Problem SolvingWeekly Session Current - Quantitative Affairs Aptitude September (September08 to September 19, 2017) 14, 2019 Hindi Diwas is observed annually on ______. 1) September 11 2) September 15 3) September 10 4) September 14 5) September 09
Answer: September 14 Twelve Indian peacekeepers & five Women Police Officers were felicitated with UN Service Medals for serving UN mission in which country ? 1) Yemen 2) Siria 3) South Sudan 4) Somalia 5) Afghanistan
Answer: South Sudan Which state has topped the 2019 Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) index? 1) Gujarat 2) Bihar 3) Punjab 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: Gujarat Mukhya Mantri Dal Poshit Yojana has launched by which state to provide Pulses at subsidized rate to ration card holders? 1) Kerala 2) Himachal Pradesh 3) Uttarakhand 4) Karnataka 5) Rajasthan
Answer: Uttarakhand What is the name of the 2nd indigenously developed AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) aircraft by Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and handed over to the Indian Air Force? 1) Netra 2) Kamov 3) Shaanxi 4) Nishant 5) Abhyas
Answer: Netra Who will head the committee formed by the National Green Tribunal in order to look into the issues related to illegal groundwater extraction and prevent them ? 1) Ranjan Gogoi 2) Adharsh Kumar Goel 3) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat 4) Vijay Goel 5) Akhil Kumar
Answer: Adharsh Kumar Goel How much amount has been approved by the World Bank for financing Indian government’s mini and mega food parks? 1) Rs 2000 crore 2) Rs 3000 crore 3) Rs 5000 crore 4) Rs 4000 crore 5) Rs 1000 crore
Answer: Rs 3000 crore
Which organization has signed an MoU with Ministry of Railways for facilitating green initiatives in Indian Railways ? 1) Confederation of Indian Industries 2) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry 3) National Association of Software and Services Companies 4) Indian Green Building Council 5) Centre for Science and Environment
Answer: Confederation of Indian Industries
Who has been appointed as the first Chancellor of the Haryana Sports University? 1) Milkha Singh 2) Viswanathan Anand 3) Kapil Dev 4) Abhinav Bindra 5) Pullela Gopichand
Answer: Kapil Dev Who is the former Indian Army Lieutenant General (retired), who was appointed to lead UN mission in the port city of Hodeida, Yemen. 1) Satinder Kumar Saini 2) Abhijit Guha 3) Ranbir Singh 4) Santanu Panda 5) Minesh P. Mehta
Answer: Abhijit Guha Who won the bronze medal in the World Under-16 Snooker Championship 2019 held in Tyumen, Russia? 1) Digvijay Kadian 2) Ranveer Duggal 3) Anuja Thakur 4) Shubman Gill 5) Lakshya Sen
Answer: Ranveer Duggal MAITREE 2019 Joint Military Exercise will be conducted in Meghalaya by Indian Army with which country? 1) Nepal 2) Thailand 3) Sri Lanka 4) France 5) Russia
Answer: Thailand What is the name of the second Scorpene-class attack submarine commissioned into the Indian Navy recently? 1) INS Vagir 2) INS Vela 3) INS Khanderi 4) INS Kalvari 5) INS Vagsheer
Answer: INS Khanderi Srivilliputtur palkova of which state granted the GI tag is a popular sweet? 1) Tamil Nadu 2) Telangana 3) Kerala 4) Andhra Pradesh 5) Odisha
Answer: Tamil Nadu The nation-wide Swachhata Hi Seva (SHS) 2019 campaign has been inaugurated by PM Modi from which of these cities? 1) Nagpur 2) Hyderabad 3) Lucknow 4) Mathura 5) Thiruvananthapuram
Answer: Mathura The Central Government sponsored ‘National Animal Disease Control Programme (NACDP)’ has been inaugurated by PM Modi in Mathura. What is the total outlay of the programme? 1) Rs 9,455 Crore 2) Rs 10,502 Crore 3) Rs 12,652 Crore 4) Rs 15,652 Crore 5) Rs 17,281 Crore
