Current Affairs Quiz , 04 Nov 2019

1) Conference of Parties (COP 25) of United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted by

a) Chile
b) Poland
c) Germany
d) Spain

Answer: d
• But due to domestic social unrest faced by the Chile government, it announced its withdrawal from hosting the event. Spain has offered to host the event, but Chile’s environment minister will remain the President of COP 25.

2) Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and the North Eastern Council (NEC) have announced setting up of Bamboo Technology Parks. Where is it planned to be located?

a) Jammu
b) Srinagar
c) Leh
d) All of the above

Answer: d
• The parks will be in Jammu, Srinagar and Leh and it is consonance with the National Bamboo Mission (NBM).

3) Lingdum Monastery is a Buddhist pilgrimage centre following an ancient school of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in

a) Uttarakhand
b) Sikkim
c) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Himachal Pradesh

Answer: b
• President has recently visited Lingdum Monastery in Ranka, Sikkim.

4) Oligomannate, recently seen in news, is used for the treatment of

a) Alzheimer’s disease
b) Malaria
c) HIV-AIDS
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The new drug, Oligomannate (GV-971), is the first to be approved for Alzheimer’s disease globally since 2003, said Green Valley Pharmaceutical Co., which developed the drug along with Ocean University of China, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica under Chinese Academy of Sciences.

5) Dustlik-2019 is the first ever joint military exercise between India and

a) Uzbekistan
b) Kyrgyzstan
c) Indonesia
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The first-ever India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise – Dustlik-2019 will begin at Chirchiq Training Area near Tashkent today. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Uzbekistan counterpart Major General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov presided over the Curtain Raiser of the military drill yesterday.