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1) Universal Children’s Day is observed annually by the UN on which date ?
A) 14th November
B) 18th November
C) 15th November
D) 20th November
E) 12th November
2) The World Philosophy Day celebrated every third Thursday of November was first celebrated in the year _________ ?
A) 2002
B) 2005
C) 2006
D) 2004
E) 2003
3) Name the place where the Government has approved the establishment of National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa, a traditional system of medicine.
A) Tripura
B) Darjeeling
C) Shillong
D) Leh
E) Kolkata
4) Which city has become the first one to install ‘Third Umpire’ RT-PCR Machines for Speedy Detection of Dengue ?
A) Kolkata
B) New Delhi
C) Bengaluru
D) Pune
E) Kochi
5) Visakhapatnam Police has launched a cybersecurity interactive robotic agent to automatically take down complaints. What is the name of the Robot?
A) KP-Bot
B) Cobot
C) Robocop
D) Cipher
E) CYBIRA
6) Who will be sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ?
A) Gotabaya Rajapaksa
B) Mahinda Rajapaksa
C) Ranil Wickremesinghe
D) Karu Jayasuriya
E) Sajith Premadasa
7) Where will the 2nd India ASEAN InnoTech Summit 2019 be held ?
A) Philippines
B) Singapore
C) Thailand
D) Vietnam
E) Lao PDR
8) The 29th World Customs Organisation (WCO) Asia Pacific Regional Contact Points (RCP) meeting will be held in _________ ?
A) Cuttack
B) Puducherry
C) Indore
D) New Delhi
E) Bengaluru
9) The 2nd edition of South Asia Safety Summit is being organized in New Delhi. What is the name of the website launched during the summit ?
A) Safety first
B) Be Safe
C) Sustainable Progress
D) We Think Digital
E) Safe World
10) What is the rank of New Delhi in the prime residential market report by Knight Frank ?
A) 3rd
B) 8th
C) 5th
D) 11th
E) 9th
11) IRCTC has inked an MoU with Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) to market and operate which train ?
A) Deccan Odyssey
B) Royal Chariot
C) Maharaja Express
D) Golden Chariot
E) Royal Orient
12) Name the 102nd warship delivered by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) to the Indian Coast Guard.
A) Amrit Kaur
B) Sagardhwani
C) Prakash Kaur
D) Sidhuvahani
E) Varaha
13) Who has recently been named as named PETA India’s Person of the Year ?
A) Rohit Sharma
B) Dia Mirza
C) R. Madhavan
D) Anushka Sharma
E) Virat Kohli
14) Bajrang Punia has recently been conferred with _________ award at the Indo Arab Leaders Summit & Awards 2019 held in Dubai.
A) Indian Personality of the Year
B) Best Sportsman of the Year
C) Visionary Leader of Sports
D) Exceptional Personality of the Year
E) None of these
15) India will host the 2020 Hockey Pro League in which city ?
A) New Delhi
B) Surat
C) Indore
D) Bhubaneswar
E) Cuttack
16) Manu Bhaker has bagged gold medal at the ISSF World Cup Finals held in which country ?
A) Germany
B) China
C) Qatar
D) Singapore
E) Australia
17) Transgender Day of Remembrance also known as the International Transgender Day is observed annually on __________ ?
A) 29th August
B) 25th October
C) 20th November
D) 3rd September
E) 15th April
18) Which famous personality has topped Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year list ?
A) Sundar Pichai
B) Indra Nooyi
C) Satya Nadella
D) Mukesh Ambani
E) Ajay Banga
Answers :
1) Answer: D
Universal Children’s Day is celebrated annually on 20th November to promote and improve child welfare. It aims to create awareness among children worldwide and bring togetherness. It was established in 1954.
It was on this day in 1959 that the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. And in 1989 on the same day, the UN General Assembly also adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. On social media events related to child rights can be shared using hashtag #worldchildrensday
2) Answer: A
The first World Philosophy Day was celebrated in the year 2002. In 2005, the UNESCO General Conference proclaimed that the World Philosophy Day would be celebrated every third Thursday of November.
The 2019 edition was celebrated on the 21st of November, 2019 and aims to highlight the importance of philosophy in different regional contexts. The goal is to obtain regional contributions to global debates on contemporary challenges that support social transformations.
3) Answer: D
The Union Cabinet has approved setting up of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh, Ladakh as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of AYUSH at an estimated cost of Rs 47.25 crore. The objective is to bring a valid and useful synergy between Traditional Wisdom of Sowa-Rigpa and modern science. It will help to promote interdisciplinary research & education of Sowa-Rigpa.
It is a traditional Tibetan system of medicine practised in the Himalayan belt of India. It is popular in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal’s Darjeeling, Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Ladakh.
4) Answer: A
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has installed the first of its kind high-end reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) machines in India for quick detection of diseases like dengue, tuberculosis and swine flu.
These machines are to serve as a ‘third umpire’ in situations when medical reports and blood tests reveal contradictory results and the tests will be conducted free of cost.
Four machines have been installed in the initial stages of the project at Hatibagan in North Kolkata, Behala, Jadavpur and at Haji Mohammad Mohsin Square in central part of the city.
