CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 16TH MAY 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 16TH MAY 2019
1.        Where was the 2 day ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held?
A) New Delhi
B) Kolkata
C) Chennai
D) Mumbai
E) None of these

2.        Who is the Director General of World Trade Organisation (WTO)?
A) Renato Ruggiero
B) Mike Moore
C) Roberto Azevedo
D) Pascal Lamy
E) None of these

3.        What is the name of the joint exercise carried out by the India Armed Forces namely Indian Army, Navy and Air Force that was held in Teressa Island, Andaman and Nicobar?
A) Bull Strike
B) Emerald Mercury
C) Desert Strike
D) Shatrujeet
E) None of these


4.        Which bank has partnered with the digital payments company, Paytm and launched the 1st cash-back driven credit card called “Paytm First Card”?
A) IDBI Bank
B) Federal Bank
C) HDFC Bank
D) Citibank
E) None of these

5.        Who won the International Cricketer of the Year Award in CEAT International Cricket Awards 2019?
A) Virat Kohli
B) MS Dhoni
C) Rohit Sharma
D) Shikhar Dhawan
E) None of these

6.        Name the Indian Cricketer, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award in CEAT International Cricket Awards 2019.
A) Anil Kumble
B) Ajay Jadeja
C) Mohinder Amarnath
D) Gul Mohammad
E) None of these

7.        Who won the International T20 Player of the Year in CEAT International Cricket Awards 2019?
A) Glenn Maxwell
B) Aaron Finch
C) Shane Watson
D) David Warner
E) None of these

8.        Name the former Indian cricketer, who has become the first woman to be appointed to ICC’s international panel of match referees.
A) GS Lakshmi
B) Deepa Marathe
C) Kalyani Dhokarikar
D) Manju Nadgoda
E) None of these

9.        Name the High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) drone, which was recently test fired by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
A) AURA
B) ABHYAS
C) Lakshya
D) Nishant
E) None of these

10.    What is the name of the mission to moon, that is set to be achieved by National Aeronautics and Space Organization(NASA) in the year 2024?
A) Artemis
B) Voyager
C) Pioneer
D) Chandra
E) None of these

11.    Which of the bowlers has been adjudged as 2019 CEAT International Bowler of the Year?
A) Jasprit Bumrah
B) Kuldeep Yadav
C) Rashid Khan
D) Ashutosh Aman
E) None of these

12.    The United Nations (UN) has decided to hold its 2020 ocean conference in which of the following cities?
A) New York
B) Paris
C) New Delhi
D) Lisbon
E) None of these

13.    Which country has started test run on world’s fastest-ever bullet train “Alfa-X”?
A) France
B) Japan
C) China
D) South Korea
E) None of these

14.    Yuvika 2019, which is in news recently, is associated to which of the organizations?
A) ISRO
B) RBI
C) BSNL
D) DRDO
E) None of these

15.    Which insurance company has recently launched the Mosquito Disease Protection Policy?
A) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
B) HDFC ERGO
C) LIC
D) SBI Life Insurance
E) None of these