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[WpProQuiz 7264]1) Which among these days is observed as the United Nations’ World Development Information Day?
a) October 21
b) October 22
c) October 23
d) October 24
e) October 25
2) 24 October is celebrated as the World Polio Day to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk- who led the 1st team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Which organization established the same?
a) United Nations
b) World Health Organization
c) Rotary International
d) United Nations Children’s Fund
e) CARE International
3) National Ayurveda Day is celebrated every year on __________.
a) October 21
b) October 22
c) October 23
d) October 24
e) October 25
4) Which policy has received the Cabinet approval on 23rd October, 2019 ?
a) Environmental policy
b) Fuel Retailing Policy
c) Economy Policy
d) Energy policy
e) None of these
5) Name the rabi crop, which has the highest increase in Minimum Support Price(MSP) during the RMS (Rabi Marketing Season) 2020-21 .
a) Mung bean
b) Legume
c) Chickpea
d) Lentil
e) None of these
6) Which country’s proposal in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine was approved by Cabinet Committee of India on 23rd October, 2019 ?
a) St. Vincent & the Grenadines
b) St Kitts and Nevis
c) Antigua and Barbuda
d) Anguilla
e) None of these
7) Cabinet Committee has approved the MoU between India and Kuwait in which of the following field ?
a) Capacity building
b) Financial and audit knowledge base
c) Strengthening the accounting
d) All the above
e) None of these
8) What is called for the machine installed by Indian railways at the 42 suburban stations to render fast ticketing over Mumbai Suburban Network?
a) AFM
b) UNIMAT-4S
c) 09-3X-DTE
d) ATVM
e) BCM
9) What is the projected growth rate of India’s GDP for 2020-21 as per Fitch Ratings?
a) 6.1%
b) 6.5%
c) 6.7%
d) 6.2%
e) 6.8%
10) How much amount of loan agreement has been signed between India and the World Bank to Support Climate Resilient Agriculture for 125,000 Small holder Farmers in Odisha?
a) USD 145 million
b) USD 250 million
c) USD 165 million
d) USD 180 million
e) USD 170 million
11) The Vijaya Bank Heritage Museum was inaugurated in which among the following cities?
a) Bangalore
b) Chennai
c) Kochi
d) Hyderabad
e) Vijayawada
12) Which among the following companies has developed the processor named Sycamore?
a) Google
b) Microsoft
c) Intel
d) IBM
e) None of these
13) Who received the Udyog Rattan Award 2019 from the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) recently ?
a) Ram Singh
b) Sudhir Singh
c) Mahender Singh
d) Thakur Anup Singh
e) None of these
14) Name the Uighur economist, who won the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize 2019 for defending China’s Uighur minority over 20 years .
a) Liu Xiaobo
b) Lutpulla Mutellip
c) Ilham Tohti
d) Xu Zhiyong
e) None of these
15) Who has been named as the new Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI)?
a) Rubina Ali
b) Arvind Singh
c) Anuj Agarwal
d) Arun Kumar
e) Ajay Agarwal
16) Who has been named the chairman and managing director, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ltd?
a) Ganji Kamala V Rao
b) Kishore Mitra
c) Manmohan Krishna
d) Venugopal Roa
e) G Venkateshwar Rao
17) Who will be the director general of the Bureau of Indian Standards in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution?
a) Pramod Kumar Tiwari
b) Satya Brata Sahu
c) Debashri Mukherjee
d) Amit Yadav
e) Ashish Upadhyay
18) Who has been appointed as managing director, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways?
a) K Sanjay Murthy
b) Keshav Kumar Pathak
c) K Moses Chalai
d) Rachna Shah
e) B Srinivas
19) The Global Bio-India 2019 Summit will take place in which city?
