Current Affairs Quiz , 03 Dec 2019

1) Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) doesn’t take into account of

a) Primary Sector
b) Secondary Sector
c) Tertiary Sector
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• It is an indicator of the economic health and investor sentiments about the manufacturing sector (Manufacturing PMI) and services sector (Services PMI).
• For India, the PMI Data is published by Japanese firm Nikkei but compiled and constructed by Markit Economics.

2) Hand-in-Hand Exercise, recently in news, between India and China for the year 2019 is to be held in

a) Meghalaya
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• The 8th edition of the exercise is scheduled at Umroi, Meghalaya.

3) Similipal-Satkosia tiger corridor, identified recently passes through

a) Odisha
b) Rajasthan
c) Karnataka
d) West Bengal

Answer: a
• Similipal-Satkosia – Odisha.

4) Power of Siberia, recently in news, is associated with

a) Climate change
b) Wildlife conservation
c) Gas pipeline
d) None of the above

Answer: c
• The power of Siberia gas pipeline is the first cross-border gas pipeline between Russia and China.

5) Operation Clean Art which aims to close down the mongoose hairbrush trade across the country is conceived by

a) Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
b) World Wide Fund
c) Wildlife Institute of India
d) None of the above

Answer: a
• Operation Clean Art was conceived by WCCB with the singular aim of ensuring that the mongoose hair brush trade should be closed down across the country.