Exercise :: October 8, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
- October 8, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
| 1. | Dr. HL Trivedi, who passed away recently, was the renowned specialist in which field? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi (31 August 1932 - 2 October 2019) was an Indian nephrologist, immunologist, transplant surgeon and stem cell researcher.
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| 2. | On which of the following dates World Habitat Day is celebrated? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The World Habitat Day was observed every year on first Monday in October all over the world. This year it was observed on October 7, 2019 with the theme "Frontier Technologies as an innovative tool to transform waste to wealth".
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| 3. | Who inaugurated first Handloom and Handicraft exhibition in northeast India? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Amit Shah was chief guest on the occasion of the opening ceremony of first Handloom and handicraft exhibition in Aizawl, Mizoram.
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| 4. | Which of the following website has been launched for oral health information? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has launched the eDantSeva website and mobile application in New Delhi with the aim to provide oral health information collected from authentic scientific resources.
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| 5. | Exercise Nomadic Elephant is between which of the following countries? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: 14th edition of Indo - Mongolian joint military training, Exercise Nomadic Elephant-XIV started.
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| 6. | Which ministry has started "Bharat Ke Veer" a fund-raising initiative to aid the families of soldiers? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Bharat Ke Veer is a fund-raising initiative by the Ministry of Home affairs to aid the families of Paramilitary forces killed or injured in action.
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| 7. | Who among the following has won the Nobel Prize in Physiology? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: William G Kaelin Jr, Peter J Ratcliffe and Gregg L Semenza are jointly awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.
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| 8. | The Citizenship amendment bill was in the news, which Article has the provisions of citizenship under the constitution of India? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Article 5 provided for citizenship on commencement of the Constitution.
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| 9. | MOSAiC stands for which one of the given below? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The MOSAiC mission stands for Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate is spearheaded by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany.
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| 10. | Which oil company has launched a drive to turn plastic to specialized bitumen? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: Indian Oil Corporation has built 850 meters of road using 16 metric tons of single-use plastic waste in bitumen concrete.
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| 11. | Which state govt. directed state agencies to link the bank accounts of farmers with the Public Finance Management System (PFMS). |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Department has directed all government procurement agencies to link the bank accounts of farmers with the Public Finance Management System (PFMS) portal before the procurement of paddy begins.
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| 12. | Who among the following has won the China Open 2019? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Japan's Naomi Osaka has won the China Open held in Beijing, China.
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| 13. | The Information Fusion Centre, is the single point Centre linking all the coastal radar chains to generate a seamless real-time picture has been established in which of the following city? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The IFC has been established at the Navy's Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurugram.
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| 14. | Who among the following has won Japan Open title-2019? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: Novak Djokovic defeated Australia's John Millman in the finals to win the Japan Open title.
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| 15. | The Supreme Court directed which state government to assure that no more trees will be cut in Aarey colony? |
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Answer: Option D Explanation: The Supreme Court directed the Maharashtra state government to assure that no more trees will be cut in Aarey colony.
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| 16. | National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) in New Delhi inaugurated by which minister? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated National e-Assessment Centre (NeAC) in New Delhi.
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| 17. | On which of the following dates the first World Cotton Day is celebrated? |
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Answer: Option A Explanation: The first-ever World Cotton Day was celebrated by the WTO on October 7, 2019 to highlight the challenges of cotton economies.
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| 18. | 'Acceptance Development Fund' has proposed by which of the following? |
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Answer: Option B Explanation: RBI has proposed to set up an 'Acceptance Development Fund' to develop debit and credit card acceptance infrastructure in the country.
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| 19. | Where the new fossils were found which indicates India is the birthplace of Asian bamboo. |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: The new fossils were found in Makum coalfield in Assam, belonged to the late Oligocene period of about 25 million years ago, and also shown that India is the birthplace of Asian bamboo.
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| 20. | Indian Army's first mountain combat exercise 'Him Vijay' 2019 begins in which of the following states? |
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Answer: Option C Explanation: On October 7, 2019 the Indian Army's first and biggest mountain combat exercise "Him Vijay" for the year 2019 begun at Arunachal Pradesh.
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