CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 8TH MAY
2019
1.
Where was the India, Brazil and South
Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting held recently?
A) Kolkata,
West Bengal
B) Bengaluru,
Karanataka
C) Mumbai,
Maharashtra
D) Cochin,
Kerala
E) None of
these
2.
Where was the G7 Environment Ministers
Meeting held to discuss about climate crisis?
A) Rome,
Italy
B) Metz,
France
C) Ottawa,
Canada
D) Paris,
France
E) None of
these
3.
Which bank has slipped by 3 notches to
come down to the 10th spot as most valued bank?
A) State Bank
of India
B) ICICI Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) HDFC Bank
E) None of
these
4.
Name the product from Indonesia, which
has been imposed Anti Dumping Duty by Government of India recently.
A) Splenda
B) Saccharin
C) Stevia
D) Isomalt
E) None of
these
5.
Bandana of which country has set a
Guinness World Records on “Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual”
surpassing the Indian dancer Kalamandalam Hemalatha?
A) Myanmar
B) Srilanka
C) Nepal
D) Bangladesh
E) None of
these
6.
Who won the presidential election in
North Macedonia?
A) Stevo
Pendarovski
B) Gjorge
Ivanov
C) Nikola
Gruevski
D) Zoran Zaev
E) None of
these
7.
Name the country, which has elected
Laurentino Cortizo as its new President.
A) Costa Rica
B) Panama
C) Nicaragua
D) Cuba
E) None of
these
8.
Which of the following Indian Navy’s
frontline missile destroyer has been decommissioned after 36 years of service?
A) INS
Tarangini
B) INS Kirpan
C) INS Nipat
D) INS Ranjit
E) None of
these
9.
Name the Indian Navy’s 4th
Scorpene-class submarine, that was launched in Mazagon Dockyard, Mumbai.
A) INS Vela
B) INS
Khanderi
C) INS Karanj
D) INS Vagir
E) None of
these
10. Which
country’s Air Force Research Laboratory has tested a laser system called
‘Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD)” recently?
A) Japan
B) Russia
C) China
D) US
E) None of
these
11. Name the
Indian Men’s Squash player, who won the Men’s Asian Individual Squash
Championship 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A) Saurav
Ghosal
B) Harinder
Pal Sandhu
C) Kush Kumar
D) Mahesh
Mangaonkar
E) None of
these
12. Which IIT has
tied up with e-Governance Services India Limited to upscale Unnat Bharat
Abhiyan?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Indore
C) IIT Kanpur
D) IIT Bombay
E) None of
these
13. Which former
ISRO chief has been bestowed with France’s highest civilian award?
A) U Ramachandra
Rao
B) G Madhavan
Nair
C) A S Kiran
Kumar
D) Satish
Dhawan
E) None of
these
14. Which of the
following banks has become the first Indian bank to link interest rates to
RBI’s repo rate?
A) PNB
B) BoB
C) BoI
D) SBI
E) None of
these
15. Who has been appointed
as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal?
A) Mahender
Singh
B) Ajay Kumar
Tripathi
C) Abhilasha
Kumari
D) Dilip
Kumar
E) None of
these
16. On which
date, the 2019 edition of International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD) is observed
recently?
A) May 4
B) May 3
C) May 5
D) May 2
E) None of
these
17. Who has been
appointed as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR)?
A) Stuart
Peach
B) Tod
Wolters
C) Knud
Bartels
D) Walter E.
Gaskin
E) None of
these
18. Which Indian sportswomen
has attained the World No. 1 position in the women’s 10m air rifle event?
A) Manu
Bhaker
B) Anisa
Sayyed
C) Apurvi
Chandela
D) Anjum
Moudgil
E) None of
these
