Current Affairs Quiz – October 29 & 30
1. Exercise Shakti-2019, a bilateral exercise between the Indian Army and ___________.
a) USA Army
b) Russian Army
c) French Army
d) Australian Army
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Answer c) French Army. Exercise Shakti-2019, a bilateral exercise between the Indian Army and French Army, is to be held at the Foreign Training Node at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan from 31 October to 13 November.
2. World Bank to fund USD 6 bn annual lending support to____________.
a) Australia
b) India
c) China
d) Japan
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Answer b) India. World Bank, the multi-lateral funding agency, has announced that it is to continue providing a $6 billion annual lending target for India to support infrastructure development and alleviate poverty.
3. Who has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI)?
a) Sharad Arvind Bobde
b) Abbas Arvind
c) John Sahayam
d) Ravinder Ramamoorthy
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Answer a) Sharad Arvind Bobde. President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI).Justice Bobde would become the 47th CJI and will take oath on November 18.
4. Zozo Championship cup is associated with___________.
a) Tennis
b) Badminton
c) Golf
d) Snooker
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Answer c) Golf.
5. Who won the Zozo Championship 2019?
a) Rory Mcllroy
b) Scheffler John
c) Li Lefty
d) Tiger Wood
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Answer d) Tiger Wood. Tiger Woods won the Zozo Championship by three strokes, matching Sam Snead’s record of 82 PGA Tour victories.
6. Mukesh Ambani led-Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has become the world’s _____________-largest energy entity with high market capitalization.
a) Second
b) Third
c) Fifth
d) Sixth
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Answer d) Sixth. Mukesh Ambani led-Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has become the world’s sixth-largest energy entity with high market capitalization. RIL overtook British oil major BP Plc in terms of market capitalization to become the world’s sixth-largest energy entity.
7. The 5th International Conference on ROADTECH was held in____________.
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) New Delhi
d) Kolkata
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Answer c) New Delhi. The 5th International Conference on ROADTECH (Sustainable Roads and Highways-Smart Use of Available Resources for Green and Sustainable Roads) was held in New Delhi on 30 October.
8. DPIIT – in this “P” represents____________.
a) Police
b) Promotion
c) Prefer
d) Palindrome
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Answer b) Promotion. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) launched a new exercise to relax India’s foreign direct investment (FDI) norms.
9. N Venkatachala is passed away at 89, is associated with___________.
a) Freedom Fighter
b) Athletics
c) Justice
d) Guitarist
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Answer c) Justice. Former judge of the Supreme Court (SC), Justice N Venkatachala, has passed away at the age of 89.
10. Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day is observed on____________.
a) October 29
b) October 30
c) October 14
d) October 18
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Answer a) October 29 . Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day and National Day for Disaster Reduction is observed every year on 29 October
11. Theme of Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day for year 2019 is____________________.
a) Empowering Community for Disaster Resilience
b) Empowering Community for Disaster Relief
c) Empowering Unity for Disaster Resilience
d) Empowering Unity for Disaster Relief
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Answer a) Empowering Community for Disaster Resilience. Theme of Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day for year 2019- ‘Empowering Community for Disaster Resilience’.
12. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
a) Slova Zerina
b) Rafael Mariano Grossi
c) Lassina Zerbo
d) Yukiya Amano
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Answer b) Rafael Mariano Grossi . Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina has been appointed as the new Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a United Nations’ nuclear watchdog. The Argentine diplomat will succeed late Yukiya Amano as the new chief of IAEA.
13. India signs MoU with _____________ to launch RuPay card in Gulf Kingdom.
a) Qatar
b) Kuwait
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Dubai
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Answer c) Saudi Arabia. India signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to launch the RuPay card in the country, making it the third nation in the West Asia to initiate India’s digital payment system which will benefit not only the 2.6 million Indians in the Gulf Kingdom but also Haj and Umrah pilgrims.
14. Microsoft set to invest $200 mn in ____________, boost connected car tie-up.
a) Red Taxi
b) Ola
c) Uber
d) Fast Track
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Answer b) Ola. Ride-hailing company Ola is set to unveil a connected car project in partnership with Microsoft Corp., which will also invest around $200 million in Ola’s parent, ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd, two people aware of the deal said.
15. According to Financial Times Masters in Management Rankings 2019, Which is the best B-school in India?
a) IIM Chennai
b) Bengaluru Business School
c) IIM-Calcutta
d) IIM-Delhi
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Answer c) IIM-Calcutta. Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta has ranked 17 globally in the latest Financial Times’ Masters in Management Rankings 2019.
16. _______________researchers create first ever Indian Brain atlas.
a) ISRO
b) IIIT Hyderabad
c) IIM Hyderabad
d) None of these
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Answer b) IIIT Hyderabad . Researchers at the IIIT Hyderabad said that the first ever Indian Brain Atlas (IBA) has been created. They stated that the next step is to prepare atlases for different age groups to study age related affects on brain anatomy.
17. Bandhan Bank headquarter is situated in______________.
a) Chennai
b) Delhi
c) Kolkata
d) Thrissur
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Answer c) Kolkata. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed Rs 1 crore penalty on Bandhan Bank for non-compliance with promoter holding norms.
18. Among the following Indian CEOs, Who were featured in HBR’s top 10 best-performing 2019 CEOs?
a) Shantanu Narayen
b) Ajay Banga
c) Satya Nadella
d) All the above
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Answer d) All the above. The 6th spot is held by Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, followed by MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga, ranked 7th and Microsoft chief Satya Nadella on 9th spot. The list also features India-born CEO of DBS Bank Piyush Gupta on 89th spot.
