CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 1ST AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 1^ST AUG 2019

1.        Expand FAME?

A) Faster Adaptive and Macroeconomic Enterprise

B) Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles

C) Faster Asset and Manufacturing of High and Electric vehicles

D) Faster Altruism and Multiplier of Electric vehicles

E) None of these

2.        How many days has been set as target to achieve “100% Digitization of Waqf properties” across India?

A) 45 days

B) 90 days

C) 180 days

D) 100 days

E) None of these

3.        Which two countries has signed MoU in the field of defence co-operation?

A) India & Bangladesh

B) India & Myanmar

C) India & Thailand

D) India & Sri Lanka

E) None of these

4.        Name the defence minister of India, who is the first to visit Mozambique.

A) Manohar Parrikar

B) Rajnath Singh

C) Nirmala Sitharaman

D) A. K. Antony

E) None of these

5.        Name the city, which topped in the latest “Women Entrepreneur Cities Index 2019”, sponsored by Dell?

A) Boston

B) London

C) Bay Area

D) New York

E) None of these

6.        Which Indian City was ranked 43rd globally and ranked at 7th among Asian cities in “Women Entrepreneur Cities Index 2019”?

A) Mumbai

B) Bengaluru

C) Delhi

D) Pune

E) None of these

7.        Which country’s IHS Markit city topped among Asian countries in Dell Global Women Entrepreneur Cities Index 2019?

A) Indonesia

B) China

C) Malaysia

D) Singapore

E) None of these

8.        Where was the India-Nepal Logistics Summit held?

A) Kathmandu, Nepal

B) New Delhi, India

C) Pokhara, Nepal

D) Mumbai, India

E) None of these

9.        Shawala Teja Singh Temple is opened for worship after 72 years, it is located in which country?

A) Punjab, India

B) Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

C) Selangor, Malaysia

D) Sialkot, Pakistan

E) None of these

10.    Name the telecom company, which becomes the largest in India with 331.3 million subscribers.

A) Vodafone Idea Limited

B) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

C) Reliance Jio

D) Bharti Airtel

E) None of these

11.    Which missile is set to be acquired from Russia, that will be equipped on Su-30MKI combat aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF)?

A) 9K310 air-to-air missile

B) R-27 air-to-air missile

C) 3M9 surface-to-air missile

D) 2K11 surface-to-air missile

E) None of these

12.    Which state’s Rasagola has received the Geographical Indications(GI) tag after West Bengal?

A) Assam

B) Bihar

C) Chhattisgarh

D) Odisha

E) None of these

13.    For which reason, DD News (Doordarshan), received “Champions of Empathy Award” from Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla?

A) For spreading awareness about hepatitis

B) For spreading awareness about tuberculosis

C) For spreading awareness about Malaria

D) For spreading awareness about HIV

E) None of these

14.    Who was appointed as the 28th Governor of Madhya Pradesh?

A) Draupadi Murmu

B) Satyadev Narayan Arya

C) Lalji Tandon

D) Satya Pal Malik

E) None of these

15.    To which state, former Lok Sabha MP Jagdeep Dhankhar was appointed as the 28th governor?

A) Meghalaya

B) West Bengal

C) Jharkhand

D) Maharashtra

E) None of these

16.    Name the Member of Parliament (MP), who was appointed as the 18th Governor of Tripura.

A) Ganga Prasad

B) Ganeshi Lal

C) R. N. Ravi

D) Ramesh Bais

E) None of these

17.    Which two countries successfully conducted tests of the advanced anti-ballistic missile system “Arrow-3″?

A) Israel and the United States

B) United States and North Korea

C) India and United States

D) India and Russia

E) None of these

18.    Where was the 23rd President’s Cup Boxing Tournament for the year 2019 held?

A) East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

B) Geneva, Switzerland

C) London, U.K.

D) Moscow, Russia

E) None of these

19.    Name the former SC judge, who was appointed as the Ombudsman officer of Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG).

A) H. L. Dattu

B) Jagdish Singh Khehar

C) Dipak Misra

D) A. K. Sikri

E) None of these

20.    What was the theme of the World Day Against Trafficking In Persons 2019?

A) “Let’s act now to protect and assist trafficking victims”

B) “Human Trafficking: call your government to action”

C) “Responding to the trafficking of children and young people”

D) “Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children.”

E) None of these

21.    The 22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 is scheduled to be held in which North-Eastern state of India?

A) Tripura

B) Arunachal Pradesh

C) Meghalaya

D) Nagaland

E) None of these

22.    Who has been appointed chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)?

A) Meenakshi Lekhi

B) Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

C) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

D) Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

E) None of these

23.    Who has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Border Security Force (BSF)?

A) Rajesh Chandra

B) VK Johri

C) S S Deswal

D) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar

E) None of these

24.    Which country has been invited as a partner country for Gita Jayanti Mahotsav 2019 of India?

A) Sri Lanka

B) Nepal

C) Indonesia

D) Thailand

E) None of these

25.    NITI Aayog has partnered with which social networking site to promote women entrepreneurs?

A) Skype

B) LinkedIn

C) Twitter

D) WhatsApp

E) None of these