CURRENT
AFFAIRS QUIZ – 12TH JULY 2019
1.
Where is the
India’s first cow sanctuary Kamdhenu Gau Abhyaranya is located which will be
privatised due to financial crises?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Madya Pradesh
E) None of these
2.
Where will be the
India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre is set to be inaugurated?
A) Kottoor, Kerala
B) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
C) Hyderabad, Telangana
D) Kolkata, West Bengal
E) None of these
3.
Which is the most
expensive office location in the world as per the “Global Prime Office
Occupancy Costs survey” (annual report) by CBRE, an American real estate
consulting firm?
A) Beijing’s Finance Street
B) New York’s Midtown Manhattan
C) Hong Kong’s Central district
D) London’s West End
E) None of these
4.
Name the campaign
adopted by Saudi Arabia along with motto ‘equality of women’ for the
empowerment of Muslim women pilgrims in Haj 2019.
A) Smart Cities Mission
B) Digital India
C) Bharatmala
D) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
E) None of these
5.
By how much
percent, the overall Homicide Rate declined in India as per the Global Study on
Homicide 2019 by United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC)?
A) 40%
B) 30%
C) 20%
D) 10%
E) None of these
6.
Goods originating
in or exported from which country has been levied with 200% duty by Indian
government?
A) Japan
B) Russia
C) Pakistan
D) Srilanka
E) None of these
7.
Where was the 43rd
Session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) World Heritage Committee held?
A) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
B) Baku, Azerbaijan
C) Yerevan, Armenia
D) New York, United States
E) None of these
8.
Dilmun Burial
Mounds of which country has been inducted into the list of World Heritage Sites
by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?
A) Oman
B) Yemen
C) Qatar
D) Bahrain
E) None of these
9.
Which entity has
become the most valued firm by market capitalization (m-cap)?
A) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)
B) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
C) Wipro
D) Bharat Petroleum
E) None of these
10. Who was named as the Men’s Footballer of the year 2019 at
the All India Football Federation‘s (AIFF) Awards for the third consecutive
year?
A) Amrinder Singh
B) Subhasish Bose
C) Sunil Chhetri
D) Narender Gahlot
E) None of these
11. Name the Indian Football Player, who was conferred with All
India Football Federation‘s (AIFF) Emerging Men’s Footballer of the Year 2019.
A) Amarjit Singh Kiyam
B) Sahal Abdul Samad
C) Sandesh Jhingan
D) Anirudh Thapa
E) None of these
12. Name the film, which was honoured with the Network for the
Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award for Best Asian Film at the 23rd
edition of BIFAN for the year 2019.
A) Gully Boy
B) India’s Most Wanted
C) Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
D) Uri: The Surgical Strike
E) None of these
13. Which railway zone has won the “ Best innovation award” of
Indian Railways 2018-19 for its strategy ‘Plan Bee’, which uses an amplified
version of honey bees sound to keep wild elephants away from train tracks?
A) East Coast Railway zone
B) South East Central Railway zone
C) Northeast Frontier Railway
D) North Eastern Railway zone
E) None of these
14. Who was appointed as the full-time Director General (DG) of
aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
A) Shubha Thakur
B) Arun Kumar
C) B S Bhullar
D) J.S. Rawat
E) None of these
15. Which country has successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1a
carrier rocket with a hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites?
A) U.S.
B) Japan
C) China
D) Russia
E) None of these
16. Who has become the first Indian sprinter to win Gold in the
100m event at the 30th World University Games (WUG-2019)?
A) Ashwini Akkunji
B) Sathi Geetha
C) Hima Das
D) Dutee Chand
E) None of these
17. The famous Kataragama temple is located in which country?
A) Nepal
B) Sri Lanka
C) Myanmar
D) Bangladesh
E) None of these
18. Who has been adjudged as the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the
Year 2019?
A) Jeje Lalpekhlua
B) Lallianzuala Chhangte
C) Abdul Samad
D) Sunil Chhetri
E) None of these
19. Who has been appointed as the new chief of the Directorate
General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
A) Arun Kumar
B) Pradip Kumar
C) Aditi Chauhan
D) Pronay Halder
E) None of these
20. Who has been appointed CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL)?
A) C K Vineeth
B) Narayan Das
C) Pravin Kumar Purwar
D) Anirudh Singh
E) None of these
21. The Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) is located in which state?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Karnataka
D) Kerala
E) None of these
22. The 2019 Women Startup Summit (WSS) is scheduled to be held
in which city?
A) Pune
B) Kolkata
C) New Delhi
D) Kochi
E) None of these
