Dear Readers, Daily Current Affairs Questions Quiz for bank exam SBI RRB SSC PO & Clerk Exam 2019 of 29th October 2019. Daily GK quiz online for bank & competitive exam. Here we have given the Daily Current Affairs Quiz based on the previous days Daily Current Affairs updates. Candidates preparing for RRB, SSC, PO and Clerk Exam 2019 & competitive exams can make use of these Current Affairs Quiz.
Click Here to Subscribe Crack High Level Puzzles & Seating Arrangement Questions PDF 2019 Plan
[WpProQuiz 7276]1) Name the social service initiative launched by Odisha Chief Minister that is aimed at encouraging environment protection, blood donation and the welfare of Odias in distress.
a) Odisha Mo Parivar
b) Odisha Mo Jeevan
c) Odisha Mo Paryavaran
d) Odisha Mo Zimedari
e) None of these
2) Which district has become the first kerosene-free district of Gujarat under the Ujjwala Yojana?
a) Ahmedabad
b) Vadodara
c) Surat
d) Tapi
e) Gandhinagar
3) In which country does the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch RuPay card on his visit for the bilateral meeting.
a) Singapore
b) Saudi Arabia
c) Bhutan
d) Bahrain
e) UAE
4) According to the amended Conduct of Election Rules-1961, the people over _______ years of age and person with disability can cast their votes through postal ballot.
a) 80 years
b) 75 years
c) 60 years
d) 85 years
e) 70 years
5) Where was the 29th BASIC(Brazil, South Africa, India, China) ministerial meet on climate change held ?
a) Brasilia, Brazil
b) Beijing, China
c) Cape Town, South Africa
d) Kolkata, India
e) None of these
6) Name the Indian delegate,who addressed the 29th BASIC(Brazil, South Africa, India, China) ministerial meet on climate change .
a) Piyush Goyal
b) Nitin Gadkari
c) Prakash Javadekar
d) Ram Vilas Paswan
e) None of these
7) Which city is going to host the 19th IORA Council of Ministers (COM) meeting which will be held on November 7?
a) New Delhi
b) Abu Dhabi
c) Singapore
d) Bejing
e) Khatmandu
8) ___________ has decided to continue with $ 6 bn annual lending support to India.
a) IMF
b) World Bank
c) AIIB
d) ADB
e) NDB
9) RBI imposes Rs 35 lakh penalty on which among the following Bankfor violating norms on
frauds classification and notification?
a) IDBI Bank
b) City Union Bank
c) Nainital Bank
d) Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
e) Karnataka Bank
10) IRDAI has formulated a committee to evaluate proposals it has started receiving for implementing innovations in the sector under a regulatory sandbox approach. Who among the following was named as the chairperson of the committee?
a) M Manohar
b) R Vitala Chari
c) S. Sadagopan
d) K Goutam Kanan
e) L Leelavathi
11) Which private sector company sets up a digital platform subsidiary with investment of ₹1.08 lakh crore recently.
a) Tata Group
b) ITC Limited
c) Reliance Industries
d) Larsen and Toubro
e) None of these
12) Evo Morales was elected as the president to which country ?
a) Andorra
b) Monaco
c) Bolivia
d) Mozambique
e) Angola
13) BJP Kerala state president P S Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as which state governor?
a) Mizoram
b) Meghalaya
c) Manipur
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) Maharashtra
14) Who was appointed as the first woman caretaker Prime minister of Belgium ?
a) Sophie Dutordoir
b) Dominique Leroy
c) Marie-Christine Marghem
d) Sophie Wilmes
e) None of these
15) BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s capital city elected its first female mayor. Name her.
a) DominiqueLópez
b) Serenia López
c) Maria López
d) Sophie López
e) Claudia López
16) President Ram Nath Kovind signed a warrant appointing Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the ________ Chief Justice of India.
a) 47th
b) 45th
c) 48th
d) 44th
e) 46th
17) Who among the following has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.
a) Satya Pal Malik
b) Satyadev Narayan Arya
c) Baby Rani Maurya
d) Kaptan Singh Solanki
e) Draupadi Murmu
18) Which city based school has won the Guinness World Record for becoming the ‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength of students?
a) Mathura
b) Lucknow
c) Ayodhya
d) Varanasi
e) Vrindavan
19) Which city has recently set the Guinness World Records for lighting 4 lakh 10 thousand ‘diyaas’ on the occasion of Diwali celebrations 2019?
a) Mathura
b) Ayodhya
c) Varanasi
d) Vrindavan
e) None of these
20) Which merchant fin-tech company has won the DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019?
a) BharatPe
b) PayPal
c) Google Pay
d) PhonePe
e) None of these
21) Name the joint exercise of the Armies of India and France, that in Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan.
a) Shatrujeet-2019
b) Emerald Mercury-2019
c) Nomadic Elephant-2019
d) Ex Shakti -2019
e) None of these
22) Who can vote via postal ballot in-order to increase the voters’ turnout as per the new amended conduct of Election Rules, 1961 ?
