CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 12TH JULY 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 12TH JULY 2019
1.        Where is the India’s first cow sanctuary Kamdhenu Gau Abhyaranya is located which will be privatised due to financial crises?
A) Maharashtra
B) Kerala
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Madya Pradesh
E) None of these

2.        Where will be the India’s first elephant rehabilitation centre is set to be inaugurated?
A) Kottoor, Kerala
B) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
C) ‎Hyderabad, Telangana
D) Kolkata, West Bengal
E) None of these

3.        Which is the most expensive office location in the world as per the “Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey” (annual report) by CBRE, an American real estate consulting firm?
A) Beijing’s Finance Street
B) New York’s Midtown Manhattan
C) Hong Kong’s Central district
D) London’s West End
E) None of these

4.        Name the campaign adopted by Saudi Arabia along with motto ‘equality of women’ for the empowerment of Muslim women pilgrims in Haj 2019.
A) Smart Cities Mission
B) Digital India
C) Bharatmala
D) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
E) None of these

5.        By how much percent, the overall Homicide Rate declined in India as per the Global Study on Homicide 2019 by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)?
A) 40%
B) 30%
C) 20%
D) 10%
E) None of these


6.        Goods originating in or exported from which country has been levied with 200% duty by Indian government?
A) Japan
B) Russia
C) Pakistan
D) Srilanka
E) None of these

7.        Where was the 43rd Session of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee held?
A) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
B) Baku, Azerbaijan
C) Yerevan, Armenia
D) New York, United States
E) None of these

8.        Dilmun Burial Mounds of which country has been inducted into the list of World Heritage Sites by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)?
A) Oman
B) Yemen
C) Qatar
D) Bahrain
E) None of these

9.        Which entity has become the most valued firm by market capitalization (m-cap)?
A) Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)
B) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
C) Wipro
D) Bharat Petroleum
E) None of these

10.    Who was named as the Men’s Footballer of the year 2019 at the All India Football Federation‘s (AIFF) Awards for the third consecutive year?
A) Amrinder Singh
B) Subhasish Bose
C) Sunil Chhetri
D) Narender Gahlot
E) None of these

11.    Name the Indian Football Player, who was conferred with All India Football Federation‘s (AIFF) Emerging Men’s Footballer of the Year 2019.
A) Amarjit Singh Kiyam
B) Sahal Abdul Samad
C) Sandesh Jhingan
D) Anirudh Thapa
E) None of these

12.    Name the film, which was honoured with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award for Best Asian Film at the 23rd edition of BIFAN for the year 2019.
A) Gully Boy
B) India’s Most Wanted
C) Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
D) Uri: The Surgical Strike
E) None of these

13.    Which railway zone has won the “ Best innovation award” of Indian Railways 2018-19 for its strategy ‘Plan Bee’, which uses an amplified version of honey bees sound to keep wild elephants away from train tracks?
A) East Coast Railway zone
B) South East Central Railway zone
C) Northeast Frontier Railway
D) North Eastern Railway zone
E) None of these

14.    Who was appointed as the full-time Director General (DG) of aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
A) Shubha Thakur
B) Arun Kumar
C) B S Bhullar
D) J.S. Rawat
E) None of these

15.    Which country has successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a hydrometeorological satellite and 32 small satellites?
A) U.S.
B) Japan
C) China
D) Russia
E) None of these

16.    Who has become the first Indian sprinter to win Gold in the 100m event at the 30th World University Games (WUG-2019)?
A) Ashwini Akkunji
B) Sathi Geetha
C) Hima Das
D) Dutee Chand
E) None of these

17.    The famous Kataragama temple is located in which country?
A) Nepal
B) Sri Lanka
C) Myanmar
D) Bangladesh
E) None of these

18.    Who has been adjudged as the AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year 2019?
A) Jeje Lalpekhlua
B) Lallianzuala Chhangte
C) Abdul Samad
D) Sunil Chhetri
E) None of these

19.    Who has been appointed as the new chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
A) Arun Kumar
B) Pradip Kumar
C) Aditi Chauhan
D) Pronay Halder
E) None of these

20.    Who has been appointed CMD of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)?
A) C K Vineeth
B) Narayan Das
C) Pravin Kumar Purwar
D) Anirudh Singh
E) None of these

21.    The Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) is located in which state?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Telangana
C) Karnataka
D) Kerala
E) None of these

22.    The 2019 Women Startup Summit (WSS) is scheduled to be held in which city?
A) Pune
B) Kolkata
C) New Delhi
D) Kochi                                      
E) None of these