BPSC PLATFORM

Current Affairs for the month of December 2019. Designed By Shalu Rai.

Q.1. Who has been awarded as the sports person of the year (female ) for the year 2019 by FICCI ?

(A) Vinesh Phogat

(B) Rani Rampal

(C) Mc Mary Kom

(D) Smriti Mandhana

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – B

Indian women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal (Female) and ace pistol shooter Saurabh Chaudhary (Male) won the Sports Person of the Year awards at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2019.

Rani played a crucial role in India's qualification for the 2020 Tokyo

Olympics, scoring the winning goal in the two-legged qualifier against

the US in November.

Q.2. Greta Thunberg ( Climate activist) is choosen as TIME magazine’s

person of the year 2019.She belongs to which country?

(A)Switzerland

(B) Sudan

(C) Sweden

(D) Sandos

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – C

Greta Thunberg, the teen activist from Sweden who has urged immediate action to address a global climate crisis, was named Time magazine’s person of the year for 2019.

She is the youngest person to have ever received the accolade.

Captial of Sweden is stolkholm .

Q.3.Who is elected as the youngest serving Prime minister of the world?

(A) Sanna Marin

(B)Boris Johnson

(C) Zozibini Tunzi

(D) Justin Trudeau

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – A

Sanna Marin who is 35 year old has been elected as the youngest serving PM.

She is from Finland. The capital of Finland is Helsinki.

Q.4. The 55th

(A) Amitav ghosh

Jnanpith Award is given to ?

(B) Krishna sobti

(C) Balchandra Nemade

(D) Akkitham

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – D

The prestigious Jnanpith Award for literature 2020 has been announced for the Malayalam poet Akkitham Achuthan Namboodri.

The award consists of Rs 11 lakh, a statue of Vagdevi, a citation and a memento.

Q.5.Which Police Station is shortlisted as the best police station in India for 2019?

(A) Aberdeen of Andaman and Nicobar Island

(B) Ajk Burhanpur of M.P

(C) Kalu of Rajsthan

(D) Balasinor of Gujrat

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – A

Government has released the list of best performing Police stations from across the country. The Top 10 Police Stations in the country are:-

State District Police Station Ranking

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Andaman Aberdeen 1

Gujarat Mahisagar Balasinor 2

Madhya Pradesh Burhanpur Ajk Burhanpur

3

Tamil Nadu Theni AWPS Theni 4

Q.6. Who has been appointed as the New President of Asian Development Bank?

(A) David Malpass

(B) Takehiko Nakao

(C) Haruhiko kuroda

(D) Masatsugu Asakawa

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – D

The current president is Takehiko Nakao.He is set to retire on 16th January 2020 and his place will be taken by Masatsugu Asakawa from 17th January 2020.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966,which is headquartered in Philippines.

Q.7.What is the Rank of Bihar as per the Indian Corruption Survey 2019 ?

(A) First

(B) Second

(C) Third

(D) Fourth

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – B

As per the India Corruption Survey 2019, Rajasthan topped and Bihar came second worst in country with 78% and 75% of respondents admitting to paying bribes.

The survey was carried out between October 2018 and November 2019 and was conducted by Local Circles, a social media firm and the Transparency International India. It had a total of 1.9 lakh

responses from nearly 81,000 unique respondents in 248 districts across 20 Indian states.

Q.8.With which country India hold the First Inaugral Foreign and Defense ministerial dialogue (2+2) that took place in delhi ?

(A) Japan

(B) Russia

(C) China

(D) USA

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – A

Defence Minister of India, Mr. Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister of India, Dr. Jaishankar, met Foreign Affairs Minister of Japan, Mr. MOTEGI Toshimitsu, and Minister of Defense of Japan, Mr. KONO Taro, on 30 November 2019 in New Delhi for the first India-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Meeting.

The Ministers affirmed that this dialogue will further enhance the strategic depth of bilateral security and defence cooperation.

Q.9. Which Football player has been awarded the Ballon d’or Award for 2019?

(A) Lionel Messi

(B) Luka Mordic

(C) Cristiano Ronaldo

(D) Alisson Becker

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – A

Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi has won the Men's Ballon d'Or for a sixth time,which is the maximum by any player.

Ronaldo has won it for Five time.

Q.10.Sundar Pichhai has been appointed as the New CEO of which company?

(A) Amazon

(B) Alibaba

(C) Alphabet

(D) Adobe

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – C

Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take over the additional reins of parent Alphabet in place of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin as the sole occupant of the hot seat amid an unprecedented global demand.

Q.11. “ An Era of Darkness” book is written by whom ?

(A) Ashwin sanghi

(B) Shashi Tharoor

(C) Pranab mukharjee

(D) Amitav Ghosh

E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – B

Sashi Tharoor, the former external affairs minister has won the award for his book “An Era of Darkness”.