a) Disabled people
b) People aged above 80 years
c) Celebrities
d) Both 1 & 2
e) None of these
23) What was the theme of the XVIII (18th) summit of heads of state and government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ?
a) “Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance”
b) “Peace, Sovereignty and Solidarity for Development”
c) “Promotion and Consolidation of Peace through Respect for International Law”
d) “Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted and adequate response to the challenges of the contemporary world”
e) None of these
24) Name the first Lieutenant (Lt) Governors of Ladakh, who was appointed on October 25, 2019 .
a) Girish Chandra Murmu
b) Satya Pal Malik
c) P S Sreedharan Pillai
d) Radha Krishna Mathur
e) None of these
25) Where is the selected location for the bilateral ‘Exercise SHAKTI’ between the armies of India & France that will begin on October?
a) Maharashtra
b) Corsica
c) Rajasthan
d) Normandy
e) Uttar Pradesh
26) Which Indian city implemented a scheme that offers free travel to every women passenger in the city public buses?
a) Chennai
b) Bangalore
c) Coimbatore
d) New Delhi
e) Kolkata
27) Who won the Zozo Championship that recently held in Inzai, Japan?
a) Hideki Matsuyama
b) Im Sung-jae
c) Tiger Woods
d) Rory McIlroy
e) Gary Woodland
28) Name the winner of the Mexican Grand Prix 2019?
a) Charles Leclerc
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Valtteri Bottas
d) Sebastian Vettel
e) None of these
29) The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is held every year on which date?
a) October 25
b) October 26
c) October 28
d) October 27
e) October 29
30) The International Animation Day is held annually on which date?
a) October 26
b) October 27
c) October 28
d) October 25
e) October 29
Answers:
1) Answer: A)
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a social service initiative aimed at encouraging environment protection, blood donation and the welfare of Odias in distress. Under the ‘Odisha Mo Parivar’ (Odisha, my family) programme, party leaders will dedicate themselves to protect the environment and undertake extensive planting of trees, and create awareness among the public. The initiative will also come to the rescue of Odias stranded in foreign countries.
2) Answer: E)
Gandhinagar district of Gujarat has become the 1st Kerosene-free district of the state. Home Minister Amit Shah has allotted 1000 LPG connections to the women beneficiaries of Gandhinagar district under the Ujjwala Yojana with the help of ONGC.
3) Answer: B)
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced that India will launch RuPay card in Saudi Arabia during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country to help the Indian pilgrims visiting Mecca Madina.RuPay has been launched in India, Singapore, Bhutan, Maldives, Bahrain, UAE and will be launched in Saudi Arabia which will help the Indian pilgrims visiting Mecca and Madina. RuPay has also tied-up with international players like Discover, Japan Credit Bureau and China Union Pay to enhance its international acceptance.
4) Answer: A)
The people over 80 years of age & person with disability can cast their votes through postal ballot. Such voters will have both the choices available either voting through postal ballot or going to the polling station on polling day for voting. Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 has been amended for this.
5) Answer: B)
The 29th BASIC ministerial meet on climate change was held from October 25th-26th 2019 in Beijing, China. Members of the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) participated in the event.
6) Answer: C)
The 29th BASIC ministerial meet on climate change was held from October 25th-26th 2019 in Beijing, China. Members of the BASIC countries (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) participated in the event. In the Indian side, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Shri Prakash Javadekar participated in the event. India’s offer to host the 30th BASIC ministerial meeting was welcomed.
7) Answer: B)
The 19th IORA Council of Ministers (COM) meeting will be held on November 7 in Abu Dhabi with the theme of “Promoting a Shared Destiny and Path to Prosperity in the Indian Ocean”.
8) Answer: B)
According to World Bank President David Malpass the multi-lateral funding agency will continue with $ 6 billion lending target for India. Visiting head of the World Bank met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. World Bank right now has 97 projects with $ 24 billion committed
9) Answer: D)
The Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB) for violating norms on frauds classification and notification. The bank has been penalised for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by RBI on frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs directions 2016
10) Answer: C)
The lnsurance Regulatory and Development Authority of lndia (lRDAl) has formed an eight-member committee, with IIIT- Bangalore Director S. Sadagopan as the chairperson, to evaluate proposals it has started receiving for implementing innovations in the sector under a regulatory sandbox approach.It will screen applications, evaluate the test design of the proposed hypothesis, and recommend applications for taking up for experimentation.
11) Answer: C)
Reliance Industries (RIL) has decided to set up a wholly owned subsidiary for digital platform initiatives and invest Rs.1,08,000 crore in the new company through optionally convertible preference shares (OCPS).The digital platform company will acquire RIL’s equity investment of Rs. 65,000 crore in Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) and house all the digital assets.
12) Answer: C)
Evo Morales has narrowly won a controversial fourth presidential term of Bolivia.Morales won 47.07%, fractionally clearing the 10-point margin he needed to avoid a second-round run-off against the main opposition candidate, Carlos Mesa, who won 36.51% of the vote.
