CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 19TH JULY
2019
1.
How many Gram Panchayats were linked with optical fibre
under Bharat Net programme?
A) 1.28 Lakh Gram
Panchayats
B) 1.5 Lakh Gram Panchayats
C) 1.75 Lakh Gram Panchayats
D) 2 Lakh Gram Panchayats
E) None
of these
2.
Which two countries hold the meetings in New Delhi to boost
the bilateral cooperation to the next level in the field of space including
assistance in India’s maiden human space flight mission ‘Gaganyaan’?
A) India and Germany
B) India and China
C) India and Russia
D) India and Japan
E) None of these
3.
To protect which two Indian birds, Supreme Court (SC) has
constituted a high powered committee to urgently frame and implement an emergency response plan?
A) Bengal florican and Great
Indian bustard
B) Great Indian
Bustard and Lesser Florican
C) Forest owlet and Great Indian
Bustard
D) Bengal florican and Forest
owlet
E) None of these
4.
Name the gurdwara to which Pakistan government has allowed
5,000 Sikh pilgrims from India per day.
A) Gurudwara
Kartarpur Sahib
B) Gurdwara Janam Asthan
C) Gurdwara Panja Sahib
D) Gurdwara Dera Sahib
E) None of these
5.
Which organization has introduced a web-based application
system for contribution from the Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) to improve
the turnaround time and increase transparency?
A) Industrial Investment Bank of
India(IIBI)
B) Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
C) Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
D) World Bank(WB)
E) None of these
6.
Name the Public sector banks which were penalized by Reserve
Bank of India(RBI) recently for violating certain regulatory guidelines.
A) Indian Bank and Union Bank of
India(UBI)
B) State Bank of
India(SBI) and Union Bank of India(UBI)
C) Union Bank of India(UBI) and
Punjab National Bank(PNB)
D) Canara Bank and State Bank of
India(SBI)
E) None of these
7.
Expand GPF?
A) Gross Payment Fund
B) General Provident
Fund
C) General Profit Fund
D) Gross Percentile Fund
E) None of these
8.
What is the revised General Provident Fund (GPF) rate, which
is effective from July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019?
A) 7.6%
B) 7.7%
C) 7.8%
D) 7.9%
E) None of these
9.
Which stock exchange has delisted HDFC Bank (Housing
Development Finance Corporation)’s 22 outstanding global depository receipts (GDRs)?
A) Luxembourg Stock
Exchange (LSE)
B) Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE)
C) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
D) New York Stock Exchange(NYSE)
E) None of these
10.
Which insurance company has entered into a corporate agency
partnership with Kerala based Muthoottu Mini Financiers Limited to provide
comprehensive general insurance for the customers of the NBFC through its
network branches?
A) New India Assurance Co. Ltd.
B) HDFC ERGO General
Insurance Company
C) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance
Company
D) IFFCO Tokio General Insurance
Company
E) None of these
11.
Which country’s aerospace industries has signed $50 million
follow-up deal with Indian Navy & Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL)?
A) China
B) Japan
C) Russia
D) Israel
E) None of these
12.
Where was the meeting between India and Italy held in which
they decided to establish a fast-track mechanism for companies and investors?
A) New Delhi, India
B) Rome, Italy
C) Mumbai, India
D) Venice, Italy
E) None of these
13.
Zakir Hussain was awarded with Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow
(Akademi Ratna) Award 2018, he is associated with which instrument?
A) Tanpura
B) Mridangam
C) Tabla
D) Sitar
E) None of these
14.
Who was appointed as the governor of Chhattisgarh recently
by President of India?
A) Anusuiya Uikey
B) Krishna Mohan Seth
C) Shekhar Dutt
D) Balram Das Tandon
E) None of these
15.
To which state, 14th President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has
appointed Biswa Bhusan Harichandan as governor?
A) Mizoram
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) None of these
16.
Researchers from which university has found that electronic
cigarettes(e-cigarettes-ECs) damage brain cells?
A) University of Vermont
B) University of Oregon
C) Boston University
D) University of
California
E) None of these
17.
Who retained the top position in Pace bowlers chart as per
the ICC ( International Cricket Council)’s ODI (One Day International )rankings
2019?
A) Jasprit Bumrah
B) Pat Cummins
C) Trent Boult
D) Kagiso Rabada
E) None of these
18.
Who was ranked top in the latest Women’s Tennis Association
(WTA) 2019?
A) Kristina Mladenovic
B) Amanda Anisimova
C) Markéta Vondroušová
D) Ashleigh Barty
E) None of these
19.
World Day for International Justice or International
Criminal Justice Day or International Justice Day is observed annually on
________.
A) 14th July
B) 15th July
C) 16th July
D) 17th July
E) None of these
20. Which state government has raised financial aid for Martyrs’
Kin to Rs.1 crore?
A) Odisha
B) Kerala
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Maharashtra
E) None of these
21. Which Indian woman
cricketer has been conferred the 2018 Arjuna Award?
A) Veda Krishnamurthy
B) Smriti Mandhana
C) Harmanpreet Kaur
D) Jhulan Goswami
E) None of these
22. The Union Cabinet has approved Inter-Institutional Agreement
between India and which country for 3D bioprinting & regenerative medicine?
A) United States
B) France
C) Italy
D) Canada
E) None of these
23. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Ebola
outbreak as global health emergency in which African country?
A) Mozambique
B) Zambia
C) DR Congo
D) Angola
E) None of these
