CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 10TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 10^TH AUG 2019

1.        Name the bank that funds the draft Environment and Social Management Framework(ESMF) for integrated coastal management.

A) Reserve Bank of India(RBI)

B) World Bank(WB)

C) Asian Development Bank(ADB)

D) New Development Bank(NDB)

E) None of these

2.        Where was the 7th meeting of India Bangladesh home minister level talks held?

A) Dhaka, Bangladesh

B) New Delhi, India

C) West Bengal, India

D) Khulna, Bangladesh

E) None of these

3.        Which institute has partnered with National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) for developing turbines that can generate electricity by harnessing the ocean waves?

A) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati

B) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur

C) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras

D) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay

E) None of these

4.        Which country has the highest number of living languages(840 languages), as per Ethnologue, a directory of languages?

A) Papua New Guinea

B) Indonesia

C) Nigeria

D) United States

E) None of these

5.        Which year is designated as United Nations’ International Year of Indigenous Languages with the aim to enhace native tongues in 5 major areas?

A) 2020

B) 2019

C) 2025

D) 2022

E) None of these

6.        Which bank has signed a bancassurance agreement with State Bank of India(SBI)Life Insurance to provide SBI’s suite of insurance products to its customers?

A) Indian Overseas Bank

B) Bank of India

C) Canara Bank

D) Indian Bank

E) None of these

7.        Name the Insurance company which has launched a initiative called “Speed Dial – your partner for life” with the aim to provide a quick and easy resolution of policy servicing needs to customers by allocating a relationship manager.

A) Exide Life Insurance

B) Max Life Insurance

C) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

D) Aegon Life Insurance Company

E) None of these

8.        Who topped in the 2019 Forbes magazine’s highest paid women in sports list?

A) Simona Halep

B) Angelique kerber

C) Naomi Osaka

D) Serena Williams

E) None of these

9.        Which state has topped the rankings in Health Ministry report card on “Breastfeeding & Infant & Child feeding Practices”?

A) Kerala

B) Odisha

C) Manipur

D) Tamil Nadu

         E) None of these

10.    What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Tribal Day (WTD)?

A) Indigenous People

B) Indigenous Regions

C) Indigenous Cultures

D) Indigenous Languages

         E) None of these

11.    What is the theme of the 2019 edition of 22nd National Conference on e-Governance?

A) Technology for accelerating Development

B) Digital Connectivity to the last mile

C) Digital Transformation

D) Digital India: Success to Excellence

E) None of these

12.    Who is the head of the RBI task force on Offshore Rupee Markets?

A) M K Jain

B) Usha Thorat

C) B P Kanungo

D) N S Vishwanathan

E) None of these

13.    Who has been appointed as the green ambassador of Manipur?

A) Dingko Singh

B) Mirabai Chanu

C) Mary Kom

D) Valentina Elangbam

E) None of these

14.    Which state has won the most film-friendly state award at 2018 National Film awards?

A) Kerala

B) Uttarakhand                                                                          

C) Tamil Nadu

D) Odisha

E) None of these

15.     Which movie has won the Best Feature Film award at the 2018 National Film awards?

A) Hellaro

B) Andhadhun

C) Chumbak

D) Padman

E) None of these