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WEEKLY OBJECTIVE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS: FOR WEEK 45/52 – 4-10-Nov(2019)

1. Who among the following took charge as the chairman of the Airports Authority of (AAI)? a) Rubina Ali b) Anuj Aggarwal c) Arun Kumar d) Arvind Singh 2. Which of the following countries host 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup? a) Australia b) India c) Switzerland d) Spain 3. Which state government recently announced a ban on government vehicles older than 15 years? a) Jharkhand b) Bihar c) Assam d) West Bengal 4. Which of the following film screening is for differently-abled persons in International Film Festival of India (IFFI)? a) Mission Mangal b) Super 30 c) LageRahoMunna Bhai d) Batla House 5. Which state has shown the highest percent of decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) as per the Sample Registration System (SRS) Bulletin-2016 ? a) Karnataka b) Andhra Pradesh c) Uttar Pradesh d) Kerala 6. Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad announced to set up how many digital villages in the country? a) 5 lakh b) 2 lakh c) 1 lakh d) 10 lakh 7. Who has been crowned ‘Miss Asia Global 2019’ at the international beauty contest held recently in Kochin, Kerala? a) Sara Damnjanovic b) Nguyen Thi Yen Trang c) Chen Yufei d) Samiksha Singh 8. Which of the following countries will host the conference 'No Money for Terror 2020'? a) India b) Nepal c) Bhutan d) China 9. Which of the following country host 2nd ‘No Money for Terror’ conference 2019? a) China b) India c) USA d) Australia 10. Name the first Indian to be elected to the position of General Vice President (GVP) for International Organisation Development Association (IODA). a) Usha Ananthasubramanian b) Santrupt Mishra c) Sudipta Bhattacharya d) Vinaya Shetty 11. The two-day BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal initiative multi-sector technical and economic cooperation) Conclave was held in which city? a) Visakhapatnam b) Kochi c) Chennai d) 12. Who won the men’s singles U-19 title at the WoncheonYonex Korea Junior Open International Challenge 2019? a) Li Loo Weing b) Lee Cheng Wei c) Mariam George d) MaisnamMeirabaLuwang 13. Which upcoming movie has stirred fears of impacting India’s relations with Afghanistan over the portrayal of a character, Ahmad Shah Abdali? a) War b) Marjaavaan c) Panipat d) Commando 3 14. The coal India has decided to advance its target year for achieving an annual production capacity of one billion tonnes by which year? a) 2025 b) 2023 c) 2024 d) 2026

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15. Who inaugurated the first edition of the ‘Rising Himachal Global Investor’s Meet 2019’ in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh ? a) Narendra Modi b) Ram NathKovind c) Rajnath Singh d) Amit Shah 16. Which Union Minister co-chaired the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation? a) Piyush Goyal b) Nirmala Sitharaman c) Rajnath Singh d) Amit Shah 17. Who was elected as the Prime Minister of Mauritius ? a) Paul Berenger b) NandoBodha c) PravidJugnauth d) NavinRamgoolam 18. The exercise Samudra Shakti is between India and which other country? a) Thailand b) Netherlands c) Nepal d) Indonesia 19. Which among the following bodies recommended the central government to pay compensation to the daily-wage labourers after construction ban in Delhi? a) Supreme Court b) Delhi HC c) NGT d) Delhi Government 20. Who surpassed ViratKohli’s record to become the highest run-getter in the T20I format of the game? a) Rohit Sharma b) C Pujara c) Dinesh Karthik d) Rishabh Pant 21. How much amount of fund was allocated to revive stalled housing projects? a) Rs25000 cr b) Rs30000 cr c) Rs35000 cr d) Rs45000 cr 22. China launched which country’s first-ever satellite recently? a) Nepal b) Syria c) Sudan d) Turkey 23. Which state government has signed agreements with Tata Strive and Tech Mahindra to add new dimensions in skilling and employability of the youth? a) Odisha b) TamilNadu c) Kerala d) 24. Where was the 5th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 held ? a) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh b) Kolkata, West Bengal c) New Delhi, Delhi d) Mumbai, Maharashtra 25. The 5th edition of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019 was held in which city? a) Mumbai b) Kolkata c) NewDelhi d) Lucknow 26. The citizens of which among the following countries are not eligible for the OCI card? a) China, Pakistan b) Pakistan, Bangladesh c) Bangladesh, Myanmar d) US, China 27. The new union territory of Ladakh has how many districts? a) Two b) Three c) Four d) One 28. India and which other country will jointly produce film on the country’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman? a) Bangladesh b) Bhutan c) SriLanka d) Ukraine 29. Which nation has objected the inclusion of Kalapani in the new political map of India? a) China b) Bhutan c) Nepal d) Myanmar 30. Which country is set to host the International Hockey Federation (FIH)’s Men’s Hockey World Cup for the year 2023 & creates a record for hosting four times ? a) Indonesia b) Germany c) China d) India

