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| 3301. |
Adam Harper wins the 2019 SASTRA Ramanujan prize. He belongs to which country? |
| Answer» Mathematician and assistant professor of the University of Warwick, England, Adam Harper, from the United Kingdom(UK) won the SASTRA Ramanujan prize for 2019. He will be awarded with a citation and an award of $10,000. The award is given to people under the age of 32 working in the area influenced by mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. | |
| 3302. |
The Indian pair who won the International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Team Championship 2019 in Mandalay, Myanmar? |
| Answer» The Indian duo of Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta clinched International Billiards & Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Snooker Team Championship 2019 held in Mandalay, Myanmar by defeating Thailand's C.Pongsakorn and D.Poramin by 5-2. | |
| 3303. |
Who launched the 'TB Harega Desh Jeetega' campaign & National TB Prevalence Survey 2019 in New Delhi? |
| Answer» Union minister for Health and Family Welfare (HFW) Dr Harsh Vardhan launched 'TB Harega Desh Jeetega' campaign & National TB Prevalence Survey 2019 in New Delhi. | |
| 3304. |
Who was appointed as the first woman president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA)? |
| Answer» Rupa Gurunath was appointed as the first woman president of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) at the 87th Annual General Meeting of TNCA in Chennai, TamilNadu. With this appointment, she also became the first woman to head a state-level cricket body in the country. | |
| 3305. |
The newly commenced Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Varaha was commanded by; |
| Answer» ICGS Varaha, designed and built indigenously by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) at its Kattupalli ship building yard in North Chennai, will be based at New Mangalore Port, Karnataka under the administrative and operational control of Commander Coast Guard region (west). It will be commanded by Commandant Dushyant Kumar. | |
| 3306. |
Name the Indian Business women, who topped in the IIFL (India Infoline Finance Limited) Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2019? |
| Answer» Roshni Nadar (37) of HCL (Hindustan Computers Limited) technologies emerged as the richest woman followed by Smita V Crishna (68) of Godrej Group with a net worth of Rs 31,400 crore. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon emerged as the richest self-made woman in India with a net worth of Rs 18,500 crore. | |
| 3307. |
Who unveiled the first Indigenous High-Temperature Fuel Cell System in New Delhi? |
| Answer» The President of India Ram Nath Kovind unveiled the first Indigenous High-Temperature Fuel Cell System. This system is developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in partnership with Indian industries under India's flagship program named "New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI)" on the occasion of CSIR Foundation Day in New Delhi. The 5.0 kW fuel cell system generates power in a green manner using methanol / bio-methane, with heat and water as bi-products for further use; amounting to greater than 70% efficiency, which otherwise may not be possible by other energy sources. | |
| 3308. |
Who is the Chairman of the reconstituted Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) for 2 years? |
| Answer» The Union Government reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) for a period of 2 years with effect from September 26, 2019. Dr. Bibek Debroy will continue as Chairman and Mr Ratan P. Watal will continue as the Member Secretary. These are the 2 full time members. | |
| 3309. |
Who is appointed as Western Air Commander of Indian Air Force? |
| Answer» The Indian Air Force (IAF) appointed Air Marshal B Suresh as Western Air Commander of the Force in New Delhi. He will succeed Kargil war hero Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar on October 31. Suresh (PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC) was the Air Officer Commanding in Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Indian Air Force's Southern Air Command. He assumed this charge from RKS Bhadauria on August 1, 2018. Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria appointed as its new chief. | |
| 3310. |
Name the Union Minister who inaugurated Rural Investors and Start-up Conclave (RISC) 2019, recently. |
| Answer» Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated Rural Investors and Start-up Conclave (RISC) 2019. The minister stated that villages and agriculture were crucial for the economic advancement of India. Aim: Emphasizing on the need for start-ups in rural areas, the minister stated that it was crucial for start-ups to emerge in order to cater to the future employment needs of the country. The purpose of this conclave is to generate new ideas and also see how the government can address the challenges faced by the new startups in rural areas. | |
| 3311. |
Who presents Colours to Corps of Army Air Defence in Odisha? |
| Answer» President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented Colours to Corps of Army Air Defence at Gopalpur, OdishaThe paid homage to the martyrs of the Corps of Army Air Defence. The sacrifice has secured our sovereignty, brought glory to our Nation and protected our people. The veterans and serving soldiers of the Corps for their stupendous performance. The true force multipliers in the most inhospitable terrain and climatic conditions in the world. | |
| 3312. |
Who has been honoured with the National Tourism Award for the Category of "Best Tourist Guide" for the year 2017-18? |
