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[WpProQuiz 7056]1) Recently, which country has become a part of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub?
a) Greece
b) India
c) Chile
d) Tunisia
e) France
2) Indian Railways will undertake one more drive of “Massive Shramdan” with major focus on _______.
a) Collection of Plastic Waste
b) Collection of E-Waste
c) Collection of Medi-Waste
d) Collection of Garbage-Waste
e) None of these
3) Exhibition ‘Shashwat Maharathi : The Eternal Seeker’ on Chitracharya Upendra Maharath Inaugurated in which city?
a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Hyderabad
d) Kochi
e) Chennai
4) HP CM launches helpline for speedy redressal of public grievances. Which among the following is the helpline number?
a) 1100
b) 1010
c) 1110
d) 1111
e) 1011
5) Recently, the three day long traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav concluded in which state?
a) Meghalaya
b) Manipur
c) Tripura
d) Telangana
e) Kerala
6) First women marathon organised against drug addiction in which state?
a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Punjab
e) Jammu and Kashmir
7) Children’s week celebrated from September 16- 21, 2019 at Anganwadi centers in ____.
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Arunachal Pradesh
e) Andhra Pradesh
8) The Sa-Dhan has launched the ‘Code for Responsible Lending’ (CRL) for the micro-credit industry in association with?
a) Microfinance Institutions Network
b) Reserve Bank of India
c) SIDBI
d) Ministry of Finance
e) None of these
9) The government is set to launch a major programme offering ______ PhD fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs in India
a) 1,000 PhD fellowships
b) 750 PhD fellowships
c) 500 PhD fellowships
d) 800 PhD fellowships
e) 1050PhD fellowships
10) Who has become India’s first female has joined the Indian Embassy in Russia as the Deputy Air Attache?
a) Nirupama Singh
b) Anjali Singh
c) Sonam Singh
d) Amruta Singh
e) Meghana Singh
11) Asia Development Bank president to step down. The headquarter of the Asian Development Bank is located at ____________
a) Vienna, Austria
b) Copenhagen, Denmark
c) Beijing, China
d) Manila, Philippines
e) None of these
12) Which state government has recently, inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Maldives to strengthen cancer care in the island nation.
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
e) Tamil Nadu
13) With which IT company did the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, has signed an agreementfor nationwide Train-the-Trainer program in AI.
a) Google
b) IBM
c) TCS
d) Infosys
e) Adobe
14) A week-long multinational military exercise ‘TSENTR’ [Centre] 2019 has commenced in which country?
a) Russia
b) India
c) China
d) Japan
e) USA
15) Name the athelet who becomes first Indian wrestler to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
a) Bajrang Punia
b) Geeta Phogat
c) Ritu Phogat
d) Vinesh Phogat
e) Pawan Kumar
Answers :
1) Answer: B)
India, which is among countries with the highest bacterial disease burden in the world, has become a part of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub.
The hub, which was launched during the 71st session of the World Health Assembly in 2018, is aimed at helping countries decide the allocation of resources for research and development (R&D) on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by identifying gaps and overlaps. It will also promote coordination among governments in the fight against AMR.
The global partnership now includes 16 countries, the European Commission, two philanthropic foundations and f
2) Answer: A)
Indian Railways will undertake one more drive of “Massive Shramdan” with main focus on “Collection of Plastic Waste”.
This drive with its main focus on the collection of plastic waste aims to create awareness for a greater impact against single-use plastic. Also aims at enhancing cleanliness, through the collection of plastic waste from all railway premises.
To mark the Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary on October 2, 2019, Railways also undertaking various activities relating to Swachhata Pakhwada from September 11 – October 2, 2019.
our international organisations (as observers). With India as a member, the Hub now represents more than half the world’s population.
The membership to the Hub, headquartered in Germany, is open to countries as well as philanthropic foundations.
3) Answer: A)
Union Minister of State for Culture& Tourism (Independent Charge), Shri Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated the exhibition ‘Shashwat Maharathi : The Eternal Seeker’ on Chitracharya Upendra Maharath at newly renovated Jaipur House in National Gallery of Modern art New Delhi
The Exhibition showcases more than 1000 works of art, design, and woven objects of art by Chitracharya Upendra Maharathi. Exhibition will be remained open for general public from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm Tuesday to Friday. On weekends people can visit exhibition till 8:00 pm.
4) Answer: A)
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur launched the Mukhya Mantri Seva Sankalp Helpline ‘1100’ for speedy and time-bound redressal of public grievances. The helpline will function six days a week (Monday-Saturday) from 7 am to 10 pm. Himachal Pradesh is now become the fourth state in the country to have such a helpline after Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesha and Uttar Pradesh.
