CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 11TH AUG
2019
1.
What is the overall
life expectancy at birth in India for the year 2013-17 as per the Registrar
General of India’s Sample Registration Survey (SRS)?
A) 69 years
B) 70 years
C) 65 years
D) 62 years
E) None of these
2.
Which states’ male
and female have the best chance of living the longest in the country, with life
expectancy of 73.3 years and 77.8 years respectively at birth?
A) Himachal Pradesh and Kerala
B) Punjab and Chhattisgarh
C) Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh
D) Delhi and Kerala
E) None of these
3.
What is the global
life expectancy for the year 2019 as per the United Nations’ ‘World Population
Prospects’ report?
A) 80.3 years
B) 72.6 years
C) 75.5 years
D) 74.5 years
E) None of these
4.
Where was the first
helicopter summit 2019 held with the theme “expanding connectivity through
helicopters”?
A) Guwahati, Assam
B) Kolkata, West Bengal
C) New Delhi, Delhi
D) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
E) None of these
5.
Which city topped
the Knight Frank’s Co-Living Index for the year 2019?
A) Bangkok, Thailand
B) Beijing, China
C) Tokyo, Japan
D) Shanghai, China
E) None of these
6.
What is the rank of
Indian Capital city, New Delhi as per the Knight Frank’s Co-Living Index for
the year 2019?
A) 8
B) 10
C) 11
D) 5
E) None of these
7.
Name the Chief
Justice of Madras High Court, who resigned after being transferred to Meghalaya
High Court.
A) Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani
B) Gita Mittal
C) Manjula Chellur
D) Indira Banerjee
E) None of these
8.
United States
Open(US Open) Tennis Championships 2019 is played on which surface?
A) Grass
B) Clay
C) Carpet
D) Hard
E) None of these
9.
Name the first
Indian tennis player, who won a set against Roger Federer during United States
Open(US Open) Tennis Championships 2019.
A) Sumit Nagal
B) Yuki Bhambri
C) Prajnesh Gunneswaran
D) Ramkumar Ramanathan
E) None of these
10. Who won the women’s singles title in United States Open(US
Open) Tennis Championships 2019 and became the youngest US Open champion &
the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title?
A) Kirsten Flipkens
B) Bianca Andreescu
C) Belinda Bencic
D) EliseMertens
E) None of these
11. Name the Spain tennis player, won the Men’s Singles title in
United States Open(US Open) Tennis Championships 2019, which was his 19th Grand
Slam title and the 4th US Open title?
A) Grigor Dimitrov
B) Daniil Medvedev
C) Stan Wawrinka
D) Rafael Nadal
E) None of these
12. Which team won the 2019 Duleep trophy?
A) India Yellow
B) India Red
C) India Green
D) India Blue
E) None of these
13. World water week 2019 is observed from _________.
A) 23 to 28 August
B) 25 to 30 August
C) 26 to 31 August
D) 24 to 29 August
E) None of these
14. What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Suicide
Prevention Day (WSPD)?
A) Take a Minute, Change a Life
B) Working Together to Prevent Suicide
C) Connect, Communicate, Care
D) Light a candle near a Window
E) None of these
15. The Indo-Lanka Maritime Fleet Exercise – SLINEX 2019 has
started in which city?
A) Chennai
B) Kolkata
C) Visakhapatnam
D) Pune
E) None of these
