CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 8TH – 9TH
JUNE 2019
1.
Name the head of the committee, which
submitted draft national education policy 2019 in New Delhi recently.
A) Mohammad
Saadulla
B) N.
Gopalaswami
C) Dr.
Kasturirangan
D) Alladi
Krishnaswami Ayyar
E) None of these
2.
Name the apex body, which was proposed
to set up under Prime Minister by Dr. Kasturirangan cormmittee in their draft,
“National
education policy 2019”.
A) Rashtriya
Shiksha Ayog
B) Rashtriya
Lok Samta Ayog
C) Rashtriya
Sanskrit Ayog
D) Rashtriya
Sansthan Ayog
E) None of
these
3.
Name the joint Indian Army & Indian
Air force exercise that concluded in Punjab recently.
A) Desert
Eagle
B) Vajra
Prahar
C) Kharga
Prahar
D) Maitree
E) None of
these
4.
Where was the 6th India-China Bilateral
Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation held recently?
A) New Delhi,
India
B) Beijing,
China
C) Mumbai,
India
D) Changchun,China
E) None of
these
5.
Name the scheme for which the ministry
of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship waived fee for SC/ST candidates who
join vocational training.
A) Pradhan
Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
B) Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
C) Pradhan
Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
D) Jan
Shikshan Sansthans (JSS)
E) None of
these
6.
Which country has mandated the visa
applicant to provide social media details dated back to five years from the
application date as per new immigration rule?
A) Russia
B) U.S.
C) China
D) India
E) None of
these
7.
Which state government has signed a
loan agreement worth $287 million with World Bank for promoting the state’s
health system reform programme in New Delhi?
A) West
Bengal
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
E) None of
these
8.
Who is the head of the committee, which
recommends to rope in local retailers and business correspondents to act as cash
points in semi-urban centers?
A) Aruna
Sharma
B) Kishor
Sansi
C) HR Khan
D) Nandan
Nilekani
E) None of
these
9.
Which private sector bank has launched
a center in Bengaluru to provide business solutions exclusively to start-ups
and MSME sector?
A) Axis Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) Yes Bank
E) None of
these
10. Name the
organization, which has forecasted the global growth for 2019 to 2.6% from
earlier 2.9% in its semiannual report “Global Economic Prospect (GEP)”.
A) World Bank
(WB)
B) United
Nations (UN)
C) International
Monetary Fund (IMF)
D) Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
E) None of
these
11. As per the
World Bank report “Global Economic Prospect (GEP)”, India’s growth is
forecasted to ______ percent for the next two Fiscal years , FY2019 and FY2020?
A) 7.2%
B) 7.3%
C) 7.4%
D) 7.5%
E) None of
these
12. Name the
think tank, which has indicated that India lost $13 billion in revenue
collections due to trade misinvoicing in 2016.
A) Global
Financial Integrity (GFI)
B) Center for
International Policy
C) NITI Aayog
D) Task Force
on Financial Integrity and Economic Development
E) None of
these
13. Name the
Cyclone Man, who was appointed as the chief of India Meteorological Department
(IMD) for a period of five years.
A) Madhavan
Nair Rajeevan
B) Laxman
Singh Rathore
C) K.J.
Ramesh
D) Mrutyunjay
Mohapatra
E) None of
these
14. Name the
Supersonic cruise missile, which was test-fired from Complex-3 of the
Integrated Test Range(ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha with a strike range of around
290 km.
A) Prahaar
B) BrahMos
C) Nirbhay
D) Shaurya
E) None of
these
15. World
Environment Day is observed annually on __________?
A) June 2
B) June 3
C) June 4
D) June 5
E) None of
these
16. Which country
has selected to host World Environment Day 2019?
A) Japan
B) India
C) China
D) U.S.
E) None of
these
17. Who launched
#SelfiewithSapling campaign during World Environment Day 2019?
A) Mukhtar
Abbas Naqvi
B) Prakash
Javadekar
C) Dharmendra
Pradhan
D) Harsh
Vardhan
E) None of
these
18. What was the
theme of the World Environment Day 2019?
A) Theme –
“Beat land Pollution”
B) Theme –
“Beat Water Pollution”
C) Theme –
“Beat Plastic Pollution”
D) Theme –
“Beat Air Pollution”
E) None of
these
19. Name the book
on biodiversity series, released during World Environment Day 2019.
A) The
diversity of life
B) Six
Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
C) Reptiles
of the Northern Western Ghats
D) The World
Without Us
E) None of
these
20. How many
cabinet Committees were reconstituted by the government recently under the
transaction of business rules?
A) Seven
B) Six
C) Eight
D) Nine
E) None of
these
21. Who will head
the newly constituted Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs?
A) Rajnath
Singh
B) Nirmala
Sitharaman
C) Ramvilas
Paswan
D) Narendra
Singh Tomar
E) None of
these
22. Which country
has signed an Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with India on 18th
March 2016?
A) Marshall
Islands
B) Solomon
Islands
C) Nauru
D) Fiji
E) None of
these
23. Which Indian
city topped the “Traffic Index 2018” and becomes congested city among 403
cities in 56 countries?
A) Chennai
B) New Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Bengaluru
E) None of
these
24. What is the
revised Repo rate as per the second bi-monthly monetary policy rates 2019-20?
A) 6.00%
B) 5.25%
C) 5.50%
D) 5.75%
E) None of
these
25. What is GDP
growth of India forecasted by RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC)?
A) 7.5%
B) 7%
C) 7.2%
D) 7.1%
E) None of
these
26. Name the
Indian metro, which became India’s first ever project to receive power from a
waste-to-energy plant.
A) Kolkata
Metro Rail Corporation(KMRC)
B) Mumbai
Metro Rail Corporation(MMRC)
C) Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
D) Chennai
Metro Rail Corporation (CMRC)
E) None of
these
27. Name the Jal
Shakti Minister, who presented awards to the winners of Ganga Quest 2019 on the
occasion of World Environment Day 2019.
A) Gajendra
Singh Shekhawat
B) Ram Vilas
Paswan
C) Narendra
Singh Tomar
D) Thaawar Chand
Gehlot
E) None of
these
28. Who became
the world’s 1st billionaire rapper as per the forbes magazine?
A) Snoop Dogg
B) Kanye West
C) Eminem
D) Jay-Z
E) None of
these
29. Tijjani
Muhammad-Bande, who has been elected as President of the 74th session of the
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) , is from which African country?
A) Morocco
B) Angola
C) Nigeria
D) Algeria
E) None of
these
30. Who was
elected as the President of Federation Internationale de Football Association
(FIFA)?
A) Gianni Infantino
B) Shaikh
Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa
C) Praful
Patel
D) Kohzo
Tashima
E) None of
these
31. Name the web
mapping service, which launches three new public transport features in India.
A) WikiMapia
B) Google
Maps
C) Bing Maps
D) MapQuest
E) None of
these
32. Which
country’s Junior women Hockey team clinched Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International
4-Nations title recently?
A) India
B) Ireland
C) USA
D) South
Africa
E) None of
these
33. Jaspal Inder
Singh Kalra passed away recently, he was associated with which field?
A) Producing
B) Acting
C) Cooking
D) Sports
E) None of
these
34. Who has been
chosen for the 2019 J C Daniel Award?
A) Sreekumaran
Thampi
B) Sheela
C) Jose
Prakash
D) Aranmula
Ponnamma
E) None of
these
35. Who is the
author of the book ‘Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge’?
A) R
Sreekandan Nair
B) Ashis Ray
C) Sanjay
Manjrekar
D) Harsha
Bhogle
E) None of
these
