19,November, 2018 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
19,November,
2018 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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The joint military exercise between India and Russia
EXERCISE INDRA 2018 was conducted in __________, Uttar Pradesh.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The joint military exercise between India and
Russia EXERCISE INDRA 2018 on combating insurgency under the aegis of United
Nations (UN) was conducted at Babina Military Station in Jhansi, Uttar
Pradesh. Company sized contingents of the 5th Army of the Russian Federation
and a Mechanised Infantry Battalion of India participated in the training
exercise. The aim of the exercise is to practice joint planning and conduct
to enhance interoperability of the two Armies in the peacekeeping/enforcement
environment under the aegis of the UN. This is the tenth series of Exercise
INDRA.
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2.
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India's Lakshya Sen won a __________ medal in the BWF
World junior badminton championship at Markham, Canada.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
India's Lakshya Sen won a bronze medal in the BWF
World junior badminton championship at Markham, Canada. He was defeated by
Thailand's Vitidsarn. Lakshya Sen, the 17-year-old from Almora, fought hard
before going down 22-20, 16-21, 13-21 in a match that went on for an hour and
11 minutes. Earlier this year he clinched the Asian Junior title.
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Who among the following bagged the Sumitra Charat Ram
Award for Lifetime Achievement, New Delhi?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
One of India's greatest sarod masters, Ustad
Amjad Ali Khan, was presented the 'Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Lifetime
Achievement' at the Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi, for his "immense
contribution to the enrichment and promotion of the Indian classical
music". The award was presented to him by former diplomat Lalit
Mansingh. Best known for his clear and fast 'ekhara taans', Khan was born in
1945 in Gwalior. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan (in 2001) and is among
the tallest Indian classical musicians.
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4.
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The name of the joint venture that was announced
between Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and S&P Dow Jones is?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Asia's oldest
bourse, is to snap ties with S&P Dow Jones. BSE plans to develop indices
through its in-house development team. S&P Dow Jones manages and operates
the benchmark Sensex. The two entities had announced a joint venture (JV)
named Asia Index in 2013. The JV is to provide an array of indices enabling global
and domestic investors to participate in South Asia's vibrant economies.
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5.
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The World Toilet Day is observed on 19th of November
with the theme of;
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The World Toilet Day is organized around the
world on 19th of November. The day is about inspiring action to tackle the
global sanitation crisis. The theme for WTD 2018 is 'When Nature Calls'.
United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) aims to ensure
availability and sustainable management of sanitation and water for all by
2030.
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18 November was observed as the __________.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic
Victims (WDoR) is observed on the third Sunday of November each year. The
slogan for 2018 is 'Roads have Stories'. The World Day of Remembrance for
Road Traffic Victims was started by RoadPeace in 1993.
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7.
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Which of the following introduced an Online Open
Learning training platform KOOL to train teachers, students and the general
public, recently?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for
Education (KITE) has rolled out- KOOL, its Online Open Learning training
platform. The platform can be used to train teachers, students and the
general public. With the state's schools going Hi-Tech, requiring teachers
and students to be trained on different domains simultaneously, it was
decided to launch KOOL. KOOL has been designed in a MOOC (Massive Open Online
Course) model.
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8.
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Who won gold in the 62nd National Shotgun championship
in Rajasthan?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Mohd. Asab and Ahvar Rizvi defeated Ankur Mittal,
the reigning World champion, and won the double trap gold and silver in the
62nd National Shotgun championship held at Jaipur, Rajasthan. Asab shot 134
to beat Ahvar by one point and Ankur shot 128.
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9.
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The Appointments Committee of UIDAI appointed whom as
the revenue secretary?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
appointed Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Ajay Bhushan
Pandey as the new revenue secretary. He will succeed current Finance and
Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia. Mr Adhia is retiring on November 30. Mr
Pandey will continue to hold the charge as the CEO of UIDAI and GSTN Chairman
until further orders. Pandey is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service
(IAS) officer of Maharashtra cadre.
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10.
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Thomas Kurian will head Google's cloud division. He was
the ex-product chief of this company.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Oracle's ex-product chief Thomas Kurian will head
Google's cloud division. He will replace Diane Greene. Kurian will join
Google Cloud on November 26 and transition into the leadership role in early
2019. Greene, who will remain a director on the Alphabet board, had joined
Google in December 2015 to run its cloud business.
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Which bank has launched a special campaign for opening
current account and savings accounts (CASA)?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Karnataka Bank has launched a special campaign
for opening current account and savings accounts (CASA). The campaign will
remain in force for a period of three-and-a-half months from November 15 to
February 28. It has been introduced as a new SB scheme 'KBL SB - TASC' a
specialized product for Trusts/Associates/Societies/Clubs. Bank intends to open
more than 4.18 lakh Current & Savings accounts by the active involvement
of its 8000 plus workforce in all the 823 branches across India.
