Ketchup Current Affairs Set 1

Question 1

United Nation Food and Agriculture Organisation has decided to observe 2023 as International year of?

Answer 1

Millets

upon the request from the Indian government, Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Friday. Dec 2018

Question 2

The host city for the 25th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) was?

Answer 2

Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019

Change Conference, also known as COP25, is the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference. It was held in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019 under the presidency of the Chilean government.

Question 3

What is India’s rank in the latest UN’s Human Development Index (HOI) report 2019?

Answer 3

129th

The annual HDI 2019 report, released on December 9, 2019, ranked India at the 129th position on 2019’s HDI, one rank above last year’s ranking, out of a total 189 countries.

Question 4

Which movie has been chosen as India’s official entry to Oscars 2020?

Answer 4

Gully Boy

The Calcutta Times tweeted on Saturday that the Film Federation of India jury has decided to send the Zoya Akhtar-directorial for Oscars.

Question 5

who has been named 2019 best men FIFA player award?

Answer 5

Lionel Messi

Question 6

who has been awarded the UN’S highest environmental honour champions of earth 2019?

Answer 6

Costa Rica

Question 7

Which day is observed on 9 December every year?

Answer 7

International Anti-Corruption Day

Question 8

who has won the Women’s Singles Title at Wimbledon 2019?

Answer 8

Simona Halep

Simona Halep defeated Serena Williams in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the Ladies’ Singles tennis title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

Question 9

where was the 2019 SCO Summit held

Answer 9

14–15 June 2019 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek

July 2020 Russia Saint Petersburg

Question 10

who won the 2019 world chess championship?

Answer 10

Teimour Radjabov

Question 11

the world customs organization is intergovernmental organization headquartered in?

Answer 11

Brussels, Belgium.

Question 12

which country will host the G20 summit 2022?

Answer 12

India

The 2021 summit will be held in Italy.

The 2020 chair will be Saudi Arabia, which will host the 2020 G20 Riyadh summit.

Question 13

the 29th BASIC Ministerial meeting on climate change was held where?

Answer 13

Beijing, China, on 25th-26th October 2019.

The meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. LI Ganjie, Minister of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China, attended by H.E

Question 14

what is operation namaste?

Answer 14

Operation Namaste is launched by Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane.[1][2] This Operation is started to fight COVID-19. The operation will cooperate in this operation and security forces have been started to avoid this epidemic.[3]

The Indian Army has code-named its anti-COVID-19 operations as Operation Namaste, so far established 8 quarantine facilities across the country…

A similar situation had been observed during Operation Parakram

Question 15

who won the World food prize 2019?

Answer 15

Vegetable breeder Simon Groot of the Netherlands is the 2019 World Food Prize Laureate

Question 16

Dharma Guardian is a joint exercise of

Answer 16

India-Japan

Question 17

who won the Miss Universe 2019

Answer 17

Zozibini Tunzi

Question 18

who was named the person of the Year 2019 by the time?

Answer 18

Greta Thunberg

Question 19

for which disciplines did Madame Curie won Nobel Prize twice?

Answer 19

Yes, Marie Curie was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discoveries and studies of the elements radium and polonium

for Physics

Question 20

which two rivers have their Confluence at Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand?

Answer 20

Alaknanda and Mandakini

Question 21

which sub-atomic particle is referred as god particle?

Answer 21

Higgs Boson

Question 22

the Supreme Court of India is open for general public on which day?

Answer 22

Saturday

The Supreme Court of India is open to the general public from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM every Saturday except on declared holidays. This is a great opportunity to gain inside access to the grand interiors of the Supreme Court building and admire the majestic structure in its full glory.

Question 23

the only floating National Park in the world is located at

Answer 23

Keibul Lamjao National Park

Manipur

Question 24

Who is crowned Miss World 2019

Answer 24

Tony singh

of Jamaica by the end of the event. This is Jamaica’s fourth Miss World title, and its first since 1993.

Question 25

which word has been chosen the word of the Year 2019 by Oxford Dictionaries?

Answer 25

climate emergency

Question 26

‘Two lives’ is written by whom

Answer 26

Vikram Seth

Question 27

how many countries are member of Asian Development Bank?

Answer 27

68

PHILIPPINES is latest member on 11 Mar 2019

Question 28

La Liga is a name with related to which sports

Answer 28

Football

The First Division of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, commonly known in the English-speaking world as La Liga, is one of the strongest football leagues in both Europe and the world.

Question 29

who was awarded the 20th Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for excellence in public administration

Answer 29

Dr. Manju Sharma

Question 30

where was the international women entrepreneur Summit 2019 held?

Answer 30

Kathmandu, Nepal

This year the “International Women Entrepreneurs Summit- 2019”, organized by South Asian Women Development Forum with the theme “Harnessing Economic Empowerment” was held on September 13th- 14th in Kathmandu, Nepal.