1. Who among the following
has been awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize for the year 2019?
a. Greta Thunberg
b. Julia Brussels
c. Jennifer Loy
d. Rebecca Johnson
ANSWER: a. Greta
Thunberg
Swedish citizen Greta Thunberg was recently
awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize. He launched a global
campaign called ‘School Strike’ for which he was given this award. In
addition to him, Davina Meloum of Cameroon was awarded the award when she
campaigned for a “peaceful struggle” against the jihadist group Boko
Haram.
2. Who among the following
has won the men’s singles title of the Scottish Open 2019?
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Lakshya Sen
c. George Gimmick
d. Matthew Orwell
ANSWER: b. Lakshya
Sen
Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen has
established new dimensions of success for Indian players by winning the title
of men’s singles competition in the Scottish Open competition. Lakshya Sen
is just 18 years old and had achieved the first position in the junior rankings
in 2017. The Scottish Open is one of the oldest and prestigious badminton
competitions in the world. It started in the year 1907.
3. Which state of India
has recently started a three-week special campaign to eradicate filariasis?
a. Odisha
b. Jharkhand
c. Bihar
d. Uttar Pradesh
ANSWER: d. Uttar
Pradesh
Government of Uttar Pradesh started the
eradication of filaria from 25 November to 10 December. Under this,
medicine will be given to about 40 lakh people of the state. According to
the WHO, about 65 million people in India suffer from
filariasis. According to WHO, this is the second such disease in the world
after polio which is making people disabled on a large scale.
4. In what name has the
Ministry of Health started a campaign to make people aware of healthy food
choices?
a. Eat Right Campaign
b. Healthy Food Campaign
c. Good Food Campaign
d. Food for Mind campaign
ANSWER: a. Eat
Right Campaign:
Ministry of Health has launched ‘Eat Right
Campaign’ as part of the national efforts to promote nutritious and healthy
food in the country. The objective of this campaign is to make people
aware of nutritious and healthy food. The Eat Right India campaign
embodies Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s resolve to provide health, social
security and nutritious food to the people of India by the year
2022. Nutritious and healthy eating habits have been given priority by the
government under the Eat Right India campaign.
5. Which of the following
state recently announced 5 percent reservation for sportspersons in government
jobs?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Telangana
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Rajasthan
ANSWER: c. Madhya
Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has recently announced 5 percent
reservation for sportspersons. The state government believes that this
will benefit the players in getting jobs. Apart from this, Madhya Pradesh
government gives government jobs to Vikram Award winners every year, Vikram
Award is the highest sports award of Madhya Pradesh. The objective of this
program is to identify talented sportspersons and provide them better
facilities for training.
