CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 08TH JULY 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 08^TH JULY 2019

1.        Which crop’s Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) was increased for 2019-20 Season by the Cabinet recently?

A) Rabi Crops

B) Zaid Crops

C) Kharif Crops

D) All the above

E) None of these

2.        Name the airports that are to be leased out to the highest bidder M/s. Adani Enterprises Ltd through Public Private Partnership (PPP).

A) Ahmedabad Airport

B) Lucknow Airport

C) Mangaluru Airport

D) All the above

E) None of these

3.        Which country has signed with India in the field of Health and ferry services?

A) Japan

B) Bangladesh

C) Maldives

D) Russia

E) None of these

4.        Name the Scheme, which is extended to fisheries and animal husbandry farmers in order to assist them to meet their working capital needs.

A) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana(DDUGKY)

B) Kisan Credit Card (KCC)

C) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana(PMGSY)

D) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA)

E) None of these

5.        Under which scheme, around 35 crore LED (Light Emitting Diode) bulbs were distributed in India?

A) Uday Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)

B) Uday Jayate by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)

C) Unnat Jayate by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)

D) Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)

E) None of these

6.        Expand GER?

A) Gross Enrolment Rate

B) Gross Enrolment Ratio

C) Gross Education Ratio

D) Gross Education Rate

E) None of these

7.        Where was the South Central Railways (SCR) of Indian Railways commissioned the longest electrified tunnel in India?

A) Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh

B) Kolhapur, Maharashtra

C) Alappuzha district, Kerala

D) Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh

E) None of these

8.        Name the first entity, which has been included in prestigious Lighthouse Network of the World Economic Forum(WEF).

A) Jindal Steel & Power

B) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)

C) Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL)

D) Tata Steel Kalinganagar

E) None of these

9.        Name the entity, to which Dr.Nalin Shinghal was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

A) Bharat Electronics Limited

B) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited(BHEL)

C) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC)

D) GAIL Limited

E) None of these

10.    Who has been appointed as director of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) for a period of three years?

A) B Harideesh Kumar

B) Malvika Sinha

C) Anand Madhukar

D) Rajnish Kumar

E) None of these

11.    Where is the headquarters of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR)?

A) Hyderabad

B) New Delhi

C) Mumbai

D) Raipur

E) None of these