CURRENT AFFAIRS
QUIZ – 1ST APRIL 2019
1.
Pentagon has planned to establish a new
wall at which of the following border in order to prevent illegal migration and
drug trafficking?
A)
Russia–United States border
B)
Mexico–United States border
C) Canada–United
States border
D)
Cuba–United States border
E) None of
these
2.
Name the Bank,which received a capital
infusion of Rs 5,042 Crore from the government recently?
A) Bank of
Baroda
B) Dena Bank
C) Vijaya
Bank
D) Union Bank
of India
E) None of these
3.
Tashigang,became the world’s highest
polling station belongs to which state?
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Andhra
Pradesh
D) Himachal
Pradesh
E) None of
these
4.
Name the hyper-local connectivity app,
launched in Mumbai which is used to connect the users to their neighborhood
people.
A) Annie
B) Zapier
C) Connect
D) Bhonga
E) None of
these
5.
According to the “State of the Global
Climate in 2018” report,released by World Meteorological Organization
(WMO),2018 was ________ warmest year?
A) Second
B) Third
C) Fourth
D) First
E) None of
these
6.
Which country has signed security
agreement with Qatar for ensuring safety in the FIFA (The Federation
Internationale de Football Association) World Cup 2022 event?
A) France
B) US
C) Russia
D) India
E) None of
these
7.
Who is the author of the book titled
“Indian Fiscal Federalism”?
A) Y.V. Reddy
B) G.R. Reddy
C) NK Singh
D) Both 1 and
3
E) Both 1 and
2
8.
According to a recent report by Oxfam,
which country has the highest gender wage gap among Asian nations?
A) India
B) China
C) Japan
D) Vietnam
E) None of
these
9.
As per the report titled “‘OpenSignal’s
hottest city for 4G Availability”,which city topped in India?
A) Nashik
B) Nagpur
C) Jamshedpur
D) Dhanbad
E) None of
these
10. Where did
16th meeting of the U.S. India Counter terrorism Joint Working Group held?
A)
Kolkata,West Bengal
B)
Washington, DC, US
C)
Mumbai,Maharashtra
D) California,US
E) None of
these
11. UN Security
Council passed a new Resolution 2462 in order to combat which of the following
issue?
A) Nuclear
proliferation
B) Climate
change
C) Terror
financing
D) Global
warming
E) None of
these
12. Which
Automotive company has developed the ‘largest power storage system in Asia’
installed in Osaka train station in Japan?
A) Daimler AG
B) Toyota
Motor Corporation
C) General
Motors
D) Tesla
E) None of
these
13. How much
billion(approximately) is accepted by Reserve Bank of India(RBI) from banks at
its currency swap auction to ease liquidity?
A) $2 billion
B) $5 billion
C) $3 billion
D) $7 billion
E) None of
these
14. What is the
new average base rate set by Reserve Bank of India(RBI) to be charged by Non-
Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) and Micro Finance institutions(MFI) for the
first quarter (April to June)?
A) 9.25%
B) 9.50%
C) 9.21%
D) 9.45%
E) None of
these
15. What is the
interest rate of girl child savings scheme “Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana account”?
A) 8.1%
B) 8.2%
C) 8.7%
D) 8.5%
E) None of
these
16. What is the
Current account deficit (CAD) of India in the 3rd quarter of the year 2019?
A) 2.1% of
GDP
B) 2.5% of
GDP
C) 2.3% of
GDP
D) 2.9% of
GDP
E) None of
these
17. Who was
conferred with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2019 for his magnificent
achievements in the field of science, education and medicine?
A) S.R.Nathan
B) Prakash
Lohia
C) Rajendra
Kumar Joshi
D) Rajesh
Kumar Saraiya
E) None of
these
18. Which Indian
organisation has decided to set up a regulatory sandbox for Fintech startups?
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) Ministry
of Finance
D) IRDA
19. Which railway
station has received Gold Rating by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)?
A) Jaipur
B) Delhi
C) Gwalior
D) Vijayawada
E) None of
these
