CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 9TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 9^TH AUG 2019

1.        What is the rank of India among the countries, which are facing extremely high water crisis in Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas report released by World Resources Institute’s (WRI)?

A) 15

B) 2

C) 5

D) 13

E) None of these

2.        Who headed the third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy of RBI for the year 2019-20?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Shaktikanta Das

C) Ravindra H. Dholakia

D) Nirmala Sitharaman

E) None of these

3.        What is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecasted by Reserve Bank of India(RBI)?

A) 6.7 %

B) 6.8 %

C) 6.5 %

D) 6.9 %

E) None of these

4.        From when, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has decided to allow the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) services to be active 24×7?

A) January 2020

B) November 2019

C) December 2019

D) April 2020

E) None of these

5.        As per Reserve Bank of India(RBI)’s approval, how much has been allowed on lending to agriculture through Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)?

A) Rs.10 lakh

B) Rs.15 lakh

C) Rs.20 lakh

D) Rs.25 lakh

E) None of these

6.        Name the Organization, which launched new insurance plan “Jeevan Amar”.

A) HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

B) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

C) Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

D) Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

E) None of these

7.        What is the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of India for the year 2019-20, as per the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)?

A) 6.3%

B) 6.5%

C) 6.2%

D) 6.7%

E) None of these

8.        Which country topped in the International Cricket Council(ICC) test ranking?

A) Bangladesh

B) New Zealand

C) India

D) Australia

E) None of these

9.        Nobel Prize winner, Toni Morrison passed away recently, she was a _______.

A) Novelist

B) Politician

C) Singer

D) Social Activist

E) None of these

10.    Name the bollywood filmmaker & also the maternal grandfather of Hritik Roshan, who passed away recently.

A) Raj Kanwar

B) J. Om Prakash

C) Anant Balani

D) Mukul S. Anand

E) None of these

11.    National Handloom Day is celebrated on __________.

A) August 3

B) August 5

C) August 7

D) August 6

E) None of these

12.    The researchers at which IIT have developed portable device to detect bacteria without cell culture or microbiological assays?

A) IIT Kharagpur

B) IIT Bombay

C) IIT Guwahati

D) IIT Madras

E) None of these

13.    The 5th edition of International Army Scout Masters Competition has started in which military station?

A) Jaisalmer

B) Gwalior

C) Dehradun

D) Agra

E) None of these

14.    Which zone of Indian railways has introduced a new Biometric Token System (BTS)?

A) North Western Railway

B) Western Railways

C) East Central Railway

D) South Western Railway

E) None of these

15.    Which state /UT government has launched a project titled ‘Oral History Programme’?

A) Kerala

B) Tamil Nadu

C) Rajasthan

D) Delhi

E) None of these