CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 4TH OCT 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 4^TH OCT 2019

1.        Which state was awarded with the Best Learning and Sharing Space Award 2019?

A) Jammu and Kashmir

B) Maharashtra

C) Uttar Pradesh

D) Gujarat

E) None of these

2.        Under which Programme, India has achieved one-crore LED (Light Emitting Diode) street light installation?

A) National Programme for Light Emitting Diode Street Lights (NP-LEDSL)

B) Street Light Emitting National Programme (SLNP)

C) National Programme for Street Lights (NPSL)

D) Street Light National Programme (SLNP)

E) None of these

3.        Which state’s railway station have topped the Railway Cleanliness Survey 2019 released by Ministry of Railways?

A) Rajasthan

B) Kerala

C) Assam

D) Uttar Pradesh

E) None of these

4.        What is the unique number launched by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to ensure greater transparency and accountability in tax administration for taxpayers?

A) Unique Identification Number(UIN)

B) Transparent Identification Number(TIN)

C) Tax Payers Identification Number(TIN)

D) Document Identification Number (DIN)

E) None of these

5.        Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of NBCC (National Buildings Construction Corporation) Limited?

A) PK Gupta

B) B.K. Sokhey

C) Das Meena

D) Rajendra Chaudhari

E) None of these

6.        Who has been appointed as the Executive Director for India at International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

A) Urjit Patel

B) Surjit S Bhalla

C) Rakesh Mohan

D) Subir Gokarn

E) None of these

7.        Who resigned as the chairman of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC)?

A) Kapil Dev

B) Sachin Tendulkar

C) Ravi Shastri

D) Sunil Gavaskar

E) None of these

8.        Who is the author of the book titled “The Tech Whisperer”?

A) Jaspreet Bindra

B) Rohinton Mistry

C) Nirad C. Chaudhuri

D) Preeti Shenoy

E) None of these

9.        On which date, International Day Of Non-Violence is observed?

A) September 29

B) September 30

C) October 1

D) October 2

E) None of these

10.    Which year is set as target to eradicate ‘single-use plastic’ from India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Swachh Bharat Diwas program?

A) 2025

B) 2022

C) 2021

D) 2023

E) None of these

11.    Who has been appointed as new Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB)?

A) KS Dhatwalia

B) Sitanshu Kar

C) Ira Joshi

D) Satyendra Prakash

E) None of these

12.    The 94th Raising Day of the Military Nursing Service (MNS) has recently celebrated on which date in India?

A) September 30

B) October 1

C) October 2

D) September 29

E) None of these

13.    Who has been awarded India’s Most Powerful Women in Media award at British Parliament?

A) Rana Ayyub

B) Kalli Purie

C) Neha Dixit

D) Shoma Chaudhury

E) None of these

14.    What is the theme of the 2019 edition of International Day of Older Persons?

A) Longevity: Shaping the Future

B) Rights of Older Persons

C) Take A Stand Against Ageism

D) The Journey to Age Equality

E) None of these

15.    The first-ever National Nutrition Survey have been conducted by the Indian government & which international organisation?

A) UNICEF

B) WHO

C) UNCTAD

D) FAO

E) None of these

16.    Who is the author of the book ‘The RSS: Roadmaps for the 21st Century’?

A) Sunil Ambekar

B) Vivek Aggarwal

C) Yasmin Ali Haque

D) M S Golwalkar

E) None of these

17.    The NITI Aayog & which international organization has launched ‘The Gandhian Challenge’?

A) UNESCO

B) UNICEF

C) FAO

D) WHO

E) None of these

18.    Which bank has become the first Indian bank to have office in Australia’s Victoria?

A) Dena Bank

B) SBI

C) BoB

D) PNB

E) None of these

19.    Who became the new president of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)?

A) Glenn McGrath

B) Kapil Dev

C) Kumar Sangakkara

D) James Anderson

E) None of these