CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 22ST JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 22^ST JUNE 2019

1.        After which year, the sale of only Electric Vehicles (EVs) will be permitted in India, as per the proposal given by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog?

A) 2035

B) 2030

C) 2025

D) 2020

E) None of these

2.        Where was the G20 (Group of 20) Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth 2019 held?

A) Antalya, Turkey

B) Hangzhou, China

C) Buenos Aires, Argentina

D) Nagano, Japan

E) None of these

3.        Which organization released a report titled “Global Trends”, stating that almost 70.8 million people are forcibly displaced in 2018, the most since World War II and doubled the number of 20 years ago?

A) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

B) International Organization for Migration (IOM)

C) U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

D) International Rescue Committee

E) None of these

4.        Which country’s residents became the largest displaced population in 2018 according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)’s annual report titled “Global Trends” ?

A) Libyan(4 million)

B) Venezuelans (4 million)

C) Syrian (4 million)

D) Ethiopians (4 million)

E) None of these

5.        Who headed the 8 member panel on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on January 2019?

A) Sakha Ram Singh Yadav

B) Ranjit Kumar

C) U K Sinha

D) A S Kiran Kumar

E) None of these

6.        How much collateral-free loans for MSME’s was recommended by U K Sinha, from earlier Rs 10 lakh?

A) Rs 20 lakh

B) Rs 30 lakh

C) Rs 15 lakh

D) Rs 40 lakh

E) None of these

7.        Which bank’s foundation has signed a MoU with National Health Authority (NHA) to train 15,000 state and district personnel to provide the delivery of health services under Ayushman Bharat Scheme?

A) IDBI Bank

B) ICICI Bank

C) HDFC Bank

D) Axis Bank

E) None of these

8.        Which country’s economy has emerged as the fastest growing economy among the 45 countries of the Asia-Pacific region as per the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) report, Asian Development Outlook (ADO)?

A) Bangladesh

B) U.S.

C) India

D) China

E) None of these

9.        Which country has become the largest fish producing country as per the report released by the Fisheries Department?

A) Japan

B) China

C) India

D) Indonesia

E) None of these

10.    Who was appointed as the Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency of Pakistan?

A) Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar

B) Lt Gen Asim Munir

C) Lt Gen Syed Shahid Hamid

D) Lt Gen Faiz Hameed

E) None of these

11.    Who has been appointed as India’s representative in the council of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)?

A) Alok Shekhar

B) Shefali Juneja

C) Jitendra Singh

D) Nikil Kumar

E) None of these

12.    Who has become the most expensive bowler in ICC World Cup history?

A) Rashid Khan

B) Adil Rashid

C) Kagiso Rabada

D) Lasith Malinga

E) None of these

13.    India’s first water clinic for elephants has opened in which of the following cities?

A) Mysuru

B) Mathura

C) Bangaluru

D) Raipur

E) None of these