CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 12TH AUG
2019
1.
Which state
government has launched the Small Savings Incentive Scheme with an objective to
stop people from transacting with ‘suspicious’ non-banking private financial
institutions?
A) Rajasthan
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Odisha
D) Assam
E) None of these
2.
Where will the
India’s first underwater train project is set to launch?
A) Kolkata, West
Bengal
B) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
C) Guwahati, Assam
D) Mumbai, Maharashtra
E) None of these
3.
Under which river,
the India’s first underwater train project is set to launch?
A) Torsa River
B) Hooghly river
C) Teesta River
D) Damodar River
E) None of these
4.
Where was the 2 day
22nd National Conference on e-Governance 2019 held?
A) Mumbai, Maharashtra
B) Shillong, Meghalaya
C) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
D) New Delhi, Delhi
E) None of these
5.
Name the exercise,
which is to be participated by all the members of Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) including India and Pakistan.
A) Lamitye VIII
B) Vinbax 1
C) Khanjar V
D) ‘Tsentr (centre)
E) None of these
6.
Where will the
exercise, ‘Tsentr (centre) under the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to
be held on September 10-21, 2019?
A) Mailly be camp, France
B) Surabaya, Indonesia
C) Orenburg, Russia
D) Mahe, Seychelles
E) None of these
7.
Who headed the Task
Force, which recommends the extension of onshore market hours to 9 am to 9 pm,
from 9 am to 5 pm, to improve access of overseas users?
A) Nandan Nilekani
B) R Gandhi
C) Shyamala Gopinath
D) Usha Thorat
E) None of these
8.
Name the Small
Finance Bank, that received the Scheduled bank status from Reserve Bank of
India(RBI) recently.
A) Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
B) ESAF Small Finance Bank
C) Jana Small
Finance Bank
D) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
E) None of these
9.
Which entity ranked
first in the best workplace in India as per the LinkedIn’s fourth edition?
A) Flipkart
B) Amazon
C) OYO
D) Uber
E) None of these
10. Which state won the film friendly state award in 66th
Edition of National Film Awards 2019?
A) Mizoram
B) Uttarakhand
C) Maharashtra
D) Meghalaya
E) None of these
11. Name the actors, who won the Best Actor(Male) award in 66th
Edition of National Film Awards 2019.
A) Ranveer Singh, Hrithik Roshan
B) Vicky Kaushal, Ranbir Kapoor
C) Salman Khan, Vicky Kaushal
D) Ayushmann
Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal
E) None of these
12. Hellaro of which language was awarded with the Best Feature
Film award in 66th Edition of National Film Awards 2019?
A) Hindi
B) Kannada
C) Gujarati
D) Malayalam
E) None of these
13. Who won the best actor(Female) in the 66th Edition of
National Film Awards 2019?
A) Keerthy Suresh
B) Deepika Padukone
C) Alia Bhatt
D) Priyanka Chopra
E) None of these
14. Which country’s Archery Association was suspended by World
Archery (WA)?
A) Russia
B) India
C) Pakistan
D) Srilanka
E) None of these
15. Name the chess player, who won the 2019 Belt and Road China
Hunan International tournament that held at Hunan province, China.
A) Krishnan Sasikiran
B) Baskaran Adhiban
C) Pentala Harikrishna
D) Surya Shekar
Ganguly
E) None of these
16. What was the theme of International Day of the World’s
Indigenous People 2019?
A) Theme – “Indigenous Peoples’ Right to
Education”
B) Theme – “Indigenous peoples’ migration and
movement”
C) Theme – “Indigenous peoples”
D) Theme –
“Indigenous Languages”
E) None of these
17. Name the act that will be amended by the Motor Vehicles
(Amendment) Act, 2019 to improve road safety.
A) Motor Vehicles Act, 1987
B) Motor Vehicles Act, 1989
C) Motor Vehicles
Act, 1988
D) Motor Vehicles Act, 1986
E) None of these
18. How much amount is penalized for an individual for driving
without license as per the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019?
A) 2000
B) 5000
C) 7000
D) 10000
E) None of these
19. Which bank has signed a corporate agency agreement with the
Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd, which will deliver a wide range
of insurance policies to its customers?
A) Indian Overseas Bank
B) Bank of India
C) Indian Bank
D) State Bank of India
E) None of these
20. Name the entity, which launched the India’s first corporate
credit card called ‘Freedom Card’ for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
A) ZipCash Card
B) Itz Cash
C) OxiCash
D) EnKash
E) None of these
21. Which state sets a world record by planting over 22 crore
saplings by its mega greenery plantation drive, “Vriksharopan Mahakumbh” in a
day?
A) Kerala
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Gujarat
D) Maharashtra
E) None of these
22. What was the theme of the World Biofuel Day 2019?
A) Theme – “Energizing the World with
Innovation”
B) Theme – “Biofuels – cost effective &
environment friendly substitutes to conventional fuels”
C) Theme –
“Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)”
D) Theme – “Significant and measurable World
Earth Day impact”
E) None of these
