Current Affairs Test for Canara bank PO and IBPS Clerk- Set 121

1. Which among the following organisations has won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for year 2018?
   WWF-India
   Confederation Of Indian Industry
   The Energy and Resources Institute
   Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
   Greenpeace India
   Option D
   Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been awarded with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for year 2018.

    

2. Name the chatbot launched by drug maker Lupin to provide medically verified information for health-related queries.
   ANYA
   DAWN
   TARA
   OZY
   NANNY
   Option A
   Drug maker Lupin has launched a computer programme or chatbot named ANYA specially designed to provide medically verified information for health-related queries. It is the first of its kind to be launched in the country for disease awareness.

    

3. Which WHO South-East Asia Region country has been felicitated by the World Health Organisation recently to completely eliminate trachoma?
   Maldives
   Thaliand
   Sri Lanka
   India
   Nepal
   Option E
   The World Health Organization (WHO) has felicitated Nepal for eliminating trachoma, a tropical disease that leads to blindness, as a public health problem and controlling rubella that causes serious and irreversible birth defects.

    

4. Which Indian city has recently been designated as the Town of Export Excellence by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the category ‘Carpets and other floor Coverings’?
   Jaunpur
   Bhadohi
   Kanpur
   Varanasi
   Agra
   Option B
   The town of Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh has been notified as a Town of Export Excellence by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) for the product category ‘Carpets and other floor Coverings’. Bhadohi district famously known as Carpet city, will be the 37th town in India to get this status.

    

5. The State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of __________ has approved the proposal for treating the J&K Bank Limited as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).
   Narinder Nath Vohra
   Lalji Tandon
   Satya Pal Malik
   Mehbooba Mufti
   Ganga Prasad
   Option C
   The State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of Governor of J&K Satya Pal Malik, approved the proposal for treating the J&K Bank Limited as a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU).

    

6. India’s first first Hyper Converged Infrastructure State Data Centre has been inaugurated in which city?
   Dehradun
   New Delhi
   Mumbai
   Gurugram
   Hyderabad
   Option A
   Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the country’s first Hyper Converged Infrastructure State Data Centre in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

    

7. ISRO recently launched its earth observation satellite HYsIS along with 30 foreign satellites on board which rocket?
   PSLV-C42
   PSLV-C43
   PSLV-C44
   PSLV-C45
   PSLV-C46
   Option B
   ISRO will launch on November 29 workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 carrying India’s earth observation satellite HysIS and 30 co-passenger satellites from Sriharikota.

    

8. The Bhasha Sangam initiative of the Central government aims to introduce the school students with the _________ Indian languages
   20
   17
   22
   19
   15
   Option C
   The government has launched an initiative named Bhasha Sangam to introduce school students to 22 Indian languages. The initiative, under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, was launched on 22nd of November and will continue till the 21st of December, 2018.

    

9. What is the state animal of Manipur?
   Clouded leopard
   Gayal
   Indian rhinoceros
   Sangai
   Sumatran serow
   Option D
   Every year the State of Manipur celebrates the “Manipur Sangai Festival” from 21st to 30th November at Keibul Lamjao. The ‘Festival’ is named after the State animal, Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found only in Manipur at Keibul Lamjao National Park.

    

10. Cope India 2019 is the joint exercise of the Indian Air Force with which country?
    Bangladesh
    United States
    Sri Lanka
    United Kingdom
    France
    Option B
    The Indian Air Force and the Air forces of the United States will participate in a 12-day joint exercise ‘Cope India 2019’ from December 3 to 14 in West Bengal.

     

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