Current Affairs Quiz 22 November 2018
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- The annual Sangai Festival 2018 has been inaugurated in which state by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman?
A) Nagaland
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Assam
D) Manipur
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Option D
Explanation: Union Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the tourism festival of the State Manipur, Sangai Festival – 2018. Sitharaman was the chief guest at the event.
- How many MoUs were signed between India and Vietnam during President Kovind’s visit to the nation recently?
A) 8
B) 6
C) 4
D) 11
- Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for year 2018. CSE is located in which city?
A) New Delhi
B) Pune
C) Lucknow
D) Indore
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Option A
Explanation: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has been awarded with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for year 2018. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a New Delhi (India)-based independent research and advocacy think tank.
- As per a recent India Skills Report 2019, employability in India increased to ___________ percent in 2018 as compared to 37% 5 years ago
A) 49.56%
B) 47.38%
C) 52.78%
D) 65.92%
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Option B
Explanation: India Skills Report 2019 was released by Wheebox, a Global Talent Assessment Company, PeopleStrong and CII and supported and backed by renowned partners like UNDP, AICTE. It stated that Employability continues to rise thus reaching a new high of 47.38% this year – An incremental change of almost 2-3 percentage points since last year and a huge change of over 15% points in the past 5 years.
- “ConMac 2018” the exhibition on construction equipment and technology has been orgainsed in which country?
A) China
B) Vietnam
C) India
D) Nepal
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Option D
Explanation: Nepal’s largest exhibition on construction equipment and technology“ConMac 2018” today started in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu. The 3 day mega event is organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Embassy of India.
- Who has been roped in by the Softbank to head its Vision Fund India Operations
A) Sumer Juneja
B) Hemendra Singh Panwar
C) Dayanidhi Choudhury
D) Fateh Singh Rathore
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Option A
Explanation: Japan’s SoftBank has announced that Sumer Juneja will head the local arm of its $100-billion Vision Fund. SoftBank also said that it would be opening its first India office, in Mumbai
- PM Modi laid the foundation stone to mark the commencement of work for City Gas Distribution (CGD) under the 9th CGD bidding round. How many districts are being covered under the 9th CGD bidding round?
A) 175
B) 350
C) 129
D) 226
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Option C
Explanation: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone through video conferencing, to mark the commencement of work for City Gas Distribution(CGD), awarded under the 9th CGD bidding round, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. He also launched the 10th CGD bidding round. The work for setting up City Gas Distribution network has started in 129 districts, under the 9th round of CGD bidding. After the 10th round of bidding of CGD, more than 400 districts would be covered under the City Gas Distribution network.
- Which among the following Government of India bodies has been felicitated with the Asia Environment Enforcement Awards, 2018 under the innovation category?
A) Animal Welfare Board of India
B) Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
C) National Biodiversity Authority
D) Wildlife Institute of India
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Option B
Explanation: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB),Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India has won the Asia Environment Enforcement Awards, 2018 of for excellent work done by the Bureau in combating transboundary environmental crime.
- Name the veteran cricketer to become first Indian batsman to touch the 11,000-run figure in the Ranji Trophy.
A) Faiz Fazal
B) Amol Muzumdar
C) Wasim Jaffer
D) Chandrakant Pandit
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Option C
Explanation: Veteran first-class cricketer Wasim Jaffer became the first Indian batsman to touch the 11,000-run figure in the Ranji Trophy.
- President Ram Nath Kovind unveiled the bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi in which city of Australia?
A) Melbourne
B) Brisbane
C) Canberra
D) Sydney
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Option D
Explanation: President Kovind also unveiled the bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Parramatta in Sydney, Australia.
- The 12th World Congress on Mountain Medicine has been organised in which country?
A) Nepal
B) India
C) Australia
D) United States
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Option A
Explanation: 12th World Congress on Mountain Medicine started in Kathmandu,Nepal. The theme of 4 day congress is “Mountain Medicine in the Heart of the Himalayas”. The biennial event mainly focuses on science and research aspects of high altitude medicine.
- The Cabinet committee has approved to further extend the term of the Commission to examine the issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes in the Central List. The term has been extended till ____________
A) January 31, 2019
B) May 31, 2019
C) February 15, 2019
D) April 30, 2019
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Option B
Explanation: Extension of the term of the Commission responsible to examine the issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes in the Central List for six months beyond 30th November, 2018 and till 31st May 2019.