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Hyderabad
d) Kolkata
e) Ahemadabad
20) Which country will host the inaugural expanded 24-team Club World Cup of FIFA in 2021?
a) China
b) Spain
c) Qatar
d) United Arab Emirates
e) Bhutan
21) Which country topped in FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) rankings released on October 24, 2019 ?
a) India
b) Brazil
c) Belgium
d) France
e) None of these
22) At what position, India was ranked as per the latest FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) rankings on October 24, 2019 ?
a) 106
b) 105
c) 104
d) 103
e) None of these
23) Kanya Sumangala Yojana was launched in which state?
a) Gujarat
b) Bihar
c) Punjab
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Andhra Pradesh
24) Which among the following became the first kerosene-free district of Gujarat?
a) Jamnagar
b) Junagadh
c) Porbandar
d) Gandhinagar
e) None of these
25) The Union Government recently relaxed the norms for setting up Petrol Pumps. As per the norms, which companies will be allowed to run Petrol Pumps?
a) Non-oil companies
b) Manufacturing Companies
c) IT Companies
d) Outsourcing companies
e) None of these
Answers :
1) Answer: B)
The United Nations’ World Development Information Day is held on October 24 every year to draw attention of world public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen international cooperation to solve them.
2) Answer: C)
24 October is celebrated as the World Polio Day to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk- who led the 1st team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. The day is observed to raise the awareness for polio vaccination & eradication of polio. Day was established by Rotary International.
3) Answer: E)
National Ayurveda Day is celebrated every year on 25th October. The 4th Ayurveda day to be organized on 25th October, 2019 at National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan. Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India decided to celebrate Ayurveda Day every year on the day of Dhanvantari Jayanti (Dhanteras) since 2016
4) Answer: B)
The cabinet committee approved to review the guidelines for granting authorization in marketing transportation fuels such as petrol and diesel. Existing policy: The existing policy had not undergone any changes for the past 17 years (since 2002). New policy benefits: The new policy will improve the “Ease of Doing Business” and also encourage investment from the private and foreign sectors. It would create new jobs and setting up of new retail outlets(ROs) would also result in better competition.
5) Answer: D)
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), approved to increase the Minimum Support Price(MSP) for all Rabi crops (agricultural crops that are sown in winter and harvested in the spring in India) of 2019-20 that are to be marketed in the Rabi season of 2020-21.For the Rabi crops of RMS 2020-21, the highest increase in MSP was recommended for lentil which would be Rs. 325/quintal. The procurement of the rabi crops will be done by the state govt. under the National Food Security Act(NFSA). The losses incurred will be fully undertaken by the govt, as per the guidelines.
6) Answer: A)
The cabinet committee approved the proposal of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and St. Vincent and the Grenadines signed on cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine on 11th September 2019 in New Delhi.The MoU will lead to mutual cooperation of the two nations and lead to promotion of traditional medicinal system of St. Vincent & the Grenadines and also India’s AYUSH (Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) medicinal systems.
7) Answer: D)
The Union Cabinet approved MoU between India and Kuwait for capacity building and strengthening the accounting, financial and audit knowledge base in Kuwait. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), New Delhi and Kuwait Accountants and Auditors Association (KAAA), Kuwait will work together in audit based areas and will also work on corporate governance.
8) Answer: D)
Indian Railways has launched ‘one touch ATVM’ at 42 suburban stations of Central Railway to render fast ticketing over Mumbai Suburban Network. New machine will reduce the waiting time of the passengers & allow passenger to avoid standing in long queues. A total of 92 ATVMs has been installed at 42 suburban stations.
9) Answer: D
Fitch Ratings slashed India’s GDP growth forecast in the current fiscal to 5.5 per cent saying a large credit squeeze emanating from shadow banks has pushed economic growth to a six year low. India’s GDP growth at 6.6 per cent for the fiscal year that began in April 2019.GDP expansion will pick up to 6.2 per cent in the next financial year (2020-21) and to 6.7 per cent in the year after(2021-22).
10) Answer: C)
The Central Government, Odisha government and the World Bank signed a loan agreement worth $165 million to support smallholder farmers in the state. The project “The Odisha Integrated Irrigation Project for Climate Resilient Agriculture” will be implemented in Odisha’s rural areas which are vulnerable to droughts and largely dependent on rainfed agriculture. It will benefit about 125,000 smallholder farmer households from 15 districts of Odisha managing 128,000 hectares of agricultural land.
11) Answer: A)
The Vijaya Bank Heritage Museum was inaugurated old headquarters of Vijaya Bank, Bangalore. Jose J. Kattor, regional director of RBI Bengaluru, inaugurated the museum. This museum has a unique collection of photographs which demonstrate the development of the bank. This museum brings back memories of the history of the former Vijaya Bank
12) Answer: A)
Google has achieved quantum supremacy with its advanced processor that was able to surpass the world’s most powerful supercomputer.Google says that its 54-bit Sycamore processor was able to perform a calculation in 200 seconds that would have taken the world’s most powerful supercomputer 10,000 years.
