Current Affairs Progress Test – Set 49

Current Affairs Progress Test - Set 49
Progress Test is an initiative from ByScoop to help candidates in revising the Current Affairs for upcoming banking exams. The questions covered are selected from last 1 week current events and will be extremely helpful in upcoming competitive exams like SBI PO mains, SBI Clerk mains, RBI Grade B and various other exams.
Instructions:
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No. of Questions: 10
Time Limit: 02 minutes
  1. The first Global Cooling Innovation Summit was held in which city?
    Ahmadabad
    Mumbai
    Hyderabad
    New Delhi
    Chandigarh
    Option D
    Two-day Global Cooling Innovation Summit was inaugurated by Union Science & Technology Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi on 12th November 2018. The Summit is a first-of-its-kind solutions-focused event to bring together leaders from around the world to explore concrete means and pathways to address the climate threat that comes from the growing demand from room air conditioners.

     

  2. The Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed on___________
    November 12
    November 10
    November 11
    November 9
    November 8
    Option A

     

  3. SpiNNaker is the world’s largest ____________
    Satellite
    Fountain
    Supercomputer
    Aircraft Carrier
    None of the Above
    Option C
    The world’s largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth processor core and is being switched on for the first time. The newly formed million-processor-core ‘Spiking Neural Network Architecture’ or ‘SpiNNaker’ machine is capable of completing more than 200 million actions per second, with each of its chips having 100 million transistors.

     

  4. Name the educational institution which has recently developed a portable solar-powered cold storage device with a 500 kg capacity to help farmers store their produce
    IIT Bombay
    IIT Kharagpur
    IIT Kanpur
    IIT Delhi
    IIT Madras
    Option E
    The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has developed a portable solar-powered cold storage device with a 500 kg capacity for storing vegetables, and fruits, among other items. This device will help farmers store their produce, preventing wastage of agricultural produce.

     

  5. The INSPIRE 2018 was launched in New Delhi jointly by EESL and__________
    SCO
    World Bank
    AIIB
    ADB
    IMF
    Option B
    The second edition of was International Symposium to Promote Innovation & Research in Energy Efficiency (INSPIRE 2018) launched in New Delhi.It was jointly organised by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and World Bank.

     

  6. LAMO Center has recently won the 2018 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in Award of Distinction category. The center in located in_____________
    Darjeeling
    Ajmer
    Sirmaur
    Ladakh
    Malwa
    Option D

     

  7. The Indian Army has recently inducted __________ new gun systems in over 3 decades to give a major boost to the Army’s weaponry.
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    Option C
    Three new artillery guns and equipment, including the powerful K9 Vajra and M777 howitzers and ‘Composite Gun Towing Vehicle’ were inducted into the Indian Army at the Deolali artillery centre in Nashik.

     

  8. SIMBEX 2018 is a joint naval exercise between India and__________
    South Africa
    Switzerland
    Sri Lanka
    Singapore
    Seychelles
    Option D

     

  9. Ashok Kumar Gupta has been recently appointed as the Chairperson of which organisation?
    Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
    Competition Commission of India
    Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
    Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
    Confederation Of Indian Industry
    Option B

     

  10. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has signed pact with US-based Research Institute for Fragrant Materials (RIFM) for improving the quality of fragrant oils. CIMAP has its headquarter in which city?
    Patna
    Mumbai
    Bhopal
    Lucknow
    Hyderabad
    Option D

     


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