29,January, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
29,January,
2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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As per the
latest report of World Steel Association, which is the world's second-largest
steel producing country?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
India has
replaced Japan as the world's second-largest steel producing country, only
behind China, which is the largest producer of crude steel accounting for
more than 51 per cent of production, as per the latest report by World Steel
Association. The other nations in the list of top 10 steel producing
countries include the United States, which is at the 4th position as the
country produced 86.7 MT of crude steel in 2018, followed by South Korea at
the 5th place with 72.5 MT of crude steel, Russia at 6th with 71.7 MT,
Germany at 7th with 42.4 MT, Turkey at 8th with 37.3 MT, Brazil at 9th with
34.7 MT and Iran at the 10th position with 25 MT crude steel in 2018.
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Who became the
first woman to perform bike stunts as part of daredevils, during Republic Day
celebrations of India?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
India Celebrated
its 70th Republic Day. Capt Shikha Surabhi from the Corps of Signals became
the first woman to perform bike stunts, alongside her male teammates as part
of daredevils. For First Time,IAF Flies Plane Using Blend Of Jet Fuel And
Biofuel During Republic Day Parade.
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3.
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Which railway
zone has bagged No.1 position for cleanliness in India?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Southern
Railway has bagged the number one position for cleanliness in the country.
This achievement was under the category of other than Premium Category trains
in the recent Trains Cleanliness Survey conducted by IRCTC on all India
level. During the year 2018, Southern Railway's gross earnings also stood at
more than Rs six thousand crores rupees which is almost 10% higher than the
last year earnings. To cater to the growing demands of passengers, Southern
Railway has also introduced 54 trains over past four years.
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4.
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Who has won
the 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Jayant Kaikini,
renowned Kannada poet short-story writer, columnist and playwright and
lyricist, has won the prestigious 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
for 'No Presents Please: Mumbai Stories' at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary
Meet. The novel is a collection of short stories set in Mumbai dating back to
the 1980s. It offers a fine-grained, ground-up view of arguably India's
greatest metropolis. The book was originally written in the southern Indian
language of Kannada and translated into English by the award-winning
translator Tejaswini Niranjana. The $25,000 (£19,100) prize rewards the best
writing about south Asian culture from writers of any ethnicity and from all
over the world, will be split equally between author and translator. It will
be split equally between author and translator.
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India signed
the phytosanitary protocol with which country to facilitate the export of
Indian tobacco?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
A protocol was
signed between India's Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan and Zhang Jiwen, Vice
Minister of General Administration of China Customs (GACC) accountable for
examining market access and quarantine issues for India's agriculture and
allied products. Mr. Wadhawan was on a two-day visit to Beijing, China where
his efforts with Chinese officials facilitated for the tobacco export to
China. The revival of the phyto-sanitary protocol with China will turn
economically better for the farmers and also ameliorate Indian tobacco
exports as China is the largest consumer and producer of tobacco with over
350 million smokers (world's highest).
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6.
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Who had
launched the 2020 Presidential bid?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Indian-origin US
Senator Kamala Harris launched her 2020 presidential bid. In a scathing
criticism of President Donald Trump's policies. The US is at an inflection
point in the history due to the attack on democracy like never before.
Addressing a cheering crowd in downtown Oakland, she said free press has been
bullied and attacked, and democratic institutions undermined under the
current leadership. Harris also slammed Trump's policies at the border, and
his decision to shut down the government. She denounced his plan to build a
wall along the US-Mexico border as a medieval vanity project. A 54-year-old
Harris, who was elected to the Senate in 2016, announced her run for the
presidency last week. She has been voted on top of the list of Democratic leaders
aspiring to defeat Trump in the November 2020 election.
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7.
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Union Minister
for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stated that the GST on Haj reduced
from 18% to __________.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Union Minister
for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi stated that GST on Haj has been
reduced from 18% to 5% and this will significantly lower the airfare thus
saving Haj pilgrims' 113 crore rupees this year. Mr. Naqvi also stated that
for the first time since the independence 2,340 women from India will go on
2019 Haj without Mehram.
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8.
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Data Protection
Day was observed on;
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Council of
Europe had launched a Data Protection Day to be celebrated each year on 28
January, the date on which the Council of Europe's data protection
convention, known as "Convention 108", was opened to the signature.
Data Protection Day is now celebrated globally and is called Data Privacy Day
outside Europe. The data protection convention, which is the only
international treaty in this field, is being updated to ensure that its data
protection principles are still in line with today's needs.
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9.
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Indian
politician George Mathew Fernandes was passed away on January 29, 2019. He
was a former minister for which of the following department?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Former Defence
Minister George Fernandes passed away on January 29, 2019 following a
prolonged illness. He was 88. Fernandes was suffering from Alzheimer's
disease; and recently, he contracted swine flu. Fernandes held the portfolio
of the Union Defence Minister from 2001 to 2004 under the Atal Bihari
Vajpayee-led NDA government. He was born in Mangaluru in British India on
June 3, 1930.
