Current Affairs 12th September 2019 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Freedom fighter Heeralal Sharma, who passed away recently, was from which district of Rajasthan ?
A. Bikaner
B. Udaipur
C. Jaipur
D. Kota
Answer [A] Bikaner
2. The 28th Cycle of Indo-Thai CORAPT has started in which city ?
A. Kochi
B. Kolkata
C. Bangkok
D. Chennai
Answer [C] Bangkok
3. Abdul Qadir, who passed away recently, was the renowned leg-spinner of which country ?
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Bangladesh
D. South Africa
Answer [B] Pakistan
4. Who is the head of the task force to draw project pipeline for infrastructure ?
A. Shobhana K. Pattanayak
B. Arun Goyal
C. Rajiv Kumar
D. Trilochan Mohapatra
Answer [C] Rajiv Kumar
5. Which country has been declared free from Avian Influenza (H5N1) ?
A. Nepal
B. India
C. Sri Lanka
D. Bangladesh
Answer [B] India
6. Which member-countries of the WHO South-East Asia region have successfully controlled Hepatitis B ?
A. India, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
B. Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar
C. India, Nepal, Myanmar and Thailand
D. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand
Answer [D] Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand
7. Which Indian Organization has released a report titled ‘Mid-Monsoon 2019 Lightning’ ?
A. ISRO
B. IMD
C. SEBI
D. RBI
Answer [B] IMD
8. The POSHAN Maah 2019 has been started with which mass media campaign ?
A. POSHAN Abhiyaan
B. Swachh Bharat Mission
C. Ayushman Bharat
D. Eat Right India
Answer [D] Eat Right India
9. The WHO South-East Asia Region has set target of which year to eliminate measles & rubella ?
A. 2022
B. 2023
C. 2024
D. 2025
Answer [B] 2023
10. Which EU Country has decided to phase out the controversial weedkiller glyphosate by 2023 ?
A. Germany
B. Poland
C. France
D. Britain
Answer [A] Germany