Q.12. In which city of India, the mannequins of Traffic police in proper dress is used by the traffic police department to control traffic ?

(A) Mumbai

(B) New Delhi

(C) Bengaluru

(D) Hyderabad

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – C

Bangalore traffic police have deployed around 30 life-size mannequins, in police uniforms, to regulate traffic in the city and curb violations.The location of the mannequins will also be changed regularly so that people don't get used to mannequins.

The mannequins are dressed as police with reflector jackets, white shirts, khaki pantWs, hats and black shoes.

Q.13.The North Atlanta Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit for 2019 took place in which country ?

(A) USA

(B) China

(C) UK

(D) Russia

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – C

The United Kingdom hosted NATO in London, on 3-4 December 2019.

The HQ of NATO is in Brussels (Belgium).

Q.14. Which Word is declared as the word of the year 2019 by Oxford dictionary ?

(A) Climate strike

(B) Existential

(C) Climate crisis

(D) Climate emergency

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – D

Climate emergency has been shortlisted as the word of the year by Oxford dictionary.

Q.15. Who has been crowned as the Miss Universe 2019 ?

(A) Vartika Singh

(B) Zozibini Tunzi

(C) Puerto rico

(D) Shweta sekhon

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – B

Zozibini Tunzi is a South African model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe 2019. She is the third woman from South Africa to win the title, and the first black woman since Leila Lopes was crowned Miss Universe 2011.

Q.16. In which state of India Inner line permit is extended now ?

(A) Assam

(B) Meghalaya

(C) Manipur

(D) Shillong

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – C

The Inner Line Permit is a document that allows an Indian citizen to go or live in a protected state under the ILP system for a specific period of time. • The Inner Line Permit is currently applicable in four northeastern states - Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram. It is important to get an ILP to travel to these states. • It has a fixed duration; outside citizens cannot live in these states after that period. • The concept of an inner line permit was formulated during the British Government. An inner line permit is a travel document issued under the Eastern Frontier Regulations in 1873.

Q.17. Which State hosted the 16th

edition of Orange festival in 2019?

(A) Assam

(B) Meghalaya

(C) Manipur

(D) Shillong

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – C

The 16th edition of State level Orange Festival will be held from December 13 to 15 at Tamenglong district headquarters.

CM of Manipur – Biren Singh

Q.18. Who has been awarded with PETA India’s person of the year award 2019?

(A) Deepika padukone

(B) Ranveer Singh

(C) Anushka Sharma

(D) Virat Kohli

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – D

Virat Kohli has been awarded with PETA India’s person of the year award 2019 .

been awarded with PETA India’s person of the year award 2019.

Joaquin Phoenix is PETA’s 2019 Person of the Year.

Q.19. Which place was declared the most Swachh Iconic place in the country in a list of Swachh Iconic places released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti?

(A) Somnath Temple

(B) Vaishno Devi

(C) Taj mahal

(D) Golden Temple

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – B

Vaishno Devi was declared the most Swachh Iconic place in the country in a list of Swachh Iconic places released by the Ministry of Jal shakti.

A lot of improvements were done by the shrine board in the last few years to ensure the hygiene and cleanliness of the whole shrine area. The initiatives of reverse vending machines, Liquid Dung Management Centre, water kiosks, installation of kill waste machine, collection,transportation and proper disposal of waste and garbage along with regular mopping around the whole shrine area using a workforce of 1300 sanitation workers (both Shrine cadre and outsourced) made it possible for the shrine board to achieve the top rank.

Q.20. Union Home Minister, Amit shah laid the Foundation Stone of Bharat Vandana Park

(A) New Delhi

Project.It is to be opened in which state?

(B) Mumbai

(C) Hyderabad

(D) Bengaluru

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – A

Q.21. Who is the New Chief minister of Maharashtra ?

(A) Devendra Fadnavis

(B) Uddhav Bal Thackrey

(C) Ajit pavar

(D) Raj Srikant Thackery

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – B

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday took oath as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra.

Q.22. What is the Rank of India in Global Terrorism Index announced by Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) in collaboration with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) ?

(A) 3rd

(B) 7

TH

(C) 11

TH

(D) 15

TH

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – B

India’s Rank is 7th whereas Iran tops the list.

President Of Iran – Hassan Rouhani

Q.23. National Council of Science Museum have Joined Hands with IIT Kharagpur and IIT Gandhinagar to develop which portal ?

(A) Nehrupedia

(B) Ambedkarpedia

(C) Shastripedia

(D) Gandhipedia

E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – D

Gandhipedia The Indian Institutes of Technology in Kharagpur and

Gandhinagar have collaborated with the National Council of Science

Museums (NCSM) to develop 'Gandhipedia', an online repository of

books, letters and speeches written by Mahatma Gandhi, to

commemorate his 150th birth anniversary.

