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Q1. Which country decided to withdraw from Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January 2019?
(a) Qatar
(b) Indonesia
(c) Iran
(d) Israel
(e) None of these
Q2. Name the Indian cricketer who recently announced retirement from all forms of cricket?
(a) Gautam Gambhir
(b) MS Dhoni
(c) Rohit Sharma
(d) Suresh Raina
(e) None of these
Q3. India’s heaviest satellite GSAT 11 was launched recently by ISRO. GSAT 11 belongs to which category of satellites?
(a) Communication satellite
(b) Remote Sensing Satellite
(c) Earth observation satellites
(d)Navigation system satellites
(e) None of these
Q4. Which leader was recently stripped off the Freedom of Paris award?
(a) US President Donald Trump
(b) Maldives President Abdulla Yameen
(c) Saudi Arabia prince Mohammed bin Salman
(d) Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi
(e) None of these
Q5. Which nation will Chair the Kimberley Process from January 2019?
(a) Poland
(b) France
(c) UK
(d) India
(e) None of these
Q6. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been sworn in as 58th President of which nation?
(a) Spain
(b) Mexico
(c) Egypt
(d) Poland
(e) None of these
Q7. Which state announced a new initiative ‘PEETHA’ to publicise government schemes?
(a) Bihar
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Odisha
(d) AndhraPradesh
(e) None of these
Q8. Which country is the biggest exporter of Liquefied Natural Gas in the world?
(a) Qatar
(b) Russia
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) UAE
(e) None of these
Q9. The 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (CoP) was held in which country?
(a) Austria
(b) Denmark
(c) Poland
(d) Fiji
(e) None of these
Q10. Who among the following footballers has won the 2018 Ballon d’Or honour?
(a) Luka Modric
(b) Cristiano Ronaldo
(c) Lionel Messi
(d) Kylian M bappe
(e) None of these
Solutions
Ans.1.(a)
Exp.Qatar’s Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi on December 3, 2018 announced that the country will withdraw from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in January 2019. This decision to quit OPEC was confirmed by Qatar Petroleum, the state oil company.
Ans.2.(a)
Exp.After over 15 years of successful career in Indian cricket, Indian Opener Gautam Gambhir on December 4, 2018 announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Gautam Gambhir was one of the most complete batsmen who opened well in all three forms of the game – Test matches, ODIs and T20s.
Ans.3.(a)
Exp.India’s heaviest and most-advanced communication satellite GSAT-11, also called the “Big Bird”, was successfully launched into space on December 5, 2018 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The satellite will help provide satellite-based internet to remote places where cable-based internet cannot reach.
Ans.4.(d)
Exp.Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel peace laureate & Myanmar leader, was stripped of Freedom of Paris award over her failure to speak out against a crackdown on Myanmar’s Rohingya minority. The move follows similar decisions by Glasgow, Edinburgh and Oxford.
Ans.5.(d)
Exp.India was handed the Chairmanship of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) by the European Union during the KPCS Plenary 2018, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, from November 12-16, 2018. India will take over the role from January 1, 2019.
Ans.6.(b)
Exp.Veteran leftist leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been sworn in as the 58th President of Mexico. Obrador won a landslide victory in the July 1 Presidential Elections, the biggest win for any president and the first for a leftist since Mexico transitioned to multi-party democracy in 2000.
Ans.7.(c)
Exp.Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik recently announced a new initiative ‘PEETHA’ to create awareness about various government schemes and improve transparency. It also aims at improving transparency in the distribution of individual and social benefits. The acronym ‘PEETHA’ stands for Peoples Empowerment Enabling Transparency and Accountability.
Ans.8.(a)
Exp.Qatar’s pure strength is the production of Gas. Qatar is the world’s biggest supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), producing almost 30 percent of the world total. Qatar also shares the world’s largest known natural gas field, the ‘North Field’ with Iran.
Ans.9.(c)
Exp.The 24th meeting of Conference of Parties (COP24) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began on December 3, 2018 at Katowice, Poland.
Ans.10.(a)
Exp.Croatianmidfielder and Captain Luka Modric has won the 2018 Ballon d’Or. The 33-yearold has become the first player other than Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo orArgentina’s Lionel Messi to claim the award in more than a decade. This year,Ronaldo came second behind Modric, while Messi finished fifth.
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