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Problem Solving Session 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.
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