CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 20TH APRIL 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 20^TH APRIL 2019

1.    Which arab city is set to host 15th edition of G20 Summit in the year 2020, which will be the first G20 Summit in Arab world?

A) Algiers, Algeria

B) ‎Damascus, Syria

C) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

D) Rabat, Morocco

E) None of these

2.    Which country topped the World Press Freedom Index 2019?

A) Norway

B) Denmark

C) Sweden

D) Finland

E) None of these

3.    What is the rank of India as per the World Press Freedom Index 2019?

A) 138

B) 140

C) 141

D) 150

E) None of these

4.    Name the airport complex, which has opened the World’s tallest indoor waterfall of 131 foot(40 metres) tall recently?

A) Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport complex, France

B) Los Angeles International Airport complex, California

C) Changi Airport complex, Singapore

D) Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport complex, Georgia

E) None of these

5.    Which Public sector bank has tied up with city-based Srei Equipment Finance Ltd to offer joint loans for infrastructure equipment through iQuippo?

A) Canara Bank

B) Indian Bank

C) State Bank of India

D) Bank of Baroda

E) None of these

6.    Name the Indian Lawyers, who were honoured by TIME Magazine in the latest report titled “TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list 2019”, in recognition of their long struggle for the LGBTQ rights in India.

A) Arundhati Katju

B) Menaka Guruswamy

C) Harish Salve

D) Both 1 & 2

E) Both 2 & 3

7.    TIME Magazine has published “TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list 2019” recently, the list divides people into ________ categories?

A) Five

B) Six

C) Three

D) Four

E) None of these

8.    Which country launched its first ever satellite ‘ Raavana-1’ from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s East Shore?

A) Srilanka

B) Bangladesh

C) Indonesia

D) Myanmar

E) None of these

9.    Name the former president of Peru who kills himself to avoid arrest over bribery allegations recently.

A) Calvin Coolidge

B) Harry Truman

C) Gerald Ford

D) Alan Garcia

E) None of these

10.  What was the theme of the World Heritage Day 2019?

A) Theme – “Rural Landscapes”

B) Theme – “Hear the Future”

C) Theme – “Towards a Common Future”

D) Theme – “Weather-ready, climate-smart”

E) None of these