CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 3RD AUG
2019
1.
Which countries
tied at the top spot in the Ipsos‘s “Global Happiness Survey” 2019?
A) France and United States
B) Australia and
Canada
C) Great Britain and China
D) Saudi Arabia and Germany
E) None of these
2.
What is the rank of
India in the Ipsos‘s “Global Happiness Survey” 2019?
A) 7th
B) 8th
C) 9th
D) 10th
E) None of these
3.
Name the tech firm,
that has partnered with Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology(MeitY) and launched a ‘Build for Digital India’ programme.
A) TCS
B) Microsoft
C) Facebook
D) Google
E) None of these
4.
Which country will
overtake China as the largest importer of coking coal by 2025, as per “Fitch
Solutions Macro Research”?
A) India
B) United States
C) Japan
D) Russia
E) None of these
5.
Who was appointed
as the 25th Director General (DG) of BSF(Border Security Force)?
A) Lachhu Ram
B) Rajni Kant Mishra
C) Vivek Kumar(V.K)
Johri
D) Sanjeev Kumar Singh
E) None of these
6.
Which country won
the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) U-15 Championship 2019?
A) India
B) Nepal
C) Bangladesh
D) Srilanka
E) None of these
7.
Which state will
host the 36th National Games from October 20 – November 4, 2020?
A) Assam
B) Goa
C) Odisha
D) West Bengal
E) None of these
8.
Which state
government has launched Walk to Work on Wednesdays (WWW) campaign?
A) Odisha
B) Meghalaya
C) Tripura
D) Nagaland
E)
None of these
9.
Which city has been
ranked first at the Safe Cities Index (SCI-2019) of Economist Intelligence Unit
(EIU)?
A) Osaka
B) Paris
C) Tokyo
D) Singapore
E) None of these
10. Which state / UT government has decided to provide free
rides to women in city buses and metro trains?
A) Laddakh
B) Punjab
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Delhi
E) None of these
11. Who has became the first IPS officer to be bestowed with the
2018 Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award?
A) Sonia Narang
B) Sanjukta Parashar
C) Meera Borwankar
D) Aparna Kumar
E) None of these
12. Which sportsperson has won the 2019 Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
Puraskar?
A) Abhinav Bindra
B) Jeev Milkha Singh
C) Mary Kom
D) Gagan Narang
E) None of these
13. Which team has been crowned the Subroto Cup International
Football Tournament for sub-junior boys (under-1D) category?
A) Mizoram
B) Tripura
C) Goa
D) Manipur
E) None of these
14. India’s first-ever sky cycling park to be opened in which
city?
A) Manali
B) Mussoorie
C) Nainital
D) Shimla
E) None of these
15. Bangladesh has signed agreement with which Indian company to
set up gas-based plant in Meghnahat?
A) Reliance Power
B) Adani Power
C) Hindustan Power
D) Tata Power
E) None of these
16. Which movie has become the first Bollywood film to go
plastic-free?
A) War
B) Dream Girl
C) Mission Mangal
D) Coolie No. 1
E) None of these
17. India’s longest electrified rail tunnel has recently inaugurated
in which state?
A) Kerala
B) Karnataka
C) Andhra Pradesh
D) Tamil Nadu
E) None of these