Answer: Rs 12,652 Crore What will be the rate of monthly pension given to the self-employed under the ‘Swarojgar’ pension scheme? 1) Rs 4000 2) Rs 2000 3) Rs 3000 4) Rs 5000 5) Rs 1000
Answer: Rs 3000
Which of the following missile was test fired by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully from a firing range in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh? 1) Laser Guided Long Range Missile 2) Short Range Infrared Homing Air to Air Missile 3) Fiber Optical Guided Multipurpose Missile 4) Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile 5) None of these
Answer: Man Portable Anti Tank Guided Missile The ‘Mukhyamantri Vyapari Samuhik Niji Durghatna Beema Yojana’ and ‘Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Beema Yojana’ are the new insurance schemes for traders launched by which state? 1) Odisha 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Jharkhand 4) Himachal Pradesh 5) Haryana
Answer: Haryana The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has launched a mobile app named “CHC Farm Machinery” for the farmers. What does CHC stands for? 1) Custom Hiring Service Centers 2) Crop Harvesting Centers 3) Central Hub for Crops 4) Crop Health Service Centers 5) None of these
Answer: Custom Hiring Service Centers Which was selected by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) to set up India’s first Digital Capability Centre (DCC)? 1) Accenture 2) Goldman Sachs 3) Bain and Company 4) McKinsey & Company 5) Boston Consulting Group
Answer: McKinsey & Company Who is the Indian Ambassador to UAE has conferred with First Class Order of Zayed II award? 1) Mukta Dutta Tomar 2) Navdeep Singh Suri 3) Harsh Vardhan Shringla 4) Pankaj Saran 5) Manoj Kumar Bharti
Answer: Navdeep Singh Suri Who has been conferred with the 2019-20 Lata Mangeshkar Award? 1) Suman Kalyanpur 2) Kamal Barot 3) Usha Khanna 4) Asha Bhosle 5) Hemlata
Answer: Usha Khanna Who among these has been named to be inducted into the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall Of Fame? 1) Rajiv Bajaj 2) Pawan Munjal 3) Anand Mahindra 4) Dilip Shanghvi 5) Anand Mahindra
Answer: Pawan Munjal Which of these sports administrative body has recently been de-recognised by the Sports Ministry? 1) Board of Control for Cricket in India 2) Paralympic Committee of India 3) Boxing Federation of India 4) Archery Association of India 5) Athletics Federation of India
Answer: Paralympic Committee of India Which of the following Universities has topped the ‘Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020’? 1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2) Stanford University 3) Harvard University 4) University of Oxford 5) Columbia University
Answer: University of Oxford Which University in India has achieved the top position among Indian institutions in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020? 1) IIT Kharagpur 2) IISc Bangalore 3) IIT Ropar 4) D) IIT Madras 5) IIT Bombay
Answer: IISc Bangalore Which country has recently inaugurated the Southeast Asia’s largest solar power farm? 1) India 2) China 3) Japan 4) Indonesia 5) Vietnam
Answer: Vietnam Centre has set up a 3-member panel to oversee the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.The committee will be headed by ______. 1) Arun Goyal 2) Sudhir Chawla 3) Giriraj Prasad Gupta 4) Sanjay Mitra 5) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Answer: Sanjay Mitra The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has declared that the economic census will be held after an interval of every ______year. 1) 3 2) 5 3) 4 4) 1 5) 6
Answer: 3 Who has appointed as the new managing director of Microsoft India Research and Development Pvt Ltd (MIRPL)? 1) Akil Kureshi 2) Vikram Nath 3) Rajiv Kumar 4) Sanjay Kothari 5) Pramod Kumar Misra
