Current Affairs Quiz , 04 Oct 2019

1) World Economic Forum’s 33rd edition of the India Economic Summit is going to be organised in

a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Paris
d) Vienna

Answer: a
• It is jointly organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and industry body CII with a theme ‘Innovating for India: Strengthening South Asia, Impacting the World’.

2) Recently Vayoshreshtha Samman was upgraded to the status of National Awards. It is instituted by

a) MHRD
b) Niti Aayog
c) ALIMCO
d) None of the above

Answer: d
• It is a Scheme of National Awards instituted by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (D/o Social Justice & Empowerment).

3) A dynamical model, called the Climate Forecast Model (CFS), implemented on the Prithvi High Performance Computers (HPC) to develop both short and long-term forecasting. Where is it based in India?

a) Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)
b) Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
c) Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The dynamical model is also called the Climate Forecast Model (CFS) and has been developed based on a climate model developed by the National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), U.S. and it has been implemented on the Prithvi High Performance Computers (HPC) at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.

4) Army Exercise Ekuverin – 19 is held between India and

a) Maldives
b) Sri Lanka
c) Philippines
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Tenth edition of the Joint Military Exercise Ekuverin between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force will be held in Pune, Maharashtra.

5) Nomadic Elephant 2019 was recently concluded. It was between India and

a) China
b) Mongolia
c) Japan
d) None of the above

Answer: b
• It is Indo – Mongolian joint military training aimed at training troops in counter insurgency &counter terrorism operations under United Nations mandate.