CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 1ST JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 1^ST JUNE 2019

1.        Which armed force of India, has signed an agreement with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for selecting and training astronaut for Gaganyaan Programme.

A) Indian Army

B) Indian Air Force

C) Indian Navy

D) Both 1 & 2

E) Both 2 & 3

2.        Who is the head of 6 member panel on secondary market for corporate loans constituted by Reserve Bank of India recently?

A) R A Sankara Narayanan

B) MatamVenkata Rao

C) T N Manoharan

D) H Krishnamurthy

E) None of these

3.        FDI was in news recently, what is the full form of FDI?

A) FDI – Fair Trade deficit Interest

B) FDI – Finance Deficit Interest

C) FDI – Financially Descendant Interest

D) FDI – Foreign Direct Investment

E) None of these

4.        Who won the global book prize “Nine Dots Prize 2019” for the essay “Bread, Cement, Cactus”?

A) Salman Rushdie

B) Arundhati Roy

C) Annie Zaidi

D) Vikram Seth

E) None of these

5.        Which Indian airport gets ‘International’ status as per sub-rule (b) of rule 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Rules, 1950?

A) Sri Sathya Sai Airport, Andhra Pradesh

B) Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport, Madhya Pradesh

C) Balurghat Airport, West Bengal

D) NagarjunaSagar Airport, Andhra Pradesh

E) None of these

6.        Who was appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea ?

A) Sam Abal

B) Sir Michael Somare

C) Peter O’Neill

D) James Marape

E) None of these

7.        Who sworn in as the second chief minister of Andhra Pradesh post its bifurcation on 30th May, 2019?

A) Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

B) N. Chandrababu Naidu

C) B. Gopala Reddy

D) NeelamSanjiva Reddy

E) None of these

8.        Who assumed charge as the Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)?

A) Arup Raha

B) Birender Singh Dhanoa

C) Sunil Lanba

D) Bikram Singh

E) None of thes

9.        Who authored the book titled “An Autobiography of Moon”, which was released by Prof. Ashutosh Sharma in New Delhi recently?

A) Dr. Ramesh Shishu

B) Dr. M.S.S Murthy

C) Dr. Govind Bhattacharya

D) Dr. Felix Bast

E) None of these

10.    Name the book launched by former american professional basketball player, Lamar Odom that reveals the dark secrets of his life.

A) Playing It My Way

B) The Immortal Life of Lamar Odom

C) Darkness to light

D) Long Walk to Freedom

E) None of these

11.    On which date, International Everest Day was observed?

A) May 28

B) May 29

C) May 30

D) May 27

E) None of these

12.    What was the theme of World Digestive Health Day 2019?

A) Theme – “Reaching out – connect to your community”

B) Theme – “Universal Health Coverage: everyone, everywhere”

C) Theme – “Viral Hepatitis: Lift the Global Burden”

D) Theme – “Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer”

E) None of these