Answer: Rajiv Kumar Which entity plan to launch the mobile app to enable visually impaired people identify currency notes? 1) Sebi 2) Nabard 3) Government 4) RBI 5) SBI
Answer: RBI On which day the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) observes World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) every year? 1) 07 September 2) 08 September 3) 09 September 4) 10 September 5) 11 September
Answer: 10 September The Motihari-Amlekhganj petroleum product pipeline is the first ever cross-border petroleum products pipeline in South Asia between India and ______. 1) Nepal 2) Bhutan 3) Bangladesh 4) Myanmar 5) Sri Lanka
Answer: Nepal India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has rolled out AePS services. What is the P in AePS? 1) Postal 2) Payment 3) Public 4) Private 5) None of these
Answer: Payment Who is the Chairman of the Alibaba group who has recently stepped down from the post? 1) Jeff Bezos 2) Elon Musk 3) Jack Ma 4) Tim Cook 5) Daniel Zhang
Answer: Jack Ma Who among these has been selected for the 2019 Sarala Puraskar? 1) Saraswathi Devi 2) Satrughna Pandav 3) Pradeep Dash 4) Hemant Pande 5) Rajiv Kumar
Answer: Pradeep Dash Which city in India has emerged as the top potential market for Co-living as per the 2019 Asia Pacific Co-living Index by Knight Frank? 1) New Delhi 2) Kolkata 3) Bengaluru 4) Chennai 5) Mumbai
Answer: Mumbai Which country has topped the Knight Frank India’s 2019 Asia Pacific Co-living Index? 1) New Delhi 2) Tokyo 3) Beijing 4) Singapore 5) Hong Kong
Answer: Beijing The first batch of the Indian Skill Development Services (ISDS) commenced their training program at the Administrative Training Institute in ______. 1) Hyderabad 2) Kolkata 3) Kohima 4) Mysuru 5) Bengaluru
Answer: Mysuru Who has been recently inducted as honorary fellow of the Royal Society for his service to the cause of science? 1) Yusuf Hamied 2) Pankaj Patel 3) Glenn Saldanha 4) G V Prasad 5) Dilip Shanghvi
Answer: Yusuf Hamied What amount of humanitarian assistance has been announced by India to help people in the Bahamas affected by Hurricane Dorian? 1) USD 3 million 2) USD 2.5 million 3) USD 2 million 4) USD 1.5 million 5) USD 1 million
Answer: USD 1 million A fun zone, the first of its kind in India, has been set up by the Railways at the ______Railway Station, Andhra Pradesh. 1) Vijayawada 2) Anantapur 3) Visakhapatnam 4) Vizianagaram 5) Amaravati
Answer: Visakhapatnam Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved ____ loan for improving road infrastructure in 34 districts of Maharashtra for betterment of rural areas connections with markets and services. 1) USD 1.5 million 2) USD 200 million 3) USD 150 million 4) USD 100 million 5) USD 2,50 million
Answer: USD 200 million
Which will set up the country's first International Women's Trade Centre (iWTC), in consonance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? 1) Tamilnadu 2) Karnataka 3) Kerala 4) Uttar Pradesh 5) Telangana
Answer: Kerala The country’s first-ever Helicopter Summit was held at ______on September 7 by the Ministry of Civilian Aviation 1) Kochi 2) Jharkhand 3) New Delhi 4) Dehradun 5) Mumbai
Answer: Dehradun Which of the following teams won the 2019’s edition of Duleep Trophy title? 1) India Green 2) West Zone 3) India Blue 4) North Zone 5) India Red
Answer: India Red Who among the following has been unanimously elected as Chairman of the country’s premier news agency Press Trust of India? 1) N. Ravi 2) Vineet Jain 3) R.C.Agarwal 4) Vijay Kumar Chopra 5) None of these
Answer: Vijay Kumar Chopra Who among the following defeated Daniil Medvedev to grab the US Open 2019 men’s singles title? 1) Rafael Nadal 2) Andy Murray 3) Novak Djokovic 4) Roger Federer 5) Dominic Thiem
Answer: Rafael Nadal Who among the following has become the first bowler to take 100 wickets in the T20 International Cricket? 1) Mohammad Sami 2) Jasprit Bumrah 3) Lasith Malinga 4) James Anderson 5) Bhubaneswar Kumar
