Current Affairs Quiz -15 October 2019

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1. Name the winners of the 2019 Booker Prize?
   A) Paul Beatty and Marlon James
   B) Anna Burns and George Saunders
   C) Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo
   D) Richard Flanagan and Eleanor Catton
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Canadian author Margaret Atwood and Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo have jointly been awarded the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction. Margaret Atwood has won for her novel ‘The Testaments’ and Bernardine Evaristo for her novel ‘Girl, Woman, Other’.
2. Who among these is the head of the committee constituted by IRDAI to review the regulations on Re-insurance, Investment, Foreign Re-insurance Branches (FRBs) and Llyods India?
   A) TR Alamelu
   B) Atul Sahai
   C) Tajinder Mukherjee
   D) K Sanath Kumar
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: The insurance regulator IRDAI has constituted a top level panel to re-look into the set of existing norms on Re-insurance, Investment, Foreign Re-insurance Branches (FRBs) and Llyods India. The 9-member committee will be headed by Mrs TR Alamelu, Member (non-life, IRDAI) to review the regulations, circulars and guidelines issued earlier. 
3. When is the World Students’ Day observed?
   A) October 12
   B) October 13
   C) October 14
   D) October 15
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: World Students’ Day is observed every year on October 15 to commemorate the birth anniversary of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
4. What is the latest estimate of India’s GDP growth by the International Monetary Fund for 2019-20?
   A) 7.0%
   B) 6.1%
   C) 6.6%
   D) 6.3%
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The International Monetary Fund in its latest World Economic Outlook has predicted the GDP growth rate for India in 2019 at 6.1%. For 2020-21, it is 7.0%.
5. How many Indian sites have won the 2019 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation?
   A) 4
   B) 7
   C) 2
   D) 5
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Four sites from India have been chosen for the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards. The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation awards were announced at a ceremony held in Penang, Malaysia. 
6. Indian Railways has set the target to become the world’s first ‘net-zero’ carbon emitter by which year?
   A) 2035
   B) 2025
   C) 2030
   D) 2028
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Indian Railway to become world first ‘net-zero’ carbon emitter by 2030: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal
7. India has recently launched the Phase II of the LOTUS-HR project in partnership with which country?
   A) France
   B) The Netherlands
   C) Austria
   D) Germany
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: India and Netherlands jointly launched the second phase of the Local Treatment of Urban Sewage streams for Healthy Reuse (LOTUS-HR) program on October 14, 2019 that seeks to treat dirty water of Barapullah Drain in Delhi before it falls into Yamuna. Under the Phase II of the project, plans are to treat 10 thousand litres of sewage water per day from the earlier 100 litre/day.
8. Who among the following has topped the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2019?
   A) Lakshmi Mittal
   B) Azim Premji
   C) Mukesh Ambani
   D) Shiv Nadar
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: HCL founder and chairman Shiv Nadar has achieved the top rank in the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2019. He made the highest contribution of Rs 826 crore between April 2018 and March 2019 towards philanthropic causes. 
9. The International Day of Rural Women is celebrated annually on:
   A) October 13
   B) October 15
   C) October 12
   D) October 14
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The International Day of Rural Women is held every year on October 15. The first observation was held in 2008. Theme 2019: Rural women and girls building climate resilience. 
10. Name the first ever Airline company in the world to use aircraft tractor called TaxiBot as taxiing equipment on commercial airbus flight?
    A) Air India
    B) SpiceJet
    C) Emirates
    D) IndiGo
    
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    Option A
    Explanation: The National carrier Air India has created history on October 15, 2019 as it became the first airline in the world to use TaxiBot as alternate taxiing equipment on its Airbus A320 with passengers onboard. 
11. Priyanshu Rajawat is an Indian player related to which sports?
    A) Chess
    B) Tennis
    C) Badminton
    D) Golf
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat beat top-seed Jason Anthony Ho-Shue from Canada in the final to claim the men’s singles title at the 2019 Bahrain International Series at Isa Town, Bahrain. 
12. Kais Saied has recently won the Presidential elections of which country?
    A) Algeria
    B) Turkey
    C) Morocco
    D) Tunisia
    
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    Option D
    Explanation: Former professor of constitutional law, Kais Saied, has been elected the next President of Tunisia after a landslide victory in the 2019 presidential election with 72.71 percent of the votes.
13. Who is the author of the book “Good Economics for Hard Times – Better Answers to our Biggest Problems”?
    A) Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
    B) Arvind Subramanian and Eric Maskin
    C) Amartya Sen and Joseph Stiglitz
    D) Kaushik Basu and Mahbub ul Haq
    
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    Option A
    Explanation: A new book titled “Good Economics for Hard Times – Better Answers to our Biggest Problems” which is authored by Nobel Prize winners in Economic Sciences for 2019- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo will be released on October 19, 2019. 
14. Which of these bodies releases the World Economic Outlook report?
    A) World Bank
    B) International Monetary Fund
    C) United Nations Development Programme
    D) World Economic Forum
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: International Monetary Fund
15. World Students’ Day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of which leader?
    A) C. V. Raman
    B) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    C) A P J Abdul Kalam
    D) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
    
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    Option C
    Explanation: World Students’ Day is observed every year on October 15 to commemorate the birth anniversary of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

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