Current Affairs Quiz – October 04 2019
1. Exercise KAZIND-2019, a joint military exercise, between India and ______________.
a) Uzbekistan
b) Tajikistan
c) Mongolia
d) Kazakhstan
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Answer d) Kazakhstan. Exercise KAZIND-2019, a joint military exercise, between India and Kazakhstan is being held in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
2. India’s first private train Tejas Express flagged off from ________.
a) Chennai
b) Lucknow
c) Pune
d) Mumbai
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Answer b) Lucknow. India’s first private train Tejas Express was flagged off by UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Lucknow-Delhi route.
3. World Animal Day observed on _____________.
a) October 04
b) June 24
c) July 18
d) November 07
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Answer a) October 04. The mission of World Animal Day, is “To raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe.
4. World Space Week observed on _____________.
a) January 15
b) February 29
c) April 03
d) October 04
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Answer d) October 04. World Space Week (WSW) is an annual holiday observed from 4 to 10 October in various parts of the world, including Europe and Asia.
5. Which ministry has launched ‘Audio Odigos’ for 12 sites of India?
a) Textile ministry
b) Ministry of Tourism
c) Women and child development
d) Both a and b
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Answer b) Ministry of Tourism. Yogendra Tripathi, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism in the presence of Usha Sharma, DG, ASI launched the Audio Guide facility Audio Odigos for 12 sites of India(including Iconic Sites).
6. Which state CM has launched awareness campaign to stop power theft?
a) Chandigarh
b) Uttarakhand
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Karnataka
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Answer b) Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched an awareness campaign — Urjagiri — which aims at stopping power theft and saving.
7. Which cricketer has bagged the Professional Cricketers’ Association Players’ Player of the Year award ?
a) Kewin Anderson
b) Rohit Sharma
c) Ben Stokes
d) Ross Taylor
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Answer c) Ben Stokes . Ben Stokes bagged the Professional Cricketers’ Association Players’ Player of the Year award after his splendid show in the ICC Cricket World Cup and the Ashes.
8. Which company has signed Inter Creditor Agreements (ICAs) with Reliance HF, Dewan HF?
a) New India Assurance
b) Central Bank
c) ICICI prulife Assurance
d) None of these
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Answer a) New India Assurance. New India Assurance Company has signed the Deed of Accession for entering into the Inter Creditor Agreements for the Company’s exposure.
9. Government launches __________ portal to improve coal supply to power plants .
a) Swachchata
b) Rakshtriya
c) Abimanyu
d) Prakash
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Answer d) Prakash. The government launched a web portal, Prakash, with a view to improving coordination between the power, coal and railway ministries to ensure coal supplies to power plants.
10. RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to ___________%, maintains accommodative stance.
a) 2.31
b) 4.27
c) 4.9
d) 5.15
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Answer d) 5.15. The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India slashed the short-term lending rate, repo rate, by 25 basis points in its fourth bimonthly policy review.
