Current Affairs 16th November 2019 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Who led Indian parliamentary delegation at the 6 th G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit?
A. S Jaishankar
B. Om Birla
C. Piyush Goyal
D. Nitin Gadkari
Answer [B] Om Birla
2. The students of which city has created Guinness World Records with largest astrophysics assemble?
A. Kolkata
B. Mysuru
C. Pune
D. New Delhi
Answer [A] Kolkata
3. 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)
Answer [D] High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL)
4. Which union ministry has released 5 th edition of Wastelands Atlas 2019?
A. Ministry of Rural Development
B. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
C. Ministry of Jal Shakti
D. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Answer [A] Ministry of Rural Development
5. Sara Damnjanovic, who won the Miss Asia Global Title 2019, is from which country?
A. France
B. Vietnam
C. Serbia
D. Spain
Answer [C] Serbia
6. The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has launched the Skills Build platform in Collaboration with which company?
A. Microsoft
B. Infosys
C. Facebook
D. IBM
Answer [D] IBM
7. The International Conference on Soil and Water Resources Management for Climate has started in which city?
A. Paris
B. Colombo
C. Kathmandu
D. New Delhi
Answer [D] New Delhi
8. CARAT-2019 is the biggest Naval Exercise between which of the following countries?
A. France & India
B. India & Sri Lanka
C. United States & Bangladesh
D. Sri Lanka & Bangladesh
Answer [C] United States & Bangladesh
9. On which date, the 2019 edition of World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) is observed?
A. November 5
B. November 4
C. November 6
D. November 7
Answer [A] November 5
10. Danakil Depression, which is in news recently, is associated to which African Country?
A. Morocco
B. Ethiopia
C. Algeria
D. Kenya
Answer [B] Ethiopia