Current Affairs Quiz Set 114

1. How many Olympic quotas did India win in shooting?

a. 15
b. 11
c. 13
d. 14

S-a

E- India bagged an unprecedented 15 Olympic quotas in shooting after AngadVir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmad Khan s 1-2 finish in skeet and teenager AishwaryPratap Singh Tomar s bronze at the Asian Championship in Doha. There was a shoot-off for the gold medal and Bajwa prevailed 6-5 against his compatriot after both were tied on 56. This is the first time that Indian skeet shooters won both gold and silver in the Asian Championships. This is India s best-ever Olympic quota haul, easily surpassing the 12 at the 2016 Rio Games and 11 in London in 2012.

2. Who among the following has jumped 88 places after record six-wicket haul?

a. JaspritBumrah
b. Deepak Chahar
c. Rashid Khan
d. Mitchell Santer

S-b

E- Deepak Chahar, who forged a world record of registering the best-ever bowling figures (6/7) in T20I history against Bangladesh, has catapulted himself by 88 spots to move to 42nd in the bowlers list of ICC T20I rankings. While Afghanistan s Rashid Khan tops the list, New Zealand s Mitchell Santner is just behind him on second position — his best position since he topped the table in January 2018. The latest update includes the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, the series between Australia and Pakistan, between New Zealand and England, as well as the one between India and Bangladesh.

3. Who among the following has been Appointed as the Head Coach Of India s U-17 Women s World Cup Team?

a. Thomas Michael
b. Thomas Dobry
c. Thomas Dennerby
d. Thomas Mathew

S-c

E- Sweden s Thomas Dennerby was appointed head coach of the Indian women s team for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, bringing with him plenty of success he had tasted with various national squads. The 60-year-old UEFA Pro Diploma holder comes with a rich coaching experience of 30 years in which he guided Sweden women s national team to a third-place finish in the FIFA World Cup in 2011, and a quarterfinal spot in the 2012 London Olympics.

4. Which country has recently passed a bill legalising voluntary euthanasia and a final decision on assisted dying will be decided by a referendum in next year s general election?

a. New Zealand
b. Iceland
c. Ireland
d. United Kingdom

S-a

E- New Zealand Parliament has passed a bill legalising voluntary euthanasia and a final decision on assisted dying will be decided by a referendum in next year s general election. Members of the Parliament went through conscience voting 69 to 51 in favour of the euthanasia bill, which allows terminally ill adults to request assisted dying. The euthanasia bill, or End of Life Choice Bill, sponsored by Act Party leader David Seymour, was introduced to the New Zealand parliament in June 2017. The bill received a record of 39,000 submissions from the New Zealand public.

5. How much did India receive from Green Climate Fund to boost climate resilience in 3 coastal states?

a. USD 43 Million
b. USD 40 Million
c. USD 39 Million
d. USD 30 Million

S:a

E- In a move that may positively impact over 10 million people living on the coastline, India kicked-off a USD 43 million project to boost climate resilience in three coastal states in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The project is funded by the Green Climate Fund, established within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to assist developing countries. The six-year project will build climate-resilient livelihoods for 1.7 million people in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha, offset 3.5 million tonnes of carbon, protect vulnerable ecosystems, and benefit another 10 million people with improved shoreline protection. The project will work with communities in restoring ecosystems and promoting climate-resilient livelihood options, such as the sustainable farming of mud crabs.

6. Which state has launchedvirtual classroom project connecting 500 secondary schools?

a. Uttrakhand
b. Punjab
c. Haryana
d. Uttar Pradesh

S: a

E: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched a project that will connect 500 secondary schools to virtual classrooms and said that schools in the state facing a shortage of teachers will benefit from the new technology. Virtual classes are attended through video conferences where students can meet the teacher on a real-time basis and ask questions. Around 1.90 Lakh students to get benefited with the programme Initially, 150 schools have been connected with the project, which works on two-way seamless interactivity, and the remaining 350 will be linked with it over the next 15 days.

7. SAANS campaign is related to which of the following diseases?

a. Pneumonia
b. Swine Flu
c. Tuberculosis
d. Influenza

S: a

E: The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment of a Special Window fund to provide priority debt financing for the completion of stalled housing projects that are in the Affordable and Middle-Income Housing sector. For the purposes of the fund, the government shall act as the Sponsor and the total commitment to be infused by the Government would be upto INR 10,000 crore. The fund will be set up as a Category-11 AIF (Alternate Investment Fund) debt fund registered with SEBI and would be professionally run. For the first AIF under the Special Window, it is proposed that SBICAP Ventures Limited shall be engaged to be the Investment Manager. This fund would in turn would provide relief to developers that require funding to complete a set of unfinished projects and consequently ensure delivery of homes to the home-buyers.

