GK & Current Affairs Quiz: September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019 May 21, 2021
1. Indian Railways has launched its first-ever ‘fun zone’ for kids in which railway station?
[A] Hazrat Nizamuddin
[B] Bhopal
[C] Visakhapatnam
[D] Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
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Correct Answer: C [Visakhapatnam ]
Notes:
Indian Railways has launched its first-of-its-kind ‘fun zone’ for kids at the Visakhapatnam railway station in Andhra Pradesh. The games ranging from video shooting to other indoor games aim to keep children engaged during long waiting hours at platforms. The fun zone will have all the high-tech gaming activities at par with game parlours. It is an innovative initiative by the Waltair division of East Coast Railway (ECoR) under non-fare revenue entertaining waiting passengers/kids.
2. Who has become the first bowler to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket?
[A] Lasith Malinga
[B] Mohammed Shami
[C] Cameron Bancroft
[D] Jasprit Bumrah
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Correct Answer: A [Lasith Malinga]
Notes:
On 9th September 2019, Lasith Malinga from Sri Lanka became the first bowler to claim 100 wickets in Twenty20 International cricket as he struck 4 times with four balls in the third match against New Zealand. He surpassed Pakistan spinner Shahid Afridi’s tally of 97 scalps to become the leading T20I wicket-taker. Malinga is known for bowling yorkers with his slinging action.
3. Gaurvi Singhvi, who became the world’s youngest open water swimmer to cross the English Channel, is from which district of Rajasthan?
[A] Bikaner
[B] Hanumangarh
[C] Udaipur
[D] Jaipur
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Correct Answer: C [Udaipur ]
Notes:
Gaurvi Singhvi (16) from Udaipur has made India proud by becoming the world’s youngest open water swimmer to cross the English Channel in 13 hours and 26 minutes in August 2019. The Channel is a water body that separates southern England from northern France and links southern part of North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Who is the newly appointed chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI)?
[A] K N Shanth Kumar
[B] Mahendra Mohan Gupta
[C] Vijay Kumar Chopra
[D] Aveek Kumar Sarkar
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Correct Answer: C [Vijay Kumar Chopra ]
Notes:
The Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group, Vijay Kumar Chopra has been appointed the chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI). Chopra succeeded N Ravi, Publisher and former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu. PTI is the largest news agency in India & is headquartered in New Delhi.
5. Which noted writer has been chosen for the 40th Sarala Puraskar?
[A] Haraprasad Das
[B] Radha Mohan Gadanayak
[C] Manasi Pradhan
[D] Pradeep Dash
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Correct Answer: D [Pradeep Dash]
Notes:
Renowned Odia writer Dr Pradeep Dash will be conferred with the prestigious ‘Sarala Puraskar” for his poetry work ‘Charu Chibar O Charjya’ on October 26. The award is recognized as the foremost literary award of Odisha & is instituted by Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust (IMPaCT), which is a charitable wing of IMFA Ltd. The IMFA Ltd. is the leading and the only fully integrated producer of Ferro alloys in India.
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