Current Affairs 9th November 2019 : Daily GK Update in English

1. Which Company has recently won DigiDhan Mission Fintech Award 2018-2019?
A. PayTM
B. BharatPe
C. PhonePe
D. MobiKwik
Answer [B] BharatPe
2. Which Indian city has got the World Guinness Record for Lighting 4 Lakh Diyas?
A. Lucknow
B. Ayodhya
C. Bhopal
D. Jaipur
Answer [B] Ayodhya
3. Which two companies have got Maharatna status in October 2019?
A. BHEL and Power Grid Corporation
B. HPCL and Power Grid Corporation
C. BHEL and HPCL
D. GAIL and BHEL
Answer [B] HPCL and Power Grid Corporation
4. Which Central Armed Police Forces of India recently celebrated its 58th raising day?
A. Border Security Force (BSF)
B. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
C. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
D. Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
Answer [D] Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
5. Recently, Central Government has given final approval to Tamil Nadu’s Proposal to establish six new medical colleges. Which of the following is not a location of these new medical colleges?
A. Tiruppur
B. Ramanathapuram
C. Dindigul
D. Sivagangai
Answer [D] Sivagangai
6. Sadako Ogata, the first female UN refugee chief passed away. she was from which country?
A. Japan
B. New Zealand
C. United States
D. France
Answer [A] Japan
7. Who has been appointed as new Indian Ambassador to Iraq?
A. P S Chawala
B. Piyush Agrawal
C. Birender Singh Yadav
D. Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi
Answer [C] Birender Singh Yadav
8. Don Valentine, the founder of Sequoia Capital has passed away. He was from which country?
A. United States
B. China
C. France
D. Germany
Answer [A] United States
9. V Nanammal, India’s oldest yoga teacher has passed away. She was from which state?
A. Odisha
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Kerala
D. Karnataka
Answer [B] Tamil Nadu
10. Who has been appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India (CJI)?
A. Jasti Chelameswar
B. Aniruddha Bose
C. Sharad Arvind Bobde
D. Madan Lokur
Answer [C] Sharad Arvind Bobde