8. Which of the following is the short documentary film on Water Conservation?

a. SHIKHAR SE PUKHAR
b. PANI BACHAO
c. JAL KO PUKHAR
d. JAL HAI JEEVAN

S: a

E: Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat released a short documentary film on Water Conservation named SHIKHAR SE PUKAR in New Delhi. The film JalshaktiAbhiyan and is based on the Journey of an IAS Officer Ravindra Kumar, who climbed Everest this year to attract the attention of people from the top of the Everest on the serious issue of Water Conservation and stopping Water Pollution. The significance of Himalaya as the primary source of water needs of India by means of the river. It picturizes the difficulties and challenges of climbing the highest peak in the world.

9. Which of the following released booklet on how to tackle problems of underweight, obesity and anaemia among children?

a. UNICEF
b. FSSAI
c. WHO
d. FAO

S: a

E: UNICEF released a booklet on how to tackle problems of underweight, obesity and anaemia among children. From uttapam to sprouted dal parantha - a book by UNICEF tells how to tackle problems of underweight, obesity and anaemia among children by consuming nutritious food that costs less than ₹20. The book has been based on the findings of the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey 2016-18 which found that 35 per cent of children under five are stunted, 17 per cent are wasted and 33 per cent are underweight.

10. Which of the following countries has sent the maximum number of students to the United States in 2018-19?

a. India
b. China
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Canada

S: b

E- The 2019 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange said the number of foreign students in the US set an all-time high in the 2018/19 academic year, the fourth consecutive year with more than one million international students. The data from the US Department of Commerce stated that international students contributed USD 44.7 billion to the US economy in 2018, an increase of 5.5 per cent from the previous year. For the tenth consecutive year, China has remained the largest source of international students in the US in 2018-19 with 369,548 students and India with 202,014 students sends second largest number of foreign students to the United States.

11. Which of the following countries is the most popular foreign destination for the US s students?

a. Spain
b. France
c. Germany
d. United Kingdom

S: d

E- European countries remain the most popular destinations for US study abroad students with 54.9 per cent of study abroad students going to Europe in 2017/18. The United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, France, and Germany hosted the most US study abroad students.

12. Where was AalmiTablighiIjtima held?

a. Pune
b. Mumbai
c. Hyderabad
d. Bhopal

S: d

E- In Madhya Pradesh, the four-day AalmiTablighiIjtima, world s biggest Islamic Congregation began in Bhopal. It is a forum for delivering some important religious-spiritual messages to Muslims around the world. Ijtima started in the era of Nawabs in Bhopal and now it has become the identity of Bhopal worldwide. The first AlamiTablighiIjtima took place in Bhopal in 1944 and only 14 people attended it then. Now the number has increased to millions.

13. Operation Easy of Indian army is related to which of the following?

a. Kathua
b. Rajouri
c. Poonch
d. Reasi

S: c

E: The Operation Easy was conducted by Indian Army in 1948 to defend the border district from the invading Pakistani raiders. Poonch withstood a siege by the Pakistanis from November 1947 till relieved by the Indian Army. The day marks the historic link up carried out by Brigadier Pritam Singh s forces with Brigadier Yadunath s forces from Rajouri at Danna KaPir on 21 November 1948. The White Knight Corps and the Awaam (people) of Poonch thus celebrates the historic Poonch Link Up Day with gaiety and fervour every year. A slew of events were conducted in run up to the historic day.

14. Consider the following for India s first indigenously built Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS).

I. It is the world s longest range gun system in its class.
II. It is a 155 mm and 52 calibre howitzer.

a. Only I
b. Only II
c. Both I & II
d. None of the above

S: c

E: India s first indigenously built Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) with automated ammunition handling facility will be inducted in the Army soon. The 155 mm and 52 calibre howitzer is the world s longest range gun system in its class. The gun has cleared all developmental tests successfully and will be inducted in the Armed Forces after a couple of more trials. Developed by Armament Research and Development Establishment of DRDO in a consortium model, the ATAGS comes with six round automated magazine capable of firing in 30 seconds.

15. Which of the following is India s highest ranked city on the Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index?

a. Bangalore
b. Delhi
c. Pune
d. Mumbai

S-a

E- Bangalore emerged as India s highest-ranked city at No. 83 in a new index of the world s 113 cities in terms of economic and social inclusivity in the first-ever Prosperity & Inclusion City Seal and Awards (PICSA) Index. It was released in the Basque Country capital of Bilbao in northern Spain, is designed to showcase not only the quantity of economic growth of a city but also its quality and distribution across populations. The index is topped by Zurich in Switzerland.