Current Affairs 1st January 2019: Daily Gk update
Q.1 Which country successfully tested Russia’s S-400 missile air defence system worth USD 3 billion?
Ans. China
Q.2 Which Asian country has recently submitted its 6th National Report (NR6) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?
Ans India
Q.3 Three islands belonging to which union territory have been renamed after legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose?
Ans. Andaman and Nicobar
Q.4 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched pension management software SAMPANN for pensioners of telecom department, on 29th December 2018 in Varanasi. Expand SAMPANN?
Ans. System for Authority and Management of Pension
Q.5 In recently, Who has been named as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Cricketer of the Year?
Ans. Smriti Mandhana
Q.6 The 6th IRRI South Asia Regional Centre (ISARC) has recently inaugurated in which of the following cities?
Ans.Varanasi
Q.7 Which country has successfully tested a new hypersonic nuclear weapon delivery system ‘Avangard’?
Ans. Russia
Q.8 Name the Rajbhar community icon on whom Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative postage stamp on 29th December 2018, in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh?
Ans. Maharaja Suheldev
Q.9 11th Bengaluru International Film Festival will start from February 7, 2019. What is Its theme ?
Ans. Nature’s Fury
Q.10 The Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) has been banned under which section of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) of 1967?
Ans. Section 35