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[WpProQuiz 7543]1) The National Mathematics Day is observed annually on _______ .
A) December 22
B) December 20
C) December 21
D) December 25
E) December 27
2) Who has been named as Cuba’s first prime minister?
A) Raul Castro
B) Manuel Marrero Cruz
C) Carlos Batista
D) Miguel Díaz-Canel
E) Jose Miguel
3) What is India’s position in the ICC Women’s T20 Team Ranking?
A) 6th
B) 5th
C) 2nd
D) 3rd
E) 4th
4) MaisnamLuwang has won the Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series. Where was the Series 2019 held?
A) Doha
B) Rome
C) Beijing
D) Dhaka
E) Dubai
5) CBERS-4A earth resource satellite has been launched into space from _______ .
A) India
B) China
C) Russia
D) UK
E) USA
6) Dr G Nanjundan, who passed away recently, was an eminent ________.
A) Singer
B) Actor
C) Economist
D) Translator
E) Geologist
7) ‘Oxygen Parlour’ has set up which railway station to combat the rising air pollution?
A) Visakhapatnam
B) Chennai
C) New Delhi
D) Guwahati
E) Nashik
8) Integral Coach Factory has made a record by producing how many coaches in 215 days.
A) 4000
B) 3000
C) 3500
D) 2500
E) 2000
9) Where is the Regional Conference on ‘Improving Public Services Delivery – Role of Governments’ being held?
A) Bengaluru
B) Pune
C) Surat
D) Nagpur
E) Delhi
10) S Jaishankar co-chairs 19th Joint Commission meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister. The meeting was held in __________ .
A) Yerevan
B) Mumbai
C) Tashkent
D) New Delhi
E) Tehran
11) The Central government has planned to organize how many ‘HunarHaats’ in the next five years?
A) 100
B) 120
C) 150
D) 200
E) 160
12) How many West African nations have decided to have a common currency ‘Eco’?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
E) 9
13) Union ministers, CMs has been joined over 100 CEOs at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting In davos. It will be the WEF’s ________ meeting.
A) 70 th
B) 60 th
C) 100 th
D) 40 th
E) 50 th
14) Which country has declared an emergency after fuel spill in the Galapagos Islands?
A) Bolivia
B) Ecuador
C) Argentina
D) Brazil
E) Chile
15) YSR NeetannaNestham scheme has been launched in which district of Andhra Pradesh?
A) Kurnool
B) Krishna
C) Chittoor
D) Srikakulam
E) Vizianagaram
16) India’s First ‘Water From Air’ System generator has been installed at which railway station ?
A) Patna
B) Ranchi
C) Visakhapatnam
D) New Delhi
E) Secunderabad
17) Telangana Express adorned with “SingareniColours” has started its run between Hyderabad and which Indian city ?
A) Chennai
B) Bengaluru
C) Mumbai
D) New Delhi
E) Surat
18) FPIs flocked to the Indian capital market with a net inflow of over ___________ crore rupees.
A) 1.4 lac
B) 1.3 lac
C) 1.5 lac
D) 1.7 lac
E) 1.6 lac
19) Reliance Infrastructure has won an arbitration award against Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for how many crore ?
A) 1000
B) 1150
C) 1200
D) 1300
E) 1250
20) The Competition Commission of India has received ________ Green Channel combinations for automatic approval under the competition law.
A) 6
B) 4
C) 5
D) 3
E) 2
21) Who has been replaced PawanGoenka as Mahindra Group,’s MD and CEO ?
A) Aaditya Kumar
B) Pawan Mehta
C) Munish Shah
D) Anish Shah
E) Vikram Singh
22) Who has become the 1st woman CTO at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US ?
A) ReneshaSaikia
B) Mukti Mohan
C) MonishaGhosh
D) Eric Burger
E) DeekshaVashisht
23) RamchandraBabu has died recently. He was related to which field ?
A) Writing
B) Cinematography
C) Acting
D) Music
E) Direction
24) Renowned Archaeologist R. Nagaswamy was honoured for his contribution to art, archaeology, history, and culture by which country?
