CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 17TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 17^TH SEP 2019

1.        What was the theme of the 14th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) held in Greater Noida, Delhi?

A) Theme – “Investing in Land, Unlocking Opportunities”

B) Theme – “Green and Clean Environment”

C) Theme – “Let’s Grow the Future Together”

D) Theme – “Plan of Action”

E) None of these

2.        Which year is set as target by India to convert degraded land of nearly 50 lakh hectares to fertile land at 14th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)?

A) 2022

B) 2025

C) 2024

D) 2030

E) None of these

3.        Which country has took over Conference of the Parties (COP) from China for the next two years till 2021?

A) United States

B) India

C) Russia

D) Japan

E) None of these

4.        Who was elected as the President of Conference of the Parties (COP) for the next two years during the 14th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)?

A) Dharmendra Pradhan

B) Piyush Goyal

C) Prakash Javadekar

D) Narendra Modi

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 14TH – 16TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 14^TH – 16^TH SEP 2019

1.        Where was the 22nd session of the United Nations (UN) Committee on Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) held from September 2-3, 2019?

A) Geneva, Switzerland

B) Washington D.C., U.S

C) London, United Kingdom

D) Paris, France

E) None of these

2.        Where was the first meeting of the Apex Committee for DefExpo 2020 held?

A) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

B) New Delhi, Delhi

C) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

D) Guwahati, Assam

E) None of these

3.        What is the theme of 11th edition of DefExpo, which will be held for the first time in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from February 05 – 08, 2020?

A) Theme – ‘Digital Information of Defence’

B) Theme – ‘Indian Defence in the Transforming India’

C) Theme – ‘Digital Transformation of Defence’

D) Theme – ‘Defence and Indian Economy’

E) None of these

4.        Which state government has announced to launch online service for cow adoption and shed provisions under the MP govt’s initiative “Project Gaushala”?

A) Assam

B) Maharashtra

C) Uttar Pradesh

D) Madhya Pradesh

E) None of these

5.        What is the rank of India in Global Malaria Cases in 2017 as per the report published in the Lancet journal?

A) 3rd

B) 4th

C) 2nd

D) 1st

E) None of these

6.        Name the first woman governor of Telangana & also the youngest state governor at the age of 58 among all the current governors.

A) Baby Rani Maurya

B) Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan

C) Anusuiya Uikey

D) Anandiben Patel

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 12TH – 13TH SEP 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 12^TH – 13^TH SEP 2019

1.        Which country has declared free from H5N1avian influenza (commonly known as bird flu) by OIE(Office International des Epizooties)-World Organisation for Animal Health?

A) China

B) Japan

C) India

D) United States

E) None of these

2.        Which Indian state will set up India’s first International Women’s Trade Centre (iWTC) to boost women entrepreneurship and secure gender parity?

A) Kozhikode, Kerala

B) Bengaluru, Karnataka

C) Mumbai, Maharashtra

D) New Delhi, Delhi

E) None of these

3.        Who headed the 6 member committee, that has submitted its report to the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Shaktikanta Das regarding development of housing finance securitisation market?

A) Yaquta Mandviwala

B) Harsh Vardhan

C) Satish Shankar

D) Siddhartha Karri

E) None of these

4.        What is the initial capital of the intermediary, which will be created by National Housing Bank (NHB) for standard-setting and market-making for the instruments by the panel headed by Harsh vardhan?

A) Rs. 2500 crore

B) Rs. 1500 crore

C) Rs. 1000 crore

D) Rs. 500 crore

E) None of these

5.        Which country has the largest share among developing countries in computer services industry?

A) India

B) Myanmar

C) Maldives

D) Bangladesh

E) None of these

6.        Which film won the “Golden Lion for Best Film” in the 76th edition of the annual Venice International Film Festival Awards for 2019?

A) The Lion King 2019

B) John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

C) Joker

D) Avengers: Endgame

E) None of these

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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

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 6TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 6^TH AUG 2019

1.        Where was the 4th General Assembly of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) held?

A) Bengaluru, Karnataka

B) New Delhi, Delhi

C) Mumbai, Maharashtra

D) Kolkata, West Bengal

E) None of these

2.        Which country took over the chair of Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB) for the 2019-21 term from Romania?

A) Japan

B) Russia

C) United States

D) India                                                

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 5TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 5^TH AUG 2019

1.        Where was the ‘72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia’ inaugurated?

A) France, Paris

B) New Delhi, India

C) Washington D.C., U.S.

D) Geneva, Switzerland

E) None of these

2.        Who inaugurated the “Garvi Gujarat Bhavan” in New Delhi?

A) Narendra Modi

B) Ram Nath Kovind

C) Amit Shah

D) Venkaiah Naidu

E) None of these

3.        Where was the first ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) held in which United States (US) and 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries participated?

A) Philippines

B) Malaysia

C) Thailand

D) Indonesia

E) None of these

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