CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 19TH JUNE 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 19TH JUNE 2019
1.        Who will chair the five-member committee constituted by central government of India to review the existing marketing structure of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)?
A) MA Pathan
B) Errol D’souza
C) Kirit Parikh
D) Dharmendra Pradhan
E) None of these

2.        Which country is hosting the Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process (KP) in June 2019?
A) India
B) U.S.
C) Japan
D) China
E) None of these

3.        Where was the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit 2019 held?
A) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
B) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
C) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
D) Dushanbe, Tajikistan
E) None of these


4.        How much amount is granted as line of Credit (LoC) to Kyrgyzstan by Indian government?
A) 400 million dollar
B) 200 million dollar
C) 100 million dollar
D) 300 million dollar
E) None of these

5.        Which organization has released the report titled “Payment and Settlement: The Plumbing in the Architecture of India’s Financial System” stating digital transactions will rise four times by 2021 in India?
A) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
B) United Nations (UN)
C) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
D) World Bank (WB)
E) None of these

6.        Name the state, which received Rs 1,650cr from Asian Development Bank(ADB) for development of piped water supply, underground drainage, underground sewage or scientific septage management, roads with pavement.
A) Tripura
B) Mizoram
C) Manipur
D) Meghalaya
E) None of these

7.        Who was appointed as the executive director of United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP)?
A) Erik Solheim
B) Julian Huxley
C) Julia Marton-Lefèvre
D) Inger Andersen
E) None of these

8.        To which entity, Ravinder Singh Dhillon was appointed as the Director (Projects)?
A) Coal India
B) Power Grid Corporation of India
C) Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC)
D) Rural Electrification Corporation Limited
E) None of these

9.        Jyothi Surekha Vennam was in news recently, she was associated with which sport?
A) Shooting
B) Tennis
C) Archery
D) Badminton
E) None of these

10.    What was the theme of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (WDCD) 2019?
A) Theme – “Women and Desertification”
B) Theme – “Let’s Grow the Future Together”
C) Theme – “Protect Earth. Restore Land. Engage People”
D) Theme – “Land has true value. Invest in it”
E) None of these

11.    Who has been sworn-in as the first female President of Slovakia?
A) Zuzana Caputova
B) Adriana Karembeu
C) Jana Kolesarova
D) Suzie Kronerova
E) None of these

12.    Which of the following companies will soon roll out TechBee programme to hire and train students for IT jobs?
A) Wipro
B) Infosys
C) HCL
D) Reliance
E) None of these