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1) World Day for _______________ was designated to be celebrated on 27 October every year by UNESCO.
a) Indigenous Culture
b) Indigenous Language
c) Audiovisual Heritage
d) Tourism
e) Archaeology
2) Which among the following day is observed on 30 October every year in India?
a) World Indigenous Culture day
b) World Indigenous Language day
c) World Audiovisual Heritage day
d) World Tourism day
e) World Thrift Day
3) Which state government launches Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana on the occasion of Dhanteras?
a) Maharashtra
b) Rajasthan
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) West Bengal
4) Tourist destinations in Kerala are all set to go “differently-abled friendly” by ____.
a) 2020
b) 2021
c) 2022
d) 2023
e) 2024
5) Which edition of the Tawang Festival began with much fanfare and fervour in Tawang?
a) 5th
b) 6th
c) 7th
d) 8th
e) 9th
6) To which country did Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India?
a) Bhutan
b) Nepal
c) Sri Lanka
d) Myanmar
e) Republic of Iraq
7) 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
8) Who conferred the first National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards to the companies for their outstanding contribution in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
a) Ram Nath Kovind
b) Narendra Modi
c) Venkiah Naidu
d) Prakash Javadekar
e) None of these
9) Name the Nepali mountaineer who claims new speed record for world’s 14 highest peaks?
a) Amitha Chendan
b) Vishali Dubey
c) Nirmal Purja
d) Namrata Sonu
e) None of these
10) Who secured the first position in ‘The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019’ list published by Harvard Business Review?
a) Jeff Bezos
b) Ajay Banga
c) Shantanu Narayen
d) Satya Nadella
e) Jensen Huang
11) Which country Army Plans To Buy India’s BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile To Strengthen its Coastal Security?
a) Nepal
b) Phillipines
c) Bhutan
d) Sri Lanka
e) Vietnam
12) MIT researchers developed a new technology to remove carbon dioxide from air. The institution is located in which country?
a) USA
b) Canada
c) Germany
d) France
e) China
13) 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
14) Name the Bangladesh cricket player who has been banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) from all cricket for two years?
a) Shakib Al Hasan
b) Tamim Iqbal
c) Mushfiqur Rahim
d) Mustafizur Rahman
e) Mashrafe Mortaza
15) 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
16) Padma Shri awarde V. Nanammal passed away. Professionally she was a _______.
a) Karate Techer
b) Yoga Teacher
c) Jimnastics Trainer
d) Social Activist
e) Writer
17) Which among the following recently introduced a new OTP based refund system for tickets booked through its authorised ticketing agents?
a) Indian Railways
b) Google flights
c) Karnataka RTC
d) Redbus
e) Cruise Critic
18) Who among the following has been appointed as the President and CEO of STAR Labs (Samsung Technology & Advanced Research Labs)?
a) Manindra Agrawal
b) Raj Reddy
c) Sankar Kumar Pai
d) Pranav Mistry
e) Anil Kumar Jain
19) Chen Long grabbed the men’s singles French open badminton trophy with a win over _____________.
a) Lin Dan
b) Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
c) Jonathan Christie
d) Viktor Axelsen
e) Shi Yuqi
20) ICICI Bank has sold its entire stake of ______ in GST Network to 13 state governments.
a) 12%
b) 24%
c) 15%
d) 10%
e) 2%
21) Microsoft is set to invest how much amount of money for the connected car project with Ola’s parent-ANI Technologies?
a) USD 700 Million
b) USD 800 Million
c) USD 500 Million
d) USD 400 Million
e) USD 200 Million
22) Name the winner of Golden Dragon Award at Cardiff International Film Festival 2019
a) Nawazuddin Siddiqui
b) Manoj Bajpai
c) Irfan Khan
d) Rajkummar Rao
e) None of these
23) The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has recently formed joint venture with which company for insurance products?
a) State Farm
b) Datalink Corporation
c) Intuit
d) Ebix
e) None of these
24) What was the name of the leader of terrorist organization Islamic State, who was recently killed in a US military operation?
a) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
b) Abdul Rehman Yasin
c) Ibrahim al-Yakub
d) Hasan-al-Din
e) None of these
25) _______ has recently decided to restart the collaboration with the Coimbatore based machinery manufacturing major Lakshmi Machine Works for the manufacture of CMX 600 Vi vertical machining centre at the latter’s facility at Arasur.
a) Amada
b) Shenyang
c) DMG Mori
d) Komatsu
e) Mori Seiki
Answers:
1) Answer: C)
33rd session of UNESCO’s General Conference adopted 27 October as World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, in commemoration of the adoption, in 1980 by the 21st session of the General Conference, of the Recommendation for the Safe. 2019 Theme: Engage the Past Through Sound and Images
2) Answer: E)
World Thrift Day is observed on 30 October every year in India and in worldwide it is observed on 31st October. This day is devoted to the promotion of savings all over the world.
3) Answer: C)
On the occasion of Dhanteras, Mukhya Mantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana was launched in Uttar Pradesh by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.The programme aims at empowering the girl child for which an amount of 15 thousand rupees will be provided to every family in which a girl child takes birth. Under the scheme, the state government will direct transfer funds in the account of the registered girls in a phased manner when a girl child will complete various achievements, like vaccination, admission in class 1, 5 and 9, graduation.