Answer: Lasith Malinga Minister of Food Processing Industries inaugurated first food park in _____. 1) Andhra Pradesh 2) Telangana 3) Gujarat 4) Karnataka 5) Manipur
Answer: Telangana India and ______concluded a military logistics agreement to extend logistical support to each other’s Navies. 1) Sri Lanka 2) South Korea 3) Russia 4) Bangladesh 5) South Africa
Answer: South Korea
PM Modi launched Mumbai’s first ‘Make in India’ metro coach, manufactured by ______1) DMRC 2) Alstom 3) BEML 4) Rail Coach Factory 5) Hindusthan Engineering & Industries Ltd
Answer: BEML Who among the following defeated Serena Williams by 6-3, 7-5 to grab the US Open 2019 women’s singles title? 1) Simona Halep 2) Angelique Kerber 3) Venus Williams 4) Bianca Andreescu 5) Martina Navratilova
Answer: Bianca Andreescu ______hosted the 22nd Session of UN Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 1) New Delhi 2) London 3) Jakarta 4) Geneva 5) Paris
Answer: Geneva Who among the following has been appointed as the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court? 1) Naresh Harishchandra Patil 2) M.C. Chagla 3) Pradeep Nandrajog 4) Akil Kureshi 5) Vikram Nath
Answer: Vikram Nath Which country is sending two ships to India to participate in the SLINEX 2019? 1) Russia 2) Nepal 3) Japan 4) Sri Lanka 5) Russia
Answer: Sri Lanka The 28th cycle of Indo-Thai CORPAT has started in which city? 1) Kolkata 2) Bhubaneswar 3) Kochi 4) Bangkok 5) Chennai
Answer: Kochi The POSHAN Abhiyaan, 2019 has been started with which mass media campaign? 1) Poshan for you 2) Eat Right India 3) Fit and Eat 4) Poshan Abhiyaan 5) None of these
Answer: Eat Right India Which country has been declared free from Avian Influenza (H5N1)? 1) Bangladesh 2) Srilanka 3) India 4) Pakistan 5) Nepal
Answer: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the central government will spend ______rupees in the next five years on ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ to deliver potable water at every household across the country 1) 2 lakh crore 2) 100 crore 3) 10 lakh crore 4) 3.5 lakh crore 5) 5 crore
Answer: 3.5 lakh crore ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-2 into the space from India’s heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle ______. 1) GSLV Mark I 2) GSLV Mark II 3) GSLV Mark III 4) GSLV Mark IV 5) GSLV Mark V
Answer: GSLV Mark III On which day the United Nations observes “International Literacy Day” every year? 1) 06 September 2) 07 September 3) 08 September 4) 09 September 5) 10 September
Answer: 08 September The 68th Plenary session of the North Eastern Council (NEC) was held in ______. 1) Shillong 2) Kohima 3) Imphal 4) Guwahati 5) Agartala
Answer: Guwahati ‘Fortune Turners: The Quartet That Spun India To Glory’, book on India’s 4 spin legends was launched recently. Who among the following is not among them? 1) Bishan Singh Bedi 2) Anil Kumble 3) Erapalli Prasanna 4) S. Venkataraghavan 5) Bhagwat Chandrashekhar
Answer: Anil Kumble Which sprinter has recently completed the fastest half-marathon “the Great North Run” ever run by a woman in a time of 1 hour, 44 minutes and 28 seconds? 1) Almaz Ayana 2) Brigid Kosgei 3) P.T.Usha 4) Hima Das 5) Dutee Chand
Answer: Brigid Kosgei Who won the Italian Grand Prix recently held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza track, Italy? 1) M. Verstappen 2) Valtteri Bottas 3) Charles Leclerc 4) Lewis Hamilton 5) D. Ricciardo
Answer: Charles Leclerc Who among the following who passed away recently was a former union minister and also served as the chairman of the Bar Council of India? 1) Ram Jethmalani 2) Veeru Krishnan 3) Abdul Qadir 4) Sukhdev Singh Libra 5) Rajasekar
Answer: Ram Jethmalani