A) Japan
B) Singapore
C) Myanmar
D) Thailand
E) Bangladesh
25) Who has won the Bharat Award for bravery for rescuing people from a burning bus?
A) Sudesh Singh
B) Aditya K.
C) Ramesh B
D) MuhammedMohsin
E) Fatah
26) UAE and which country have signed an MoU to enhance trade & economic cooperation?
A) India
B) Lebanon
C) Oman
D) Saudi Arabia
E) Russia
27) Which capital city now has the Maximum Number Of Young Billionaires In India ?
A) Gandhinagar
B) Hyderabad
C) Mumbai
D) New Delhi
E) Bengaluru
28) Army looks into the signing a deal for six Apache attack helicopters. The helicopters are expected to be delivered by which year ?
A) 2024
B) 2020
C) 2021
D) 2022
E) 2023
29) CBERS-4A has been jointly developed by China & Brazil earth. What is the purpose of CBERS – 4A?
A) Banking Technology
B) Supercomputer
C) Remote sensing satellite
D) AI Bot
E) Missile Defence system
30) Which country is all set to get its first female coach for pro football league?
A) Kenya
B) Ethiopia
C) Nigeria
D) Sierra Leone
E) Sudan
31) MaisnamMeirabaLuwang has won the Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series by beating which player ?
A) WonchiJiantanet
B) CheiYufei
C) Lin Dan
D) Min Chen Wang
E) Ken Yong Ong
32) Who has retained the 2nd position in the bowlers’ list of the ICC T20I rankings ?
A) ParvezRasool
B) Akshar Patel
C) Amit Mishra
D) RavichandranAshwin
E) RadhaYadav
33) VidushiSavita Devi passed away recently, she was a renowned __________
A) Director
B) Writer
C) Hindustani Classical Vocalist
D) Classical Dancer
E) Playback singer
34) Who has been appointed as the new CFO of Razorpay?
A) Suraj Singh
B) ArpanaDalal
C) Kamlesh Mehta
D) MohitKhurana
E) Arpit Chug
35) The World Economic Forum’s will be celebrating its 50th Annual Meeting in the next month. The WEF is headquartered in ___________.
A) Sweden
B) Ireland
C) Greenland
D) Switzerland
E) Norway
Answers :
1) Answer: A
The Indian government declared 22 December to be National Mathematics Day.
This was announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 26 February 2012 at Madras University, during the inaugural ceremony of the celebrations to mark the 125th anniversary of the birth of the Indian mathematical genius SrinivasaRamanujan.
2) Answer: D
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has appointed the country’s first prime minister in more than 40 years – the tourism minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz. Mr Marrero was named tourism minister in 2004 by Fidel Castro and has since overseen a major boost in tourism to the island.
The post of prime minister was scrapped in 1976 by the then revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.
In 2000 he was made president of the military-run Gaviota tourism group, whose hotels are subject to US sanctions under the Trump administration.
3) Answer: E
India continued to hold on to the fourth position in the ICC Women’s T20 Team Ranking. Among others, spinner Sophie Ecclestone and opener Amy Jones have attained career-high rankings.
Australia’s Megan Schutt continued to lead the bowlers ranking. The left-arm spinner is on 727 rating points.
4) Answer: D
India’s shuttlerMaisnamMeirabaLuwang has won the Men’s singles Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series 2019 in Dhaka. Top-seeded Meiraba, who hails from Manipur, beat Ken Yong Ong 21, 14, 21-18 in the final lasting 38 minutes
5) Answer: B
The China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite-4A (CBERS-4A), a new satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil as part of a bilateral programme, was recently sent into space, thus further pushes forward the aerospace cooperation between the two countries. It was launched on a Long March-4B carrier from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province of China. The same rocket also put into orbits another 8 satellites, including a wide-range multispectral remote-sensing microsatellite donated to Ethiopia (which is also Ethiopia’s first satellite).
6) Answer: D
Eminent translator and SahityaAkademi award winner Dr G Nanjundan passed away.
