Current Affairs Quiz , 30 Nov 2019

1) 55th Jnanpith Award was awarded to

a) SK Pottekatt
b) Thakazhi
c) Akkitham Namboodiri
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, philosopher and poet, has been chosen for this year’s Jnanpith award.

2) Ex-SURYA KIRAN is a Joint military exercise between India and

a) Maldives
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka

Answer: c
• European Union (EU) has become the first multilateral bloc to declare climate emergency, as its legislatures voted in a favour of a resolution for the same.

3) As per the Global Migration Report 2020, which country receives maximum remittance from abroad

a) India
b) China
c) Vietnam
d) South Korea

Answer: a
• India is the leading recipient of remittances. International remittances in 2018 (2020 report) reached $689 billion, out of which India received $78.6 billion from the 17.5 million living abroad.

4) Udham Singh, in relation to the Indian freedom struggle is associated with

a) India House
b) Berlin Committee
c) Ghadar Party
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• He was a political activist who got associated with the Ghadar Party while in the US.

5) Chagos Islands, recently in news, is located in

a) Indian Ocean
b) Mediterranean Sea
c) Caribbean Sea
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Mauritius called the UK an “illegal colonial occupier”, after it ignored a UN mandated deadline to return the Chagos Islands, a small archipelago in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius.