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1) When is World Rabies Day observed?
a) September 25
b) September 26
c) September 27
d) September 28
e) September 29
2) When is International Day for Universal Access to Information observed?
a) September 26
b) September 27
c) September 28
d) September 29
e) September 30
3) When is the World Heart Day observed globally?
a) September 30
b) September 29
c) September 28
d) September 27
e) September 26
4) Indian Railways has launched the AI related pilot project ‘Industry 4.0’ in which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Karnataka
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Rajasthan
e) Meghalaya
5) Which ministry has launched the Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029)?
a) Ministry of Jal Shakti
b) Ministry of Rural Development
c) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
d) Ministry of Panchayati Raj
e) None of these
6) What is the new deadline as per CBDT for linking PAN-Aadhaar?
a) October 31, 2019
b) December 31, 2019
c) January 01, 2020
d) January 31, 2020
e) February 29, 2020
7) Bathukamma is the floral festival celebrated in which state of India?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Kerala
d) Karnataka
e) Telangana
8) Who among these has won the 2019 Punyabhushan Award?
a) Dr. H.V. Sardesai
b) Pratap Govindrao Pawar
c) Sudhir Gadgil
d) Dr. G B Deglurkar
e) None of these
9) Where was the World Hindu Economic Forum 2019 held?
a) Mumbai
b) Delhi
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
e) Vishakhapatnam
10) Which city hosted the Rural Investors and Start-up Conclave (RISC) 2019?
a) Bangalore
b) Mangalore
c) Kakinada
d) Hyderabad
e) Vijayawada
11) Which city hosted the 6th edition of International Conference Mascrade 2019 (Movement Against Smuggling and Counterfeit Trade)?
a) Mumbai
b) Pune
c) Udaipur
d) Jodhpur
e) New Delhi
12) Which state tops Niti Aayog’s School Education Quality Index 2019?
a) Kerala
b) Delhi
c) Maharashtra
d) Andhra Pradesh
e) Meghalaya
13) Which of the following is the Second Kalvari-class Submarine that joined Indian Navy recently?
a) INS ‘Khanderi’
b) INS ‘Nilgiri’
c) INS ‘Hansvahini’
d) INS ‘Vikram’
e) INS ‘SATAVHANA’
14) Name the winner of 2019 Formula One Russian Grand Prix?
a) Max Verstappen
b) Sebastian Vettel
c) Lewis Hamilton
d) Charles Leclerc
e) None of these
15) Who is the winner of the men’s singles title in Korea Open Badminton 2019?
a) Shi Yuqi
b) Viktor Axelsen
c) Kento Momota
d) Lin Dan
e) None of these
16) What was the profession of Viju Khote who passed away recently?
a) Actor
b) Musician
c) Journalist
d) Businessman
e) Cricketer
Answers :
1) Answer: D)
World Rabies Day is celebrated annually on 28th September to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease.Theme: “Rabies: Vaccinate to Eliminate”. 28 September also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death, the French chemist and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine.
2) Answer: C)
Since 2016 UNESCO marks 28 September as the “International Day for Universal Access to Information” (IDUAI).Theme: “Leaving No One Behind!”
3) Answer: B)
World Heart Day is a day created by World Heart Federation to be celebrated on 29 September annually to draw people’s attention to heart illness and the range of associated health issues.Cardiovascular disease (CVD) including heart disease and stroke, is the world’s leading cause of death claiming 17.9 million lives each year.World leaders are committed to reducing global mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25% by 2025.
4) Answer: C)
The Ministry of Railways and the Department of Science and Technology have joined hands in partnership with IIT Kanpur for taking up a unique project on ‘Industry 4.0’. They launched the pilot project for implementation at the Modern Coach Factory
A pilot project for ushering in Industry 4.0 in the country has been launched at the Modern Coach Factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli district.
Industry 4.0, commonly referred to as the fourth industrial revolution, is a name given to the current trend of automation, inter-connectivity and data exchange in manufacturing technologies to increase productivity.
Industry 4.0 is a complex cyber-physical system which synergies production with digital technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Analytics, Machine Learning and Cloud Computing.
5) Answer: A)
The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI launched the 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029), which focus on sustaining the sanitation behavior change that has been achieved under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G), ensuring that no one is left behind, and increasing access to solid and liquid waste management.
Since the launch of the SBM-G in 2014, over 10 crore toilets have been built in rural areas; over 5.9 lakh villages, 699 districts, and 35 States/UTs have declared themselves Open Defecation Free (ODF). This strategy has been prepared by DDWS, in consultation with State Governments and other stakeholders, and it lays down a framework to guide local governments, policy makers, implementers and other relevant stakeholders in their planning for ODF Plus, where everyone uses a toilet, and every village has access to solid and liquid waste management.
The 10 year strategy focuses on the need for States/UTs to continue their efforts to sustain the gains of the mission through capacity strengthening, IEC (Information, education and communication), organic waste management, plastic waste management, grey water management and black water management.
6) Answer: B)
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extended the deadline to link permanent account number (PAN) with Aadhaar till December 31. The earlier deadline was September 30.
This is the seventh time that the government has extended the deadline for linking of PAN with Aadhaar. It is now mandatory to link the two unique IDs for income tax purposes.
Section 139 AA (2) of the Income Tax Act says that every person having PAN as on July 1, 2017, and eligible to obtain Aadhaar, must intimate his Aadhaar number to tax authorities.
Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to a resident of India and PAN is a 10-digit alphanumeric number allotted by the IT Department to a person, firm or entity.
7) Answer: E)
India’s youngest state gets together and celebrates the floral festival, ‘Bathukamma’ – an embodiment of Telangana’s rich cultural identity. The nine-day festival, which began on Sept 28, will continue till October 6.
The entire state of Telangana, particularly the capital city of Hyderabad, is lit up to become a part of grandeur celebrations, which are held for nine days.
‘Bathukamma’ is a floral festival celebrated particularly by the women of Telangana. The festival takes place towards the end of the monsoon season, just before the onset of winter.
The festival begins a week before the ‘Saddula Bathukamma’ (the finale of the Bathukamma festival), which falls two days before the Dussehra.
8) Answer: D)
Presenting Punyabhushan Award to eminent Archeologist, Dr. G.B. Deglurkar, in Pune, Maharashtra. The award has been instituted by the Punyabhushan Foundation. It is given an eminent personality who brings together various academic disciplines such as history, archaeology, anthropology, iconography, epigraphy and sociology to establish a strong correlation of the literature, history and archaeological data for better understanding of the past.
9) Answer: A)
The 7th annual World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) began in Mumbai. The three-day event, being held in India’s financial capital for the first time.
The World Hindu Economic Forum has earlier been organised in London, Chicago, Losa Angeles, Hong Kong, and Nairobi.
WHEF was created to bring together financially successful members in Hindu society, to share business knowledge, expertise and resources with their fellow brethren “to trigger the creation of surplus wealth and make society prosperous”.
10) Answer: D)
As many as 90 rural innovators and 48 rural startups will present their products and services at the upcoming Rural Innovators Startup Conclave (RISC) scheduled to be held at the National Institute for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (NIRDPR) at Hyderabad.
The two-day event would help the startups to demonstrate their design ideas, innovations and technologies to investors, policy makers and other stakeholders in the startup ecosystem.
Of the 48 startups, about 15 are into agriculture and allied activities, 12 in sustainable livelihood, 10 in health and elderly care and four in sustainable housing. Winners in seven categories will receive cash prizes of Rs one lakh and Rs 50,000.
11) Answer: E)
The 6th edition of International Conference Mascrade 2019 (Movement Against Smuggling and Counterfeit Trade) was held in New Delhi. The event was organised by FICCI CASCADE (Committee Against Smuggling and Counterfeiting Activities Destroying the Economy), a dedicated forum of FICCI.
The theme for MASCRADE 2019 was ‘Containing Counterfeiting, Smuggling and Piracy: A Winning Strategy’.The event provides a platform to global participants to find solutions for combating, apprehending and administrating preventive mechanisms with regards to illicit trading activities.
12) Answer: A)
The School Education Quality Index, SEQI prepared by NITI Aayog was launched by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman and CEO in New Delhi.Kerala has bagged the number one rank followed by Rajasthan in overall performance. In incremental performance ranking, Haryana is number one followed by Assam and Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh secured the last spot in the list. In small states category, Manipur has claimed the top spot followed by Tripura and Goa in overall performance. Meghalaya got the first place in incremental performance ranking followed by Nagaland and Goa. While Chandigarh topped the list of Union Territories.
13) Answer: A)
India’s second Kalvari-class Submarine INS ‘Khanderi’ was commissioned into the Indian Navy in a ceremony held at the Mazagon Docks in Mumbai.
The name Khanderi is inspired by the dreaded ‘Sword Tooth Fish,’ a deadly fish known to hunt whilst swimming close to the bottom of the ocean. Khanderi is also the name of an island fort constructed by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Khanderi is the second of the Navy’s six Kalvari-class submarines built in India. It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which is designed by French naval defence and energy company DCNS which is being manufactured at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai.
The state-of-the-art features of this Scorpene class submarine include superior stealth and the ability to launch a crippling attack on the enemy using precision-guided weapons.
14) Answer: C)
British racing driver Lewis Hamilton, who races in Formula One for Mercedes won the Russian Grand Prix 2019. This was his 9th win of the season.Team-mate Valtteri Bottas was in second, with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) was third. Verstappen was fourth.
15) Answer: C)
Top-ranked Kento Momota of Japan clinched the men’s singles title at the Korea Open badminton tournament with a win over number two Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan.In the women’s final, China’s He Bingjiao defeated Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand.
South Korea dominated the women’s doubles, with Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong beating compatriots Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan. Indonesian pair Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto defeated Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda of Japan to clinch the men’s doubles title.
16) Answer: A)
Veteran actor Viju Khote has passed away in Mumbai. He had acted in more than 300 Hindi and Marathi films. He gained fame for his character Kaliya in the blockbuster film Sholay. Khote was popular for his comedy roles in many films including Andaz Apna Apna, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
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