13) Answer: A)
BJP Kerala state president P S Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as Mizoram governor. Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi has been holding the additional charge of Mizoram. He is the third Keralite to be appointed as Mizoram Governor after Vakkom Purushothaman (2011-2014) and Rajashekharan who held the charge from May 29, 2018 to March 8, 2019.
14) Answer: D)
Belgian Budget Minister Sophie Wilmes has been chosen as the country’s new caretaker prime minister — a first for a woman.The current premier Charles Michel, who is set to take over as European Council president on December 1 .
15) Answer: E)
Claudia López won the race for mayor of Bogota on a platform promising to combat corruption and advance equal rights for minority communities.With her victory, López also becomes the first openly lesbian maor of a capital city in Latin America, a region slowly advancing in improving LGBTQ rights but where long-standing cultural biases and inequality remain barriers.
16) Answer: A)
President Ram Nath Kovind signed a warrant appointing Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the next Chief Justice of India. Justice Bobde will take oath as CJI on November 18. He will succeed Ranjan Gogoi. Arvind Bobde’s term will run until April 23, 2021. Bobde will be the 47th Chief Justice of India.
17) Answer: A)
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa.Former IAS officers Girish Chandra Murmu and Radha Krishna Mathur will take his place as Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. respectively. The two Union Territories will come to existence on October 31
18) Answer: B)
A Lucknow-based school has won the Guinness World Record for becoming the ‘world’s largest school’ in terms of strength of students.City Montessori School (CMS) has won the global award for having 55,547 students in 2019-20, as stated by CMS founder, Jagdish Gandhi. Currently, the CMS has 18 branches and approximately 56,000 students all over the city.
19) Answer: B)
Uttar Pradesh state government’s Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali in Ayodhya has set a Guinness World Records as 4 lakh 10 thousand ‘diyaas’ were lit on the banks of Saryu river. Apart from this, more than two lakh ‘diyaas’ were lit elsewhere than the ghat. In all, more than 6 lakh ‘diyaas’ were lit.
20) Answer: A)
BharatPe, India’s largest merchant fin-tech company has won the DigiDhan Mission Fin-tech Award 2018-2019 for ‘Innovation in Digital Payments through Emerging Technology’ at the MeitY Start-up Summit 2019 held in Delhi.The award was presented by Chief Guest, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communication, Electronics & IT and Law & Justice.
21) Answer: D)
Indian and French armies will conduct joint counter-terrorism drills under ‘Exercise Shakti-2019’ in the Mahajan field firing range in Rajasthan from October 31 to November 13.The joint exercise will focus on counter-terrorism operations in the backdrop of semi-desert terrain under the United Nations mandate.
22) Answer: B)
The government has announced that disabled people and people aged above 80 years can vote through postal ballot in-order to increase the voters’ turnout. The announcement was made after the ministry of law and justice amended Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, on October 22, 2019, based on the recommendations of the election commission to allow the above-mentioned people to cast their vote through postal ballot. Currently, the postal ballot voting is made available only to those assigned poll duties and to armed forces.
23) Answer: D)
The XVIII (18th) summit of heads of state and government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from October 25-26, 2019. The theme of the summit for 2019 was “Upholding the Bandung Principles to ensure concerted and adequate response to the challenges of the contemporary world”.
24) Answer: D)
Former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Radha Krishna Mathur was appointed as first Lieutenant (Lt) Governor of Ladakh. This Union Territory (UT) will come into existence on October 31, 2019.These newly appointed governors succeed Satya Pal Malik.
25) Answer: C)
The bilateral ‘Exercise SHAKTI’ between the armies of India & France will be conducted from 31 October-13 November 2019. It will focus on counter terrorism operations in semi-desert terrain & aims at enhancing interoperability between the two armies. It will be held in Rajasthan.
26) Answer: D)
Women in Delhi will get free rides in public buses starting from 29 October. Conductors will distribute pink tickets to women passengers for free travel & the govt will then reimburse the transporters based on the number of such tickets issued. Pink ticket has a face value of 10 Rs.
27) Answer: C)
Tiger Woods won the Zozo Championship defeating Hideki Matsuyama of Japan to tie Sam Snead’s PGA Tour record of 82 victories. He was playing in the first-ever PGA Tour event in Japan. The Zozo Championship is a professional golf tournament in Inzai, Japan. PGA Tour is the organizer of the main professional golf tours.
28) Answer: B)
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes – Britain) has won the Formula One, Mexican Grand Prix 2019. Sebastian Vettel remained on second position, Valtteri Bottas was on third followed by Charles Leclerc on fourth spot.
29) Answer: D)
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is held every year on 27 October. The day was chosen by UNESCO in 2005 to raise awareness of the significance and preservation risks of recorded sound and audiovisual documents. The theme of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2019: “Engage the Past Through Sound and Images”.
30) Answer: C)
The International Animation Day is observed every year on October 28 to celebrate the art of animation and also recognise the artists, scientists and technicians behind animation. The day was created in 2002 by ASIFA, an International Animated Film Association, a member of UNESCO.
