Daily Current Affairs Questions: 6 Sep 2019

Daily Current Affairs Questions:

UPSC (IAS) – Pre 2019

06-09-2019

Question 1.

The ‘India Meteorological Department’ (IMD) issues various categories of alerts, from Green to Red, consider the following with respect to it.

1. Under the Yellow category, Authorities are advised to “Be updated” on the situation.
2. Under the Orange category, Authorities are expected to “Be prepared”.

Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?

(a)  Only 1

(b)  Only 2

(c ) Both 1 & 2

(d)  None

Answer-  c

 

Question 2.

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is related to-

(a)  USA

(b)  Russia

(c ) Japan

(d)  China

 

Answer-  a

 

Question 3. Recently, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has released its flagship report, ‘State of the World Population 2019’,consider the following statements regarding the report- 1.      India Accounts for over one-sixth of the world’s population in 2019. 2.      India’s Growth rate was 1.2% per year between 2010 and 2019.   Which of the statements given above is/ are correct? (a)  Only 1 (b)  Only 2 (c ) Both 1 & 2 (d)  None   Answer-  c     Question 4.

What is the name of famous folk singer who was also known as ‘Birha Samrat’ recently passed away? (a)  Hiralal Yadav (b)  Ajay Kumar (c ) Shakuntal Sinha (d)  Arpan Das Mitra

Answer- a

 

Question 5.

What is the name of Kerala’s largest temple festival, which began on May 12, 2019?

(a)  Vishu

(b) Onam

(c ) Aranmula Boat Race

(d)  Thrissur Pooram

 

Answer-  d