Current Affairs 17th September 2019 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Scientists have used which telescope to discover to water vapor in the atmosphere of a super-Earth “K2-18b” ?
A. Extremely large telescope
B. Hubble Space telescope
C. Astrosat
D. Spektr-RG
Answer [B] Hubble Space telescope
2. Which Indian diplomat has been bestowed the UAE’s First Class order of Zayed II Award ?
A. Raveesh kumar
B. Navdeep Singh Suri
C. Rahi Masoom Raza
D. Syed Akbaruddin
Answer [B] Navdeep Singh Suri
3. Amit Sharma, who has created history by making world’s biggest static-website-Cheapflightsall.com, is from which city ?
A. Pune
B. Delhi
C. Bengaluru
D. Ranchi
Answer [B] Delhi
4. Rajasekar, who passed away recently, was the veteran actor-director of which regional cinema ?
A. Telugu
B. Kannada
C. Tamil
D. Malayalam
Answer [C] Tamil
5. India’s 2nd riverine Multi-Modal terminal (MMT) in built on which river ?
A. Ganga
B. Yamuna
C. Brahmaputra
D. Godavari
Answer [A] Ganga
6. Who is the author of the book “Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past’ ?
A. Romila Thapar
B. Vikram Sampath
C. Irfan Habib
D. Ramachandra Guha
Answer [B] Vikram Sampath
7. NITI Aayog has selected which company to set up India’s first digital capability centre (DCC) ?
A. Google
B. Microsoft
C. Reliance
D. McKinsey
Answer [D] McKinsey
8. Which country has become first in Asia to roll out plain cigarette packaging ?
A. Thailand
B. Indonesia
C. India
D. Singapore
Answer [A] Thailand
9. Rolando Laitonjam is associated to which sports ?
A. Hockey
B. Boxing
C. Football
D. Cycling
Answer [D] Cycling
10. Gurugram Police has tied up with which tech giant for traffic updates ?
A. Microsoft
B. Facebook
C. Google
D. Infosys
Answer [C] Google