Current Affairs 8th October 2019 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which union ministry has instituted the Vayoshreshtha Samman-2019?
A. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
B. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare
C. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
D. Ministry of Culture
Answer [C] Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
2. Who has been conferred the ‘Most Effective Swachhata Ambassador’ award?
A. Amitabh Bachchan
B. Mary Kom
C. P V Sindhu
D. Sachin Tendulkar
Answer [D] Sachin Tendulkar
3. Which station has topped the list of cleanest railway stations in the non-suburban group of stations, as per report ‘Swacch Rail, Swacch Bharat 2019’?
A. Jaipur
B. Jodhpur
C. Durgapura
D. Jammu Tawi
Answer [A] Jaipur
4. IRCTC has decided to compensate the passengers of which train for delays?
A. New Delhi- Jaipur Tejas Express
B. New Delhi- Lucknow Tejas Express
C. New Delhi- Agra Tejas Express
D. New Delhi- Bhopal Tejas Express
Answer [B] New Delhi- Lucknow Tejas Express
5. India’s largest ‘charkha’ made of waste plastic inaugurated in which city?
A. Kolkata
B. Gandhi Nagar
C. Bikaner
D. Noida
Answer [D] Noida
6. Babita Tade, who won Rs 1 crore on KBC, has been chosen as EC ambassador of which district for Maharashtra Assembly polls?
A. Nagpur
B. Amravati
C. Hingoli
D. Nanded
Answer [B] Amravati
7. The Swacch Bharat Diwas 2019 has inaugurated from which city?
A. Raipur
B. Indore
C. Ahmedabad
D. Surat
Answer [C] Ahmedabad
8. Scientists have excavate ‘ancient river’ in which state that linked the Ganga and Yamuna Rivers?
A. Uttar pradesh
B. Uttarkhand
C. West Bengal
D. Bihar
Answer [A] Uttar pradesh
9. Who is the author of the book ‘India and the Netherlands – Past, Present and Future?
A. P C Chagla
B. Navtej Sarna
C. Venu Rajamony
D. Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Answer [C] Venu Rajamony
10. Which union ministry has organized the Fit India Plog Run?
A. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
C. Ministry of Human Resource Development
D. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Answer [A] Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports