CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27 MARCH 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27 MARCH 2019

1.    What is the rank of India in the Energy Transition index 2019 released by World Economic Forum (WEF)?
A) 70th
B) 76th
C) 80th
D) 81st
E) None of these

2.    Which country topped in the second edition of WEF global Energy Transition index 2019?
A) Finland
B) Norway
C) Switzerland
D) Swedan
E) None of these

3.    Who is the head of 5-member committee, that is constituted by RBI to strengthen digital payments?
A) Nandan Nilekani
B) Shaktikanta Das
C) Urjit Patel
D) Viral Acharya
E) None of these

4.    Who was conferred with Global Teacher Prize 2019?
A) Nurten Akkus
B) Marjorie Brown
C) Glenn Lee
D) Peter Tabichi
E) None of these

5.    Naresh Goyal,who recently resigned from the board was founder of which airlines?
A) Jet Airways
B) IndiGo
C) Air India
D) Emirates
E) None of these

6.    Name the manufacturer of Chinook helicopters that was recently inducted into Indian Air Force(IAF)?
A) Lockheed Martin, Washington DC
B) Boeing, United States
C) Raytheon, United States
D) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India
E) None of these

7.    Which city became the world’s first city to install wireless, induction-based charging stations?
A) London,England
B) Oslo,Norway
C) Bangkok,Thailand
D) Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
E) None of these

8.    What was the theme of International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 2019?
A) Theme -“Remember Slavery: The Power of the Arts for Justice”
B) Theme -“Remember Slavery: Triumphs and Struggles for Freedom and Equality”
C) Theme -“Breaking the Silence, Lest We Forget”
D) Theme -“Women and Slavery”
E) None of these

9.     When was the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members observed?
A) 23rd March
B) 24th March
C) 25th March
D) 22nd March
E) None of these

10. What is the theme of the 2019 World Meteorological Day (WMD)?

A) Hotter, drier, wetter

B) Understanding Clouds

C) Climate Ready, Climate-Smart

D) The Sun, the Earth and the weather

E) None of these

11.  PRISMA Satellite, which is in news recently, is associated to which of the following European countries?

A) United Kingdom

B) Germany

C) France

D) Italy

E) None of these

12. Which Indian organisation has organized FinTech Conclave 2019?

A) SEBI

B) Ministry of Finance

C) NITI Aayog

D) RBI

E) None of these