‘Gandhipedia’ will be a one-stop portal about Gandhian literature, life-

events and his social network and the entire project will be done with

the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Q.24. The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced the Winners of

26th Annual Crystal Award for the year 2020. Which Indian actor got

this award?

(A) Deepika padukone

(B) Ranveer Singh

(C) Anushka Sharma

(D) Alia Bhatt

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – A

Deepika Padukone- Indian actress. She won the award for her

remarkable leadership in raising mental health awareness.

Q.25. Who has lift the BWF World Tour Finals men's singles title in 2019?

(A) Kento momota

(B) Saurabh Verma

(C) Anthony Sinisuka

(D) Parulli Kashyap

(E) None of the above/More than one of the above

Answer – A

Kento Momota beat Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 17-21, 21-17, 21-14 in the final to lift the BWF World Tour Finals men's singles title.

INDIA’S Ranking in Different Indices For 2019.

Index Index released by India's Rank 1stRank

B2C E-Commerce Index 2019

Organization, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

73rd Netherlands

Good Governance Index 2019

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

--- Tamil Nadu

Human Development Index 2019

UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)

129th Norway

Global Climate Risk Index 2020 German watch 5th Japan

Climate Change Performance Index 2019

New Climate Institute, Germanwatch and CAN

9 Sweden

World Giving Index 2019 Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) 82nd USA

QS India University Rankings 2020

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) -- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

Global Unicorn List 2019 Hurun Research Institute 3rd China

World Talent Ranking 2019 IMD 59th Switzerland

Global Prosperity Index 2019 Basque institutions Bengaluru - 83rd, Delhi-101st and Mumbai - 107th

Zu rich (Switzerland)

School Education Quality Index (SEQI)

NITI Aayog -- Kerala

Global Health Security Index 2019

Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

57th United States

Ease of doing business 2019 World bank 63rd Newzealand

World Digital Competitiveness Rankings

IMD World Competitiveness Center

44th USA

India Innovation Index 2019 NITI Aayog - Karnataka (Top state)

Global Hunger Index 2019

Irish aid agency Concern in partnership with Welthungerhilfe

102

Global Competitiveness Index 2019

World Economic Forum (WEF) 68th Singapore

The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019

World Economic Forum 34th Spain

Global Liveability Index 2019

The Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU)

Delhi 118th Rank and Mumbai 119th Rank

Austria's Capital Vienna

Child Well Being Index 2019 IFMR LEAD -- Kerala

Safe Cities Index 2019

The Economist Intelligence Unit

Mumbai-45th New Delhi-52nd

Tokyo

Composite Water Management Index 2.0

NITI Aayog -- Gujarat

Global Kids Right Index 2019 KidsRights Foundation 117th Iceland

State RooftopSolar Attractiveness Index 2019

Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE)

-- Karnataka

Asia Power Index 2019 Lowy Institute 4th United States

Index of Cancer Preparedness 2019

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

19th Australia

World Competitive Ranking 2019

International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

43rd Singapore

World Inequalty Index 2019 Oxfam 147th Denmark

Inclusive Internet Index 2019

EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit)

47 Sweden th

Global Talent competitiveness Index 2019

Adecco Group, INSEAD and Tata Communications

80 Switzerland

NITI Aayog AMFFRI Index 2019

National Institution for Transforming India i.e. NITI Aayog

-- Maharashtra

Global Innovation Index 2019

Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization

52 Switzerland

Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2019

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)

-- --

Health Index of India NITI Aayog -- Kerala

Henley Passport Index 2019

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

86th Japan and Singapore

Climate Vulnerability Index 2019

IITs , IISc, Bengaluru and the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC)

--- Assam

QS World University Ranking 2020

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) 152nd Position, IIT Bombay

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),

United States

SDG Gender Equality Index 2019

Equal Measures 2030 95th Denmark

Mercer Quality of Living Ranking 2019

Consulting Agency Mercer Chennai Autrian Capital, Vienna

Global Peace Index 2019

Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)

141 Iceland

World Press Freedom Index 2019

Reporters Without Borders 140 Norway

StartupBlink Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2019

StartupBlink 17 USA

Global Energy Transition Index 2019

World Economic Forum 76 Sweden

EASE Reform Index

Indian Banking Association and Boston Consulting Group

-- Punjab National Bank

GDPR Readiness Index CISCO 6th --

Corruption Perception Index 2018

Transparency International 78 Denmark

Bloomberg Innovation Index Bloomberg Business 54 South Korea

City Momentum Index Joneslanglasalle (JLL) -- Banglore

Global Findex 2017 World Bank 2nd China

Human Developmemt Index 2018

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

130 Norway

Human Capital Index 2018 World Bank 115 Singapore

Global Hunger Index 2018

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

103 Belarus

Ease of Doing Bussiness Index 2018

World Bank 77 New Zealand

Global Terrorism Index 2018

Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) in collaboration with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START)