13) Answer: D)
Thakur Anup Singh, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Marg ERP received Udyog Rattan Award 2019 from the Institute of Economic Studies (IES) affiliated to Government of India in an award function held at New Delhi, for his work in transforming how Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can accelerate their business by using technology.
14) Answer: C)
Ilham Tohti (50), an Uighur economist serving a life sentence in China for “separatism” has won the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize 2019 for his over 20 years of work defending China’s Uighur minority. The EU’s top human rights award will be presented on December 18, 2019, at an event in Strasbourg, France.
15) Answer: B)
As per the appointment committee of the cabinet, Government of India (GoI), Arvind Singh (1988 batch IAS – Indian Administrative Service officer of Maharashtra cadre) has been appointed as the chairman of Airports Authority of India(AAI) in the rank and pay of additional secretary. He replaces Anuj Aggarwal. Singh is at present serving in his cadre-state Maharashtra.
16) Answer: A)
Ganji Kamala V Rao, at present in his cadre-state Kerala, has been named the chairman and managing director, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Ltd.
17) Answer: A)
Satya Brata Sahu, who is director, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited will be additional secretary, department of land resources.
Pramod Kumar Tiwari, joint secretary, department of food and public distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution will be the director general of the Bureau of Indian Standards in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Debashri Mukherjee, joint secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office has been appointed as the additional secretary, department of water resources in the river development and Ganga rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Amit Yadav, joint secretary in the department of telecommunications, has been appointed as the director general, directorate general of foreign trade.
Rakesh Sarwal will be additional secretary in the department of higher education in place of Sandhu.
Ashish Upadhyay, has been appointed as additional secretary & financial advisor in the Ministry of Power. He is joint secretary in the Ministry of Power.
18) Answer: B)
Senior bureaucrat K Sanjay Murthy, additional secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs will be chief executive officer and managing director, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Keshav Kumar Pathak, who is serving in his cadre-state Bihar, has been appointed as managing director, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
K Moses Chalai, additional secretary in the Ministry of Women and Child Development will be secretary, North Eastern Council Secretariat.
Rachna Shah, joint secretary, Cabinet Secretariat will be additional secretary in the same department. B Srinivas has been named as the managing director, National Horticulture Board, department of agriculture, cooperation and farmers welfare.
19) Answer: B)
The Global Bio-India 2019, one of the largest biotechnology stakeholder’s conglomerate will be held for the first time in India at New Delhi from 21st to 23rd November, 2019. Announcing this at a Curtain Raiser in Delhi.India for the first time is hosting a mega event for the biotech community to attract investments, showcase our indigenous strengths and more importantly fuel the hopes and aspirations of the indigenous talent pool.
20) Answer: A)
The FIFA Council, the decision-making unit of football’s world governing body, has unanimously chosen China as the host nation for the new-format FIFA World Cup for Clubs. China will host the inaugural expanded 24-team Club World Cup in 2021.
21) Answer: C)
Belgium has remained at the top spot in the rankings with France and Brazil also holding on to their positions.Top-ten rivals Uruguay (5th, up 1), Croatia (7th, up 1), Argentina (9th, up 1) have edged closer to the summit.
22) Answer: A)
According to the latest FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) rankings were released. According to the latest rankings, India dropped to the 106th position from its previous rank of 104. The ranking was topped by Belgium, followed by France and Brazil in the second and third spots respectively. Indian National football team is also known as Blue tigers.
23) Answer: D)
Kanya Sumangala Yojana was launched in Uttar Pradesh for the education, health and financial security of every girl child. The scheme was launched by UP CM Yogi Adityanath on October 25, 2019.
24) Answer: D)
Gandhinagar has become the first kerosene-free district of Gujarat. The Union Home Minister Amit Shah allotted over 1000 free LPG connections to women of the district.
25) Answer: A)
The Union Government recently relaxed norms for setting up petrol pumps, enabling the non-oil companies to run petrol pumps. With this, private and foreign companies will be allowed to enter the fuel retailing sector.
