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OCTOBER 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS OCTOBER - 2019 MCQs based on Current affairs MENTORS4IAS and Bangalore IAS Academy Hebbal & Vijayanagar, Bangalore 9886151564 / 9886777417 ©www.mentors4ias.com in Association with Bangalore IAS Academy 1 OCTOBER 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS 1. Which of the following statements are? 5. Earth Hour is organized by? 1. Asian Development Outlook Report is released (a) UN Environment by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. (b) The World Wide Fund for Nature 2. World Urbanization Prospects report that is (c) Global Footprint Network released by the Department of Economic and (d) Global Environment Facility Social Affairs of the International Monetary Fund. 6. Which of the following statements are? (a) 1 only 1. Sri Lanka is the first country to liberalise its (b) 2 only economy in the South Asian Region. (c) Both 1 and 2 2. The Korean peninsula was divided in to South (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Korea and North Korea at the end of the First World War. 2. Which among the following statements does (a) 1 only not reflect the objectives of Non Alignment (b) 2 only Movement? (c) Both 1 and 2 (a) Enabling newly decolonized countries to (d) Neither 1 nor 2 pursue independent policies (b) Not joining any military alliance 7. Which among the following statements is (c) Focus on elimination of global economic incorrect with respect to National Crisis equalities Management Committee.? (d) None of the above (a) Prime Minister of India is it’s Chairman. (b) Secretaries of all the concerned Ministries 3. Which of the following statements are true? /Departments as well as organizations are the 1. A channel that is no longer part of an active members of the Committee. river system and has ceased to be a conduit of (c) The NCMC gives direction to the Crisis water is commonly referred to as a palaeochannel. Management Group. 2. Palaeochannels occurs when rivers change their (d) It is constituted for effective implementation of course and are commonly occurring landforms in relief measures in the wake of natural calamities. alluvial landscapes. (a) 1 only 8. Which of the following statements are true? (b) 2 only 1. BrahMos Missile has been jointly developed by (c) Both 1 and 2 Russia and India (d) Neither 1 nor 2 2. The range of the BrahMos missile is fixed at 250 km due to technical restrictions of Missile 4. Which of the following rivers are not a tributary Technology Control Regime or MTCR. of River Ganga? (a) 1 only (a) Yamuna (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (b) Tamsa (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Punpun (d) Dudhganga ©www.mentors4ias.com in Association with Bangalore IAS Academy 2 OCTOBER 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS 9. Which of the following statements regarding 13. Which of the following statements are true? electoral bonds are true? 1. Advance Pricing Agreement is an agreement (a) Sale of Electoral Bonds are done through between a taxpayer and the tax authority Authorised Branches of State Bank of India (SBI). determining the Transfer Pricing methodology for (b) Electoral bond is a banking instrument pricing the tax payer’s international transactions resembling promissory notes and carry interest for future years. rate of 2.5%. 2. An APA provides certainty with respect to the (c) It will not carry the name of the payee. tax outcome of the tax payer’s international (d) It can be bought for any value, in multiples of transactions. Rs 1,000, Rs 10,000, Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10 lakh or Rs 1 (a) 1 only crore. (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 10. ‘Festival of Flowers’ (Bathukamma) is (d) Neither 1 nor 2 celebrated by? (a) Karnataka 14. Repurpose Used Cooking Oil) initiative is (b) Andhra Pradesh initiated by? (c) Telangana (a) Food and Agricultural Organisaton (d) Tamil Nadu (b) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (c) The Energy and Resources Institute 11. Which of the following statements are true? (d) National Institute of Food Technology 1. Ayushman Bharat is the world’s largest health insurance/ assurance scheme fully financed by the 15. Drone Innovators Network Summit is government. organised by? 2. It provides cashless access to health care (a) World Economic Forum services for the beneficiary at the point of service. (b) International Monetary Fund (a) 1 only (c) World Bank (b) 2 only (d) UNDP (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 16. Which of the following statements are true? 1. Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board 12. Which among the following statements is (PNGRB) is the first regulatory body set up by the incorrect with respect to Central Vigilance Commission? Government of India. (a) The CVC was set up by the Government on the 2. One of the tasks of PNGRB is to ensure recommendations of the Committee on competitive markets for gas. Prevention of Corruption, headed by Shri K. 3. Appeals against the decisions of PNGRB go Santhanam. before the Appellate Tribunals for Electricity. (b) The CVC is not controlled by any (a) 1 only Ministry/Department. (b) 2 and 3 only (c) It is only responsible to the President (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) It is not an investigating agency. (d) 1 and 3 only ©www.mentors4ias.com in Association with Bangalore IAS Academy 3 OCTOBER 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS 17. In India, ‘extended producer responsibility’ 21. Which of the following statements are true? was introduced as an important feature in which 1. Ekuverin is the joint military exercise between of the following? India and Maldives. (a) The Bio -medical Waste (Management and 2. Nomadic Elephant It the Indo Mongolian joint Handling) Rules, 1998 military training. (b) The Recycled Plastic (Manufacturing and 3. Kazind – It is an annual military exercise Usage) Rules, 1999 between India and Kazakhstan. (c) e -Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, (a) 1 only 2011 (d) (b) 2 and 3 only (d) The Food Safety and Standard Regulations, (c) 1, 2 and 3 2011 (d) 1 and 3 only 18. With reference to communications 22. Bharath 22 is a? technologies, what is/are the (a) Bio -medical Waste Management Protocol difference/differences between LTE (Long-Term (b) Exchange-Traded Fund Evolution) and VoLTE (Voice over Long-Term (c) Indian semi-high speed intercity electric Evolution)? multiple unit 1. LTE is commonly marketed as 3G and VoLTE is (d) CSIR developed affordable Water Disinfection commonly marketed as advanced 3G. System 2. LTE is data-only technology and VoLTE is voice- only technology (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 19. Performance Smart-Board initiative is launched by? (a) The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY) (b) The ministry of Environment (c) The ministry of Skill development and entrepreneurship (d) The Ministry of Women and Child Development 23. Which of the following statements are true? 1. The Governor makes a customary address to 20. Which one of the following is not a sub-index Members of the House at the commencement of of the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business the first session of the year. Index’? 2. When a State Legislature does not have a rule (a) Maintenance of law and order on a particular matter, it follows the Lok Sabha (b) Paying taxes rule on that matter. (c) Registering property (a) 1 only (d) Dealing with construction permits (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 ©www.mentors4ias.com in Association with Bangalore IAS Academy 4 OCTOBER 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS 24. The money multiplier in an economy increases 29. The Service Area Approach was implemented with which one of the following?? under the purview of? (a) Increase in the cash reserve ratio (a) Integrated Rural Development Programme (b) Increase in the banking habit of the population (b) Lead Bank Scheme (c) Increase in the statutory liquidity ratio (c) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment (d) Increase in the population of the country Guarantee Scheme (d) National Skill Development Mission 25. Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with commutation of death sentence by the 30. MOSAiC Mission is associated with? President? (a) Studying the impact of climate change on the (a) Article 70 Arctic (b) Article 72 (c) Article 78 (b) Understanding the pattern of spread of (d) Article 39 Measles in Asian Countries (c) Evaluation of changes in the world since the 26. Which of the following statements are true? end of Cold war 1. Trans fatty acids (TFAs) or Trans fats are the (d) ICT based solution for improvement of most harmful type of fats which can have much nutritional status among women and children more adverse effects on our body than any other dietary constituent. 31. Which of the following statements are true? 2. Artificial TFAs are formed when Oxygen is made 1. Green Crackers are the crackers with reduced to react with the oil to produce fats resembling emission and decibel level. pure ghee/butter. 2. They are known as ‘green’ firecrackers because (a) 1 only they have a chemical formulation that produces (b) 2 only water molecules which substantially reduces (c) Both 1 and 2 emission levels and absorbs dust. (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 1 only 27. Farakka Barrage is built across? (b) 2 only (a) Ganges (c) Both 1 and 2 (b) Teesta (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) Ravi (d) Mahanadi 32. Chattogram and Mongla ports are located at? (a) Sri Lanka 28. Which of the following statements are true? (b) Myanmar 1. Sand is a ‘minor mineral’ according to the (c) Bangladesh prevailing law in the country.