Current Affairs Quiz -16 November 2019

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1. The Regional Conference on Replication of Good Governance Practices in UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh was inaugurated by__________
   A) Narendra Modi
   B) Jitendra Singh
   C) Rajnath Singh
   D) Piyush Goyal
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The two-day Regional Conference on ‘Replication of Good Governance Practices in UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh was organised in Jammu from November 15-16, 2019. The Conference was inaugurated by the Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh.
2. Name the President of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) who resigned from the post recently?
   A) Rajat Sharma
   B) Vinod Tihara
   C) Kirti Azad
   D) Mohammad Azharuddin
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Senior journalist Rajat Sharma has resigned from the post of President of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) on November 16 citing his inability to continue amidst “various pulls and pressures” within the organisation.
3. Manoj Bajpayee starrer movie Bhonsle has won the Best Director award at the 2019 Asian Film Festival Barcelona. Who is the director of the movie?
   A) Shaad Ali
   B) Abhishek Banerjee
   C) Devashish Makhija
   D) Vipin Sharma
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: Manoj Bajpayee starrer critically accalimed movie Bhonsle has won two prestigious awards at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona. The Devashish Makhija directed film Bhonsle won Best Screenplay and Best Director awards at the festival.
4. The maiden day-night Test match in India with pink ball will be held at Eden Gardens cricket ground from November 22. The stadium is based in which city?
   A) Pune
   B) Hyderabad
   C) Chennai
   D) Kolkata
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: In a historic move, the first-ever day-night pink ball Test match on Indian soil will be held at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata from 22–26 November 2019 against Bangladesh
5. The International Day for Tolerance is held every year on__________
   A) November 12
   B) November 16
   C) November 14
   D) November 15
   
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   Option B
   Explanation: The International Day for Tolerance is observed annually on 16 November. The day was declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance.
6. Who is the author of the book named ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past’?
   A) Vikram Sampath
   B) Subramanian Swamy
   C) Swapan Dasgupta
   D) A.K. Bhattacharya
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Releases the book ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past’ authored by Vikram Sampath 
   
7. The National Press Day is observed every year on___________
   A) November 14
   B) November 15
   C) November 16
   D) November 13
   
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   Option C
   Explanation: National Press Day is observed on November 16 every year to celebrate free and responsible press in India.
8. India will play its first ever day-night pink ball Test match on home soil with which country in November 2019?
   A) England
   B) Pakistan
   C) Australia
   D) Bangladesh
   
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   Option D
   Explanation: India is the only major Test-playing nation which has not played a day-night Test match before.
9. Who is the Chairman of the Press Council of India?
   A) Chandramauli Kumar Prasad
   B) Shiva Kirti Singh
   C) Shyamal Kumar Sen
   D) T. Jeevan Reddy
   
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   Option A
   Explanation: Chandramauli Kumar Prasad
10. Sanspareils Greenlands (SG) is a cricket equipment manufacturer which has designed the pink ball to be used at the first ever day-night pink ball Test match in India. Where is the headquarter of SG based?
    A) New Delhi
    B) Meerut
    C) Faridabad
    D) Noida
    
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    Option B
    Explanation: Meerut

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