Current Affairs English -16th October to 22nd October-2019
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Question 1 |
Who has become the 1st black woman to won the 2019 Man Booker Prize for Fiction?
Eleanor Catton | |
Margaret Atwood | |
Anne Enright | |
Bernardine Evaristo |
Question 2 |
Which airline has become the world’s first airline to use Taxibot on A – 320 aircraft?
Alaska Airlines | |
Air India | |
Nikko | |
Hawaiian Airlines |
Question 3 |
Which Indian shuttler clinched the men’s singles title at the 2019 Bahrain International Series Badminton?
Lakshya Sen | |
Priyanshu Rajawat | |
Venkat Gaurav Prasad | |
Kidambi Srikanth |
Question 4 |
On which date, the 2019 edition of International Day of Rural Women is observed?
October 14 | |
October 19 | |
October 17 | |
October 15 |
Question 5 |
Alexei Leonov, who passed away recently, was the legendary cosmonaut of which country?
United States | |
Japan | |
Russia | |
Sri Lanka |
Question 6 |
Who is the newly appointed President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA)?
Rajesh Jain | |
Venu Srinivasan | |
K Satish Reddy | |
V A Rajkishore |
Question 7 |
Which Indian economist has won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize for study on poverty?
Abhijit Banerjee | |
Arvind Subramanian | |
Pranab Bardhan | |
Srijit Mukherji |
Question 8 |
Who has been appointed as the new Union Law Secretary?
Suresh Chandra | |
Anoop Kumar Mendiratta | |
Alok Shrivastava | |
P S Joshi |
Question 9 |
Which Indian armed forced has recently organized Sangam Youth Festival (SYF)?
Indian Coast Guard | |
Indian Air Force | |
Indian Army | |
Indian Navy |
Question 10 |
Who has been elected as new President of Tunisia?
Kais Saied | |
Nabil Karoui | |
Youssef Chahed | |
Mohamed Ennaceur |
Question 11 |
Who has been appointed as Secretary of Department of School Education and Literacy?
K M Chandrasekhar | |
Amit Khare | |
Rajiv Gauba | |
N R Pillai |
Question 12 |
What is the India’s rank at the 2019 Global Hunger Index?
85th | |
102nd | |
105th | |
111th |
Question 13 |
What is the theme of 2019 edition of World Food Day?
#FamilyFarming | |
#ZeroHunger World | |
#FeedingWorld | |
#FoodPrices |
Question 14 |
Which bank has launched new fixed deposit scheme ‘FD Health’?
SBI | |
ICICI Bank | |
HDFC | |
Axis Bank |
Question 15 |
Indo – Japan air drill exercise “Shinyuu Maitri” has started in which state?
Rajasthan | |
Jammu & Kashmir | |
Karnataka | |
West Bengal |
Question 16 |
Which organisation has introduced scheme of Food Safety Mitra?
FSSAI | |
Red Cross Society | |
Medical Council of India | |
NCHRH |
Question 17 |
Which IIT has inked pact with ExxonMobil to boost biofuel research?
IIT Madras | |
IIT Indore | |
IIT Bombay | |
IIT Kanpur
|
Question 18 |
What is the theme of the 2019 edition of Global Handwashing Day?
Clean Hands for All | |
Make handwashing a habit | |
Our hands, our future | |
Clean hands – a recipe for health |
Question 19 |
Which state government has decided to organize India’s first training and performance programme of world famous KHON Ramlila?
Haryana | |
Madhya Pradesh | |
Uttar Pradesh | |
Himachal Pradesh |
Question 20 |
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who became the youngest cricketer to score 200 in ODI, is from which city?
Ranchi | |
Mumbai | |
Kanpur | |
Nagpur |
Question 21 |
Which state has highest number of livestock, as per latest 20th Livestock Census – 2019?
Jharkhand | |
Rajasthan | |
Uttar Pradesh | |
Madhya Pradesh |
Question 22 |
Which state is celebrating the Shirui Lily Festival?
Jharkhand | |
Rajasthan | |
Manipur | |
Madhya Pradesh |
Question 23 |
Ex–Eastern Bridge–V has started between India & which country?
Jordan | |
Oman | |
UAE | |
Kuwait |
Question 24 |
The 129th death anniversary of the mystic bard Fakir Lalon Shah is observed in which country?
Bangladesh | |
Pakistan | |
India | |
Sri Lanka |
Question 25 |
On which date, the 2019 edition of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed?
October 15 | |
October 16 | |
October 17 | |
October 18 |
Question 26 |
What is the India’s rank at the 2019 Hurun Global Unicorn List?
3rd | |
4th | |
5th | |
7th |
Question 27 |
Nashri tunnel, which is in news recently, is situated in which state?
Jharkhand | |
Rajasthan | |
Jammu & Kashmir | |
Madhya Pradesh |
Question 28 |
The 2019 Indo – French Knowledge Summit was held in which city?
Lyon | |
Delhi | |
Paris | |
Pune |
Question 29 |
The World Students’ Day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of which noted personality?
Bala Gangadhar Tilak | |
Mother Teresa | |
APJ Abdul Kalam | |
Lala Lajpat Rai |
Question 30 |
Which Arab country has announced establishment of 1st graduate level, research based AI University in world?
