b, will now have Indian names.
The International Astronomical Union announced that the star will be called Bibhā, the planet will be called Santamasa.
The star has been named in honour of a pioneering Indian woman scientist Dr Bibha Choudhury, who discovered the subatomic particle pi-meson. Bibha also means ‘a bright beam of light’ in Bengali. The planet has been named Santamasa to reflect the cloudy nature of its atmosphere. Santamasa is the Sanskrit term for ‘clouded.’
19) Answer: B
Samanthsubramanian’s latest biography, A dominant character, captures the british-indian scientist’s thoughts on how science and politics play off each other.
The British-Indian scientist best known for his work in physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology and statistics — he bent the rules and defied authority consistently.
20) Answer: C
The Concerned Citizens’ Group (CCG) headed by former finance minister and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said the Union government should restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir by reuniting the two union territories to bring back normalcy in the Valley.Based on the groups’ two visits to Kashmir in September and November this year, the CCG said that the Centre should alleviate the fears of the Kashmiris about their future by starting a multi-level dialogue process with all those affected by the events following August 5 announcement.
The CCG demanded the release of all Kashmiris who were taken into preventive detention under Public Safety Act (PSA) if they are not accused of any crime.
The group also demanded restoration of internet and mobile phone connections.
21) Answer: E
‘Meghdoot’ harvests water directly from air through a series of step
In a first-of-its-kind initiative by Indian Railways, South Central Railway has installed an ‘atmospheric water generator’ kiosk at Secunderabad Railway Station. The ‘atmospheric water generator’ is called ‘Meghdoot’.
This technology is developed under ‘Make in India’ by MaithriAquatech. The kiosk produces around 1,000 litres per day.
“Conserve Water, Conserve Life: Railways introduces ‘Meghdoot’ device to harvest water directly from air, which is then filtered &remineralised for drinking
22) Answer: C
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India signed a $250 million loan to Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to expand energy efficiency investments in India that will benefit agricultural, residential and institutional consumers. In addition, $46 million financing will be provided from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), to be administered by ADB.
The project is expected to contribute to the mission of Government of India to promote energy efficiency and meet Government’s commitments to reduce energy intensity of the economy.
