GK & Current Affairs – November 10, 2015

1. First international film festival for the persons with disabilities (IFFPD) will be held in which city?
[A]Jaipur
[B]New Delhi
[C]Bangalore
[D]Panaji
Answer: New Delhi
From 1st to 3rd December 2015, first international film festival for the persons with disabilities (IFFPD) will be held in New Delhi. The festival will be organized to recognise the spirit of the persons with disabilities. The film festival would be organized by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment along-with National Films Development Corporation (NFDC).
2. Which of the following countries launched the satellite named Yaogan-28?
[A]South Korea
[B]North Korea
[C]Japan
[D]China
Answer: China
China launched Yaogan-28, a remote sensing satellite from Taiyuan launch site in Shanxi province. Long March-4B rocket carried the satellite into space. It will be used for land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief etc. China launched the first “Yaogan” series satellite, Yaogan-1, in 2006.
3. INDRA-2015, is the joint military exercise of India with which country?
[A]Britain
[B]France
[C]Russia
[D]USA
Answer: Russia
Indian and Russian armies are conducting the joint military exercise under the name INDRA-2015 in Bikaner of Rajasthan from 07 November to 20 November 2015. It is the seventh edition in a series of bilateral exercises under this name. The year, the joint exercise would focus on ‘Counter Terrorism Operations in Desert Terrain under a United Nations Mandate’.
4. Who ranked first in the Fortune India list of 50 most-powerful businesswomen for 2015?
[A]Chanda Kochhar
[B]Shikha Sharma
[C]Arundhati Bhattacharya
[D]Nishi Vasudeva
Answer: Arundhati Bhattacharya
According to Fortune India, SBI’s chief Arundhati Bhattacharya remained as the most powerful woman in the Indian business sector. She was followed by ICICI Bank’s Chanda Kochhar, Shikha Sharma of Axis Bank and HPCL chairperson and managing director (MD) Nishi Vasudeva.
5. Which country has been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 7th November, 2015?
[A]Guinea
[B]Liberia
[C]Sierra Leone
[D]Nigeria
Answer: Sierra Leone
World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Sierra Leone as Ebola free on 7th November after 18 months of first reported case in the country. Sierra Leone recorded its first Ebola infection in May 2014. It is one of the three worst effected countries due to Ebola virus. The other two are Liberia and Guinea. On September 3, Liberia achieved Ebola-free status. Guinea is still reporting few new cases.
6. Which satellite will be launched by ISRO to study on solar eclipses?
[A]Satellite Surya
[B]Satellite Aditya
[C]Satellite Bhaskara
[D]Satellite Agni
Answer: Satellite Aditya
The ISRO was planning to launch satellite Aditya to study solar eclipses on continuous basis and also other aspects of the Sun. The satellite will carry as its payload an advanced solar coronagraph. Aditya’s launch date has been rescheduled to 2017-18, after the mission was upgraded from a single payload mission to a multiple payload mission.
7. What is the deadline to achieve all villages electrification under Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana ( DDUGJY)?
[A]31st March 2016
[B]2nd October 2016
[C]31st December 2016
[D]31st March 2017
Answer: 31st March 2017
Power Ministers of all States and Union Territories have decided to electrify all villages by 31st March 2017 in mission mode under Deendayal Upadhyaya Grameen Jyoti Yojana ( DDUGJY). It is also resolved to work in mission mode to complete the activities in the roll out plan for achieving the 24×7 Power For All by 2019 or earliest.
8. What is name of the Indian culture week launched in China, recently?
[A]India in Beijing
[B]India in Shanghai
[C]India in Tianjin
[D]India in China
Answer: India in Shanghai
An Indian culture week called “India in Shanghai” was inaugurated at China Shanghai International Arts Festival .For the first time in the 17-year history of the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, India was designated as the guest country. The event aims at promotion of people-to-people linkages as well as strengthening cultural exchanges between India and China. The India Culture Week showcase the best of contemporary Indian arts.
9. National Centre for Radio Astrophysics is located in which city?
[A]Jaipur
[B]Chennai
[C]Hyderabad
[D]Pune
Answer: Pune
The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) is located in the Pune University Campus and is part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. .Recently, Indian astronomers working at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics have discovered an extremely rare galaxy of gigantic size. Galaxies with an extreme large ‘radio size’ are called as giant radio galaxies. The galaxy is known by its scientific identification ‘J021659-44920’. The galaxy was discovered using the Giant Metre wave Radio Telescope (GMRT) located near Pune. The galaxy is located about 9 billion light years away and it emits powerful radio waves. The galaxy was caught in dying phase.
10. NITI Aayog’s task force on agriculture was headed by?
[A]Ramesh Chand
[B]Arvind Panagariya
[C]M S Swaminathan
[D]Bibek Debroy
Answer: Arvind Panagariya
NITI Aayog’s task force on agriculture recommended major reforms to address the issue of frequent spurt in crop prices. Major recommendations of the task force include setting up of a unified national agriculture market, guaranteed prices for at least half the key crops, changing land lease laws and creating a mechanism to facilitate easy exit for farmers who want to move out of agriculture.

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