CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 17TH MAY
2019
1.
Where was the Indian Navy’s first
full-fledged Service Selection Board (SSB) inaugurated recently?
A) Panambur
Harbour, Karnataka
B) Kandla
Harbour, Gujarat
C) Diamond
Harbour, West Bengal
D) Mormugao
Harbour, Goa
E) None of
these
2.
Where was the 6th Session of the
biennial Global Platform for (DDR) Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2019) co-chaired
by Switzerland and UNISDR?
A) Paris,
France
B) Vienna,
Austria
C) Jakarta,
Indonesia
D) Geneva,
Switzerland
E) None of
these
3.
Which country is set to co-chair the
Consultative Group (CG) of Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
(GFDRR) 2020?
A) U.S.
B) India
C) Germany
D) Russia
E) None of
these
4.
Where was the multilateral maritime
security field exercise, Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus)
held?
A) Russia
B) Singapore
C) U.S.
D) India
E) None of
these
5.
Which country has become the second
country in the world after UK to declare ‘climate emergency’?
A) Russia
B) U.S.
C) Ireland
D) China
E) None of
these
6.
Which private sector bank has
collaborated with IMGC (India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation) for a mortgage
guarantee-backed home loan?
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) Citibank
E) None of
these
7.
Name the bank, that was penalized by
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with Rs.1 Crore for failing to fully automate the
non-performing asset (NPA) identification process.
A) IndusInd
Bank
B) Nainital
Bank
C) RBL Bank
D) Lakshmi
Vilas Bank
E) None of
these
8.
Name the NGO foundation, whose
registration was cancelled by the Home Ministry for violating the norms of
receiving foreign grants.
A) Parinaam
Foundation
B) Bharti
Foundation
C) Infosys
Foundation
D) Equitas
Development Initiatives Trust
E) None of
these
9.
Name the Indian women, who become the
world’s first women to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft
(LSA) recently.
A) Anny Divya
B) Aarohi
Pandit
C) Bhawana
Kanth
D) Avani
Chaturvedi
E) None of
these
10. A K Sikri has
been appointed as the chairperson of which association?
A) Entertainment
Network India Limited
B) Indian
Broadcasting Foundation
C) Press
Council of India
D) News
Broadcasting Standards Authority
E) None of
these
11. Who has been
appointed as the first chief of Armed Forces Special Operations Division
(AFSOD)?
A) AK Dhingra
B) Subhash
Bhamre
C) Sanjay
Mitra
D) Ajay Kumar
E) None of
these
12. Kumar Tuhin
was appointed as the Ambassador of India to which country?
A) Montenegro
B) Bosnia and
Herzegovina
C) Serbia
D) Albania
E) None of
these
13. Which
football club has won the Premier League title 2019 and became the first team
to retain its title in last 10 years?
A) Blackburn
Rovers
B) Leicester
City
C) Manchester
United
D) Manchester
City
E) None of
these
14. Who has been appointed
as the first female match referee by ICC?
A) Mary
Waldron
B) Shivani
Mishra
C) Jacqueline
Williams
D) G S
Lakshmi
E) None of
these
15. India has
been chosen to co-chair Consultative Group (CG) of GFDRR in which fiscal year?
A) 2022
B) 2021
C) 2020
D) 2022
E) None of
these
16. Who has been
appointed head coach of the Indian men’s senior football team?
A) Hakan
Ericson
B) Igor
Stimac
C) Albert
Roca
D) Lee
Min-Sung
E) None of
these
17. Teressa
Island is located in which of the following union territories of India?
A) Lakshadweep
B) Puducherry
C) Daman
& Diu
D) Andaman
and Nicobar
E) None of
these
