CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2ND AUG
2019
1.
How many judges can
supreme court hold, after cabinet approves to increase the number of judges
excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI)?
A) 33
B) 34
C) 35
D) 36
E) None of these
2.
Which country’s
space agency has signed an MoU with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
on cooperation in the exploration and uses of outer space for peaceful
purposes?
A) Colombia
B) Bolivia
C) Ecuador
D) Uruguay
E) None of these
3.
Where will the
United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements (UNISA)
signing in ceremony to be held?
A) Singapore
B) United States
C) Germany
D) Russia
E) None of these
4.
For how many years
the muslim individual can be jailed if he practices instant triple talaq as per
the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019?
A) Ten
B) Seven
C) Five
D) Three
E) None of these
5.
Under which scheme,
government has sanctioned Rs.52.39 crores for development of Tirthankar Circuit
covering sites associated with Jainism?
A) Swadesh Darshan Scheme
B) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
C) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
D) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
E) None of these
6.
How many millions
houses have been electrified in India under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti
Yojana (DDUGJY) scheme?
A) 36 million houses
B) 30 million houses
C) 26 million houses
D) 20 million houses
E) None of these
7.
Which city was
named as the world’s best city for students & topped in the Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS)’s QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2019?
A) Munich, Germany
B) London, UK
C) Tokyo, Japan
D) Melbourne, Australia
E) None of these
8.
Name the Indian
city, which ranked at 81st & topped among Indian city in Quacquarelli
Symonds (QS)’s QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2019.
A) Chennai
B) Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Bangalore
E) None of these
9.
Expand ECB?
A) Environment Capital Boost(ECB)
B) European Central Bank(ECB)
C) External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)
D) Emerging Consumer Burden(ECB)
E) None of these
10.
Which entity has
raised $100 million (around Rs 690 crore) from International Finance
Corporation (IFC, member of the World Bank Group) for the purpose of lending to
buyers in housing projects?
A) LIC Housing Finance
B) Punjab National Bank(PNB) Housing Finance Ltd
C) Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd.(DHFL)
D) Housing Development Finance Corporation(HDFC)
E) None of these
11.
Which country has
approved foreign military sales worth $670 million to support India’s C-17
military transport aircraft?
A) Japan
B) China
C) United States (US)
D) Russia
E) None of these
12.
Name the Institute
which has partnered with Tata Medical Center to form Comprehensive Digital
Archive of Cancer Imaging(CHAVI) in India .
A) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Kharagpur
B) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Mumbai
C) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Kanpur
D) Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Bhubaneswar
E) None of these
13.
Where did Infosys
has opened its new state-of-the-art Cyber Defence Center?
A) Athens, Greece
B) Bucharest, Romania
C) Sofia, Bulgaria
D) Budapest, Hungary
E) None of these
14.
Who was conferred
with ‘The Society Global Indian Icon Award 2019′, for his excellence in the
field of law at an event hosted in London by the Society Magazine?
A) Mukul Rohatgi
B) K. K. Venugopal
C) Gopal Subramanium
D) Dinesh Tiwari
E) None of these
15.
Name the first
Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander, who performed 8500 feet wingsuit skydive
jump from the Mi-17 V5 helicopter.
A) Surinder Mehra
B) Satish Sareen
C) Tarun Chaudhri
D) Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
E) None of these
16.
Who has been
appointed as the new Finance Secretary?
A) Rajiv Kumar
B) Nripendra Misra
C) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
D) Tarun Shridhar
E) None of these
17.
To which armed
force, S.S Deswal was appointed as the director general?
A) Strategic Forces Command(SFG)
B) National Security Guard (NSG)
C) Paramilitary forces of India(PFI)
D) Special Protection Group(SPG)
E) None of these
18.
Who has been
concurrently accredited as the next ambassador of India to the Republic of Paraguay?
A) Renu Pall
B) Vinay Kumar
C) Kishan Dan Dewal
D) Dinesh Bhatia
E) None of these
19.
Usage of which
technology has been made mandatory in motor vehicles and their parts, to
prevent vehicle theft as per the Draft Notification GSR 521(E) issued by Union
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH)?
A) Smart Display system
B) Ignition Locks
C) Microdot Patches
D) Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology
E) None of these
20.
Where was the
world’s smallest fossil monkey discovered?
A) Amazon forests
B) Congo Basin Forest
C) Daintree Forest
D) Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest
E) None of these
21.
Who set World
Record in the women’s 400m hurdles at US championships after 16 years?
A) Ashley Spencer
B) Dalilah Muhammad
C) Shamier Little
D) Brianna Rollins-McNeal
E) None of these
22.
Which country’s
cricketer, Ellyse Perry became the first of either gender to score 1000 runs
and take 100 wickets in T20 format?
A) New Zealand
B) Bangladesh
C) England
D) Australia
E) None of these
23.
Who lead the Cricket
Advisory Committee (CAC) to choose Team India’s next coach?
A) Anil Kumble
B) Ravi Shastri
C) Kapil Dev
D) Sunil Gavaskar
E) None of these
24.
Venugopal Rao
announces retirement recently, he was associated with which sport?
A) Cricket
B) Football
C) Badminton
D) Tennis
E) None of these
25.
Name the deceased
former Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India(RBI), who was also appointed as
Executive Director on the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in
2015.
A) Ram Nath
B) N. Sundaresan
C) M.G. Mekhri
D) SubirVithalGokarn
E) None of these
26.
81st Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) raising day was celebrated on ________.
A) July 26
B) July 28
C) July 27
D) July 29
E) None of these
27.
Who clinched the
Formula One German Grand Prix 2019?
A) Daniil Kvyat
B) Lance Stroll
C) Sebastian Vettel
D) Max Verstappen
E) None of these
28.
Who has been
appointed the new Finance Secretary of India?
A) Neeraj Kumar Gupta
B) Girish Chandra Murmu
C) Atanu Chakraborty
D) Rajiv Kumar
E) None of these
29.
According to the
2018 Tiger Census report, which state has recorded highest number of tigers?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Uttarakhand
C) Karnataka
D) Chhattisgarh
E) None of these
30.
Who has become the
first IAF pilot to complete wingsuit skydive jump?
A) Mridula Garg
B) Tarun Chaudhri
C) Ramesh chandra Tomar
D) Jainendra Kumar
E) None of these
31.
Jerlin Anika, who
won gold at the 2019 World Deaf Youth Badminton Championships, is from which
state?
A) Kerala
B) Odisha
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
E) None of these
