Current GK OCTOBER 2019 Assignment 01 MBA Current GK Oct Test 01 DIRECTION for questions 1 -25: Mark the best option: 1. Which Organization released the School Education Quality Index (SEQI)? A) Ministry of Human Resource Development B) World Bank C) NITI Aayog D) All the above 2. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid, formally known as a minor planet and located between Mars and Jupiter, after Indian classical singer __________________. A) Pandit Jasraj B) Kumar Gandharva C) Bhimsen Joshi D) Kishori Amonkar 3. Name the Indian tennis player who recently won the men’s singles title at the ATP Challenger Tournament held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A) Rohan Bopanna B) Somdev Devvarman C) Leander Paes D) Sumit Nagal 1 4. 4th edition of Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2019 between India and Kazakhstan will be conducted at Pithoragarh, ______________ A) Uttarakhand B) Himachal Pradesh C) Assam D) Arunachal Pradesh 5. UNESCO observes International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) every year. What was the theme of day for this year’s celebration? A) Leaving Everyone Behind B) Leaving No Person Behind C) Leaving Any One Behind D) Leaving No One Behind 6. Which of the following organisation has partnered Doordarshan to telecast the TV bilingual programme ‘Mahatma Lives‘ or ‘Bapu Zinda Hain’ to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of the Mahatma Gandhi? A) WHO B) UNESCO C) IMF D) WTO 2 7. N. Wilson Singh and Satish Kumar Prahapati won the gold medal in the 10m platform synchronised diving event at the Asian Age Group Championships held in? A) Tokyo B) Beijing C) Bengaluru D) Moscow 8. World Migratory day is celebrated on ? A) October 10 B) October 13 C) October 12 D) October 15 9. Who is the first leader to have more than 30 million followers in instagram ? A) Narendra Modi B) Barack Obama C) Donald Trump D) Vladimir Putin 10. Who is elected as a president of BCCI ? A) Sourav Ganguly B) Rahul Dravid C) Sachin tendulkar D) Virendra Sehwag 3 11. Which Indian state has launched the world’s first trading programme for particulate air pollution? A) Gujarat B) Haryana C) Kerala D) Odisha 12. Which teenage clothing emporium that rode America’s mall boom and bust, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy? A) Forever 21 B) Forever 22 C) Forever 23 D) Forever 24 13. Which district topped the swachhta survey, 2019 ? A) Peddappalli, Telangana B) Faridabad, Haryana C) Sultanpur, UP D) Mandi, H.P 14. Which among the following states had the highest number of dry districts, according to IMD? A) Haryana B) Uttar Pradesh C) Rajasthan D) Maharashtra 4 15. Drone Innovators Network Summit 2019, seen in the news, was recently organized by ___________. A) WEF B) SAARC C) BRICS D) AIIB 16. Digital infrastructure provider, ___________ has named Amur S Lakshminarayanan as Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer designate of the company. A) Tata Communications B) Reliance Power C) Infosys D) MindTree 17. ________, one of the smallest members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will leave the 14-nation bloc from Jan. 1 due to fiscal problems. A) India B) Saudi Arabia C) Ecuador D) Venezuela 5 18. China recently unveiled the ______ intercontinental- range ballistic missile, touted to be the most powerful missile on the planet at the National Day parade in Beijing. A) DF-41 B) HU-75 C) AS-11 D) NP-35 19. Standard & Poor reduced down the India’s GDP rating from 7.1 to -----? A) 6.3 B) 6.2 C) 6.1 D) 6.0 20. Who bagged the heptathlon gold at the World Championships in Doha? A) Verena Preiner B) Dina Asher C) Katarina Johnson D) Ritu Chawla 21. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has partnered with _____ to offer a smart Wi-Fi onboarding feature in India. A) Paytm B) Bhim C) RailTel D) Infosys 6 22. India’s first plastic to diesel conversion plant was inaugurated in ______ recently. A) Mathura B) Bengaluru C) Ladakh D) Varanasi 23. Indian Women Chess player Koneru Humpy is ranked ___ by FIDE, 2019? A)1 B)2 C)3 D)4 24. Who will be the only Indian among 300 scientists from across the world aboard the multidisciplinary drifting observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition? A) Nikhil Chopra B) Vishnu Nandan C) Abhishek Khatri D) R Shankar 25. The United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO has appointed Mexican actress ______________ as its goodwill ambassador for indigenous peoples. A) Yalitza Aparicio B) Audrey Azalou C) Salma Hayek D) Selena Gomez 7 Answer Keys Q. No. Key Q. No. Key 1. D 16. A 2. A 17. C 3. D 18. A 4. A 19. A 5. D 20. C 6. B 21. A 7. C 22. A 8. C 23. C 9. A 24. B 10. A 25. A 11. A 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. A 8 .