CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 21ST – 22TH
JULY 2019
1.
Name the scheme
launched by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for the period 2018-2020 to combat
cyber crime in India.
A) Indian Credit Collateral Crime Centre
B) Indian Capacity Cyber Crime Centre (I4C)
C) Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
D) Indian Collateral Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
E) None of these
2.
What is the name of
UGC(University Grants Commission) Guide to Student Induction Programme released
by Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
in New Delhi?
A) “Deeksharambh”
B) “Scheme to Provide Quality Education(SPQE)”
C) “eBasta Scheme”
D) “Pahal Scheme”
E) None of these
3.
Which organization
prepared the first-ever Draft Distribution Perspective Plan under the guidance
of the Ministry of Power?
A) Power Grid Corporation of India
B) Central Electricity Authority (CEA)
C) Central Electricity Regulatory Commission(CERC)
D) Power System Operation Corporation(POSOCO)
E) None of these
4.
Expand PMRPY
scheme?
A) Pradhan Mantri Rural Protsahan Yojana
B) Pradhan Mantri Raksha Protsahan Yojana
C) Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana
D) Pradhan Mantri Rakshit Protsahan Yojana
E) None of these
5.
Which year is set
as a target to eradicate Tuberculosis (TB) in India?
A) 2040
B) 2035
C) 2030
D) 2025
E) None of these
6.
Name the two new
district formed by Tamil Nadu state government.
A) Erode and Thiruvarur
B) Tenkasi and Chengalpattu
C) Sivagangai and Dindigul
D) Tiruppur and Thiruvarur
E) None of these
7.
Totally how many
districts are there in Tamil Nadu?
A) 31
B) 33
C) 35
D) 36
E) None of these
8.
Which Indian Naval
Ship(INS) has started its two month long second mission Sagar Maitri from
Southern Naval Command in Kochi, Kerala?
A) INS Sagardhwan
B) INS Investigator
C) INS Makar
D) INS Sandhayak
E) None of these
9.
Which country has
signed $91.26 million agreement with Indian Railway Construction Company(IRCON)
for the up gradation of 130 km rail track?
A) Myanmar
B) Bangladesh
C) Nepal
D) Sri Lanka
E) None of these
10. For which reason, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was
declared as “Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)” by World
Health Organization (WHO)?
A) Nipah
B) Ebola
C) Variola
D) Sendai
E) None of these
11. What is the Gross Domestic Product(GDP) growth of India for
the year 2019 as per the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) report titled ‘Asian
Development Outlook 2019?
A) 7.1%
B) 7.2%
C) 7%
D) 7.3%
E) None of these
12. Which bank has launched its AI(Artificial Intelligence) interactive
assistant called “ABHi” to understand the customer query and fetch the relevant
information?
A) Andhra Bank
B) Axis Bank
C) Canara Bank
D) HDFC Bank
E) None of these
13. Which organization stated that, India’s current account (CA)
balance deficit rose to $68 billion in 2018-19 from $49 billion in 2017-18?
A) Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
B) World Bank(WB)
C) United Nations(UN)
D) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
E) None of these
14. Which two countries bilateral trade accounted to $9.5
billion for 2017-18?
A) India and Russia
B) India and Bangladesh
C) India and Nepal
D) India and United States
E) None of these
15. Expand FMCG?
A) Fast Moving Currency Goods
B) Fast Moving Capital Goods
C) Fast Moving Consumer Goods
D) Fast Moving Current Goods
E) None of these
16. Which state topped the TransUnion Credit Information Bureau
(India) Limited (CIBIL) – Small Industries Development Bank of India’s (SIDBI)
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Pulse Report?
A) Gujarat
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Karnataka
E) None of these
17. Where was the 9th Edition of South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Film Festival for the year 2019 held?
A) Singapore, Singapore
B) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
C) Mumbai, India
D) Colombo, Sri Lanka
E) None of these
18. Which film bagged Best Feature Film in 9th Edition of South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Film Festival for the year
2019?
A) Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
B) Nagarkirtan
C) Gully Boy
D) Uri: The Surgical Strike
E) None of these
19. Which has become India’s most valuable brand for the second
straight year in 2019 as per “Brand Finance India 100 2019”?
A) State Bank of India(SBI)
B) Infosys
C) Tata
D) Life Insurance Corporation(LIC)
E) None of these
20. Name the finance institution, which was awarded for
outstanding performance in terms of Self-Help Group (SHG) linkage in Tamil Nadu
for 2018-19 from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).
A) Repco Micro Finance
B) Udhayam Micro Finance
C) ESAF Micro Finance
D) Madhura Micro Finance
E) None of these
21. Where was the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships 2019
held?
A) Kingston, Jamaica
B) Edinburgh, Scotland
C) Manchester, England
D) Apia, Samoa
E) None of these
22. Name the weight lifter who broke the Youth World, Asian and
Commonwealth records in the snatch category at Commonwealth Weightlifting
Championship 2019.
A) Achinta Sheuli
B) Jeremy Lalrinnunga
C) Gulam Navi
D) Jacob Vanlaltluanga
E) None of these
23. Who was the 6th Indian Cricketer inducted into International
Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame?
A) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Vijay Hazare
C) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Virender Sehwag
E) None of these
24. Name the Indian Sprinter, who won gold medal in women’s 200m
race at the Tabor Athletics Meet 2019 in the Czech Republic.
A) Hima Das
B) Dutee CHand
C) V.K.Vismaya
D) M. R. Poovamma
E) None of these
25. Where is the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship
(CTTC) for the year 2019 is being held?