5) Answer: E
Visakhapatnam Police has launched a first of its kind cybersecurity interactive robotic agent robot, CYBIRA (cybersecurity interactive robotic agent). It will be stationed at Maharanipeta Police Station and can automatically take complaints in an effective manner.
Robo Coupler Private Limited has designed a robot ‘CYBIRA’ for registering and disposing of complaints at the police station in an effective manner. It will deliver an acknowledgement to the respective complainant and investigating officer to resolve the issue within 24 hours.
6) Answer: B
Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the new prime minister.
Gotabhaya has named Rajapaksa as the new prime minister after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his resignation from the post following the election debacle. His recent appointment further cements the grip of the Rajapaksa’s on the country.
7) Answer: A
India ASEAN InnoTech Summit 2019, a three-day Technology & Innovation Summit, exhibition, B2B and B2G meetings will be held from 20 – 22 November 2019 at the SMX Convention Center, Davao, Philippines.
Participating members include ASEAN Member Countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
8) Answer: B
The 29th World Customs Organisation (WCO) Asia Pacific Regional Contact Points (RCP) meeting hosted by the Chennai Customs Zone at Puducherry began.
The 3-day meeting, which is being discussed to facilitate customs functions, operations and services in the Asia-Pacific region.
This is the fourth time that the conference is being held in India, Jaipur, Cochin had earlier held the meeting as well.
9) Answer: D
The 2nd edition of South Asia Safety Summit is being organized in New Delhi to highlight the issue of safety while individuals and communities are connected on the digital platform.
During the Summit, Union Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD) launched “We Think Digital” website. It is an online education portal with interactive tutorials aimed at helping people think critically and share thoughtfully online.
The 2nd South Asia Safety Summit was organized by the Ministry of WCD and Facebook.
10) Answer: E
According to a new report by Knight Frank , New Delhi has become the 9th fastest growing prime residential market in the world with average luxury home prices in areas such as Greater Kailash, Vasant Vihar, Anand Niketan, Defence Colony and Green Park rising by 4.4 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2019. Delhi’s ranking has moved up by one place to 9th spot, Mumbai is at 28th position, up two places from 30th rank.
Globally, Moscow leads the index this quarter with prime home prices rising by 11.1 percent over the 12 months to September 2019, followed by Frankfurt (10.3 percent) and Taipei (8.9 percent).
11) Answer: D
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) to market and operate the Golden Chariot train. IRCTC is planning to revamp the train’s itinerary and add flavours that Karnataka has to offer.
The Golden Chariot train which commenced operations in 2008 is a Government of Karnataka initiative in a joint venture with the Ministry of Railways.
12) Answer: A
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has delivered its 102nd warship, ICGS Amrit Kaur, to the Indian Coast Guard. It is the third in the series-of-five Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) that GRSE under the Ministry of Defence is building.
GRSE delivered its 101st Warship ICGS Annie Besant, second in the series to the Indian Coast Guard, on November 05, 2019.
ICGS ‘Amrit Kaur’ is a 50-metre-long and 7.5-metre-wide medium-range surface vessel, with displacement of around308 tonne. It is capable of performing rescue, patrolling,anti-smuggling and anti-poaching operations in the maritime zones of the country.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) is headquartered in Kolkata.
13) Answer: E
Indian team’s captain Virat Kohli has been named as (PETA) India’s ‘Person of the Year for 2019’ for his animal advocacy efforts.
Kohli is a fierce animal rights proponent and PETA India encourages everyone to follow his lead and always be an advocate for animals in need.
Past recipients of PETA India’s Person of the Year award include Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, former Supreme Court Justice KS Panicker Radhakrishnan, and actors Anushka Sharma, Hema Malini, R Madhavan, and Jacqueline Fernandez.
14) Answer: A
India’s star wrestler Bajrang Punia has been conferred the Indian Personality of the Year Award (Sports) at the Indo Arab Leaders Summit & Awards 2019 held in Dubai.
While World powerlifting champion Mahant Gaurav Sharma was honoured with Visionary Leaders of the Year (Sports) award.
15) Answer: D
Bhubaneswar will host India’s home matches of the 2020 Hockey Pro League and the first team that India will host is the Netherlands on January 18th.
The second Hockey Pro League will be played between January 11th and June 28th.
The Pro League will feature a total of 144 matches in the coming season.
16) Answer: B
17- year old Manu Bhaker has created history at the World Cup Finals in Women’s 10m Air Pistol event as she bagged India’s first gold medal in the tournament this year.
She shot 244.7 to claim the top prize in the season-ending tournament of International Shooting Sport Federation at Putian, China.
17) Answer: C
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed annually on November 20th as a day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. The Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a transgender woman and has now slowly evolved from a web based project started by Smith to into a worldwide day of action.
18) Answer: C
Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella has occupied the top spot in Fortune’s Businessperson of the Year 2019 list that also includes Mastercard’s CEO Ajay Banga and Arista’s head Jayshree Ullal.
Ajay Banga ranked 8th, while Ullal comes in at the 18th spot in the list.
Fortune’s annual Businessperson of the Year list features 20 business leaders who overcame impossible odds and tacked audacious goals via creative solutions.
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