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

1. Indian Railways has launched its  first-ever ‘fun-zone’ for kids in which railway station ?
A. Hazrat Nizamuddin
B. Bhopal
C. Viskhapatnam
D. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Answer [C] Viskhapatnam
2. Who has become the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International Cricket ?
A. Lasith Malinga
B. Mohammed Shami
C. Cameron Bancroft
D. Jasprit Bumrah
Answer [A] Lasith Malinga
3. Gaurvi Singhvi, who became the world’s youngest open water swimmer to cross the English Channel, is from which district of Rajasthan ?
A. Bikaner
B. Hanumangarh
C. Udaipur
D. Jaipur
Answer [C] Udaipur
4. Who is the newly appointed chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI) ?
A. K N Shanth Kumar
B. Mahendra Mohan Gupta
C. Vijay Kumar Chopra
D. Aveek Kumar Sarkar
Answer [C] Vijay Kumar Chopra
5. Which noted writer has been chosen for the 40th Sarala Puraskar ?
A. Haraprasad Das
B. Radha Mohan Gadanayak
C. Manasi Pradhan
D. Pradeep Dash
Answer [D] Pradeep Dash
6. Which Indian personality has been chosen for the 2019 Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame ?
A. Shyam Saran
B. Deepak Nayyar
C. Pawan Munjal
D. Praveen Someshwar
Answer [C] Pawan Munjal
7. The 22 nd edition of UN Committee on CRPD was held at which city ?
A. Geneva
B. Paris
C. New York
D. Berlin
Answer [A] Geneva
8. The National Animal Disease Control Programme (NADCP) has been launched from which city ?
A. Chennai
B. Mathura
C. Gandhinagar
D. New Delhi
Answer [B] Mathura
9. Who has been appointed the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ?
A. J F Pochkhanawalla
B. Riyad Mathew
C. Pramod Kumar Mishra
D. Veerendra Kumar
Answer [C] Pramod Kumar Mishra
10. Which state government has decided to set up India’s first International Women’s Trade Centre (IWTC) ?
A. Maharashtra
B. Karnataka
C. Kerala
D. Odisha
Answer [C] Kerala