| Answer» Odisha's Tapan Kumar Mishra has been honoured with the National Tourism Award for the Category of "Best Tourist Guide" for the year 2017-18 during celebration of the World Tourism Day. He is a freelance Tourist Guide approved by the Union Ministry of Tourism. Tapan Kumar Mishra has the rarest achievement of accompanying a single Belgian tourist for 965 days in a span of 8 years in which he has covered 26 States out of which 15 states twice on road from Odisha covering more than one lakh km. | |
| 3313. |
Who to get Saraswati Samman Award? |
| Answer» Telugu poet K Siva Reddy conferred the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2018 for his collection of poems titled Pakkaki Ottigilite. The award instituted by the KK Birla Foundation, is given annually for an outstanding literary work written in any official Indian languages and published during the preceding 10 years. The highest recognition in the field of Indian literature and carries a cash purse of Rs 15 lakh. Reddy is counted among the most renowned modern poets in Telugu. | |
| 3314. |
Name the Indian tennis playerwho has won the men's singles title at the ATP Challenger Tournament. |
| Answer» Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal has won the men's singles title at the ATP Challenger Tournament held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He defeated Argentina's Facundo Bognis by 6-4, 6-2 to win the title. It was Sumit's second Challenger title of his career, following the triumph in the Bengaluru Challenger event in 2017. He jumped of 26 spots to achieve a career-best ranking of 135. | |
| 3315. |
Who received the M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world of cosmology? |
| Answer» Physicist Thanu Padmanabhan received the M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world of cosmology. He is a professor of Inter-university Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune. The award was introduced in 1993 in recognition to the excellence in research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science and related areas. | |
| 3316. |
Who inaugurated first Handloom and Handicraft exhibition in northeast India? |
| Answer» Amit Shah was chief guest on the occasion of the opening ceremony of first Handloom and handicraft exhibition in Aizawl, Mizoram. | |
| 3317. |
Who is the CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC)? |
| Answer» Manu Sawhney has been appointed as new Chief Executive Officer of International Cricket Council. | |
| 3318. |
Who is appointed as the UNESCO's goodwill ambassador for indigenous people? |
| Answer» UNESCO has appointed Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as its goodwill ambassador for indigenous people. | |
| 3319. |
A new book titled "150 Years of Celebrating the Mahatma the South African Legacy" was launched in Johannesburg, South Africa. Who is the author of the book? |
| Answer» A new book titled "150 Years of Celebrating the Mahatma the South African Legacy", by Fakir Hassen launched in Johannesburg, South Africa. | |
| 3320. |
Who has been selected as Chairman of the Working Committee and Director on the Board of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE)? |
| Answer» Vikram Limaye has been selected as Chairman of the Working Committee and Director on the Board of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). | |
| 3321. |
Who is working on writing a book titled "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster"? |
| Answer» Founder of Microsoft Bill Gates is set to release his new book in June 2020, entitled "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need". | |
| 3322. |
Who has been recently selected as president of Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance? |
| Answer» Dr. Reddy's Chairman K.K. Satish Reddy has been appointed as the new President of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance for 2019-21. Panacea Biotec Limited's MD will continue as Vice President. | |
| 3323. |
Who has become the first black woman to won the 2019 Man Booker Prize for Fiction? |
| Answer» Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo have been named the joint winners of the 2019 Booker Prize after the judges broke their rules by declaring a tie. | |
| 3324. |
Which actress has made a world record of getting more than 1 million followers on Instagram in 5 hours 16 minutes? |
| Answer» More than one million people started following Jennifer Aniston's Instagram account in 5 hours 16 minutes. | |
| 3325. |
Kalidas Karmakar, a famous painter belongs to which country? |
| Answer» Internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi painter Kalidas Karmakar dies in Dhaka at 73. | |
| 3326. |
Who appointed as new Director General of National Security Guard (NSG)? |
| Answer» IPS officer Anup Kumar Singh appointed new Director General of National Security Guard (NSG). | |
| 3327. |
Who was appointed the new chairman of Indian Banks' Association? |
| Answer» The chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) Shri Rajnish Kumar was appointed as the new chairman of Indian Banks' Association (IBA). | |
| 3328. |
Who was appointed as the head of the European Central Bank (ECB)? |
| Answer» Former IMF chief Christine Lagarde is appointed as the head of the European Central Bank (ECB). | |
| 3329. |
Who will be the first Lt.Governor of Ladakh? |
| Answer» Radha Krishna Mathur (born 25 November 1953) is a retired 1977 batch IAS officer of Tripura cadre who has been appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of the union territory of Ladakh. | |
| 3330. |
Who has been appointed head of Tiktok in India? |
| Answer» Nikhil Gandhi is the new India head of the popular short-video Chinese app TikTok. | |
| 3331. |
