- Ministry of Home Affairs has announced the opening of how many mountain peaks in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim for mountaineering and trekking?
a. 150
b. 137
c. 140
d. 110
Answer: b. 137
This decision will promote tourism in India and will also contribute to the country’s economy. Currently, foreigners have to take permission from the ministries of defense and home to climb these peaks. Out of 137 peaks, 51 are in Uttarakhand, 24 in Sikkim, 47 in Himachal Pradesh and 15 in Jammu and Kashmir.
2.Recently in which country the new government of Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok has come to power?
a. Iraq
b. France
c. Sudan
d. Iran
Answer: c. Sudan
Abdullah Hamdok was born in the year 1956 in the province of Kordofan in the middle of Sudan. The new Sovereign Council has replaced the Transitional Military Council which was formed after the ouster of Omar al-Bashir. Foreign currency has declined in Sudan for several months and inflation has crossed 65 percent.
3.Which former justice of the Supreme Court has recently been sworn in as a judge in the Supreme Court of Fiji?
a. Madan B. Lokur
b. Markandeya Katju
c. AK Patnaik
d. Kurian Joseph
Answer: a. Madan B. Lokur
He will be part of the immigrant panel in Fiji and will have a tenure of three years. This is the first time an Indian judge has become a judge in the top court of another country. Justice Lokur was also the Chief Justice of Guwahati and Andhra Pradesh High Court. He became a judge of the Supreme Court in June 2012 and retired on 31 December 2018.
4.The Financial Action Task Force is going to blacklist which country in its meeting to be held next month (October 2019) under the anti-terror campaign?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. Bangladesh
d. Pakistan
Answer: d. Pakistan
Actually, Pakistan has failed to meet the standards of Asia Pacific Group (APG). FATF found Pakistan disqualified on 32 out of 40 parameters of money laundering and terror financing. In addition, Pakistan has failed to meet 10 out of 11 criteria for safeguards against terror funding. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has put Pakistan in the ‘suspect list’ since June 2018.
5.Indian women’s hockey team has recently won the Olympic Test competition by defeating which country’s hockey team?
a. Japan
b. Pakistan
c. Australia
d. Malaysia
Answer: a. Japan
The Indian women’s hockey team continued their spectacular performance, defeating Japan 2–1 in a struggling match to win the Olympic Test competition title. India also played 2–2 against the stronger Australian team. India did not face a single defeat in the entire tournament. India also completed the title double with this victory. Shortly before the women’s team, the Indian men’s team also won the Olympic test event title. He defeated New Zealand 5–0 in the final.