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Ministry of AYUSH celebrated the first Naturopathy Day
throughout India on __________.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and
Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) celebrated the first Naturopathy
Day throughout India on 18th November 2018. Central Council for Research in
Yoga and Naturopathy, an autonomous body under AYUSH Ministry, organised
health camps, workshops and exhibitions in association with local naturopathy
centres and hospitals from 14th to 18th November 2018. AYUSH Minister Shripad
Yesso Naik inaugurated the first Naturopathy Day Programme in New Delhi. Over
1,000 Naturopathy specialist doctors from all over India participated in the
event organised by International Naturopathy Organisation (INO) along with
Ministry of AYUSH.
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Who was elected as the President of Association of
Surgeons of India (ASI)?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Eminent breast cancer surgeon Raghu Ram who is
also the director of KIMS Ushalakshmi centre for breast diseases has been
elected the President of Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) by defeating
Tamonas Chaudhuri from Kolkata. The result was declared at ASI Headquarter in
Chennai by Mr. Arvind Kumar who acted as the chief election officer. Raghu
Ram is a recipient of Padma Shri award and B.C. Roy National Award. ASI
regarded as "Voice of Surgery" in India is the largest surgical
Association of Asia Pacific Region.Americal College of Surgeons is the
largest surgical association of the world.
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Which country has built an 'artificial sun' that
reaches 6 times the temperature of Sun?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
China has built an 'artificial sun' that reaches
100 million °C, 6 times the temperature of Sun's core of 15 million °C. On
13th November 2018, scientists from China's Institute of Plasma Physics
announced that plasma in their Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
(EAST) also called the "artificial sun", reached 100 million °C,
the temperature required to perform nuclear fusion on Earth. The EAST reactor
has been designed to replicate processes happening at the Sun to turn
hydrogen into cost-effective green energy. EAST is 11 metres tall. It has a
diameter of 8 metres. It weighs nearly 360 tonnes. The record temperature was
achieved through various new techniques in heating and controlling the
plasma. But they were able to maintain the state for only about 10 seconds.
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Who was appointed as the new Brexit Secretary by
British Prime Minister Theresa May?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Stephen Barclay, Junior Health Minister who voted
to leave European Union in the 2016 referendum has been appointed as the new
Brexit Secretary by British Prime Minister Theresa May. Stephen Barclay
replaced Dominic Raab who resigned over Theresa May's draft plan for leaving
EU. Barclay will focus on domestic readiness for Brexit.
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Who will lead the pannel for resolving large bad loans
called as Sashakt India Asset Management?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Sunil Mehta, the chairman of a bankers' panel
working on the faster resolution of stressed assets in public sector banks,
had announced that an asset management company (AMC) for resolving large bad
loans has been formed and will be called as Sashakt India Asset Management.
The panel is now working towards identifying potential investors for an
alternate investment fund (AIF) which will fund the AMC.
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Name the person who was appointed the Lokayukta of West
Bengal for a period of three years.
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Retired Calcutta High Court judge Asim Kumar Roy
was appointed the Lokayukta of West Bengal for a period of three years. He
will be the second Lokayukta in the state succeeding Samaresh Banerjee, who
had served in the post between 2006 and 2009. Justice Roy is presently
serving as the chairperson of the West Bengal Clinical Establishment
Regulatory Commission.
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__________ won ATP World Tour finals in London
recently.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Alexander Zverev has won ATP World Tour finals in
London. Alexander Zverev defeated world number one Novak Djokovic in straight
sets to claim the season-ending ATP Finals and earn the biggest victory of
his career. Zverev also became the first player to beat both Djokovic and
Federer in the same ATP Finals. The 21-year-old Zverev became the youngest
champion of the season-ending event since Djokovic claimed the first of his
five titles a decade ago and the first from Germany since 1995.
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Asia's first woman neurosurgeon who passed away at the
age of 86 recently?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Dr. TS Kanaka, the continent's first woman
neurosurgeon, passed away after a brief illness at the age of 86. She was the
third woman neurosurgeon in the whole world. Born on March 31, 1932, and
raised in Chennai, she obtained her MBBS degree in December 1954, and Master
of Surgery in Neurosurgery in March 1968.
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Who of the following was conferred with Global
Education Leaders Award 2018?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Dr. Saroj Suman Gulati conferred with Global
Education Leaders Award 2018. She is the Director of Blue Bells Group of
Schools. She was awarded in recognition of her remarkable contribution to
'K-12 education and promotion of Art and Culture'. The award was conferred by
His Highness Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, member of the Cabinet and Minister
of State for Tolerance, United Arab Emirates.
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