DrNanjundan earned recognition for translating more than a dozen books from Kannada to Tamil. They included Jnanpith award winner UR Ananthamurthy’s ‘Bhava’ and ‘Avasthe’.
He received the Akademi Translation Prize in 2012 for his work “Akkaa”, a Tamil translation of short stories of various Kannada women writers.
7) Answer: E
In a unique initiative to battle rising air pollution in cities, an ‘Oxygen Parlour’ has been opened at Nashik railway station to provide an experience of breathing clean air to the commuters.
The initiative comes with the efforts of Airo Guard in collaboration with the Indian Railways.
The co-founder of Airo Guard, AmitAmritkar said that the concept of Oxygen Parlour is based on the recommendation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The commuters at the railway station also commended the effort as a positive step towards combating air pollution in cities across the country.
8) Answer: B
Integral Coach Factory (ICF) of Indian Railways has produced its 3000th coach of the year in less than nine months. This would help in meeting the growing demand for coaches. The number of working days to achieve the above figure has been reduced from 289 days in the last year to 215 days in the current year.
9) Answer: D
The inauguration function of two-day Regional Conference on ‘Improving Public Service Delivery – Role of Governments’, in Nagpur, Maharashtra
The 2-day conference is being organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra and the Maharashtra State Commission for Right to Public Services.
10) Answer: E
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar co-chaired the 19th Joint Commission meeting with Foreign Minister of Iran in Tehran. MrJaishankar stated that the meeting was very productive and reviewed the entire gamut of the cooperation.
He further stated that both the nation agreed on accelerating the Chabahar project and, India and Iran will work together closely on their shared interests.
MrJaishankar reached Iran on a two-day visit. During his visit, DrJaishankar is also expected to call on Iran President Hassan Rouhani.
11) Answer: A
Government has decided to organize hundred HunarHaat across the country in the next five years. These Haat aim to provide market exposure and employment opportunities to artisans, craftsmen and traditional culinary experts.
Ministry of Minority Affairs stated that in the coming days, HunarHaat will be organized in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Dehradun, Patna, Indore and other places.
The Ministry has also sanctioned 100 Hunar Hubs in different parts of the country wherein training is being provided to master artisans, craftsmen and traditional culinary experts.
According to the Ministry, more than two lakh 65 thousand artisans and craftsmen have been provided employment through HunarHaat in the last two years.
12) Answer: D
Eight West African countries have agreed to change the name of their common currency to Eco and severed their earlier currency CFA Franc’s links to former colonial ruler France.
The CFA Franc was initially pegged to the French franc and has been linked to the euro for about two decades. Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo currently use the currency. All the countries are former French colonies with the exception of Guinea-Bissau.
13) Answer: E
Union ministers PiyushGoyal and MansukhMandaviya, as well as three chief ministers — Amarinder Singh, Kamal Nath and B S Yeddyurappa –, will join over 100 Indian CEOs in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos next month for the World Economic Forum’s 50th annual meeting, which will be attended by thousands of rich and powerful from across the globe.
The Geneva-based WEF has selected ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World’ as the theme for its 2020 annual meeting, which will bring together 3,000 global leaders.
The WEF has stated the 2020 meeting aims to give a concrete meaning to “stakeholder capitalism”, assist governments and international institutions in tracking progress towards the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, and facilitate discussions on technology and trade governance.
14) Answer: B
Ecuador has declared emergency to contain the environmental impact of a fuel spill in the Galapagos Islands, after a barge carrying 600 gallons of diesel fuel sank. The Islands are located 1,000 kilometers east of mainland Ecuador. The accident occurred when a crane collapsed while loading a container onto the barge. The falling container destabilized the ship, causing it to sink.
15) Answer: B
The YSR NeetannaNestham scheme was launched in Krishna district’s Pedana town by Andhra Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister P Ramachandra Reddy.
Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy had seen the problems of handloom weavers in his foot march and he introduced the scheme for about 75,000 weavers under which they would be given Rs 24,000 annually.
It would help the weavers’ families lead a decent life in the society.
