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Current Affairs Dec-2019

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1. Which city is to organize the international conference on Landslides risk reduction and resilience ?

A
New Delhi

B
Kolkata

C
Mumbai

D
Chennai

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Correct Answer : A [New Delhi]

Explaination : [na]

2. Which state topped the list of states for crime against children according to CRY report ?

A
Maharashtra

B
West Bengal

C
Bihar

D
Uttar Pradesh

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Correct Answer : D [Uttar Pradesh]

Explaination : [na]

3. Who won the gold in compound mixed pair event at the 21st Asian archery championship ?

A
Jyothi and Rajat Chauhan

B
Abhishek Verma and V Jyothi Surekha

C
Mohan Bhardwaj and Muskan

D
Yi-Hsuan Chen and Chieh-Luh

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Correct Answer : B [Abhishek Verma and V Jyothi Surekha]

Explaination : [na]

4. Election Commission of India (ECI) has recognized Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) as state party of which state ?

A
Haryana

B
Jharkhand

C
Maharashtra

D
Odisha

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Correct Answer : A [Haryana]

Explaination : [The Election Commission of India (ECI) has recently recognized the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) as state party of Haryana and alloted the symbol of “key” for the party. The decision in this regard was taken on the basis of the poll performance of the party in the recent 2019 Assembly elections in Haryana. The JJP was formed in December 2018 by a breakaway faction of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) & won 10 seats in the recently-held Haryana Assembly elections and formed the government with the BJP.]

5. Yasuhiro Nakasone, who passed away recently, was the former PM of which country ?

A
North Korea

B
China

C
South Korea

D
Japan

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Correct Answer : D [Japan]

Explaination : [In Japan, Yasuhiro Nakasone (101) has passed away at Tokyo on 29th November 2019. He was one of the longest-reigning Prime Ministers and known for his friendship with Ronald Reagan. He also broke an unwritten rule on limiting the annual defence budget to 1% of Gross National Product (GNP). In 1983, he became the first Japanese Premier to officially visit South Korea & mended fences with a country that Japan had brutally colonized from 1910 to 1945.]

6. Angad Vir Singh Bajwa is associated to which sports ?

A
Chess

B
Cricket

C
Boxing

D
Shooting

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Correct Answer : D [Shooting]

Explaination : [In shooting, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa unofficially hit a world record score in the men’s skeet final at the 63rd National Shooting Championships for Shotgun events in New Delhi on 29th November 2019. He defeated his senior and fellow Tokyo 2020 quota winner Mairaj Ahmad Khan of Uttar Pradesh. He also equalled a record he jointly holds with skeet legend Vincent Hancock and two others.]

7. Who has become fastest man to reach 7,000 Test runs ?

A
Virat Kohli

B
Rohit Sharma

C
Steve Smith

D
Aaron Finch

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Correct Answer : C [Steve Smith]

Explaination : [Steve Smith has become the fastest man to score 7,000 Test runs in the ongoing second Test against Pakistan. He broke English great Wally Hammond’s record that had stood since 1946. Smith also passed Bradman’s 6,996 Test runs. It took Smith 70 Tests to do so, while Bradman needed only 52.]

8. Noted theatre artiste Paramananda Sahu, who passed away recently, was from which state ?

A
Madhya Pradesh

B
Odisha

C
Uttar Pradesh

D
Rajasthan

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Correct Answer : B [Odisha]

Explaination : [Renowened theatre artiste of Odisha, Paramananda Sahu (72) has passed away in Balasore on 30th of November . He had directed and acted in more than a hundred dramas, besides being an artiste in All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan.]

9. Who is the author of the book “The Legacy of Militancy in Punjab: Long Road to Normalcy” ?

A
Dona Suri

B
Vikram Seth

C
Arundhati Roy

D
Vani Kaushal

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Correct Answer : A [Dona Suri]

Explaination : [The book titled “The Legacy of Militancy in Punjab: Long Road to Normalcy” have been authored by civil rights activist Inderjit Singh Jaijee and journalist Dona Suri. The book provide details how militancy in Punjab affected judiciary by delaying trials, how it influenced the popular culture and how the youth today are still responding to conditions in the northern state. It also aims at holding up a mirror to developments in post-militancy Punjab regarding politics, government policies, and functioning of police and courts among other things.]

10. Schistura syngkai is the scientific name of which type of species ?

A
Elephant

B
Fish

C
Frog

D
Tortoise

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Correct Answer : B [Fish]

Explaination : [The fish species, that has a scientific name Schistura syngkai, has been discovered in West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya. It was discovered at Twahdidoh stream (a tributary of Wahblei river) by a team of scientists led by Prof Khlur Mukhim of Shillong’s Lady Keane College. Both sexes of the fish have golden-brown bodies with blackish lateral stripes and slightly emarginate tail fins. Earlier, Mukhim had discovered a blind fish species that lives 1,600 feet inside a limestone cave in East Jaintia Hills district of the state.]

11. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, who has been chosen for the 55th Jnanpith Award, is associated to which language ?