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10.
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Ministry of
Textiles holds a National Conclave on Technical Textiles in __________.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Ministry of
Textiles will hold National Conclave on Technical Textiles on 29 January 2019
in Mumbai. The release of HSN codes for technical textiles will be one of the
major highlights of the conclave. Technical textiles are textile material and
products manufactured primarily for technical performance and functional
properties rather than aesthetic and decorative characteristics.
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Name the app
developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar to help the Visually
Impaired to recognise currency notes?.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Ropar, has developed an app Roshni that would
help the Visually Impaired to recognise currency notes. The app can recognise
both old and new notes and gives audio information as to which note you are
holding in your hands.This app was launched in Chandigarh. Roshni is the
first Android app,which recognise INR currency notes. The user have to bring
the currency note in front of phone camera and the App would give a audio
intimation about the currency note denomination. This app is now formed
enough to recognise Indian money of any denominations, whereas we can expect
its upgrade version in further even to identify the Indian coins as well as
foreign currency notes.. This app is bug free and is available in beta
version of the play store.
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12.
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Who becomes
1st Top-Ranked Windies Test All-Rounder in the International Cricket Council
Test Player?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Jason Holder
becomes the first player from the country in 45 years to top the list of
all-rounders in the International Cricket Council Test Player Rankings after
slamming an unbeaten double-century that helped script a memorable 381-run
win over England in the first Test in Bridgetown. West Indies legend Gary
Sobers was at the top last in March 1974 and Holder now emulated him
following his 202 not out off 229 balls in the second innings in Bridgetown
which is the third highest score by a number eight batsman in Test history
after the Pakistan pair of Wasim Akram (257 not out) and Imtiaz Ahmed (209).
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13.
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Uttarakhand's
first tulip garden will be opened in which district?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Uttarakhand's
first tulip garden will come up over 50 hectares of forest land in Pithoragarh
district at a cost of Rs 50 crore. The state government has obtained the
Centre's nod for development of the garden. To be developed by the ONGC,
under its corporate social responsibility programme, the proposed tulip
garden will be the country's second after the one located in Srinagar
(J&K). It has been selected under the State Government's '13districts, 13
new destinations' scheme, to attract more tourists to the district.
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Who
inaugurated an Integrated Refinery Expansion Project Complex (IREP) in Kochi,
Kerala?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited's
Integrated Refinery Expansion Project Complex (IREP) in Kochi on 27 January
2019. IREP will be a modern expansion complex and will be equipped for
production of cleaner fuels for India. It will double the production of LPG
& diesel and commence production of feedstock for petrochemical projects.
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Who won the
New South Wales men's Amateur Golf Championship in Australia?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Kartik Sharma
from India has won the New South Wales men's Amateur Golf Championship in
Australia. Kartik notched up a magnificent win over Australia's Nathan
Barberie in the scheduled 36-hole final to emerge as champion. Kartik has
been playing for India since the age of 10 as part of the National Squad. He
had been selected to represent Indian Golf Union for three events in
Australia.
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Who has been
appointed as Regional Director for WHO SOUTH EAST Asia?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Dr. Poonam
Khetrapal Singh appointed Regional Director for World Health Organization
South-East Asia, for a second five-year term. Her second term of office will
begin on 1 February 2019. She is the first woman to become Regional Director
of WHO South-East Asia Region Previous year,Thailand became the first in
Asia-Pacific to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.
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Which country
will participate in the International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2021?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Programme for
International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial international survey
which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and
knowledge of 15-year-old students. India would be participating in the PISA
assessment in 2012. India participated in PISA 2009.
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Name the
mountaineer who was conferred the Padma Bhushan 2019 award?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
64-year-old
legendary mountaineer, Bachendri Pal, became the first Indian woman to reach
the summit of Mount Everest in 1984, was awarded the Padma Bhushan for
distinguished service of a high order by the Modi government.
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Who is the
author of the novel "Nireeshwaran" which won the best novel award
in the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award 2017, announced on 23rd January 2019?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Kerala Sahitya
Akademi Award 2017 was announced, Malayalam Novelist VJ James's, Novel
Nireeshwaran won the best novel award. V J James was born in Vazhapally,
Changanassery in Kottayam district of Kerala. His debut novel was
Purappadinte Pusthakam. Other Accolades he received:DC Silver Jubilee Award,
Malayattor Prize in 1999, Rotary Literary Award for Purappadinte Pusthakam,
Thoppil Ravi Award, Kerala Bhasha Institute Basheer Award (2015) for
Nireeshwaran.
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Who became the
first woman officer to lead an all-men Army contingent in the Republic Day
parade?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
On 26 January
2019, Lieutenant Bhavana Kasturi became the first woman officer to lead an
all-men Army contingent in the Republic Day parade. She led the Army Services
Corps contingent. An all-women contingent of the Assam Rifles was led by
Major Khushboo Kanwar. Captain Shikha Surbhi of the Army Signals Corps
performed a standing salute on a moving motorcycle.
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