GK & Current Affairs Quiz: January 28-29, 2019
January 29, 2019 May 21, 2021
1. Which railway zone has bagged No.1 position for cleanliness in India?
[A] Western Railway
[B] Central Railway
[C] Southern Railway
[D] North Western Railway
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Correct Answer: C [Southern Railway]
Notes:
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.
2. Which Indian golfer has won the New South Wales men’s Amateur Golf Championship in Australia?
[A] Anirban Lahiri
[B] Kartik Sharma
[C] Shiv Chawrasia
[D] Aman Raj
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Correct Answer: B [Kartik Sharma]
Notes:
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.
3. SANH, which is in news recently, is a research programme to tackle which pollution?
[A] To study nitrogen pollution
[B] To study noise pollution
[C] To study radioactive pollution
[D] To study light pollution
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Correct Answer: A [To study nitrogen pollution]
Notes:
The South Asian Nitrogen Hub (SANH) is a major international research programme to tackle the challenge that nitrogen pollution poses for environment, food security, human health and the economy in South Asia. The SANH will be established with funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under its Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). 18 Indian research institutions are part of a group of 50 which have received £20 million funding from the United Kingdom Government.The SANH will study the impact of the different forms of pollution to form a coherent picture of the nitrogen cycle. In particular, it will look at nitrogen in agriculture in eight countries – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives. The Hub’s recommendations will support cleaner and more profitable farming, as well as industrial recycling of nitrogen, fostering development of a cleaner circular economy for nitrogen.
4. Which of the following trains has been named as Vande Bharat Express?
[A] Deccan Odyssey
[B] Golden Chariot
[C] Lifeline Express
[D] Train 18
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Correct Answer: D [Train 18]
Notes:
The Indian Railways has named the indigenously manufactured Train 18 as Vande Bharat Express. The train is set to run between Delhi and Varanasi at a maximum speed of 160kmph. The 16-coach train is designed and manufactured by the Chennai-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF) at a cost of approx Rs 97 crore. It is regarded as a successor to the 30-year-old Shatabdi Express. Train 18 is also the first locomotive-less train in the country. The fully air-conditioned train will stop at Kanpur and Allahabad and will have two executive chair cars. It has diffused lighting, automatic doors and footsteps besides GPS-based Passenger Information System.
5. Oxford dictionaries has declared which word as the Hindi word for the year 2018?
[A] Jugaad
[B] Nari Shakti
[C] Aadhaar
[D] Surya namaskar
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Correct Answer: B [Nari Shakti]
Notes:
Oxford dictionaries has declared “Nari Shakti” as the Hindi word for the year 2018. The announcement was made during a session at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at the Diggi Palace. According to the Oxford dictionaries, the word has been derived from Sanskrit and is used today to symbolise women “taking charge of their lives”. The word was selected by the Oxford Dictionaries (India) with the help of an advisory panel of language experts, including Namita Gokhale, Randhir Thakur, Kritika Agrawal and Saurabh Dwivedi. Oxford had named ‘Aadhaar’ as its Hindi word for the year 2017.
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