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31. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched a new mobile app called ______for the ease of farmers. a) MyAgriGuru b) MyAgriGuru c) Krishi Network d) Farmitra 32. Who among the following has been chosen for Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award? a) Gulab Kothari b) Sanjay Saini c) Raj Chengappa d) Shiva SwarupAwasthi 33. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment launched how many applications developed by Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO)? a) 5 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3 34. Which among the following countries has opted out of the RCEP agreement? a) Australia b) China c) India d) Japan 35. With what theme RBI announced the opening of the first cohort under the regulatory sandbox? a) Jai Digital b) Bharat Abhiyan c) Digital India d) Retail Payments 36. Which insurance firm was barred by IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India ) from selling new insurance policies ? a) New India Assurance b) Bjaj Allianz General Insurance Ltd(BAGIL) c) Apollo Munich Health Insurance Ltd (AMHIL) d) Reliance Health Insurance Ltd (RHICL) 37. Which online transaction fee of savings bank account will be not charged by Banks from January 2020 ? a) Unified Payments Interface (UPI) b) National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) c) Real-time gross settlement (RTGS) d) Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) 38. As per data released by CMIE,unemployment in October 2019 rises to how much percent? a) 8.1% b) 8.5% c) 8.9% d) 8.2% 39. Where was the 19th Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC- M&MTC) held ? a) Moscow, Russia b) Paris, France c)Berlin, Germany d) Washington D.C, US 40. Who won the Infosys Prize 2019 in the Engineering and Computer Science category? a) SunitaSarawagi b) Manjula Reddy c) Manu V Devadevan d) G. Mugesh 41. Name the bank which has signed an MoU (Memorandrum of understanding )with Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to provide various payments and various banking services . a) Punjab National Bank b) Canara Bank c) State Bank of India d) Central Bank of India 42. Which of the following educational institutes has created India's first 'standing wheelchair'? a) IIT Madras b) IIT Hyderabad c) IIT Kolkata d) IIT Delhi 43. The 35th National Junior Athletics Meet is being held in which state?

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a) Odisha b) TamilNadu c) Andhra Pradesh d) Madhya Pradesh 44. Which bank has been fined Rs.5 crore by the Reserve Bank of India for violating rules? a) Bikaner Rural Co-Operative Bank b) Mehsana Urban Co-Operative Bank c) Ludhiana Urban Co-Operative Bank d) None of the above 45. How many agreements were signed between India and Uzbekistan for military cooperation? a) Four b) Three c) Five d) Seven 46. Which among the following PoK districts has not been included in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India’s new political map? a) Muzaffarabad b) Mirpur c) Jhelum Valley d) Punch 47. Who is the author of The Far Field? a) AkankshaChaturvedi b) Simran Kaur c) Madhuri Vijay d) RK Singh 48. Who has been selected for the 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram2019? a) Anand b) Sameer c) Gulzar d) AK Bakshi 49. Which Indian player broke MS Dhoni’s record for playing most T20Is for India? a) KL Rahul b) ViratKohli c) Dinesh Karthik d) Rohit Sharma 50. Which Company is soon acquiring online marketplace ShopClues? a) Walmar b) Myntra c) Qoo 10 d) Alibaba

ANSWER KEYS 1 d 26 b 2 b 27 a 3 b 28 a 4 c 29 a 5 a 30 d 6 c 31 d 7 a 32 a 8 a 33 d 9 d 34 c 10 d 35 d 11 a 36 d 12 d 37 b 13 c 38 b 14 c 39 a 15 a 40 a 16 c 41 d 17 c 42 a 18 d 43 c 19 c 44 b 20 a 45 b 21 a 46 c

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22 c 47 c 23 a 48 a 24 b 49 d 25 b 50 c

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