CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27TH SEP 2019
1.
Which city is set
to host the 5th edition of the Indian International Science Festival (IISF) ?
A) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
B) Guwahati, Assam
C) Kolkata, West Bengal
D) New Delhi, Delhi
E) None of these
2.
What will be the
theme of the 5th edition of the Indian International Science Festival (IISF) ?
A) “RISEN India – Research, Innovation, and Science
Empowering the Nation”
B) “RISEN India – Science for Transformation”
C) “RISEN India – Building Partnerships Impacting Society”
D) “RISEN India – Making of a New India”
E) None of these
3.
Where was the
United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 held ?
A) Geneva, Switzerland
B) New Delhi, India
C) Washington D.C., United States
D) New York, United States
E) None of these
4.
What was the theme
of the United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 ?
A) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win. A
Race We Must Win”
B) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: An Insider’s View of Climate
Science”
C) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: Climate change risk analysis”
D) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: Delivering resilience in the face
of climate change uncertainty”
E) None of these
5.
Which year is set
as target across the countries to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero
during the United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 ?
A) 2060
B) 2050
C) 2030
D) 2045
E) None of these
6.
Which two countries
lead the new Leadership Group for Industry Transition that was launched at the
summit to guide the world’s heaviest greenhouse gas emitting industries towards
low-carbon economy ?
A) India and Argentina
B) India and Finland
C) India and Sweden
D) India and France
E) None of these
7.
By which year,
India has aimed to eradicate Tuberculosis (TB) ?
A) 2025
B) 2030
C) 2040
D) 2035
E) None of these
8.
Which city is set
to host the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 25
?
A) Marrakesh, Morocco
B) Bonn, Germany
C) Katowice, Poland
D) Santiago, Chile
E) None of these
9.
Name the trilateral
maritime exercise that was held between India, Japan and the United States(US)
in Sasebo, Japan ?
A) “INJAUS 2019”
B) “Malabar 2019”
C) “Milan 2019”
D) “Varuna 2019”
E) None of these
10. Who topped in the IIFL (India Infoline Finance Limited) Wealth
Hurun India Rich List 2019 ?
A) Mukesh Ambani
B) Azim Premji
C) LN Mittal
D) Ritesh Agarwal
E) None of these
11. Name the Swedish teenage climate activist , who was
conferred with Sweden’s Alternative Nobel Prize called “Right Livelihood Award
2019” along with 4 other activists ?
A) Ridhima Pandey
B) Greta Thunberg
C) Logan Riley
D) Luisa Neubauer
E) None of these
12. Who won the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology &
Research Academy (SASTRA) Ramanujan prize for the year 2019 ?
A) Yifeng Liu
B) Jack Thorne
C) Adam Harper
D) Maryna Viazovska
E) None of these
13. Who was crowned as Mrs India – Pride of the Nation 2019 in
Gurgaon, Haryana ?
A) Nishtha
B) Pooja Desai
C) Aushima Vijay
D) Namrata Sagar
E) None of these
14. Who was appointed as the chief of the International
Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) for a second term ?
A) Sebastian Coe
B) Sergey Bubka
C) Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad
D) Alberto Juantorena Danger
E) None of these
15. Name the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS), that was commissioned
by Rajnath Singh at the Chennai Port Trust, Tamil Nadu ?
A) ICGS Rajdhwaj
B) ICGS Varaha
C) ICGS Samarth
D) ICGS Samrat
E) None of these
16. Name the miniature satellite launched by National
Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), which is developed by 17-year old
Indian student Aabhaas Sikka ?
A) RamanSat 2
B) Microsat 2
C) RamanSat 1
D) Microsat 1
E) None of these
17. Name the first Japanese tennis player, who won women’s
singles title in the 36th edition of Toray Pan Pacific Open 2019 since Kimiko
Date in 1995 ?
A) Misaki Doi
B) Ayumi Morita
C) Ai Sugiyama
D) Naomi Osaka
E) None of these
18. Which team won the 25th Senior Women’s National Football
Championship held in Arunachal Pradesh ?
A) Railways
B) West Bengal
C) Manipur
D) Odisha
E) None of these
19. Which country won the 20th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball
Championship that held in Tehran, Iran, which is its 3rd title?
A) Australia
B) Russia
C) China
D) Iran
E) None of these
20. Name the philosopher, historian & political activist,
whose birth anniversary on 25th September is commemorated as Antyodaya Diwas
Day ?
A) Ram Manohar Lohia
B) Nanaji Deshmukh
C) Syama Prasad Mukherjee
D) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
E) None of these
21. What was the theme of the World Pharmacists Day 2019 ?
A) Theme – “Pharmacists – simplifying your medicines use, no matter how
complex”
B) Theme – “Safe and effective medicines for all”
C) Theme – “Pharmacists: Your medicines experts”
D) Theme – “Pharmacists: Your Partner in health”
E) None of these
22. Which country is the partner country for the 6th India Water
Week (IWW-2019)?
A) Japan
B) France
C) Germany
D) United Kingdom
E) None of these
23. Which Indian sportsperson has been honoured with a IAAF
Veteran Pin ?
A) Viswanathan Anand
B) Milkha Singh
C) PT Usha
D) Abhinav Bindra
E) None of these
24. Payal Jangid, who has become the first Indian to win the
Changemaker Award from Gates Foundation, is from which state?
A) Punjab
B) Rajasthan
C) Odisha
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) None of these
25. Sebastian Coe, who has been re-elected as IAAF chief, is
from which country?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Bretain
D) Japan
E) None of these
26. Who has been honoured with the 2019 Rights Livelihood
awards?
A) Holly Gillibrand
B) John Paul Jose
C) Ridhima Pandey
D) Greta Thunberg
E) None of these
27. Who has been selected the new head of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF)?
A) Kristalina Georgieva
B) Scott Morris
C) Emmanuel Macron
D) Christine Lagarde
E) None of these
