CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 14TH JUNE 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 14TH JUNE 2019
1.        By which year, the central government has decided to provide clean drinking tap water to all citizens?
A) 2022
B) 2020
C) 2024
D) 2025
E) None of these

2.        Name the scheme launched by Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat which aims to provide clean drinking tap water to the 14 crore households in India.
A) Nal Se Jal
B) Jal nal yojna
C) Se Jal yojana
D) Jal Yojana
E) None of these

3.        Which country’s railway agency has entered into tripartite agreement worth 7 lakh euros with Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) to boost capacity building for railway station development program in India?
A) China
B) U.S.
C) Russia
D) France
E) None of these

4.        Bancha became India’s first all-solar kitchen village, it is in which state?
A) Kolasib district of Mizoram
B) Kiphire district of Nagaland
C) Betul district of Madhya Pradesh
D) Nanded district of Maharashtra
E) None of these

5.        Which country topped the 3rd End of Childhood Index for the year 2019, released by United Kingdom (UK) based non-profit organisation ‘Save the Children’?
A) Singapore
B) Norway
C) Sweden
D) Finland
E) None of these

6.        What is the rank of India in 3rd End of Childhood Index for the year 2019, released by United Kingdom (UK) based non-profit organisation ‘Save the Children’?
A) 119
B) 117
C) 115
D) 113
E) None of these

7.        Where was the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting held recently?
A) New Delhi, India
B) Fukuoka, Japan
C) Beijing, China
D) Washington, D.C., U.S.
E) None of these

8.        Who led Indian Delegation to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet held In Fukuoka, Japan?
A) Anant Geete
B) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
C) Nirmala Sitharaman
D) Harsh Vardhan
E) None of these


9.        Which country’s Indian Embassy organized the ‘Gandhi Cycle Rally for Peace’ to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Iran
C) United Arab Emirates (UAE)
D) Qatar
E) None of these

10.    Where was the 2nd Global Disability Summit held recently?
A) Tokyo, Japan
B) New Delhi, India
C) Beijing, China
D) Buenos Aires, Argentina
E) None of these

11.    Who was the head of 6-member committee constituted by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to review ATM pricing?
A) Sanjeev Patel
B) Sampath Kumar
C) V.G. Kannan
D) G.K. Nair
E) None of these

12.    Which organization has released the report, indicating that the overall non-performing assets (NPAs) stock has declined at a great pace to 9.3% in March 2019, below RBI’s (Reserve Bank of India) estimate?
A) CRISIL
B) Fitch Ratings
C) Moody’s Corporation
D) ICRA Limited
E) None of these

13.    Which entity topped the “BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand ranking 2019” Index and became the world’s most valuable brand worth $315.5 billion?
A) Facebook
B) Google
C) Amazon
D) Apple
E) None of these

14.    Name the automobile maker brand which received the Gold award from South Africa ‘s National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA).
A) Mahindra Group
B) Tata Motors
C) Mahindra & Mahindra
D) Honda Motor Company
E) None of these

15.    Who was appointed as the interim Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) for a term of four years?
A) Shashi Kant Sharma
B) Sunil Kumar Sharma
C) K. V. Chowdary
D) Sharad Kumar
E) None of these

16.    Which country has elected Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as its president?
A) Turkmenistan
B) Kazakhstan
C) Kyrgyzstan
D) Uzbekistan
E) None of these

17.    Who succeeded Arun Jaitley after named as the leader of Rajya Sabha?
A) Thawarchand Gehlot
B) Ram Vilas Paswan
C) Narendra Singh Tomar
D) Ravi Shankar Prasad
E) None of these

18.    World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) is observed annually on ___________?
A) June 12
B) June 11
C) June 10
D) June 9
E) None of these

19.    Which North American country has decided to ban single use plastics from 2021?
A) Canada
B) Mexico
C) United States
D) Cuba.
E) None of these

20.    Which of the following banks has introduced repo-linked home loan product?
A) SBI
B) PNB
C) BoB
D) BoI
E) None of these

21.    Mount Sinabung is located in which of the following islands of Indonesia?
A) Java
B) Bali
C) Sumatra
D) Sumbawa
E) None of these

22.    India’s first Dinosaur-Museum-Cum-Park is located in which of the following states?
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Odisha
E) None of these

23.    Which country has decided to conduct its first-ever simulated space warfare exercise ‘IndSpaceEx’?
A) Italy
B) Israel
C) Indonesia
D) India
E) None of these

24.    The scientists of which US University have created a global map of where groundwater meets oceans?
A) Stanford University
B) Ohio State University
D) Yale University
C) Duke University
E) None of these