Current Affairs Quiz- November, 2019

1. Which state government has launched a new initiative “Meal in exchange for plastic waste”?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Odisha  
[C] Jharkhand
[D] West Bengal

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2. Which city is hosting the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) after Chile withdraws?
[A] New York
[B] Paris
[C] Madrid
[D] New Delhi

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3. Which noted philanthropist has won the 2019 Sasthaaram Award?
[A] M Padmakuma
[B] K P Nandakumar
[C] V A Shrikumar Menon
[D] Unni Menon

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4. Which Indian sand artist has been selected for Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019?
[A] Manisha Swarnkar
[B] Dhanraj Shelke
[C] Sudarsan Pattnaik
[D] Nitish Bharti

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5. Which IIT has launched the Rs 250 crore Global Alumni Endowment Fund?
[A] IIT Delhi
[B] IIT Kharagpur
[C] IIT Bombay
[D] IIT Kanpur

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6. The 2019 meeting of Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of SCO was held in which city?
[A] Tashkent
[B] Bishkek
[C] Ashgabat
[D] Baku

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7. Which Indian sportsperson has won the 2019 SaarLorLux Open badminton tournament in Germany?
[A] Srikanth Kidambi
[B] Lakshya Sen
[C] Parupalli Kashyap
[D] B Sai Praneeth

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8. The ‘Red Atlas Action Plan Map’ has been launched by which union ministry?
[A] Ministry of Defence
[B] Ministry of Earth Sciences
[C] Ministry of External Affairs
[D] Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

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9. DRDO Igniter Complex has come up in which DRDO’s laboratory?
[A] Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR)
[B] Defence Research & Development Establishment (DRDE)
[C] Armaments Research & Development Establishment (ARDE)
[D] High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL)

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10. Sara Damnjanovic, who won the Miss Asia Global Title 2019, is from which country?
[A] France
[B] Vietnam
[C] Serbia
[D] Spain

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