CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 14TH JUNE
2019
1.
By which year, the central government
has decided to provide clean drinking tap water to all citizens?
A) 2022
B) 2020
C) 2024
D) 2025
E) None of
these
2.
Name the scheme launched by Jal Shakti
Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat which aims to provide clean drinking tap
water to the 14 crore households in India.
A) Nal Se Jal
B) Jal nal
yojna
C) Se Jal
yojana
D) Jal Yojana
E) None of
these
3.
Which country’s railway agency has
entered into tripartite agreement worth 7 lakh euros with Indian Railway
Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) to boost capacity building for railway
station development program in India?
A) China
B) U.S.
C) Russia
D) France
E) None of
these
4.
Bancha became India’s first all-solar
kitchen village, it is in which state?
A) Kolasib
district of Mizoram
B) Kiphire
district of Nagaland
C) Betul
district of Madhya Pradesh
D) Nanded
district of Maharashtra
E) None of
these
5.
Which country topped the 3rd End of
Childhood Index for the year 2019, released by United Kingdom (UK) based
non-profit organisation ‘Save the Children’?
A) Singapore
B) Norway
C) Sweden
D) Finland
E) None of
these
6.
What is the rank of India in 3rd End of
Childhood Index for the year 2019, released by United Kingdom (UK) based
non-profit organisation ‘Save the Children’?
A) 119
B) 117
C) 115
D) 113
E) None of
these
7.
Where was the G20 Finance Ministers and
Central Bank Governors Meeting held recently?
A) New Delhi,
India
B) Fukuoka,
Japan
C) Beijing,
China
D) Washington,
D.C., U.S.
E) None of
these
8.
Who led Indian Delegation to G20
Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet held In Fukuoka, Japan?
A) Anant
Geete
B) Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar
C) Nirmala
Sitharaman
D) Harsh
Vardhan
E) None of
these
9.
Which country’s Indian Embassy
organized the ‘Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace’ to mark the 150th birth anniversary
of Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Saudi
Arabia
B) Iran
C) United
Arab Emirates (UAE)
D) Qatar
E) None of
these
10. Where was the
2nd Global Disability Summit held recently?
A) Tokyo,
Japan
B) New Delhi,
India
C) Beijing,
China
D) Buenos
Aires, Argentina
E) None of
these
11. Who was the
head of 6-member committee constituted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review
ATM pricing?
A) Sanjeev
Patel
B) Sampath
Kumar
C) V.G.
Kannan
D) G.K. Nair
E) None of
these
12. Which
organization has released the report, indicating that the overall
non-performing assets (NPAs) stock has declined at a great pace to 9.3% in
March 2019, below RBI’s (Reserve Bank of India) estimate?
A) CRISIL
B) Fitch
Ratings
C) Moody’s
Corporation
D) ICRA
Limited
E) None of
these
13. Which entity
topped the “BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand ranking 2019” Index and
became the world’s most valuable brand worth $315.5 billion?
A) Facebook
B) Google
C) Amazon
D) Apple
E) None of
these
14. Name the
automobile maker brand which received the Gold award from South Africa ‘s
National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA).
A) Mahindra
Group
B) Tata
Motors
C) Mahindra
& Mahindra
D) Honda
Motor Company
E) None of
these
15. Who was
appointed as the interim Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) for a term of
four years?
A) Shashi
Kant Sharma
B) Sunil
Kumar Sharma
C) K. V.
Chowdary
D) Sharad
Kumar
E) None of
these
16. Which country
has elected Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as its president?
A) Turkmenistan
B) Kazakhstan
C) Kyrgyzstan
D) Uzbekistan
E) None of
these
17. Who succeeded
Arun Jaitley after named as the leader of Rajya Sabha?
A) Thawarchand
Gehlot
B) Ram Vilas
Paswan
C) Narendra
Singh Tomar
D) Ravi Shankar
Prasad
E) None of
these
18. World Day
Against Child Labour (WDACL) is observed annually on ___________?
A) June 12
B) June 11
C) June 10
D) June 9
E) None of
these
19. Which North
American country has decided to ban single use plastics from 2021?
A) Canada
B) Mexico
C) United
States
D) Cuba.
E) None of
these
20. Which of the
following banks has introduced repo-linked home loan product?
A) SBI
B) PNB
C) BoB
D) BoI
E) None of
these
21. Mount
Sinabung is located in which of the following islands of Indonesia?
A) Java
B) Bali
C) Sumatra
D) Sumbawa
E) None of
these
22. India’s first
Dinosaur-Museum-Cum-Park is located in which of the following states?
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Himachal
Pradesh
D) Odisha
E) None of
these
23. Which country
has decided to conduct its first-ever simulated space warfare exercise
‘IndSpaceEx’?
A) Italy
B) Israel
C) Indonesia
D) India
E) None of
these
24. The
scientists of which US University have created a global map of where
groundwater meets oceans?
A) Stanford
University
B) Ohio State
University
D) Yale
University
C) Duke
University
E) None of
these
