Current Affairs

December 9, 2018

1. Which state has become the first state in India to create a fund for high-

end technology and innovation named ‘Science & Technology Innovation

(STI) Fund’ and has approved 50-crore rupees for the fund?

(a) Kerala

(b) Telangana

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Gujarat

ANS: (d) Gujarat

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2. 175th Meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies

(OPEC) Conference held in

(a) Doha, Qatar

(b) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(c) Vienna, Austria

(d) Melbourne, Australia

ANS: (c) Vienna, Austria

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3. Who was appointed as the President of Organization of Petroleum

Exporting Companies (OPEC) Conference for 1 year with effect from

January 1, 2019?

(a) Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernandez

(b) Mustapha Guitouni

(c) Agustin Mba Okomo

(d) Etienne Lepoukou

ANS: (a) Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernandez

Hint:

Manuel Salvador Quevedo Fernandez- People’s Minister of Petroleum of

the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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4. Which country tops in road deaths with 1.51 lakh road deaths in 2016,

according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety?

(a) United States

(b) India

(c) China

(d) South Korea

ANS: (b) India

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5. Which country has become the first country to abolish all fares on public

transport by 2019?

(a) Luxembourg

(b) Monaco

(c) Ireland

(d) Japan

ANS: (a) Luxembourg

Hint:

The move of free public transport was done to enhance the traffic

congestion scenario in Luxembourg City.

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6. The world’s largest Arabic audio library launched in

(a) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

(b) Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

(c) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

(d) Muscat, Oman

ANS: (b) Dubai, United

Arab Emirates (UAE)

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7. Which country became the world’s leading exporter of Liquified Natural

Gas (LNG) for the first time?

(a) Qatar

(b) United States of America

(c) Iran

(d) Australia

ANS: (d) Australia

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8. How many Indians featured in the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women

of 2018 released by Forbes?

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

ANS: (d) 4

Hint:

Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Priyanka Chopra,

Shobhana Bhartia.

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9. Name the Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize-winner who was honored by

Harvard University in the United States for her work in promoting girls’

education.

(a) Asma Jahangir

(b) Malala Yousafzai

(c) Sabeen Mahmud

(d) Farzana Bari

ANS: (b) Malala Yousafzai

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10. Name the person who is the most followed world leader on Instagram,

according to the Twiplomacy study 2018, conducted by Burson-Marsteller,

an international public relations and communications firm?

(a) Donald Trump

(b) Narendra Modi

(c) Joko Widodo

(d) Pope Francis

ANS: (b) Narendra Modi

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11. Who was appointed as Chief Economic Advisor for a period of 3 years

recently?

(a) Ravi Shankar A S

(b) Krishnamurthy Subramanian

(c) Leena Thomas

(d) Manish Chauhan

ANS: (b) Krishnamurthy Subramanian

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12. Name the cricketer who set a new record of having the most double tons

in Ranji Trophy history

(a) Paras Dogra

(b) Aditya Kaushik

(c) Wasim Jaffer

(d) Atul Parikhar

ANS:(a) Paras Dogra

Hint:

Dogra, a 34-year-old batsman who currently plays for Puducherry, set a new

record of having the most double tons in Ranji Trophy history (8)

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13. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Council has approved

India’s proposal to observe which year as International Year of Millets?

(a) 2019

(b) 2020

(c) 2022

(d) 2023

ANS: (d) 2023

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14. Indian Navy celebrates Submarine Day on

(a) December 5

(b) December 6

(c) December 7

(d) December 8

ANS: (d) December 8

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