CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 11TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 11^TH AUG 2019

1.        What is the overall life expectancy at birth in India for the year 2013-17 as per the Registrar General of India’s Sample Registration Survey (SRS)?

A) 69 years

B) 70 years

C) 65 years

D) 62 years

E) None of these

2.        Which states’ male and female have the best chance of living the longest in the country, with life expectancy of 73.3 years and 77.8 years respectively at birth?

A) Himachal Pradesh and Kerala

B) Punjab and Chhattisgarh

C) Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh

D) Delhi and Kerala

E) None of these

3.        What is the global life expectancy for the year 2019 as per the United Nations’ ‘World Population Prospects’ report?

A) 80.3 years

B) 72.6 years

C) 75.5 years

D) 74.5 years

E) None of these

4.        Where was the first helicopter summit 2019 held with the theme “expanding connectivity through helicopters”?

A) Guwahati, Assam

B) Kolkata, West Bengal

C) New Delhi, Delhi

D) Dehradun, Uttarakhand

E) None of these

5.        Which city topped the Knight Frank’s Co-Living Index for the year 2019?

A) Bangkok, Thailand

B) Beijing, China

C) Tokyo, Japan

D) Shanghai, China

E) None of these

6.        What is the rank of Indian Capital city, New Delhi as per the Knight Frank’s Co-Living Index for the year 2019?

A) 8

B) 10

C) 11

D) 5

E) None of these

7.        Name the Chief Justice of Madras High Court, who resigned after being transferred to Meghalaya High Court.

A) Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani

B) Gita Mittal

C) Manjula Chellur

D) Indira Banerjee

E) None of these

8.        United States Open(US Open) Tennis Championships 2019 is played on which surface?

A) Grass

B) Clay

C) Carpet

D) Hard

E) None of these

9.        Name the first Indian tennis player, who won a set against Roger Federer during United States Open(US Open) Tennis Championships 2019.

A) Sumit Nagal

B) Yuki Bhambri

C) Prajnesh Gunneswaran

D) Ramkumar Ramanathan

E) None of these

10.    Who won the women’s singles title in United States Open(US Open) Tennis Championships 2019 and became the youngest US Open champion & the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title?

A) Kirsten Flipkens

B) Bianca Andreescu

C) Belinda Bencic

D) EliseMertens

E) None of these

11.    Name the Spain tennis player, won the Men’s Singles title in United States Open(US Open) Tennis Championships 2019, which was his 19th Grand Slam title and the 4th US Open title?

A) Grigor Dimitrov

B) Daniil Medvedev

C) Stan Wawrinka

D) Rafael Nadal

E) None of these

12.    Which team won the 2019 Duleep trophy?

A) India Yellow

B) India Red

C) India Green

D) India Blue

E) None of these

13.    World water week 2019 is observed from _________.

A) 23 to 28 August

B) 25 to 30 August

C) 26 to 31 August

D) 24 to 29 August

E) None of these

14.    What is the theme of the 2019 edition of World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)?

A) Take a Minute, Change a Life

B) Working Together to Prevent Suicide

C) Connect, Communicate, Care

D) Light a candle near a Window

E) None of these

15.    The Indo-Lanka Maritime Fleet Exercise – SLINEX 2019 has started in which city?

A) Chennai

B) Kolkata

C) Visakhapatnam

D) Pune

E) None of these