CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 28TH MAY
2019
1.
Which two institutions are merged to
create new statistical body National Statistical Office (NSO) under Ministry of
Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI)?
i. Central
Statistical Organisation (CSO)
ii. National
Sample Survey Office (NSSO)
iii. National
Statistical Organisation (NSO)
A) Option i
& ii
B) Option i
& iii
C) Option ii
& iii
D) All the
above options
E) None of
these
2.
Who headed the National Statistical
Commission which has suggested to create new statistical body National
Statistical Office (NSO) by merging Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) and
the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)?
A) Amitav
Ghosh
B) M.
Narasimham
C) C
Rangarajan
D) I. G.
Patel
E) None of
these
3.
Which country is set to host World
Leaders Conference to Combat Anti-Semitism in October 2020?
A) India
B) Swedan
C) Russia
D) U.S.
E) None of
these
4.
Who is the head of the SEBI constituted
panel that suggested significant changes to Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPI) Regulations
recently?
A) M
Narasimham
B) Dr. Y V
Reddy
C) S
Venkitaramanan
D) R Khan
E) None of
these
5.
RBI modified the norms on VRR
investment recently, VRR stands for _____________?
A) VRR –
Volatile Retention Rate
B) VRR –
Voluntary Retention Route
C) VRR –
Voluntary Route Rate
D) VRR –
Volatile Rate for Radical business
E) None of
these
6.
Name the global internet technology and
financial services provider which collaborated with India to issue Permanent
Account Number (PAN) card.
A) Steinhoff
International
B) Evotec
A.G.
C) Comdirect
D) Wirecard
E) None of
these
7.
How much percent of vote was casted
thus becoming the highest vote turnout during the 2019 Lok Sabha Election?
A) 83.27%
B) 78.27%
C) 67.47%
D) 77.77%
E) None of
these
8.
Who was appointed as the new force
commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)?
A) Devraj
Anbu
B) Shailesh
Tinaikar
C) I.S.
Ghuman
D) Anil Kumar
Bhatt
E) None of
these
9.
Which of the following countries has
been officially recognized as malaria-free in the WHO African Region?
A) Nigeria
B) Morocco
C) Algeria
D) Tanzania
E) None of
these
10. What is the
theme of the 2019 edition of World Bee Day (WBD)?
A) Join hands
to Protect Bees
B) Save the
Bees
C) Praise
Bees & their working
D) Save Bees,
Save Ecosystem
E) None of
these
11. Which Indian
scientist has won the 2019 German chemistry prize at the 4th Green and
Sustainable Chemistry Conference?
A) Siva
Umapathy
B) B
Sesikeran
C) Ankur
Patwardhan
D) S
Chandrasekhar
E) None of
these
12. What is the India’s GDP forecast in FY 20, as
per latest UN-WESP 2019 Mid-year Update?
A) 7.4%
B) 7.3%
C) 7.1%
D) 7.2%
E) None of
these