A
Kannada

B
Tamil

C
Malayalam

D
Telugu

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Correct Answer : C [Malayalam]

Explaination : [Eminent Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri has been chosen as the recipient of the 55th Jnanpith Award for the year 2019. Born in 1926, Akkitham is one of the most revered names in Malayalam poetry. Apart from poetry, his literary excellence has footprints in genres like drama, reminiscence, critical essays, children literature, short stories and translation. He has authored 55 books out of which 45 are collections of poems including “Khanda Kavyas”, “Katha Kavyas”, “Charitha Kavyas” and songs. His works have also been translated into many Indian and foreign languages.]

12. The first-ever International Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience” was held in which city ?

A
Geneva

B
London

C
Paris

D
New Delhi

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Correct Answer : D [New Delhi]

Explaination : [Minister of State for Home Affairs, G Kishan Reddy inaugurated the first-ever International Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience” in New Delhi. This first-of-its-kind conference aims to bring together all the stakeholders including relevant Ministries and experts to discuss, debate and disseminate information, experiences and innovations for landslides risk reduction and resilience at national and international levels.]

13. Who has been appointed as chairman of microfinance panel of the Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) ?

A
H R Khan

B
R Gandhi

C
Mahesh Kumar Jain

D
Anand Sinha

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Correct Answer : A [H R Khan]

Explaination : [Former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), H R Khan has been appointed as the first chairman of the steering committee of the Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) in micro-credit. The CRL is a self-regulatory step for the micro-credit industry making diverse entities like banks, NBFC-MFIs and NBFCs adhere to standards of customer protection.]

14. 50th International Film Festival of India was recently concluded in which city ?

A
Mumbai

C
New Delhi

D
Chennai

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Correct Answer : B [Goa]

Explaination : [The Golden Jubilee Edition of International Film Festival of India, IFFI, culminated in Goa. The festival saw screening of 300 films of various languages from India and abroad for delegates from different parts of the world.The IFFI was awarded the ICFT-UNESCO Fellini medal at the closing ceremony which was received by Information and Broadcasting Secretary Amit Khare and Director of festivals Chaitanya Prasad. Governor of Goa Satyapal Malik, Chief Minister of Goa Dr. Pramod Sawant, Union minister Babul Supriyo and others were present on the occasion.]

15. Which city organized the 47th All India Police Science Congress ?

A
Kolkata

B
Gurugram

C
Lucknow

D
Pune

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Correct Answer : C [Lucknow]

Explaination : [A 2-day All India Police Science Congress (AIPSC) has started at Lucknow on November 28. It is the 47th session of the AIPSC. The objective of this programme is to focus on various issues related to the police. It has five related topics on challenges in policing. Uttar Pradesh is hosting AIPSC after 22 years. Chief of the event was former IPS and Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi.]

16. Researchers of which country have recently discovered a massive black hole in the Milky Way ?

A
India

B
China

D
Russia

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Correct Answer : B [China]

Explaination : [Researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of China have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way. The black hole is so huge that it challenged the existing models of the evolution of stars. The black hole was discovered by an international team of scientists using China’s sophisticated Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) telescope. The black hole, LB-1, is located 15,000 light-years away from Earth.]

17. Who was awarded 2019 Karmaveer Chakra by iCONGO and United Nations ?

A
Manjeet Singh

B
Rahul Adhikari

C
Aman Desai

D
Sachin Tanwar

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Correct Answer : B [Rahul Adhikari]

Explaination : [2019 Gold-Medalist from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R) & founder of International Changemaker Olympiad Rahul Adhikari, was conferred with 2019 Karmaveer Chakra Award REX Karmaveer Global Fellowship at the REX CONCLiVE held in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The award was given for his contribution in the education sector.]

18. Bala Singh, who recently passed away, was a famous personality of which profession ?

A
Actor

B
Novelist

C
Singer

D
Sculptor

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Correct Answer : A [Actor]

Explaination : [Veteran Tamil actor and theatre artist Bala Singh passed away at the age of 67 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu due to illness. Bala, an alumnus of National School of Drama (NSD) started his career as a theatre artiste. He rose to fame in actor Nasser’s Avatharam(1995), where he played the role of a villain. It was also his debut film.]

19. Who is the author of ‘Garam Pahad’ ?

A
Namdev Tarachandani

B
Moti Prakash

C
Anita Bhatnagar Jain

D
Fahmida Hussain

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Correct Answer : C [Anita Bhatnagar Jain]

Explaination : [Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has launched 3 books for children namely Kumbh, Garam Pahad and Dilli ki Bulbul (Sindhi edition)in New Delhi. The 3 books, penned by Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Jain (an officer of Indian Administrative Services (1985 batch), are a collection of stories for children and have documented the environmental issues & topics like socio-cultural unity, cultural heritage along with the message of save environment in a very lucid manner.]

20. Which IIT has joined hands with the National Council of Science Museums to develop ‘Gandhipedia’ ?

A
IIT Kharagpur

B
IIT Delhi

C
IIT Madras

D
IIT Bombay

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Correct Answer : A [IIT Kharagpur]

Explaination : [Two IITs and the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) have joined hands to develop Gandhipedia, an online repository of books, letters and speeches written by Mahatma Gandhi, to commemorate his 150th birth anniversary.The entire project will be done with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In the first phase, over 40 books written by Mahatma Gandhi will be digitised and indexed and their portions tweeted. IIT Gandhinagar is also a part of the project along with IIT Kharagpur and NSCM, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Culture.]