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Current Affairs Quiz for NIACL AO Mains
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Q1. Who among the following beat world number 3, Simona Halep to win the Qatar Open?
(a) Anna Chakvetadze
(b) Venus Williams
(c) Maria Sharapova
(d) Serena Williams
(e) Elise Merten
Q2. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a pan-India emergency number _________ in New Delhi.
(a) 108
(b) 112
(c) 101
(d) 911
(e) 118
Q3. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani recently unveiled the first Iranian made semi-heavy submarine. Name the submarine.
(a) Dorna
(b) Kowsar
(c) Tofan
(d) Fateh
(e) Panha
Q4. Name the first walking robot to have navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping.
(a) AntBot
(b) SpiderBot
(c) Beebot
(d) GoatBot
(e) CowBot
Q5. Which of the following NGO won the Laureus Sports for Good Award?
(a) Milap
(b) Pahal
(c) Laxmi
(d) Yuwa
(e) Bachpan
Q6. In which of the following city union culture minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated India’s very first ‘Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Chennai
(c) Kolkata
(d) Pune
(e) Ahmadabad
Q7. Who among the following was awarded the Maharashtra State Government’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award?
(a) Rajkumar Hirani
(b) Salman Khan
(c) Mithali Raj
(d) Virat Kohli
(e) Smriti Mandhana
Q8. Which of the following state’s Legislative Assembly passed the bills to end the minimum education criterion for panchayat and civic polls candidates?
(a) Sikkim
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Gujarat
(d) Haryana
(e) Punjab
Q9. Which of the following city hosted the 40th International Annual Desert Festival?
(a) Bikaner
(b) Alwar
(c) Jaisalmer
(d) Jaipur
(e) Udaipur
Q10. 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 was held at _____________.
(a) Sonipat, Haryana
(b) Jaipur, Rajasthan
(c) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
(d) Gangtok, Sikkim
(e) Ludhiana, Punjab
Solutions
Ans.1.(e)
Exp.Elise Merten, world number 21 from Belgium beat world number 3, Simona Halep to win the Qatar Open held in Doha, Qatar. This is her first WTA Premier-level crown and fifth title of her overall career.
Ans.2.(b)
Exp. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a range of citizen safety initiatives in New Delhi. It included the Emergency Response number 112. Persons in distress can dial a pan-India number: 112.
Ans.3.(d)
Exp. Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled the first Iranian made semi-heavy submarine named ‘Fateh’ (‘Conqueror’ in Persian), capable of being fitted with missiles, as per the reporting on Iran’s state TV.
Ans.4.(a)
Exp. AntBot is the first walking robot to have navigational capabilities without GPS or mapping. It has been designed by Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille University researchers at ISM, on lines similar to desert ants who use polarised lights and UV radiation to navigate in space.
Ans.5.(d)
Exp. Jharkhand based NGO Yuwa won the Laureus Sports for Good Award. Yuwa works for girl empowerment and became the third Indian entry to receive this honour.
Ans.6.(c)
Exp. Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma inaugurated India’s very first ‘Fulldome 3D Digital Theatre’ at the Science City in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is fully funded by the Ministry of Culture at a cost of Rs 20 crore.
Ans.7.(e)
Exp. Mallakhamb coach, Uday Deshpande, and batswoman, Smriti Mandhana, were awarded the Maharashtra State Government’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award by the State’s Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao at an event held at the Gateway of India, Mumbai.
Ans.8.(b)
Exp. The Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan passed the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and the Rajasthan Municipality (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to end the minimum education criterion for panchayat and civic polls candidates.
Ans.9.(c)
Exp. The 40th International Annual Desert Festival held on the sand dune in Jaisalmer with thousands of tourists participating in the colourful event.
Ans.10.(a)
Exp. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh, inaugurated the 4th Agri Leadership Summit 2019 at the India International Horticulture Market (IIHM) in Ganaur, Sonipat district, Haryana.
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