Oman | |
Jordon | |
Israel | |
UAE |
Question 31 |
Which state has topped the NITI Aayog’s first-ever India Innovation Index (III)?
Jharkhand | |
Rajasthan | |
Karnataka | |
Madhya Pradesh |
Question 32 |
Which state has become the first Indian state to provide maternity benefits in the private educational sector?
Jharkhand | |
Rajasthan | |
Kerala | |
Madhya Pradesh |
Question 33 |
Which bank has recently launched contactless mobile phone payments facility?
ICCI | |
SBI | |
HDFC | |
BoB |
Question 34 |
Tulagi Island, sometimes seen in news, is the territory of which country?
Solomon | |
Kiribati | |
India | |
Sri Lanka |
Question 35 |
Debayan Saha, who has invented PM 2.5 device to curb air pollution, is graduate from which IIT?
IIT Kharagpur | |
IIT Bombay | |
IIT Delhi | |
IIT Indore |
Question 36 |
What is the India’s rank in the 2019 World Giving Index (WGI)?
82nd | |
94th | |
65th | |
57th |
Question 37 |
Which state government has launched YSR Rythu Bharosa-PM Kisan Yojana?
Jharkhand | |
Rajasthan | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Madhya Pradesh |
Question 38 |
Kanwar Sain Jolly, who passed away recently, was associated to which field?
Journalism | |
Politics | |
Arts | |
Science |
Question 39 |
Who is the author of the book "Dark Fear, Eerie Cities: New Hindi Cinema in Neo-liberal India”?
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | |
Chetan Bhagat | |
Sarunas Paunksnis | |
Ashwin Sanghi |
Question 40 |
Which Indian armed force has launched OASIS (Officers Automated & Structured Information System) software?
Indian Army | |
Indian Air Force | |
Indian Navy | |
Indian Coast Guard |
Question 41 |
Who has been has been appointed as Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG)?
Anup Singh | |
K L Dhillon | |
Venkatesh Prasad | |
Pranjal Kumar |
Question 42 |
India will host the 91st Interpol General Assembly in which year?
2020 | |
2021 | |
2022 | |
2023 |
Question 43 |
Kalidas Karmakar, who passed away recently, was the renowned painter of which country?
Sri Lanka | |
Bangladesh | |
India | |
Nepal |
Question 44 |
Baliyatra is one of the biggest trade fairs of which state?
Jharkhand | |
Rajasthan | |
Odisha | |
Madhya Pradesh |
Question 45 |
Who led the Indian delegation at G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Washington?
Narendra Modi | |
Rajnath Singh | |
Piyush Goyal | |
Nirmala Sitharaman |
Question 46 |
The Nuclear Energy Conclave 2019 was held in which city?
Kochi | |
Laddakh | |
Bangaluru | |
Delhi |
Question 47 |
Which sportsperson has written a book “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life”?
Abhinav Bindra | |
Anju Bobby George | |
Viswanathan Anand | |
Jeev Milkha Singh |
Question 48 |
Who has been appointed the new chief of the European Central Bank (ECB)?
Takehiko Nakao | |
Takehiko Nakao | |
Kristalina Georgieva | |
Christine Lagarde |
Question 49 |
DANX -19 has been conducted under the aegis of which command of the Indian Armed Forces?
Andaman & Nicobar Command | |
South-Western Command | |
Army Training Command
| |
Southern Command |
Question 50 |
The 2019 Military World Games has started in which city of China?
Hangzhou | |
Beijing | |
Wuhan | |
Shanghai |
Question 51 |
Chewang Rinchen Setu, which is in news recently, is located in which city / region?
Shillong | |
Gangtok | |
Ladakh | |
Darjeeling |
Question 52 |
Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Indonesia?
Susilo Yudhoyono | |
Jusuf Kalla | |
Maruf Amin | |
Joko Widodo |
Question 53 |
Which state has decided to adopt NCERT course in Class 9th & 10th standard in all govt schools?
Jharkhand | |
Rajasthan | |
Odisha | |
Madhya Pradesh |
Question 54 |
KB Siddaiah, who passed away recently, was the veteran personality in which field?
Poetry | |
Journalism | |
Politics | |
Arts |
Question 55 |
Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA)?
Rakesh Sharma | |
Rajnish Kumar | |
S S Mallikarjuna Rao | |
Madhav Kalyan |
Question 56 |
Which team clinched the 2019 title of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL)?
U Mumba | |
Patna Pirates | |
Bengal Warriors | |
Dabang Delhi |
Question 57 |
N Chandrasekaran, who authored the book ‘Bridgital Nation’, is the chairman of which company?
Infosys | |
Tata Sons | |
Wipro | |
Birla |
Question 58 |
Which Indian cyclist won gold in the men's junior Keirin event at the 2019 Asian Track Cycling Championships?
James Singh | |
Ronaldo Singh | |
Rojit Singh | |
Esow Alben |
Question 59 |
The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit 2019 is being held in which city?
Baku | |
Delhi | |
Kuala Lumpur | |
Bangkok |
Question 60 |
Indo-Maldives joint military exercise EKUVERIN – 2019 has concluded in which city?
Kochi | |
Visakhapatnam | |
Pune | |
Bengaluru |
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