4) Answer: B)
Tourist destinations in Kerala are all set to go “differently-abled friendly” by 2021. A host of facilities, including special parking areas and toilet facilities will be made available for the differently-empowered tourists to enjoy barrier-free holidaying in the State. A total of 120 tourist spots had been identified across the State in the first phase to implement the project. Of them, 98 destinations have already been made completely differently-abled friendly.
5) Answer: C)
In Arunachal Pradesh, the 7th edition of the Tawang Festival began with much fanfare and fervour in Tawang.On the occasion, the US Ambassador extended his gratitude to the people of Tawang for the exceptional hospitality offered to him and his entourage. With proper planning and investments, the state has the potential to become the most prosperous and happiest states in the country
6) Answer: E)
Birender Singh Yadav has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Iraq. A 1997-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Yadav is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also announced the appointment of Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi as India’s next High Commissioner to Samoa.
7) 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.
8) Answer: A)
President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the first National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards to the companies for their outstanding contribution in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).It is important to internalize social welfare in the corporate culture and the companies have shown that it is possible to be profitable while being socially and environmentally responsible.
9) Answer: C)
A Nepali mountaineer on Tuesday smashed the record for summiting the world’s 14 highest peaks, racing up all “8000 meters” in just seven months. Nirmal Purja completed the climb of the 14 mountains, all over 8,000 metres (26,250 feet) in seven months.
10) Answer: E)
Three Indian-origin CEOs have featured in ‘The Best-Performing CEOs in the World, 2019’ published by Harvard Business Review. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen(6th), MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga (7th) & Microsoft chief Satya Nadella (9th) featured in the list. American company NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang topped the list.
11) Answer: B)
BrahMos missile is regarded as one of the world’s fastest supersonic missiles and the Philippine Army is interested in acquiring the Indian-manufactured weapons system, in order to strengthen its coastal defences.Philippines is very much interested in the possible acquisition of the BrahMos missile, which can be launched from all four platforms (ship, a plane, submarine, or on land).
12) Answer: A)
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have developed a new technology to capture carbon dioxide from a stream of air, virtually at any concentration level. The new method required significantly energy, and could even suck out the greenhouse gas at the roughly 400 parts per million currently found in the atmosphere.
13) 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.
14) Answer: A)
Bangladesh Test and T20 Captain Shakib Al Hasan has been banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) from all cricket for two years. One year of the punishment has been suspended after he accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.Shakib will be free to resume international cricket from 29th of October next year subject to him satisfying the conditions in respect of the suspended part of the sanction.
15) 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.
16) Answer: B)
Nonagenarian yoga exponent V. Nanammal passed away. She was 99.She was conferred the Padma Shri in January, 2019, which is a recognition of her efforts to make people lead a healthy life.
17) Answer: A)
Railways have implemented a new OTP based refund system for tickets booked through authorised IRCTC ticketing agents. Its aim is to bring a transparent & customer-friendly refund system wherein the passenger will come to know about the exact refund amount. The OTP will be received as SMS on the registered mobile number.
18) Answer: D)
Computer scientist Pranav Mistry has been appointed as the President and CEO of STAR Labs (Samsung Technology & Advanced Research Labs), an independent entity of Samsung Electronics. He was the global vice president at Samsung Electronics since May 2017. He is best known for SixthSense, a wearable gestural interface.
19) Answer: C)
Korean An Se-young stunned Carolina Marin in an epic final to lift the women’s singles title at the French Open badminton tournament. Chinese Chen Long grabbed the men’s singles trophy with a 21-19 21-12 win over Indonesia’s Jonathan Christie. Satwik-Chirag lost French Open final, settled for silver.
20) Answer: D)
ICICI Bank has exited the GST Network, the company facilitating collection of the indirect tax, by selling its entire 10% stake to as many as 13 state governments. The stake sale is for aggregate cash consideration of ₹1 crore The stake transfer to be completed by the end of March 2020
21) Answer: E)
Ride-hailing company Ola is set to unveil a connected car project in partnership with Microsoft Corp., which will also invest around $200 million in Ola’s parent-ANI Technologies. Microsoft will acquire around 4.5% in ANI Technologies as part of the deal. Project aims to connect cars with Internet of Things sensors.
22) Answer: A)
Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been awarded the Golden Dragon Award at this year’s Cardiff International Film Festival in the UK.
23) Answer: D)
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has formed a joint venture with Ebix (the global leader in insurance exchanges). The JV is named BSE-Ebix Broking Insurance Broking Pvt Ltd.
24) Answer: A)
US President Donald Trump announced in a press conference that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), had been killed. While addressing a press conference, Trump said that trained commandos of the US military killed Baghdadi in a special operation in the remote village of Barisha in the Syrian province Idlib.
25) Answer: C)
DMG Mori has decided to restart the collaboration with the machinery manufacturing major Lakshmi Machine Works for the manufacture of CMX 600 Vi vertical machining centre at the latter’s facility at Arasur. It would be marketed under DMG Mori brand. LMW is based on Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
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