Current Affairs Quiz – November 22 2019
1. Sambhar Lake is located in___________.
a) Rajastan
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Assam
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Answer a) Rajastan. The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) on November 21, 2019, confirmed that a neuro muscular illness called Avian Botulism is the reason for mass mortality of migratory birds in Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan.
2. Who has become the first woman pilot of Indian Navy?
a) Sherin Vinoth
b) Hima Das
c) Shivangi
d) Abirami Venkat
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Answer c) Shivangi. Lieutenant Shivangi become first woman pilot of Indian Navy will join Naval operations. She will join after naval operations on completion of operational training at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi, Kerala .
3. Kalaburagi airport is situated at______________.
a) Karnataka
b) Odisha
c) Jharkhand
d) Meghalaya
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Answer a) Karnataka. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa is to inaugurate the Kalaburagi airport in Kalaburagi, Karnataka. CM Yediyurappa laid the foundation stone for building the airport on 14 June 2018.
4. Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan, Divyansh Panwar won gold in world cup final, are associated with___________.
a) Swimming
b) Boxing
c) Shooting
d) Wrestling
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Answer c) Shooting. Shooting sensations Manu Bhaker, Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar, bagged their maiden ISSF World Cup Final gold medals in women’s 10m Air Pistol , 10m Air Rifle and men’s 10m Air Rifle respectively.
5. OECD projects _______% global growth for 2019, 2020.
a) 1.8
b) 2.9
c) 3.2
d) 4.6
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Answer b) 2.9. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) expected the world economy to expand at slowest pace of a decade in 2019 and 2020.
6. From India, Which city has emerged as India’s highest ranked city?
a) Chennai
b) Mumbai
c) Bangalore
d) New Delhi
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Answer c) Bangalore. Bangalore emerged as India’s highest ranked city at No. 83 in a new index of the world’s 113 cities in terms of economic and social inclusivity, topped by Zurich in Switzerland.
7. According to Report, India secured_____________rank in terms of mobile VPN downloads.
a) First
b) Second
c) Third
d) Fourth
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Answer c) Third. India has emerged as the country with the third-highest number of VPN downloads, after Indonesia and the US, as per a Top10VPN report.
8. NIA – in this “I” represents____________.
a) Investigation
b) Information
c) Inform
d) Imperal
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Answer a) Investigation. The National Investigation Agency will host the first “Counter Terrorism Exercise” between November 21, 2019 and November 22, 2019. The CT-TTX, Counter Terrorism Table Top Exercise will exercise the Quad countries namely India, Japan, US and Australia.
9. Avian Botulism is a disease which affects____________.
a) Bird
b) Animal
c) Humans
d) All of these
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Answer a) Bird. The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) on November 21, 2019, confirmed that a neuro muscular illness called Avian Botulism is the reason for mass mortality of migratory birds in Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan.
10. Which country has approved the sale of 13 naval guns and related equipment worth $1 billion to India?
a) Russia
b) China
c) Japan
d) USA
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Answer d) USA. The US has approved the sale of 13 naval guns and related equipment worth $1 billion to India to help it “meet current and future threats, according to the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).
