CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25TH APRIL 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 25^TH APRIL 2019

1.        Where was the first edition of Naval Commanders Conference held?

A) Kolkata

B) Mumbai

C) New Delhi

D) Bengaluru

E) None of these

2.        As per the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)’s new notification from which year does, visually disabled students can use magnifying glasses and portable video magnifiers during the Class X final examination?

A) 2020

B) 2021

C) 2022

D) 2023

E) None of these

3.        Which country has tested the world’s most advanced malaria vaccine in a bid to prevent the disease?

A) Burundi

B) Malawi

C) Mozambique

D) Zimbabwe

E) None of these

4.        Which financial inclusion program of India is set to cross Rs 1 lakh crore accounts?

A) Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana

B) Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana

C) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

D) Sukanya Samriddhi Account

E) None of these

5.        Who is the head of the expert committee, that is formed to identify the excess reserves that RBI holds?

A) Mavalankar

B) Bimal Jalan

C) Rajendra Prasad

D) Pattabhi Sitaramayya

E) None of these

6.        Name the public sector bank, which has signed BEML Limited (Bharat Earth Movers Limited) for financing Earth Moving and Construction Equipment.

A) Bank of Baroda

B) UCO Bank

C) Syndicate Bank

D) Punjab National Bank

E) None of these

7.        As per the Stanford study published in the journal “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”, Indian Economy shrunk by ______ percent due to global warming?

A) 50%

B) 31%

C) 40%

D) 65%

E) None of these

8.        Which entity has collaborated with India Post for digitizing 1.5 lakh post offices in India, for creating World’s Biggest EPostal Network?

A) TCS

B) Microsoft

C) IBM

D) Intel

E) None of these

9.        Which planet in the solar system has a massive solid inner core according to NASA’s recent report?

A) Mercury

B) Saturn

C) Mars

D) Venus

E) None of these

10.    Mount Agung erupts recently, it is located in which country?

A) Indonesia

B) Malaysia

C) Philippines

D) Thailand

E) None of these

11.    To promote copyright,reading & publishing, World Book and Copyright Day is observed annually on _______________?

A) April 20

B) April 21

C) April 22

D) April 23

E) None of these

12.    Which city is selected as the World Book Capital for the year 2019?

A) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

B) Sharjah, UAE

C) Jerusalem, Israel

D) Ankara, Turkey

E) None of these

13.    When was International Mother Earth Day observed?

A) April 20

B) April 21

C) April 23

D) April 22

E) None of these

14.    Which scheme of the West Bengal government has won the 2019 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) award in Capacity Building category?

A) Sabooj Sathi

B) Kanyashree

C) Utkarsh Bangla

D) All of the above

E) None of these

15.    On which date, the UN English Language Day is observed recently?

A) April 22

B) April 25

C) April 23

D) April 24

E) None of these