CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 01ST JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 01^ST JULY 2019

1.        How much fine will be imposed on the people for blocking ambulances as a part of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill?

A) Rs 20,000

B) Rs 30,000

C) Rs 10,000

D) Rs 50,000

E) None of these

2.        Which country has signed a loan agreement worth $400 Million with World Bank for the Program Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis(TB), which kills approximately half a million people in that country ?

A) Indonesia

B) India

C) China

D) Nigeria

E) None of these

3.        Which year is set as a target year by the government of India to end Tuberculosis(TB) ?

A) 2035

B) 2030

C) 2025

D) 2020

E) None of these

4.        What is the average base rate set by Reserve Bank of India for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to be charged from their customers?

A) 9.75%

B) 9.25%

C) 9.55%

D) 9.18%

E) None of these

5.        Which international organization has released the report titled “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018”?

A) Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership(REEEP)

B) International Energy Agency(IEA)

C) International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

D) International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA)

E) None of these

6.        Which country has became the low cost solar energy producer in the world as per International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s report “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018”?

A) China

B) India

C) UK

D) US

E) None of these

7.        Which Indian politician was named in the ‘100 most Influential in UK-India Relations: Celebrating Women’ list released by Sajid Javid, Home Secretary of UK ?

A) Sonia Gandhi

B) Mamata Banerjee

C) Smriti Zubin Irani

D) Nirmala Sitharaman

E) None of these

8.        Name the first Indian, who has became the member of International Olympic Committee (IOC) while heading a Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH).

A) Narinder Batra

B) Thomas Abraham

C) Rajeev Arora

D) Vandana Sharda

E) None of these

9.        Which organization has elected Sharad Kumar Saraf as its new President?

A) Small Industries Development Bank of India(SIDBI)

B) National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM)

C) Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO)

D) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

E) None of these

10.    Who has been appointed as the National Housing Bank (NHB) Managing Director for a period of three years?

A) Karnam Sekar

B) Sarada Kumar Hota

C) Pallav Mahapatra

D) P. S. Jayakumar

E) None of these

11.    Which space agency has designed Lunar Evacuation System Assembly (LESA) system to save the lives of astronauts?

A) European Space Agency (ESA)

B) National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)

C) Italian Space Agency(ISA)

D) Canadian Space Agency(CSA)

E) None of these

12.    Name the nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile which was test-fired from Odisha coast.

A) BrahMos II

B) Nirbhay

C) Prahaar

D) Prithvi-II

E) None of these

13.    Which country is set to host 2026 Winter Olympics ?

A) China

B) Italy

C) India

D) Russia

E) None of these

14.    Marcus Trescothick announced retirement recently, he is associated with which sport?

A) Tennis

B) Football

C) Cricket

D) Badminton

E) None of these

15.    Which ministry has observed Swachhta Pakhwada (cleanliness fortnight) from 1st June to 15th June 2019 ?

A) Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

B) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF)

C) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)

D) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MEITY)

E) None of these

16.    What is the full form of NIN ?

A) NIN-National Institute of Naturopathy

B) NIN-Net Information of Neutrality

C) NIN-National Institute of Nutrition

D) NIN- Net Information of Natural monopoly

E) None of these

17.    By which year, the flow of raw sewage into the Ganga river will be fully stopped, Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat ?

A) 2025

B) 2022

C) 2030

D) 2020

E) None of these

18.    What is the rank of India in terms of contamination?

A) 135

B) 130

C) 125

D) 122

E) None of these

19.    Which two countries have agreed to seek mutually acceptable solution to boundary issue?

A) India and Nepal

B) India and China

C) India and Pakistan

D) India and Srilanka

E) None of these

20.    Who was appointed as the special representative by India in order to rework the framework for the settlement of boundary?

A) Ashok Gehlot

B) Sachin Pilot

C) Nirmala Sitharaman

D) Ajit Doval

E) None of these

21.    By which year, all gram panchayats(GPs) in the country will be connected with the high-speed broadband under BharatNet project ?

A) 2030

2)2025

C) 2020

D) 2022

E) None of these

22.    Who will head the high-level advisory group to boost India’s share and importance in global merchandise and services trade?

A) Jagdish Bhagwati

B) Dr. Surjit S. Bhalla

C) Amartya Sen

D) Gita Gopinath

E) None of these

23.    How many Indian people can visit annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, a city in Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia after 3rd hike in 3 years?

A) 4 Lakh

B) 3 Lakh

C) 1.5 Lakh

D) 2 Lakh

E) None of these

24.    Which city was the most costliest city in world as per Mercer’s 25th Annual Cost of Living Survey?

A) Seoul

B) Singapore

C) Hong Kong

D) Tokyo

E) None of these

25.    Which Indian city was India’s most expensive city & included in the list of top 20 most-expensive cities in Asia for expatriates as its residential housing prices were the highest in the world ?

A) Mumbai

B) New Delhi

C) Chennai

D) Bengaluru

E) None of these

26.    Which state has signed with world bank worth $ 250 Million Loan Agreement for its State Highways Development Project?

A) Karnataka

B) Rajasthan

C) Kerala

D) West Bengal

E) None of these

27.    Which state has the highest unemployment rate among the states as per the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)’s titled “The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) for 2017-18” ?

A) Meghalaya

B) Manipur

C) Goa

D) Nagaland

E) None of these

E) None of these

28.    What is the name of the low-cost neonatal breathing device invented by Nitesh Kumar Jangir for saving the lives of newborn babies, which earned him Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Award 2019?

A) Save

B) Breathe

C) Saans

D) Live

E) None of these

29.    Who authored a book titled “A Prime Minister to Remember- Memories of a Military Chief”?

A) Nirmal Kumar Verma

B) Sushil Kumar

C) Robin K. Dhowan

D) Devendra Kumar Joshi

E) None of these