CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 18TH JULY
2019
1.
Who have been
unanimously elected as members of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) from Lok
Sabha?
A) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Vishnu Deo Sai & Jayant Sinha
B) Satya Pal Singh, Vishnu Deo Sai & Jayant Sinha
C) Vishnu Deo Sai, Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava & Jayant Sinha
D) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Satya Pal Singh & Jayant
Sinha
E) None of these
2.
Name the pension
scheme under which 30,85,205 Persons have enrolled till July 10, 2019.
A) Atal Pension Yojana
B) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
C) Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan
D) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
E) None of these
3.
How much amount is
given as monthly pension to the beneficiaries after attaining the age of 60
years under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan?
A) Rs.3000
B) Rs.2000
C) Rs.1500
D) Rs.1000
E) None of these
4.
Which state is set
to host the first-ever Himalayan States Conclave on 28th July, 2019?
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Sikkim
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Uttarakhand
E) None of these
5.
Golden Jubilee
Edition 2019 (50th edition) of International Film Festival of India(IFFI) to be
celebrated in which state?
A) Mumbai, Maharashtra
B) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
C) Panaji, Goa
D) Hyderabad, Telangana
E) None of these
6.
More than how many
people suffered hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition worldwide as per the
report titled ”State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019” by
United Nations agencies?
A) 810 million
B) 820 million
C) 830 million
D) 840 million
E) None of these
7.
Where was the
foundation stone of Baba Guru Nanak International University (BGNIU) has been
laid?
A) Nankana Sahib, Pakistan
B) Amritsar, India
C) Lahore, Pakistan
D) Attari, India
E) None of these
8.
Who will feature in
Britain’s new £50 banknote that is expected to enter circulation by the end of
2021?
A) John von Neumann
B) Charles Babbage
C) Alan Turing
D) Joan Clarke
E) None of these
9.
Name the Supreme
Court judge, who was appointed as the international judge of the Singapore
International Commercial Court (SICC) recently.
A) Justice H. L. Dattu
B) Justice AK Sikri
C) Justice Dipak Misra
D) Justice T. S. Thakur
E) None of these
10. Which country has appointed former Indian cricketer &
wicket-keeper, Kiran Shankar More as interim coach of its cricket team?
A) Bangladesh
B) Sri lanka
C) Newzealand
D) United States of America
E) None of these
11. Name the Indian Sprinter, who won the gold medal in Women’s
100-metre at 30th Summer University Games (XXX Summer Universiade) 2019.
A) Hima Das
B) Dutee Chand
C) Swapna Barman
D) V. K. Vismaya
E) None of these
12. Which country has won the top spot with 82 Medals (33 Gold,
21 Silver, 28 Bronze) in the 30th Summer University Games (XXX Summer
Universiade) 2019?
A) India
B) China
C) Russia
D) Japan
E) None of these
13. Which country is set to host the International Shooting
Sport Federation (ISSF) from March 15 to 26, 2020?
A) Switzerland
B) Russia
C) India
D) Japan
E) None of these
14. Name the Indian general, who was awarded with the Mahavir
Chakra for the 1971 Indo-Pak war and Kirti Chaka for the 1947 Hyderabad
operations, passed away in Chandigarh recently.
A) Lt Gen Rajguru
B) Lt Gen Chandra Shekhar Azad
C) Lt Gen Ullaskar Dutta
D) Lt Gen JS Gharaya
E) None of these
15. French government celebrates its National Day(also known as
Bastille Day) on ________?
A) 12th July
B) 13th July
C) 14th July
D) 15th July
E) None of these
16. Who lit the victory flame to mark the 20th anniversary of
the successful culmination of Operation Vijay– Kargil Vijay Diwas -‘Remember,
Rejoice and Renew’?
A) Amit Shah
B) Rajnath Singh
C) Ram Nath Kovind
D) Narendra Modi
E) None of these
17.
Who has been selected for
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships in the field of performing arts?
A) Tarun Bhattacharya
B) Zakir Hussain
C) Rajiv Naik
D) Malini Awasthi
E) None of these
18.
The researchers at which
University have developed a low-cost filter to remove arsenic from water?
A) Delhi University
B) IIT Bombay
C) Tezpur University
D) IISC Bangalore
E) None of these
19.
Which state / UT government has launched
“Happiness Utsav” in its schools?
A) Haryana
B) Rajasthan
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Delhi
E) None of these
20.
From which city, the
first-ever international commercial flight from Madhya Pradesh has launched?
A) Indore
B) Bhopal
C) Jabalpur
D) Gwalior
E) None of these
