CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 7TH AUG
2019
1.
Which articles are
repealed by government of India that grants special status to Jammu and
Kashmir?
A) Article 350 and 31A
B) Article 370 and 31A
C) Article 350 and 35A
D) Article 370 and
35A
E) None of these
2.
Who introduced the
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha which seeks to
bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into 2 Union Territory– J&K and
Ladakh?
A) Nitin Gadkari
B) Amit Shah
C) Rajnath Singh
D) Ravi Shankar Prasad
E) None of these
3.
Which newly formed
Union Territory after bifurcation will have a legislature like Delhi and
Puducherry?
A) Jammu and
Kashmir
B) Ladakh
C) Both 1 & 2
D) Either 1 & 2
E) None of these
4.
Who was the first
Indian head to visit African countries viz, Benin, The Gambia and Guinea
recently?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) Venkaiah Naidu
C) Ram Nath Kovind
D) Narendra Modi
E) None of these
5.
Which country has
conferred ‘The National Order of Merit’, its highest award to President Ram
Nath Kovind?
A) Ghana
B) Guinea
C) Gambia
D) Benin
E) None of these
6.
Where was the
ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting, 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’
Meeting (EAS FMM), 26th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and 10th Mekong Ganga
Cooperation (MGC) Ministerial Meeting held?
A) China, Beijing
B) Moscow, Russia
C) Jakarta, Indonesia
D) Bangkok,
Thailand
E) None of these
7.
Name the Inventor
of the flyboard air hoverboard, who crossed the English Channel for the first
time, within 10days after his first failed attempt.
A) Franky zapata
B) Yves Rossy
C) Felix Baumgartner
D) Alan Eustace
E) None of these
8.
Which two banks
were penalized with Rs 50 lakh & Rs 1.5 crore respectively for the delay in
reporting of fraud in the account of Kingfisher Airlines by Reserve Bank of
India(RBI)?
A) Corporation Bank & Bank of Baroda(BoB)
B) State Bank of India (SBI) & Bank of
Baroda(BoB)
C) Punjab National
Bank (PNB) & Oriental Bank of Commerce(OBC)
D) Punjab National Bank (PNB) & State Bank
of India (SBI)
E) None of these
9.
Which bank has launched
the Instant Demat account opening facility that will help clients to open Demat
account instantly without any heavy paper works?
A) HDFC Bank
B) Federal Bank
C) State Bank of India
D) ICICI Bank
E) None of these
10. Name the retailer, which topped the rankings in India for
2018, as per the Euromonitor International’s “Top 100 Retailers in Asia 2019”.
A) Walmart Inc
B) Amazon
C) GMV
D) Reliance Group
E) None of these
11. Which entity has acquired Google backed firm –Fynd?
A) Tata Consultancy Services
B) L and T
C) Tata Group
D) Reliance
Industries
E) None of these
12. Where did Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) laid
foundation stone for Space Situational Awareness Control Centre?
A) Bhiwandi, Thane, Maharashtra
B) Peenya,
Bengaluru, Karnataka
C) Kapuluppada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
D) Koothattukulam, Ernakulam, Kerala
E) None of these
13. Who won the Hungarian Grand prix 2019?
A) Charles Leclerc
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Max Verstappen
D) Lewis Hamilton
E) None of these
14. The census of elephants is undertaken at the national level
once in how many years?
A) 4
B) 5
C) 8
D) 10
E) None of these
15. The United States has designated which country as currency
manipulator?
A) Myanmar
B) South Korea
C) China
D) North Korea
E) None of these
16. Which Indian wrestler bagged gold in women’s 53kg category
of the 2019 Poland Open wrestling tournament?
A) Sakshi Malik
B) Babita Kumari
C) Vinesh Phogat
D) Kavita Devi
E) None of these