Who has been appointed as secretary of the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM)? |
| Answer» The government has appointed Tuhin Kanta Pandey as secretary of the department of investment and public asset management (DIPAM). | |
| 3332. |
Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)? |
| Answer» The government has appointed Pankaj Kumar, IAS (NL87), as the new CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). He is currently serving as the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). | |
| 3333. |
Who assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs? |
| Answer» Shri Pramod Kumar Das assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs. | |
| 3334. |
Britain's Natural History Museum names blind and wingless beetle after which Swedish climate activist? |
| Answer» Britain's Natural History Museum names blind and wingless beetle after Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. | |
| 3335. |
Who is the richest man in the world? |
| Answer» Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates overtook Jeff Bezos to become world's richest man. | |
| 3336. |
Who has been appointed as the new Administrator of Lakshadweep? |
| Answer» Former interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as the new administrator of Lakshadweep by President Ram Nath Kovind. A 1976-batch retired IPS officer of Kerala cadre, Sharma served as chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) from 2015 to 2017. He was appointed as the interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir in 2017 during the first term of the Narendra Modi-led government. | |
| 3337. |
Who has been appointed as the first Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir? |
| Answer» Girish Chandra Murmu appointed as the first Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. | |
| 3338. |
Who has been appointed as the first Lt Governor of Ladakh? |
| Answer» Radha Krishna Mathur appointed as the first Lt Governor of Ladakh. | |
| 3339. |
Who has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to Iraq? |
| Answer» Birender Singh Yadav appointed as India's next Ambassador to Iraq, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). | |
| 3340. |
Who became the first Indian to win the prestigious Italian award for sand art? |
| Answer» Acclaimed Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been conferred the Italian Golden Sand Art Award, 2019 at a ceremony in Rome, becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious award for his contribution to sand art. | |
| 3341. |
Who was conferred with the ICCR distinguished alumni award? |
| Answer» Renowned Rabindra Sangeet exponent from Bangladesh Rezwana Choudhury Bannya has conferred the ICCR distinguished alumni award in Dhaka. | |
| 3342. |
Academic and diplomat Sadako Ogata (first female to be appointed UN High Commissioner for Refugees) died at the age of 92. She was from which country? |
| Answer» Japanese academic and diplomat Sadako Ogata died at the age of 92. She was the first female to be appointed UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). | |
| 3343. |
Who was the first person to pass his Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford? |
| Answer» The University of Oxford is marking the centenary of the first person who passed its Doctorate of Philosophy (DPhil) degree: Lakshman Sarup. He arrived from Lahore in Colonial India to study Yaksa's Nirukta | |
| 3344. |
Who has been appointed as the 47th Chief Justice of India? |
| Answer» President Ram Nath Kovind signed a warrant formally appointing Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde as the 47th Chief Justice of India on October 29, 2019. Justice Bobde will be sworn in as the CJI on November 18, a day after the retirement of current CJI Ranjan Gogoi. | |
| 3345. |
Paramahansa Yogananda belongs to which field? |
| Answer» Paramahansa Yogananda was born in 1893. He is considered one of the preeminent spiritual figures of modern times. He died in 1952. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released a special commemorative coin on Paramahansa Yogananda to mark his 125th Birth Anniversary on 29th October. | |
| 3346. |
Who is appointed as the new director-general of the IAEA? |
| Answer» Argentine diplomat Rafael Grossi was appointed as the new director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). | |
| 3347. |
Who has summited the world's 14 highest peaks in a period of six months and six days, which is a new record? |
| Answer» Nirmal "Nims" Purja, a Nepalese climber, has summited the world's 14 highest peaks in a period of six months and six days, which is 189 days. He smashed the previous record by more than seven years. He climbed the Mount Shishapangma at 26,335 feet in Tibet. He summited the world's 14 tallest mountains in record time. | |
| 3348. |
Who is appointed as Director-General of NSG? |
| Answer» Former Ahmadabad city Police Commissioner and Senior IPS officer Anup Kumar Singh have taken charge as the Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG). He was appointed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. | |
| 3349. |
Who has been elected as the BJP legislative party leader in Maharashtra? |
| Answer» Devendra Fadnavis has been re-elected unopposed as the leader of BJP state legislative party leader In Maharashtra. | |
| 3350. |
Who was Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (CPI) and former Parliamentarian who died in Kolkata after a long illness? |
| Answer» Veteran leader of Communist Party of India (CPI) and former Parliamentarian Gurudas Das Gupta died in Kolkata after a long illness. He was 83.In 2001, he was elected as General Secretary of All India Trade Union Congress. He was also known as a trade unionist. | |