Current Affairs Quiz October 16 2019

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Current Affairs Quiz October 16 2019
Current Affairs Quiz October 16 2019

Current Affairs Quiz – October 16, 2019

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  1. World Food Day is observed on which date?
  • October 16
  • October 17
  • October 18
  • October 19
  1. Where was North East Expo 2019 organised by Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA)?
  • New Delhi
  • Mumbai
  • Chennai
  • Kolkata
  1. Where was the 35th Raising Day Ceremony of National Security Guard (NSG) held?
  • Manesar
  •  Sohna
  • Faridabad
  • Bhiwadi

4. Which city will soon have its dedicated Anti-Terror Squad?

  • Mumbai
  • Kolkata
  • Bengaluru
  • Hyderabad
  1. Which airline became the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on an A-320 aircraft?
  • Air India Express
  • Air India
  • Air Arabia
  • Spice Jet
  1. How many states have emerged as the top performing States under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana?
  • 5
  • 4
  • 6
  • 3
  1. IMF Predicts India’s growth rate to how many percent in 2019?
  • 9%
  • 5%
  • 1%
  • 1%
  1. When was Maritime States Development Council constituted?
  • Mar, 1997
  • May, 1997
  • August, 1997
  • February, 1997
  1. Where was Third India Energy Forum by CERAWeek held?
  • Mumbai
  • Chennai
  • New Delhi
  • Kolkata
  1. Where was 41st DRDO Directors’ Conference inaugurated?
  • New Delhi
  • Mumbai
  • Jaipur
  • Kolkata
  1. Who was given the additional charge of Secretary in Department of School Education and Literacy?
  • Amit Khare
  • Sandosh Yadav
  • Bhupendra Singh
  • Krishna Pal Singh Yadav
  1. Which former Indian captain is all set to become BCCI president?
  • Saurav Ganguly
  • Sachin Tendulkar
  • MS Dhoni
  • Yuvaraj Singh

Answers & Explanation:

  1. A) October 16
  • World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October, people from around the world come together to declare their commitment to eradicate worldwide hunger from our lifetime.
  1. A) New Delhi
  • Union Minister of State Dr.Jitendra Singh presided over as Chief Guest at the Curtain Raiser event for the North East Expo 2019, organised in New Delhi. The All India Women’s Education Fund Association (AIWEFA) organized the event. 
  1. C) Manesar
  • Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah presided over as Chief Guest on the 35th Raising Day Ceremony of National Security Guard (NSG), at NSG HQ in Manesar, Gurugram. 
  1. C) Bengaluru
  • Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has informed that Bengaluru will have a dedicated Anti-Terror Squad from November 1st. 
  1. B) Air India
  • Air India has become the first airline in the world to use a Taxibot on an A-320 aircraft with passengers on board. Taxibot is a robot-used aircraft tractor for taxiing an aircraft from parking bay to runway and vice-versa. 
  1. A) 5
  • Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh have emerged as the top performing States with free secondary and tertiary treatment worth nearly Rs. 7,901 crore availed under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), the flagship health assurance scheme of the Government in just over a year. 
  1. D) 6.1%
  • India’s growth projections have also been downgraded to 6.1% and 7.0% in 2019 and 2020 respectively, down by 1.2 percentage points and 0.5 percentage points relative to April projections, owing to weaker than expected domestic demand. 
  1. B) May, 1997
  • The Ministry of Shipping is working on a plan to develop a National Grid for Ports based on synergy between the Major and Minor ports in the country. Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, MoS (I/C) for Shipping and MoS Chemical and Fertilizers announced this while addressing the media after the 17th Meeting of Maritime States Development Council (MSDC) in New Delhi today. 
  1. C) New Delhi
  • The India Ministerial Dialogue was held at third India Energy Forum by CERAWeek in New Delhi. Minister of Petroleum &Natural Gas& Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said that Energy sector will be fueling India’s journey towards the goal of a 5 trillion dollar economy. 
  1. A) New Delhi
  • Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 41st DRDO Directors’ Conference at DRDO Bhawan in New Delhi. The Conference is an annual event, where a number of brainstorming sessions are planned over two days. 
  1. A) Amit Khare
  • Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare has been given the additional charge of Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy in Ministry of Human Resources Development. 
  1. A) Saurav Ganguly
  • Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is all set to become only the second international cricketer to be elected president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar and off-spinner Shivlal Yadav too were BCCI presidents for the conduct of IPL and non-IPL activities in 2014.

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