16) Answer: E
The Indian Railways announced that it has installed a first-of-its-kind ‘atmospheric water generator (AWG) system called ‘Meghdoot,’ which converts humid air into potable drinking water, at Secunderabad railway station in Telangana.
The AWG device is developed by Telangana-based water tech company MaithriAquatech
The device was installed under SCR’s green initiatives and water conservation measures programme.
17) Answer: D
In the first of its kind initiative by South Central Railway, Hyderabad-New Delhi- Hyderabad Telangana Express, the iconic train that connects the State and the Nation’s Capital, has been wrapped with the colors of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), the Government owned Coal producing giant of India and also a premier freight customer of the Railways.
The Secunderabad Division of SCR has tied up with M/s. SCCL and one rake of Hyderabad- New Delhi Telangana Express has been vinyl wrapped by SCCL.
18) Answer: B
In spite of a decline in the GDP growth rate, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) seem to have flocked to the Indian capital market in a big way in 2019 with a net inflow of over 1.3 lakh crore rupees, including 97,250 crore rupees in equities, the highest in the last six years.
As the year draws to a close, the debt market has seen a net inflow of nearly 27,000 crore rupees by FPIs, while a further amount of 9,000 crore rupees found its way to the hybrid instruments, shows the capital market data compiled by depositories.
19) Answer: E
Reliance Infrastructure has won an arbitration award of Rs 1,250 crore against Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC). The proceeds will be used to pay lenders and reduce the debt of the company, the infrastructure firm in a filing to BSE.
A three-member arbitration tribunal unanimously gave the award in favour of Reliance Infrastructure.
20) Answer: D
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has received three Green Channel combinations for automatic approval under the competition law.
One of the combinations is related to 100 per cent acquisition of both IDBI Asset Management Ltd (IAML) and IDBI MF Trustee Company Ltd (IMTL) by Muthoot Finance Ltd (MFL).
The other combination is the acquisition of Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML) and Adani Electricity Mumbai Services Ltd (AEMSL) by Qatar Holding LLC (QH).
21) Answer: D
Mahindra and Mahindra has announced that Anish Shah will replace PawanGoenka as Mahindra’s Managing Director and CEO.
Anish Shah, who is currently the president for strategy at Mahindra Group, will transition into the role of the group’s chief financial officer (CFO) and deputy managing director from 1 April 2020.
PawanGoenka, 65, will retire after 1 April 2021 after completing four years and five months.
22) Answer: C
Indian-American DrMonishaGhosh has been appointed as the first woman Chief Technology Officer at the US government’s powerful Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
She will advise Indian-American Chairman of the FCC AjitPai and the agency on technology and engineering issues, and work closely with the Office of Engineering and Technology. DrGhosh will take charge on January 13. She replaces Dr Eric Burger.
23) Answer: B
Cinematographer RamchandraBabu has passed away at 72 due to cardiac arrest.
He mostly worked in Malayalam films, though he handled the camera for other regional movies as well.
He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography four times — for films Dweepu, Rathinirvedam, Chamaram and OruVadakkanVeeragatha.
24) Answer: E
Renowned archaeologist R. Nagaswamy was honoured at the Silver Jubilee International Conference of Art held in Dhaka by Bangladesh Culture Minister K.M. Khalid.
He was honoured for the contribution of Nagaswamy to art, archaeology, history, and culture.
The Silver Jubilee volume of the Journal of Bengal Art was dedicated to Mr. Nagaswamy. The art carries articles by international scholars.
25) Answer: B
Aditya K. of Ramanattukara, Kozhikode, has become the first child from the State to bag the Bharat Award for bravery.
The Prime Minister will give away the awards at the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.
The most prestigious of the National Bravery Awards, given away by the Indian Council for Child Welfare, the Bharat Award has gone to Aditya for rescuing 20 people from a burning bus that was on the move.
26) Answer: C
The UAE federal export credit company, Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) with the Export Credit Guarantee Agency of Oman (Credit Oman) to enhance trade and economic cooperation between the two countries.
