Current Affairs Quiz Set 113

1. Who is the first Indian Trustee to be Elected to Board of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art?

a. Nita Ambani
b. Isha Ambani
c. Anand Piramal
d. Mukesh Ambani

S-a

E- Educationist, philanthropist and businesswoman Nita Ambani has been named an honorary trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The announcement was made by Daniel Brodsky, the museum's chairman. Nita Ambani’s election took place at a meeting of the Board on November 12. She is the first Indian to be so honoured.

2. How many advisors has been appointed to assist the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir?

a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. One

S-a

E- Ministry of Home Affairs appointed two advisors to assist the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, GC Murmu. Retired IAS, KK Sharma and retired IPS, Farookh Khan have been selected to do the job.

3. Pravind Jugnauth has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

a. Mauritius
b. Thailand
c. China
d. Maldives

S-a

E- Pravind Jugnauth has taken oath as the Prime Minister of Mauritius. Mr Jugnauth's ancestors are said to have migrated to the island-nation from Rasra in Uttar Pradesh.

4. In how many days Mercury completes its orbits around the Earth?

a. 88
b. 98
c. 100
d. 110

S-a

E- Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. It completes each orbit around the Sun every 88 days, and passes between the Earth and Sun every 116 days. As the orbit of Mercury around the Sun is tilted compared with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, the planet normally appears to pass above or below our nearest star.

5. Which is the first South Asian nation to criminalise offences related to match-fixing?

a. Sri Lanka
b. India
c. Bangladesh
d. Nepal

S-a

E- Sri Lanka has become the first South Asian nation to criminalise several offences related to match-fixing as its parliament passed all three readings of a bill labelled "Prevention of Offences Related to Sports". If a person is found guilty of committing an offence related to corruption in sports, then he may find himself jailed for a term up to 10 years and he will also be required to pay various fines. The newest legislation covers all sports and it is believed that the recent investigation by Anti-Corruption Unit prompted this bill to be drafted. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has been under investigation by the ICC's ACU since 2017. Former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya was charged under the ICC Code and he was handed a two-year ban.

6. According to the Trace Bribery Matrix, which country has the highest Bribery risk among South Asian countries?

a. Sri Lanka
b. Bangladesh
c. Nepal
d. India

S-b

E- Bangladesh has the highest business bribery risk among South Asian courtiers, according to the Trace Bribery Matrix which releases annual ranking for 200 countries. The Matrix evaluates countries under four parameters which are business interaction with the government, anti-bribery deterrence, transparency and civil society oversight. Bangladesh has been placed at 178 position among 200 countries in terms of business bribery risk. It has been on the high risk country list of Trace Bribery Matrix since 2014 when the first matrix was released.

7. Who among the following won the 'BRICS-Young Innovator Prize' for indigenous milk chilling unit?

a. Ravi Prakash
b. Ravi Chandra
c. Ravi Mahesh
d. Ravi Garg

S-a

E- Ravi Prakash, an Indian PhD scholar has won the USD 25,000 BRICS-Young Innovator Prize for inventing an affordable indigenous milk chilling unit for smaller and marginal rural dairy farmers. Prakash, PhD scholar of ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Bangalore, was a part of 21-member delegation sent to Brazil by the Department of Science and Technology for the 4th BRICS-Young Scientist Forum (YSF), 2019. India won the first prize, carrying USD 25,000, in the forum. The prize was awarded to Prakash, who hails from Bihar, for inventing an affordable indigenously designed milk chilling unit for small to marginal rural dairy farmers. The technology can be used for chilling milk from the point of production by bringing down the temperature of raw milk from 37C to 7C within 30 minutes using nano-fluid based phase change materials.

8. Who among the following has been appointed as the global football development chief?

a. Unai Emery
b. Jose Mourinhio
c. Alexis Sanchez
d. Arsene Wenger

S-d

E- Veteran coach Arsene Wenger has been named FIFA's Chief of global football development. FIFA said, the former Arsenal and Monaco coach would be responsible for the growth of the game for both men and women around the world and would also be the leading authority on technical matters, including potential changes to the sport's laws.

9. According to the Trace Bribery Matrix which releases annual ranking for 200 countries, which country in South Asia has the lowest risk of bribery on the index?

a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Sri Lanka
d. India

S-b

E- Bhutan has the lowest risk of bribery on the index in South Asia as it is placed at 52 in the ranking. TRACE is a US based organisation which provides ranking to various countries in terms of the risk of bribery companies face in doing business in those countries. The Trace Bribery Matrix which releases annual ranking for 200 countries that evaluates countries under four parameters which are business interaction with the government, anti-bribery deterrence, transparency and civil society oversight.

10. According to the Trace Bribery Matrix which releases annual ranking for 200 countries, which country has the lowest bribery risk?

a. New Zealand
b. Norway
c. Denmark
d. Sweden

S-a

E-  New Zealand, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland presented the lowest bribery risk. TRACE is a US based organisation which provides ranking to various countries in terms of the risk of bribery companies face in doing business in those countries. The Trace Bribery Matrix which releases annual ranking for 200 countries that evaluates countries under four parameters which are business interaction with the government, anti-bribery deterrence, transparency and civil society oversight.

11. Which of the following states will host 2019 Kabaddi World Cup in December?

a. Maharashtra
b. Karnataka
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Punjab

S-d

E- The 2019 Kabaddi World Cup, to be organised by the Punjab government, will be held from December 1 to 9, state’s Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi said. He also said that this year’s tournament would be dedicated to the 550th birth anniversary of Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev ji. Sodhi said nine teams — India, USA, Australia, England, Sri Lanka, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan and Canada — are expected to take part in the tournament.

12. Who represented India in Paris Peace Forum?

a. Rajnath Singh
b. Amit Shah
c. S Jayashankar
d. V Nadiu

S-c

E- • The second edition of annual Paris Peace Forum was held at la Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, France from 11 to 13 November 2019. It included a two-day event of debate sessions aimed at finding global solutions for global issues. • More than 30 heads of state and government attended the forum and India was represented by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. • Paris Peace Forum is an international event on global governance issues and multilateralism, held annually in Paris, France.

13. Which country will host Shanghai Summit's Heads Of Government Council Meet In 2020?

a. Russia
b. China
c. India
d. Pakistan

S-c

E- India will host the 19th council of heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation next year, the first such high level meeting of the eight-member grouping to be organised by New Delhi after its admission into the grouping in 2017. The SCO is a China-led eight-member economic and security bloc in which India and Pakistan were admitted as full members in 2017. Its founding members included China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh represented India at the summit in Tashkent.

14. The man who helped clean up India's elections recently passed away. Who was he?

a. TN Seshan
b. AT Seshan
c. MT Seshan
d. NM Seshan

S-a

E- TN Seshan, an IAS officer of 1955 batch from Tamil Nadu cadre, managed to stamp his authority on the country's electoral system during his term as the country's 10th Chief Election Commissioner from 1990 to 1996. Born on December 15, 1932 in Palakkad, in then Madras Presidency, now in Kerala, his full name was Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan. TN Seshan brought back faith in the Indian electoral system at a time when Indian elections were synonymous with booth rigging and misuse of government machinery.

15. When will China’s first mission to Mars take off?

a. 2020
b. 2021
c. 2022
d. 2023

S: a

E: China successfully completed a crucial landing test in northern Hebei province ahead of a historic unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year. In 2016, China officially began the Mars exploration mission work, and currently all of the different development work is progressing smoothly. As scheduled, China's first Mars exploration mission will take place in 2020. China has developed the powerful Long March 5 rocket to transport the probe to Mars in 2020.