CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2ND MAY 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2ND MAY 2019
1.      WHICH THINK TANK HAS RECENTLY PREDICTED THAT THE MILITARY EXPENDITURE OF INDIA GREW BY 3.1% TO REACH $66.5 BILLION?
1)      Peace Research Institute Oslo
2)      Center for Strategic and International Studies
3)     Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
4)      NITI Aayog
5)      None of these

2.      ACCORDING TO STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SIPRI) REPORT, WHICH COUNTRY BECAME THE WORLD’S BIGGEST MILITARY SPENDER IN 2018?
1)      India
2)      Saudi Arabia
3)     US
4)      China
5)      None of these

3.      WHICH INDIAN E-COMMERCE PAYMENT SYSTEM AND DIGITAL WALLET COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED A NEW OPTION OF RECURRING PAYMENTS FOR ITS MERCHANTS?
1)      MobiKwik
2)      PhonePe
3)      FreeCharge
4)     Paytm
5)      None of these

4.      NAME THE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY WHICH HAS COLLABORATED WITH WISHFIN INSURANCE TO BECOME THE FIRST COMPANY TO SELL 2-WHEELER POLICIES VIA WHATSAPP.
1)     Bharti AXA General Insurance
2)      HDFC ERGO General Insurance
3)      National Insurance Company Limited
4)      SBI General Insurance Company Ltd
5)      None of these

5.      WHAT IS THE REVISED GDP GROWTH OF INDIA FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2019-20, AS PER INDIA RATINGS AND RESEARCH COMPANY?
1)      7.2%
2)      7.1%
3)     7.3 %
4)      7.5%
5)      None of these
 
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 2ND MAY 2019

6.      NAME THE AIR MARSHALL, WHO WAS APPOINTED AS THE VICE CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF AFTER RESIGNATION OF AIR MARSHAL ANIL KHOSLA.
1)      Arup Raha
2)      Norman Anil Kumar Browne
3)     Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
4)      Pradeep Vasant Naik
5)      None of these

7.      WHICH COUNTRY LAUNCHED TWO TIANHUI II-01 SATELLITES FOR SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS, LAND RESOURCE AND GEOGRAPHIC SURVEY, AND MAPPING?
1)      India
2)      Russia
3)      Japan
4)     China
5)      None of these

8.      WHERE WAS THE 2019 ISSF RIFLE/PISTOL WORLD CUP HELD RECENTLY?
1)      Munich, Germany
2)      New Delhi, India
3)     Beijing, China
4)      Jakarta, Indonesia
5)      None of these

9.      WHICH COUNTRY TOPPED THE MEDAL TALLY OF 2019 ISSF RIFLE/PISTOL WORLD CUP THAT HELD IN BEIJING, CHINA?
1)     Japan
2)      India
3)      China
4)      Russia
5)      None of these

10.   WHO HAS BEEN NAMED THE 2019 FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR BY THE FOOTBALL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION (FWA)?
1)    Lionel Messi
2)    Raheem Sterling
3)    Neymar
4)    Francesco Totti

11.   WHICH INDIAN GOLFER HAS WON THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AS A PLAYER AWARD AT THE 4TH EDITION OF THE ANNUAL INDIA GOLF INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (GIA) AWARDS?
1)   Shiv Kapur
2)   Gaganjeet Bhullar
3)   Anirban Lahiri
4)   Rashid Khan

12.   IGNOU HAS LAUNCHED AN AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON GST IN COLLABORATION WITH WHICH STOCK EXCHANGE?
1)    NSE
2)    OTCEI
3)   BSE
4)    ISE

13.   WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES HAS SET A NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF NATIONAL FLAGS RAISED IN A CITY FOR 24 HOURS?
1)   Beirut
2)   Riyadh
3)   Abu Dhabi
4)   Manama

14.   WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL FRAMEWORK (ECF) FOR THE RBI?
1)   Subhash Chandra Garg
2)   Hasmukh Adhia
3)   Rajiv Mehrishi
4)   Bimal Jalan

15.   WHO CLINCHED THE 2019 MEN’S SINGLES TITLE AT THE BARCELONA OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT?
1)   Dominic Thiem
2)   Rafael Nadal
3)   Alexander Zverev
4)   Daniil Medvedev