The signing took place during the 10th AMAN UNION General Assembly, held in Muscat. The MoU was signed by Massimo Falcioni, CEO at ECI and Sheikh Khalil bin Ahmed Al-Harthy, recently appointed CEO at Credit Oman, in the presence of senior officials from both the institutions.
27) Answer: E
Bengaluru, India’s start-up capital, now also holds the distinction of being home to the most number of billionaires aged under 40. Hurun India Rich List 2019 has released a list of top 17 self-made entrepreneurs out of which a majority of 10 are from Bengaluru alone.
While Mumbai registered the most number of billionaires across ages, Bengaluru, led by Zerodha’sNithinKamath and Flipkart co-founder SachinBansal, became the millennial billionaire’s hub.
28) Answer: D
The deal for six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for the Indian Army, estimated to cost around $930 million, is likely to be signed early next year. These are in addition to 22 Apaches being inducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The helicopters should start coming in by 2022. The Army will also soon start receiving the indigenously built Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) along with the IAF.
29) Answer: C
The China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellite-4A (CBERS-4A), a new satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil as part of a bilateral programme, was recently sent into space, thus further pushes forward the aerospace cooperation between the two countries. It was launched on a Long March-4B carrier from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province of China. The same rocket also put into orbits another 8 satellites, including a wide-range multispectral remote-sensing microsatellite donated to Ethiopia (which is also Ethiopia’s first satellite).
CBERS-4A is equipped with 3 optical payloads:- a wide-range panchromatic multispectral camera developed by China, and a wide-field imager and a multispectral camera developed by Brazil. It will obtain global optical remote-sensing data and will also support Brazilian government to monitor Amazon rainforest and changes in the country’s environment.
It will also be used in fields such as earth resource monitoring, agriculture, environmental protection, meteorology, surveying and mapping, and serve Brazil and more developing countries.
30) Answer: D
One of Sierra Leone’s top football clubs has picked a woman to coach its main squad, in a first for the West African country’s professional league.
The East End Tigers named police officer Victoria Conteh, who formerly coached the country’s female football team, as its head coach.
Also known by the nickname “D’Cox,” Conteh , she started playing football in her childhood, as a defender, and went on to captain the police football team.
31) Answer: E
India’s shuttlerMaisnamMeirabaLuwang has won the Men’s singles Bangladesh Junior International Badminton Series 2019 in Dhaka. Top-seeded Meiraba, who hails from Manipur, beat Ken Yong Ong 21, 14, 21-18 in the final lasting 38 minutes
Meiraba had defeated another Malaysian, M FazriqMohamadRazif, in the semifinals. He was one of the five Indians in the main draw. Meiraba had also clinched the boys’ singles U-19 title at the WoncheonYonex Korea Junior Open International Challenge last month.
In women’s singles, Indian shuttlerTreesa Jolly lost to Thailand’s third seed KrittapornJiantanet 21-12, 16-21, 21-16 in finals.
32) Answer: E
Indian spinner RadhaYadav remained at the second spot but compatriots Deepti Sharma and PoonamYadav slipped a place each to the fifth and sixth positions in the latest ICC Women’s T20I players rankings. Among the batters, Jemimah Rodrigues continued to occupy the fourth spot, while SmritiMandhana and HarmanpreetKaur too remained static at the seventh and ninth positions.
33) Answer: C
Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist VidushiSavita Devi has passed away at the age of 80.
Apart from performing at a number of concerts in India and abroad, Devi performed regularly for the All India Radio and the national television.
34) Answer: E
Razorpay, the payments provider has recently appointed Arpit Chug, the former American Express India CFO as Razorpay’s new CFO.
He will also assist in launching the new business ventures of the company.
35) Answer: D
Union ministers PiyushGoyal and MansukhMandaviya, as well as three chief ministers — Amarinder Singh, Kamal Nath and B S Yeddyurappa –, will join over 100 Indian CEOs in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos next month for the World Economic Forum’s 50th annual meeting, which will be attended by thousands of rich and powerful from across the globe.
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