CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 4TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 4^TH JUNE 2019

1.        On 31st May 2019, ‘In the first meeting of Cabinet, Prime Minister has approved major changes in the ‘Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme (PMSS)’ under the ____________.

A) National Research Fund

B) National Empowerment Fund

C) National Defence Fund

D) National Fund for Educational Development

E) None of these

2.        How much of monthly pension has been approved by cabinet to small traders, businessmen, and shopkeepers under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana (PM-KPY) on 31st May 2019?

A) 2000

B) 2500

C) 3000

D) 3500

E) None of these

3.        Under which scheme Union Cabinet has approved the extension from earlier two hectares of land to all eligible farmer families, irrespective of the size of their landholding?

A) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana

B) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana

C) Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana

D) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

E) None of these

4.        Cabinet approved new initiative to control Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) and __________to support livestock rearing farmers.

A) Encephalitis

B) Brucellosis

C) Cowpox

D) Syphilis

E) None of these

5.        Kasturirangan Committee submitted the draft National Education Policy to the Union HRD Minister recently.Who is the new Union Human Resource Development Minister of India?

A) Ravi Shankar Prasad

B) Narendra Singh Tomar

C) Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

D) Ram Vilas Paswan

E) None of these

6.        National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) data has showed that India has 20.6 health workers per 10,000 people.Which Indian city has highest concentration of health workers?

A) Haryana

B) Punjab

C) Kerala

D) Delhi

E) None of these

7.        Name the Chile city which became the southernmost city in the world.

A) Puerto Varas

B) Puerto Natales

C) Puerto Montt

D) Puerto Williams

E) None of these

8.        What is the rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the January-March quarter(Q4) of 2018-19 according to the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)?

A) E) 8%

B) 6.5%

C) 6.8%

D) 7.1%

E) None of these

9.        Name the bank which partnered with Centrum Wealth Management Ltd(Centrum) to form private limited Joint Venture(JV) to provide wealth management services to its clients.

A) Lakshmi Vilas Bank

B) South Indian Bank

C) Dhanlaxmi Bank

D) Karur Vysya Bank

E) None of these

10.    Who has became the first IAF woman pilot to become fully operational by day on Hawk advanced jet aircraft?

A) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay

B) Priya Jhingan

C) Mohana Singh

D) Nivedita Choudhary

E) None of these

11.    Name the Indian who has been appointed Deputy Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

A) Anita Bhatia

B) Kiran Bedi

C) Urmila Singh

D) Kamla Beniwal

E) None of these

12.    Anton Aditya Subowo re-elected as a president of ______________.

A) Tennis Asia

B) Football Asia

C) Table Tennis Asia

D) Badminton Asia

E) None of these

13.    Which Football Club had won UEFA Europa League 2019 at the Baku Olympic Stadium, Azarbaijan?

A) Arsenal

B) Manchester City

C) Liverpool

D) Chelsea

E) None of these

14.    Global Day of Parents is observed globally on 1st June.Theme of 2019 is________.

A) “Selfless commitment to Parents”

B) “You and your Parents”

C) “Honor your parents”

D) “Be with old age Parents”

E) None of these