CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 8TH MAY 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 8TH MAY 2019
1.        Where was the India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting held recently?
A) Kolkata, West Bengal
B) Bengaluru, Karanataka
C) Mumbai, Maharashtra
D) Cochin, Kerala
E) None of these

2.        Where was the G7 Environment Ministers Meeting held to discuss about climate crisis?
A) Rome, Italy
B) Metz, France
C) Ottawa, Canada
D) Paris, France
E) None of these

3.        Which bank has slipped by 3 notches to come down to the 10th spot as most valued bank?
A) State Bank of India
B) ICICI Bank
C) Yes Bank
D) HDFC Bank
E) None of these

4.        Name the product from Indonesia, which has been imposed Anti Dumping Duty by Government of India recently.
A) Splenda
B) Saccharin
C) Stevia
D) Isomalt
E) None of these


5.        Bandana of which country has set a Guinness World Records on “Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual” surpassing the Indian dancer Kalamandalam Hemalatha?
A) Myanmar
B) Srilanka
C) Nepal
D) Bangladesh
E) None of these

6.        Who won the presidential election in North Macedonia?
A) Stevo Pendarovski
B) Gjorge Ivanov
C) Nikola Gruevski
D) Zoran Zaev
E) None of these

7.        Name the country, which has elected Laurentino Cortizo as its new President.
A) Costa Rica
B) Panama
C) Nicaragua
D) Cuba
E) None of these

8.        Which of the following Indian Navy’s frontline missile destroyer has been decommissioned after 36 years of service?
A) INS Tarangini
B) INS Kirpan
C) INS Nipat
D) INS Ranjit
E) None of these

9.        Name the Indian Navy’s 4th Scorpene-class submarine, that was launched in Mazagon Dockyard, Mumbai.
A) INS Vela
B) INS Khanderi
C) INS Karanj
D) INS Vagir
E) None of these

10.    Which country’s Air Force Research Laboratory has tested a laser system called ‘Self-Protect High Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD)” recently?
A) Japan
B) Russia
C) China
D) US
E) None of these

11.    Name the Indian Men’s Squash player, who won the Men’s Asian Individual Squash Championship 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A) Saurav Ghosal
B) Harinder Pal Sandhu
C) Kush Kumar
D) Mahesh Mangaonkar
E) None of these

12.    Which IIT has tied up with e-Governance Services India Limited to upscale Unnat Bharat Abhiyan?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Indore
C) IIT Kanpur
D) IIT Bombay
E) None of these

13.    Which former ISRO chief has been bestowed with France’s highest civilian award?
A) U Ramachandra Rao
B) G Madhavan Nair
C) A S Kiran Kumar
D) Satish Dhawan
E) None of these

14.    Which of the following banks has become the first Indian bank to link interest rates to RBI’s repo rate?
A) PNB
B) BoB
C) BoI
D) SBI
E) None of these

15.    Who has been appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of Lokpal?
A) Mahender Singh
B) Ajay Kumar Tripathi
C) Abhilasha Kumari
D) Dilip Kumar
E) None of these

16.    On which date, the 2019 edition of International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD) is observed recently?
A) May 4
B) May 3
C) May 5
D) May 2
E) None of these

17.    Who has been appointed as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe (SACEUR)?
A) Stuart Peach
B) Tod Wolters
C) Knud Bartels
D) Walter E. Gaskin
E) None of these

18.    Which Indian sportswomen has attained the World No. 1 position in the women’s 10m air rifle event?
A) Manu Bhaker
B) Anisa Sayyed
C) Apurvi Chandela
D) Anjum Moudgil
E) None of these