5) Answer: C)
In Tripura, the three day long traditional Neermahal Jal Utsav concluded with eye catching boat race and swimming competitions at Rudrasagar lake. Neermahal is a water palace built at the middle of Rudrasagar lake by Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya in 1930 as his summer resort being inspired by Mughal style of architecture.
6) Answer: E)
In an innovative initiative, a women-only marathon with the aim of spreading the social message regarding drug addiction was organised in Udhampur district. The marathon was dedicated to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has recently kick-started the Fit-India campaign. It was attended by chief patron Dogra Kranti Dal and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Balwant Singh Mankotia and others.
7) Answer: A)
Children’s week celebrated from September 16- 21, 2019 at Anganwadi centers in Uttar Pradesh.
As September is named as Nutrition Month, a variety of activities are taking place at the Anganwadi centers across the state.
Mamta Day was organized on the first day of children’s week as a part of bal suposhan utsav. Mothers cooked food from their homes and brought them to the Anganwadi centers and fed the children in groups.
On the second day of the week, the Suposhan goonj was organized, that was started with Nutrition Ferry. Children, adolescent girls and women participated to take pledge of giving proper food to children.
8) Answer: A)
Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) and Sa-Dhan, the Reserve Bank of India recognised self-regulatory organisations and industry associations for the microfinance industry, along with Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC), have jointly unveiled the ‘Code for Responsible Lending’ (CRL) for the micro-credit industry.
The launch was done at Sa-Dhan’s 15th Annual National Conference in New Delhi. The CRL, aims to ensure uniform principles for customer-conduct in micro-credit. It is sector-specific and entity agnostic.
Both CRL and CoC are focused on highlighting and advancing ‘responsible lending’ practices in microfinance. A microfinance customer as defined by the RBI (for NBFC-MFIs) is one that holds an annual household income of Rs 1 lakh in rural India and Rs 1.6 lakhs in urban India.
9) Answer: A)
The government launched a major programme offering 1,000 PhD fellowships to ASEAN students at IITs in India.
Jointly inaugurating the programme with HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India’s partnership with ASEAN is based on shared values.
The funding will cover the entire cost of study and living expenses for up to 5 years of a PhD programme. The admission portal for the programme is being executed by IIT Delhi.
The total budget outlay for the fellowship programme is Rs 300 crore (approximately US $ 45 million).
Fellowship programme is the single-largest capacity development initiative of India in its partnership with ASEAN.
10) Answer: B)
Anjali Singh has become India’s first female has joined the Indian Embassy in Russia as the Deputy Air Attache. Wing Commander Anjali Singh has become India’s first female military diplomat to be posted in any of the Indian missions abroad. Singh is an AE(L) officer with 17 years of service. She is trained on MiG-29 aircraft.
11) Answer: D)
The president of the Asia Development Bank, Takehiko Nakao, plans to step down early next year on January 16, 2020. Nakao, 63, will leave on Jan. 16, 2020. He took the ADB post in 2013 when his predecessor Haruhiko Kuroda was named Bank of Japan governor. He was re-elected to a second five-year term in 2016.
12) Answer: D)
Kerala inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Maldives to strengthen cancer care in the island nation. The MOU was signed between Maldivian Minister Abdulla Ameen and Kerala Health Minister K K Shylaja in the presence of the state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Kerala government and the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) have jointly signed the MOU with the health ministry of Maldives as part of improving cooperation between the two countries. Kerala was responding to the plea of the Maldivian government that Kerala should help that country in the field of cancer treatment.
The state health department and RCC would also provide support in setting up cancer care centres in Maldives and their doctors, nurses, pharmacists and para medical staff would be provided training at RCC.
13) Answer: B)
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) division of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, has signed an agreement with Global IT major IBM
Through this agreement IBM will carry out a nationwide Train-the-Trainer in Basic Artificial Intelligence Skills
As part of the program, ITI trainers will be trained on basic Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills towards using the technology in their day-to-day training activities.
IBM aims at training 10,000 faculty members from ITIs across the country and the program will be executed over aperiod of one yearwith 14 trainers across 7 locations with over 200 workshops.
14) Answer: A)
A week-long multinational military exercise ‘TSENTR’ [Centre] 2019 has commenced in Russia’s Donguz under the ambit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The exercise “Centre” aims at evolving drills of the participating armies in the fight against international terrorism ensuring security and stability in the region.
The member countries are exchanging its experiences against the anti-terrorism in the military exercise. 8 SCO member countries inclusive of Russia namely China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, and Pakistan are participating in the exercise.
15) Answer: D)
India’s star wrestler Vinesh Phogat qualified for the 2020 Olympics after beating fancied American Sarah Hildebrandt in the World Championships in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan
She scored an impressive 8-2 win over the world championship silver medalist to secure her place at the Tokyo Games
Earlier, she had stormed to a 5-0 win over Ukraine’s Yuliya Khalvadzhy in the first round of repechage in the 53kg category.
