CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 01ST
JULY 2019
1.
How much fine will be imposed on the people for blocking ambulances as a
part of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill?
A) Rs 20,000
B) Rs 30,000
C) Rs 10,000
D) Rs 50,000
E) None of these
2.
Which country has signed a loan agreement worth $400 Million with World
Bank for the Program Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis(TB), which kills
approximately half a million people in that country ?
A) Indonesia
B) India
C) China
D) Nigeria
E) None of these
3.
Which year is set as a target year by the government of India to end
Tuberculosis(TB) ?
A) 2035
B) 2030
C) 2025
D) 2020
E) None of these
4.
What is the average base rate set by Reserve Bank of India for
Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs)
to be charged from their customers?
A) 9.75%
B) 9.25%
C) 9.55%
D) 9.18%
E) None of these
5.
Which international organization has released the report titled
“Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018”?
A) Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Partnership(REEEP)
B) International Energy Agency(IEA)
C) International Renewable Energy
Agency (IRENA)
D) International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)
E) None of these
6.
Which country has became the low cost solar energy producer in the world
as per International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s report “Renewable Power
Generation Costs in 2018”?
A) China
B) India
C) UK
D) US
E) None of these
7.
Which Indian politician was named in the ‘100 most Influential in
UK-India Relations: Celebrating Women’ list released by Sajid Javid, Home
Secretary of UK ?
A) Sonia Gandhi
B) Mamata Banerjee
C) Smriti Zubin Irani
D) Nirmala Sitharaman
E) None of these
8.
Name the first Indian, who has became the member of International
Olympic Committee (IOC) while heading a Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and
Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH).
A) Narinder Batra
B) Thomas Abraham
C) Rajeev Arora
D) Vandana Sharda
E) None of these
9.
Which organization has elected Sharad Kumar Saraf as its new President?
A) Small Industries Development Bank of
India(SIDBI)
B) National Association of Software and
Services Companies (NASSCOM)
C) Federation of Indian Export
Organisations (FIEO)
D) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (FICCI)
E) None of these
10.
Who has been appointed as the National Housing Bank (NHB) Managing
Director for a period of three years?
A) Karnam Sekar
B) Sarada Kumar Hota
C) Pallav Mahapatra
D) P. S. Jayakumar
E) None of these
11.
Which space agency has designed Lunar Evacuation System Assembly (LESA)
system to save the lives of astronauts?
A) European Space Agency (ESA)
B) National Aeronautics and Space
Administration(NASA)
C) Italian Space Agency(ISA)
D) Canadian Space Agency(CSA)
E) None of these
12.
Name the nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile which was test-fired
from Odisha coast.
A) BrahMos II
B) Nirbhay
C) Prahaar
D) Prithvi-II
E) None of these
13.
Which country is set to host 2026 Winter Olympics ?
A) China
B) Italy
C) India
D) Russia
E) None of these
14.
Marcus Trescothick announced retirement recently, he is associated with
which sport?
A) Tennis
B) Football
C) Cricket
D) Badminton
E) None of these
15.
Which ministry has observed Swachhta Pakhwada (cleanliness fortnight)
from 1st June to 15th June 2019 ?
A) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pensions
B) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change (MoEF)
C) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE)
D) Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology(MEITY)
E) None of these
16.
What is the full form of NIN ?
A) NIN-National Institute of Naturopathy
B) NIN-Net Information of Neutrality
C) NIN-National Institute of Nutrition
D) NIN- Net Information of Natural monopoly
E) None of these
17.
By which year, the flow of raw sewage into the Ganga river will be fully
stopped, Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ?
A) 2025
B) 2022
C) 2030
D) 2020
E) None of these
18.
What is the rank of India in terms of contamination?
A) 135
B) 130
C) 125
D) 122
E) None of these
19.
Which two countries have agreed to seek mutually acceptable solution to
boundary issue?
A) India and Nepal
B) India and China
C) India and Pakistan
D) India and Srilanka
E) None of these
20.
Who was appointed as the special representative by India in order to
rework the framework for the settlement of boundary?
A) Ashok Gehlot
B) Sachin Pilot
C) Nirmala Sitharaman
D) Ajit Doval
E) None of these
21.
By which year, all gram panchayats(GPs) in the country will be connected
with the high-speed broadband under BharatNet project ?
A) 2030
2)2025
C) 2020
D) 2022
E) None of these
22.
Who will head the high-level advisory group to boost India’s share and
importance in global merchandise and services trade?
A) Jagdish Bhagwati
B) Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla
C) Amartya Sen
D) Gita Gopinath
E) None of these
23.
How many Indian people can visit annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, a
city in Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia after 3rd hike in 3 years?
A) 4 Lakh
B) 3 Lakh
C) 1.5 Lakh
D) 2 Lakh
E) None of these
24.
Which city was the most costliest city in world as per Mercer’s 25th
Annual Cost of Living Survey?
A) Seoul
B) Singapore
C) Hong Kong
D) Tokyo
E) None of these
25.
Which Indian city was India’s most expensive city & included in the
list of top 20 most-expensive cities in Asia for expatriates as its residential
housing prices were the highest in the world ?
A) Mumbai
B) New Delhi
C) Chennai
D) Bengaluru
E) None of these
26.
Which state has signed with world bank worth $ 250 Million Loan
Agreement for its State Highways Development Project?
A) Karnataka
B) Rajasthan
C) Kerala
D) West Bengal
E) None of these
27.
Which state has the highest unemployment rate among the states as per
the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)’s titled “The Periodic Labour
Force Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18” ?
A) Meghalaya
B) Manipur
C) Goa
D) Nagaland
E) None of these
E) None of these
28.
What is the name of the low-cost neonatal breathing device invented by
Nitesh Kumar Jangir for saving the lives of newborn babies, which earned him Commonwealth
Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award 2019?
A) Save
B) Breathe
C) Saans
D) Live
E) None of these
29.
Who authored a book titled “A Prime Minister to Remember- Memories of a
Military Chief”?
A) Nirmal Kumar Verma
B) Sushil Kumar
C) Robin K. Dhowan
D) Devendra Kumar Joshi
E) None of these
