WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 28.10.2019 TO 02.11.2019

No. of Questions : 40 Correct : ______Full Mark : 40 Wrong : ______

Time : 20 min Mark Secured : ______

1. Name India’s 1st International award that honours exemplary work & achievements of the heads of the state govt. and other distinguished persons & organisations around the world? A) Mahatma Gandhi Honorary Award B) Gandhi Peace Award C) Mahatma Gandhi Award D) Gandhi Mandela Award 2. “Glossanodon Macrocephalus” a deep-sea fish was discovered near which of the following place? A) Telangana B) Andhra Pradesh C) Kerala D) Karnataka 3. Who has been conferred with Vyas Samman 2018? A) Leeladhar Jagoori B) Kedarnath SIngh C) Sachidananda D) Manglesh Darbal 4. Which Indian city was designated as the member of UNESCO creative cities Network in the field of Gastronomy? A) Mumbai B) Chennai C) Kochi D) Hyderabad 5. Which University topped the Financial Masters – Masters in Management Ranking 2019? A) University of St. Gallen B) London Business School C) HEC Paris D) IIM Calcutta 6. Which organisation has released the “Global Microscope 2019: The enabling Environment for Financial Inclusion? A) IMF B) World Economic Forum C) Economic Intelligence Unit D) World Bank 7. Rugby World Cup 2019 was held in which country recently? A) South Africa B) England C) Japan D) New Zealand 8. PFRDA recently allowed whom to apply for NPS? A) Senior Citizens Older than 80 years age B) Overseas Citizens of India C) Non-Resident of India D) Disabled Persons 9. Who will be the new ? A) Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha B) Justice C) Justice D) Justice 10. Which year has been set as target to produce 1 billion tonnes of Coal by GOI? A) 2022 B) 2024 C) 2025 D) 2021 11. Who will be honoured with the 1st Icon of Golden Jubilee Award in IFFI 2019? A) Salman Khan B) Kamal Hasan C) Amitabh Bachchan D) Rajnikanth 12. DUSTLIK-2019 exercise held between India and which country recently? A) Kazakhstan B) Uzbekistan C) Kyrgyzstan D) Tajikistan 13. 2019 ISA Assembly was held in which of the following place? A) Hyderabad B) Mumbai C) New Delhi D) Goa 14. Which company will buy wearables maker ‘Fitbit’? A) Facebook B) Tesla C) Amazon D) Google 15. Which Indian airline company became the member of IATA? A) Spice Jet B) IndiGo C) Jet Airways D) Go Air 16. By which year the capital base of EXIM Bank will be increased by the GOI? A) 2021 B) 2020 C) 2024 D) 2022 17. Who has topped the Harvard Business Review’s top 10 best performing CEO’s of the world? A) Jensen Huang B) Shantanu Narayan C) Ajay Banga D) Satya Nadela 18. TRAI has fixed the call ring time at what seconds? A) 40 Seconds B) 20 Seconds C) 30 Seconds D) 60 Seconds 19. Chief Justice of High Court are transferred through which article of the Indian Constitution? A) Article 222 B) Article 322 C) Article 422 D) Article 122

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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 28.10.2019 TO 02.11.2019

20. Birendra Singh Yadav was appointed as India’s ambassador to which of the following country? A) Turkey B) Iraq C) Syria D) Iran 21. RBI imposed penalty on which bank for violating fraud monitoring norms? A) Bank of Baroda B) Punjab National Bank C) Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank D) Indian Bank 22. Which insurance firm got insurance license from IRDAI to act as insurance broker? A) Edelweiss General Insurance B) Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Ltd. C) BSE-Ebix Insurance Broking Pvt. Ltd. D) Religare Healthcare Insurance Company ltd. 23. ASEAN Summit 2019 was held in which place recently? A) Bangkok B) Manila C) New Delhi D) Jakarta 24. Which RRB has collaborated with SHCIL to launch e-stamp counter? A) Tripura Gramin Bank B) Odisha Gramin Bank C) Agartala Gramin Bank D) Tamilnadu Gramin Bank 25. Who is the author of the book “Suncatcher”? A) Himanjali Sankar B) Arupjyoti Saikia C) Romesh Gunesekara D) Chitra Banerjee 26. Un Climate Change Summit 2019 will be held in which of the following place? A) Madrid B) London C) Paris D) Santiago 27. Dharma Guardian exercise was held between which two countries? A) India &Sri Lanka B) India &Japan C)India &Indonesia D) India & Vietnam 28. Dominic Theim has won which of the following tennis tournament recently? A) Rome Masters B) Basel Open C) European Open D) Vienna Open 29. Two new Union territories of India came into existence from which date? A) November 1, 2019 B) October 31, 2019 C) November 2, 2019 D) October 30, 2019 30. 3rd Future Investment Initiative forum was recently held in which place? A) Abu Dhabi B) Manama C) Doha D) Riyadh 31. 5th Indo-German Inter Governmental Consultations was held in which place? A) Mumbai B) Munich C) New Delhi D) Berlin 32. Global Ayurveda Summit 2019 will be held in which state? A) Kerala B) Goa C) Maharastra D) Tripura 33. V Nanammal who recently passed away is related to which of the following field? A) Sports B) Politics C) Journalism D) Yoga 34. National Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2019 was presented by whom? A) Ram Nath Kovind B) Venkaiah Naidu C) Narendra Modi D) Amit Shah 35. ICC has banned Shakib Al Hasan from International Cricket. He hails from which country? A) Pakistan B) Bangladesh C) India D) Afghanistan 36. World Internet Day is celebrated on which of the following date? A) October 29 B) November 2 C) October 28 D) November 1 37. What was the theme of World Savings Day 2019? A) Saving is essential B) Savings is good C) Savings give life a lift D) Think & Save 38. Which countries human milk bank model is set to be adopted by India? A) South Africa B) Brazil C) Russia D) China 39. CISM Military World Games 2019 held in which place? A) Seoul B) Sochi C) Rio de Janeiro D) Wuhan 40. Which of the following district is not a part of Ladakh? A) Kargil B) Chilhas C) Gilgit D) Doda

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WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 28.10.2019 TO 02.11.2019

ANSWER KEYS 1 D 21 C 2 C 22 C 3 A 23 A 4 D 24 A 5 A 25 C 6 C 26 A 7 C 27 B 8 B 28 D 9 D 29 B 10 B 30 D 11 D 31 C 12 B 32 A 13 C 33 D 14 D 34 A 15 B 35 B 16 D 36 A 17 A 37 C 18 C 38 B 19 B 39 D 20 B 40 D

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