Current Affairs 15th November 2019 : Daily GK Update in English
1. The National Tribal Festival (NTF-2019) is being held in which city?
A. Kanpur
B. Patna
C. Mumbai
D. New Delhi
Answer [D] New Delhi
2. What is the theme of the 5th Indian International Science Festival (IISF)?
A. Science for Transformation
B. Science for New India
C. RISEN India
D. Boost New India
Answer [C] RISEN India
3. Who is leading Indian delegation at the 15th meeting of the Governing Council of SACEP?
A. Narendra Modi
B. Om Birla
C. Prakash Javadekar
D. Ram Nath Kovind
Answer [C] Prakash Javadekar
4. Which Country has decided not to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) deal?
A. India
B. United States
C. New Zealand
D. United Kingdom
Answer [A] India
5. Who has been selected for 27th Ezhuthachan Puraskaram 2019?
A. M Mukundan
B. Anand
C. K Jayakumar
D. Rani George
Answer [B] Anand
6. Which Indian-origin Researcher has won the Australian Government’s ‘Early career researcher of the year 2019’ Award?
A. K S Mukherjee
B. Nishant Patil
C. M K Sanoo
D. Neeraj Sharma
Answer [D] Neeraj Sharma
7. Which IIT has launched ‘Arise-A Standing Wheelchair’ for disable?
A. IIT Madras
B. IIT Bombay
C. IIT Indore
D. IIT Kanpur
Answer [A] IIT Madras
8. Which team has clinched the 2019 Deodhar Trophy?
A. India C
B. India B
C. India A
D. India E
Answer [B] India B
9. Who has been appointed as the chairman of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI)?
A. Virat Singh
B. Nitish Rana
C. Aditya Mishra
D. Ishan Porel
Answer [C] Aditya Mishra
10. Which IT initiative has recently launched as an Ease of Doing Business (EODB) monitoring dashboard of the Indian Customs?
A. TECHDASH
B. CUSTOMDASH
C. ICEDASH
D. PORTDASH
Answer [C] ICEDASH