A) New Delhi, Delhi
B) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
C) Pune, Mumbai
D) Cuttack, Odisha
E) None of these
26. Arjun Bhati is associated with which sport?
A) Table Tennis
B) Golf
C) Football
D) Athelete
E) None of these
27. Which country has been suspended by the International
Cricket Council (ICC) with immediate effect after it breached the ICC
Constitution?
A) Zimbabwe
B) Mozambique
C) Botswana
D) Zambia
E) None of these
28. For which scheme, central government has approved a sum of
Rs 206.8 crore that aims at double farmers’ income by the year 2022?
A) Agriculture Policy: Vision 2020
B) Policy on doubling farmers income
C) Implementation of Agriculture Export Policy
D) Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna (PKVY)
E) None of these
29. Name the Scheme launched by Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ aimed
at mentoring National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) to develop
quality assurance in Higher Education.
A) Paramarsh
B) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
C) Samagra Shiksha
D) Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
E) None of these
30. Which country has finalized a new veterinary health protocol
for the export of breeder sheep to India?
A) Germany
B) United Kingdom
C) United States
D) Australia
E) None of these
31. Which state technical education department has signed an MoU
with the British Council to improve the English speaking skills of the students
studying in Polytechnic Colleges in the state?
A) Assam
B) Bihar
C) West Bengal
D) Odisha
E) None of these
32. Which two countries participate in Hand-in-Hand Military
exercise?
A) India & China
B) India & Russia
C) India & France
D) India & Myanmar
E) None of these
33. Where will the 8th edition of Hand-in-Hand(HiH)Military
exercise 2019 to be held on December 2019?
A) West Bengal
B) Maharashtra
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Meghalaya
E) None of these
34. Where was the 5th Edition of International Police Expo for
the year 2019 held?
A) Pune
B) Chennai
C) New Delhi
D) Kolakata
E) None of these
35. Which town gets India’s first ‘Garbage Cafe’ for ragpickers
and provide food to the them for collecting plastic waste?
A) Lahaul and Spiti,Keylong, Himachal Pradesh
B) Agond, Karnal, Haryana
C) Barwani district, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
D) Ambikapur, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh
E) None of these
36. Which state will set up India’s first space tech park?
A) Hyderabad, Telangana
B) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
C) Bengaluru, Karnataka
D) Gandhinagar, Gujarat
E) None of these
37. Which state government has signed a pact for a pilot project
called ‘Medicine from the Sky’ with World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Centre for the
Fourth Industrial Revolution Network?
A) Karnataka
B) West Bengal
C) Telangana
D) Andhra Pradesh
E) None of these
38. Name the first Indian Naval Ship(INS), which reached Sweden
as a part of Indian Navy’s mission of building “bridges of friendship” and
strengthening international cooperation after a gap of 15 years.
A) INS Tarkash
B) INS Talwar
C) INS Trikand
D) INS Rajput
E) None of these
39. Which bank has withdrawn $300 million of fund for Amaravati
Capital City project in Andhra Pradesh?
A) New Development Bank(NDB)
B) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AIIB)
C) Asian Development Bank(ADB)
D) World Bank(WB)
E) None of these
40. Who was the first woman governor of Uttar Pradesh appointed
by President of Ram Nath Kovind since its inception in 1950?
A) Anandi Ben Patel
B) Ram Naik
C) Banwari Lal Joshi
D) Vishnu Kant Shastri
E) None of these
41. To which state, Lal Ji Tandon was appointed as the governor?
A) Tripura
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) West Bengal
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) None of these
42. Who was appointed as the private secretary to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi?
A) Kamal Pande
B) Vivek Kumar
C) B. K. Chaturvedi
D) Ajit Seth
E) None of these
43. Name the Indian Foreign Service(IFS) officer, who was
appointed as the ambassador of India to the Republic of Panama.
A) Santosh Jha
B) Amrit Lugun
C) Upender Singh Rawat
D) R. Masakui
E) None of these
44. To which country Shri Sanjeev Kumar Singla was appointed as
the next Ambassador of India?
A) Israel
B) Brazil
C) Colombia
D) Eritrea
E) None of these
45. Which entity has acquired online travel portal Yatra Online
Inc., for an enterprise value of $337.8 million (Rs 2,325 crore)?
A) Origami Risk LLC
B) Zywave
C) ItzCash Card
D) Ebix Inc
E) None of these
46. Which organization developed the third generation anti-tank guided
missile NAG?
A) Lockheed Martin India Pvt Ltd
B) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
C) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL)
D) Boeing India Pvt Ltd
E) None of these
47. Rani Banga is associated with which sport?
A) Boxing
B) Pilates
C) Tennis
D) Gymnastics
E) None of these
48. Where was the 2nd Edition of Hero Intercontinental Cup
football tournament for the year 2019 held?
A) Mumbai, Maharashtra
B) Ahmedabad, Gujarat
C) Lucknow, Uttar pradesh
D) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
E) None of these
49. Which country won the 2nd Edition of Hero Intercontinental
Cup football tournament for the year 2019?
A) Kazakhstan
B) Turkmenistan
C) North Korea
D) Tajikistan
E) None of these
50. Which state cricket association became the newest associate member
of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)?
A) Cricket Association of Puducherry (CAP)
B) Cricket Association of Bengal(CAB)
C) Uttarakhand Cricket Association (UCA)
D) Arunachal Pradesh Cricket Association (ACA)
E) None of these
51. Three times Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit passed away
recently, she was the chief minister of which state?
A) Bihar
B) West Bengal
C) New Delhi
D) Odisha
E) None of these
