Current Affairs Quiz , 23 Jan 2019

1) As per the latest Lloyds Report, which of the following is the only port to be listed amongst the top 30 container ports globally?

a) Kandla port
b) JNPT Port
c) Haldia Port
d) Mormugao Port

Answer: b
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), India’s premiere container port got listed amongst the top 30 container ports globally, as per the latest Lloyds Report. JNPT notched up five spots, to be 28th on the list, compared to its previous ranking

2) Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival has been declared the ‘state festival’ of

a) Nagaland
b) Manipur
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Meghalaya

Answer: c
• The government of Arunachal Pradesh declared the Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF)–the state’s only conservation festival, as a “state festival”

3) Saraswati Samman, 2017 has recently been awarded to

a) N. Vembusamy Sankaran
b) Padma Sachdev
c) Yandamuri Veerendranath
d) Sitanshu Yashashchandra

Answer: d
• Noted Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashashchandra has been awarded Saraswati Samman,2017, for his poetry collection in Gujarati named “Vakhar”

4) Global Talent Competitiveness Index is published annually by

a) World Economic Forum
b) World Bank
c) UNDP
d) INSEAD

Answer: d
• The report, published by INSEAD, the Business School for the World, in partnership with the Adecco Group and Tata Communications, is a comprehensive annual benchmarking measuring how countries and cities grow, attract and retain talent

5) Who among the following became the fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 ODI wickets?

a) Mohammed Shami
b) K L Rahul
c) Umesh Yadav
d) Jasprit Bumrah

Answer: a
• Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets, during the first one-dayer against New Zealand at Napier