7 Iraq

The Human Freedom Index 2018

Cato and Fraser Institute 110 New Zealand

Global Climate Risk Index 2019 Annual Climate Summit 14 Puerto Rico

Global Gender Gap Index 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) 108 Iceland

Sustainable Development Goals Index 2018

NITI Ayog 57 Himachal Pradesh

Forest and Tree Cover Food and Agriculture Organizations

8th

Global Phosphorous Pollution Index

Water Resources Research 2nd China

World Migration Report UN 1st India

E-commerce Development Index 2018

UN 96th Denmark

Global Competitiveness Index 2018

The World Economic Forum 58th US

Human Capital Score World Bank 158th Finland

Commonwealth innovation index

WIPO and GII 10 UK th

Global Economic Freedom Index

American think-tank 130th Hong Kong

Environmental Performance Index 2018

World Economic Forum 177 Switzerland th

List of Wealthiest countries New World Wealth 6th USA

Global Democracy Index EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit)

41st Norway

Corruption Perception Index Transparency International 81st New Zealand

International Intellectual Property Index

US Chambers of Commerce 44 USA th

MIWE (MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs)

MasterCard 52nd New Zealand

World Happiness report UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

133 Finland rd

Ease of Doing Business World Bank 77th New Zealand

Global manufacturing Index World Economic Forum 30 Japan th

Inclusive Development Index World Economic Forum 62nd Norway (Advanced) Lithuania (Emerging)

Worst New-born Mortality Rate

UNICEF 12 Japan th

Hurun Global Rich List 2018 – Highest Number of Billionaires

Hurun Research Institute 3rd China

Global Hunger Index (GHI) IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute)

103rd Belarus

Countries facing web-borne threats

Kaspersky Lab 33rd

Global Gaming Installs Unity Technologies 3rd

Vacation Deprivation Report 2017

Expedia 5th South Korea

Most targeted for Web Applications attack

Akamai Technologies 7

th

Climate change performance index

German watch 14th Sweden

Largest Overseas holder of US Government Securities

US Treasury Department 12 China th

Index of cheapest countries to live or retire

GoBankingRates 2nd South Africa

2017 Military strength ranking Global Firepower 4 USA th

Most Attractive Market for Investments – surveys of CEOs

PwC 5th USA

Best countries for Business Forbes 62 UK nd

Global Tuberculosis Report 2017

WHO 1st

International Business Report – Business optimism inde

Grant Thornton 7 Indonesia th

Nations Brand 2017 – Most Valuable

Brand Finance 8th USA

Government at a Glance Report 2017

OECD (Organization for Economic Corporation and Development)

3 Switzerland rd

Countries with highest NPAs CARE ratings 5th Greece

Highest public binge watching Netflix 2 Mexico nd

Passport Index Arton Capital 75th Singapore

Global Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Workforce

LinkedIn 2nd

Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index 2017

Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS)

28th Denmark

Pollution and Health – Pollution related deaths

The Lancet 1st

CS Family 1000 – Number of Family owned businesses

Credit Suisse Research Institute

3rd China

IMD Competitiveness Rankings International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

44th US

Global Wealth Migration Review 2018

AfrAsia Bank Global Wealth Migration

6th United States

India Solar Market Leaderboard 2018

Mercom Communications 3rd China

Asia Pacific on Power Index Lowy Institute and Australian think tank

4th US

FDI Confidence Index 2018 Global consultant AT Kearney 11th United States

Worldwide military spending Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

5th US

Global Urban Air Pollution database

World Health Organisation (WHO)

14 Indian cities India

Family-Owned Businesses Credit Suisse Research Institutes (CSRI)

3 China

Most valuable nation brand Brand Finances 8 United States

Tuberculosis (TB) cases Global Health Observatory 1 India

Migrants living abroad UN DESA 1 India

Largest Importer of LPG

2 China

The vulnerable country in the world facing extreme weather events

Germanwatch 6 Haiti

Business optimism index Grant Thornton's International Business

7 Indonesia

Pollution-related deaths The Lancet Commission 1 India

Global manufacturing Index. World Economic Forum 30 Japan

Global connectivity index Huaweis Global Connectivity 43 US, Singapore and Sweden

World press freedom index Reporters Without Borders 136 Norway, Sweden and Finland

Travel and Tourism competitiveness index

World Economic Forum (WEF) 40 Spain, France and Germany

Quality Nationality Index Henley & Partners – Kochenov 101 Germany

Renewable energy attractiveness index

4 China

Global milk production Index

1 India

Healthcare index Lancet 154 Switzerland

Consumer confidence index University of Michigan 1 India

Composite District Infrastructure Index

Ministry of DoNER

Global retail development index

A.T. Kearneys Global Retail Development

1 India

Network readiness index World Economic Forum's 91 Singapore