CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27TH APRIL 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27TH APRIL 2019
1.        Which of the following financial institution are now fully owned by central government of India after RBI divested its entire stake?
i.National Housing Bank (NHB)
ii.Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI)
iii.National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
iv.Industrial Finance Corporation of India(IFCI)
A) Option i & ii
B) Option i & iii
C) Option ii & iv
D) Option i & iv
E) None of these

2.        Name the private sector bank, which has partnered with Germany based global provider of digital payments and commerce solutions Wirecard to promote financial inclusion in India.
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) IDBI Bank
D) RBL Bank
E) None of these

3.        Under the recommendation of which committee’s report, RBI has divested its entire stake in National Housing Bank (NHB) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to the central government?
A) Second A C Shah Committee report
B) Second Narasimham committee report
C) Second A Ghosh Committee report
D) Second Adhyarjuna Committee report
E) None of these

4.        Which public sector bank has launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) Canara Bank
C) State Bank of India (SBI)
D) Indian Bank
E) None of these

5.        Which organization is set to partner with the Embassy of the US to jointly promote domestic investments during ‘Select USA 2019’ summit that will be held in Washington DC?
A) Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI)
B) Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)
C) National Productivity Council (NPC)
D) Project Exports Promotion Council of India (PEPC)
E) None of these

6.        Name the script writer, who won the Deenanath Mangeshkar Lifetime Award 2019 recently.
A) Javed Akhtar
B) Vishal Bhardwaj
C) Anurag Kashyap
D) Salim Khan
E) None of these


7.        What is the name of the world’s first floating nuclear power plant that is tested by Rosenergoatom of Russia?
A) Bashkir
B) Balakovo
C) Akademik Lomonosov
D) Beloyarsk
E) None of these

8.        Which country has attained the ODI status for the first time?
A) Canada
B) United States of America
C) Papua New Guinea
D) Namibia
E) None of these

9.        Where was the 23rd edition of Asian Athletics Championship also known as Asian Athletics Championship 2019 held recently?
A) Wembley, London
B) Milan, Italy
C) Beijing, China
D) Doha, Qatar
E) None of these

10.    Name the English poet, whose date of birth and death date was celebrated as English Language Day.
A) William Blake
B) William Shakespeare
C) William Wordsworth
D) Lord Byron
E) None of these

11.    What was the theme of the World Malaria Day 2019?
A) Theme – “End malaria for good”
B) Theme – “ Malaria prevention: let’s close the gap
C) Theme – “Zero malaria starts with me”
D) Theme – “Ready to Beat Malaria”
E) None of these

12.    National Panchayati Raj Diwas (NPRD) is observed annually on ___________?
A) 23rd April
B) 24th April
C) 25th April
D) 26th April
E) None of these

13.    What is the India’s rank in the StartupBlink’s 2019 Startup Ecosystem Ranking?
A) 20th
B) 19th
C) 18th
D) 17th
E) None of these

14.    Which of the following central banks is the first Asia-Pacific (APAC) central bank to begin interest rate easing cycle?
A) Central Bank of Sri Lanka
B) Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan
C) Reserve Bank of India
D) People\’s Bank of China
E) None of these

15.    Who is the newly appointed Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA)?
A) Tajinder Pal Singh
B) Nirmal Jain
C) Rajendra Kumar Nayak
D) Vineet Sharma
E) None of these