CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 8TH – 9TH JUNE 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 8TH – 9TH JUNE 2019
1.        Name the head of the committee, which submitted draft national education policy 2019 in New Delhi recently.
A) Mohammad Saadulla
B) N. Gopalaswami
C) Dr. Kasturirangan
D) Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
E) None of these

2.        Name the apex body, which was proposed to set up under Prime Minister by Dr. Kasturirangan cormmittee in their draft, “National education policy 2019”.
A) Rashtriya Shiksha Ayog
B) Rashtriya Lok Samta Ayog
C) Rashtriya Sanskrit Ayog
D) Rashtriya Sansthan Ayog
E) None of these

3.        Name the joint Indian Army & Indian Air force exercise that concluded in Punjab recently.
A) Desert Eagle
B) Vajra Prahar
C) Kharga Prahar
D) Maitree
E) None of these


4.        Where was the 6th India-China Bilateral Dialogue on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation held recently?
A) New Delhi, India
B) Beijing, China
C) Mumbai, India
D) Changchun,China
E) None of these

5.        Name the scheme for which the ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship waived fee for SC/ST candidates who join vocational training.
A) Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana
B) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
C) Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
D) Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS)
E) None of these

6.        Which country has mandated the visa applicant to provide social media details dated back to five years from the application date as per new immigration rule?
A) Russia
B) U.S.
C) China
D) India
E) None of these

7.        Which state government has signed a loan agreement worth $287 million with World Bank for promoting the state’s health system reform programme in New Delhi?
A) West Bengal
B) Maharashtra
C) Tamil Nadu
D) Karnataka
E) None of these

8.        Who is the head of the committee, which recommends to rope in local retailers and business correspondents to act as cash points in semi-urban centers?
A) Aruna Sharma
B) Kishor Sansi
C) HR Khan
D) Nandan Nilekani
E) None of these

9.        Which private sector bank has launched a center in Bengaluru to provide business solutions exclusively to start-ups and MSME sector?
A) Axis Bank
B) HDFC Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) Yes Bank
E) None of these

10.    Name the organization, which has forecasted the global growth for 2019 to 2.6% from earlier 2.9% in its semiannual report “Global Economic Prospect (GEP)”.
A) World Bank (WB)
B) United Nations (UN)
C) International Monetary Fund (IMF)
D) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
E) None of these

11.    As per the World Bank report “Global Economic Prospect (GEP)”, India’s growth is forecasted to ______ percent for the next two Fiscal years , FY2019 and FY2020?
A) 7.2%
B) 7.3%
C) 7.4%
D) 7.5%
E) None of these

12.    Name the think tank, which has indicated that India lost $13 billion in revenue collections due to trade misinvoicing in 2016.
A) Global Financial Integrity (GFI)
B) Center for International Policy
C) NITI Aayog
D) Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development
E) None of these

13.    Name the Cyclone Man, who was appointed as the chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD) for a period of five years.
A) Madhavan Nair Rajeevan
B) Laxman Singh Rathore
C) K.J. Ramesh
D) Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
E) None of these

14.    Name the Supersonic cruise missile, which was test-fired from Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range(ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha with a strike range of around 290 km.
A) Prahaar
B) BrahMos
C) Nirbhay
D) Shaurya
E) None of these

15.    World Environment Day is observed annually on __________?
A) June 2
B) June 3
C) June 4
D) June 5
E) None of these

16.    Which country has selected to host World Environment Day 2019?
A) Japan
B) India
C) China
D) U.S.
E) None of these

17.    Who launched #SelfiewithSapling campaign during World Environment Day 2019?
A) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
B) Prakash Javadekar
C) Dharmendra Pradhan
D) Harsh Vardhan
E) None of these

18.    What was the theme of the World Environment Day 2019?
A) Theme – “Beat land Pollution”
B) Theme – “Beat Water Pollution”
C) Theme – “Beat Plastic Pollution”
D) Theme – “Beat Air Pollution”
E) None of these

19.    Name the book on biodiversity series, released during World Environment Day 2019.
A) The diversity of life
B) Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
C) Reptiles of the Northern Western Ghats
D) The World Without Us
E) None of these

20.    How many cabinet Committees were reconstituted by the government recently under the transaction of business rules?
A) Seven
B) Six
C) Eight
D) Nine
E) None of these

21.    Who will head the newly constituted Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) Nirmala Sitharaman
C) Ramvilas Paswan
D) Narendra Singh Tomar
E) None of these

22.    Which country has signed an Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with India on 18th March 2016?
A) Marshall Islands
B) Solomon Islands
C) Nauru
D) Fiji
E) None of these

23.    Which Indian city topped the “Traffic Index 2018” and becomes congested city among 403 cities in 56 countries?
A) Chennai
B) New Delhi
C) Mumbai
D) Bengaluru
E) None of these

24.    What is the revised Repo rate as per the second bi-monthly monetary policy rates 2019-20?
A) 6.00%
B) 5.25%
C) 5.50%
D) 5.75%
E) None of these

25.    What is GDP growth of India forecasted by RBI’s monetary policy committee (MPC)?
A) 7.5%
B) 7%
C) 7.2%
D) 7.1%
E) None of these

26.    Name the Indian metro, which became India’s first ever project to receive power from a waste-to-energy plant.
A) Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation(KMRC)
B) Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation(MMRC)
C) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
D) Chennai Metro Rail Corporation (CMRC)
E) None of these

27.    Name the Jal Shakti Minister, who presented awards to the winners of Ganga Quest 2019 on the occasion of World Environment Day 2019.
A) Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
B) Ram Vilas Paswan
C) Narendra Singh Tomar
D) Thaawar Chand Gehlot
E) None of these

28.    Who became the world’s 1st billionaire rapper as per the forbes magazine?
A) Snoop Dogg
B) Kanye West
C) Eminem
D) Jay-Z
E) None of these

29.    Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, who has been elected as President of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) , is from which African country?
A) Morocco
B) Angola
C) Nigeria
D) Algeria
E) None of these

30.    Who was elected as the President of Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)?
A) Gianni Infantino
B) Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa
C) Praful Patel
D) Kohzo Tashima
E) None of these

31.    Name the web mapping service, which launches three new public transport features in India.
A) WikiMapia
B) Google Maps
C) Bing Maps
D) MapQuest
E) None of these

32.    Which country’s Junior women Hockey team clinched Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations title recently?
A) India
B) Ireland
C) USA
D) South Africa
E) None of these

33.    Jaspal Inder Singh Kalra passed away recently, he was associated with which field?
A) Producing
B) Acting
C) Cooking
D) Sports
E) None of these

34.    Who has been chosen for the 2019 J C Daniel Award?
A) Sreekumaran Thampi
B) Sheela
C) Jose Prakash
D) Aranmula Ponnamma
E) None of these

35.    Who is the author of the book ‘Cricket World Cup: The Indian Challenge’?
A) R Sreekandan Nair
B) Ashis Ray
C) Sanjay Manjrekar
D) Harsha Bhogle
E) None of these