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Current Affairs Quiz 19 March 2019
- Who has been appointed as the 13th Chief Minister of Goa?
A) Ramkrishna Dhavlikar
B) Vijai Sardadesai
C) Pramod Sawant
D) Digambar Kamat
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Option C
Explanation: The BJP MLA Pramod Sawant took oath as the 13th Chief Minister of Goa at 2 am on March 18 night. This was after CM of Goa Manohar Parrikar passed away
- Where was the 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships held?
A) India
B) China
C) Japan
D) Kazakhstan
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Option B
Explanation: Held at Hong Kong China. India was second in meal tally with 26 medals. China was top.
- Which country will now host the Junior Asian Championship 2019 after India lost its Hosting Rights for the event?
A) China
B) Japan
C) Thailand
D) Kazakhstan
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Option C
Explanation: The world wrestling body United World Wrestling (UWW) has taken away the hosting rights from India to host junior Asian Championship which was to be held in July 2019. UWW has shifted the new venue for the junior Asian championship from India to Thailand.
- Who has won the Windham-Campbell Prize 2019?
A) Kiran Desai
B) Indu Sundaresan
C) Akhil Sharma
D) Raghu Karnad
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Option D
Explanation:
- Which country became the first to conduct remote surgery using 5G?
A) Japan
B) Germany
C) America
D) China
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Option D
Explanation: China has successfully conducted the world’s first remote surgery using 5G technology. The surgery was conducted as a joint collaboration between Chinese PLA General Hospital, tech companies Huawei and China Mobile.
- Xiaomi has launched its UPI app Mi Pay in partnership with which banks?
A) Axis Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) IDFC First Bank
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Option C
Explanation: Chinese mobile company Xiaomi, launched its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based payments application “Mi Pay”. ICICI Bank is the payment service provider for the Mi Pay App that is integrated within MIUI interface across SMS, contacts, scanner, app vault and settings
- Who has won the Abel Prize 2019 in Mathematics?
A) Karen Uhlenbeck
B) Julie Bergner
C) Kathryn E. Hare
D) Sarah Witherspoon
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Option A
Explanation: Karen Uhlenbeck of the United States has won the Abel Prize 2019 in Mathematics. With this, she has become the first woman to win this Abel Prize for Mathematics.
- Goldman Sachs has upgraded India’s outlook to ____?
A) marketweight
B) overweight
C) Underweight
D) equal weight
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Option B
Explanation: Rating agency Goldman Sachs (GS) has upgraded its view on India to “overweight” which means it is better than others. Earlier Goldman Sachs had the view of “marketweight” for India. There are three such views: One is “overweight” which means better than others; Second is Marketweight/Underweight which means not better than others. The third is equal weight which means similar to others.
- Where was the opening ceremony of 33rd IND-INDO CORPAT held?
A) Belawan
B) Port Blair
C) Goa
D) Ross Island
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Option B
Explanation: The 33rd edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) has started on 19 March and will continue till 04 April 2019. The opening ceremony was held at Port Blair. The closing ceremony will be held at Belawan, Indonesia on 04 April 2019.
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has signed MoU with which of the following for effective implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code)
A) RBI
B) IBBI
C) IBA
D) IRDAI
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Option B
Explanation: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have signed MoU for effective implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) and its allied rules and regulations.
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