CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 10TH AUG
2019
1.
Name the bank that
funds the draft Environment and Social Management Framework(ESMF) for
integrated coastal management.
A) Reserve Bank of India(RBI)
B) World Bank(WB)
C) Asian Development Bank(ADB)
D) New Development Bank(NDB)
E) None of these
2.
Where was the 7th
meeting of India Bangladesh home minister level talks held?
A) Dhaka, Bangladesh
B) New Delhi, India
C) West Bengal, India
D) Khulna, Bangladesh
E) None of these
3.
Which institute has
partnered with National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) for developing
turbines that can generate electricity by harnessing the ocean waves?
A) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati
B) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
C) Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT) Madras
D) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
E) None of these
4.
Which country has
the highest number of living languages(840 languages), as per Ethnologue, a
directory of languages?
A) Papua New Guinea
B) Indonesia
C) Nigeria
D) United States
E) None of these
5.
Which year is
designated as United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages with
the aim to enhace native tongues in 5 major areas?
A) 2020
B) 2019
C) 2025
D) 2022
E) None of these
6.
Which bank has
signed a bancassurance agreement with State Bank of India(SBI)Life Insurance to
provide SBI’s suite of insurance products to its customers?
A) Indian Overseas Bank
B) Bank of India
C) Canara Bank
D) Indian Bank
E) None of these
7.
Name the Insurance
company which has launched a initiative called “Speed Dial – your partner for
life” with the aim to provide a quick and easy resolution of policy servicing
needs to customers by allocating a relationship manager.
A) Exide Life Insurance
B) Max Life
Insurance
C) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
D) Aegon Life Insurance Company
E) None of these
8.
Who topped in the
2019 Forbes magazine’s highest paid women in sports list?
A) Simona Halep
B) Angelique kerber
C) Naomi Osaka
D) Serena Williams
E) None of these
9.
Which state has
topped the rankings in Health Ministry report card on “Breastfeeding &
Infant & Child feeding Practices”?
A) Kerala
B) Odisha
C) Manipur
D) Tamil Nadu
E)
None of these
10. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Tribal Day
(WTD)?
A) Indigenous People
B) Indigenous Regions
C) Indigenous Cultures
D) Indigenous
Languages
E)
None of these
11. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of 22nd National
Conference on e-Governance?
A) Technology for accelerating Development
B) Digital Connectivity to the last mile
C) Digital Transformation
D) Digital India:
Success to Excellence
E) None of these
12. Who is the head of the RBI task force on Offshore Rupee
Markets?
A) M K Jain
B) Usha Thorat
C) B P Kanungo
D) N S Vishwanathan
E) None of these
13. Who has been appointed as the green ambassador of Manipur?
A) Dingko Singh
B) Mirabai Chanu
C) Mary Kom
D) Valentina
Elangbam
E) None of these
14. Which state has won the most film-friendly state award at
2018 National Film awards?
A) Kerala
B) Uttarakhand
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Odisha
E) None of these
15. Which movie has won
the Best Feature Film award at the 2018 National Film awards?
A) Hellaro
B) Andhadhun
C) Chumbak
D) Padman
E) None of these
