CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13TH AUG 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13TH AUG 2019
1.        What is the revised minimum period of Child Care Leave (CCL) for the female and single male service officers working in defence sector?
A) 30 days
B) 15 days
C) 5 days
D) 45 days
E) None of these

2.        Which country has decided to set up a Joint Technical committee for optimum utilization of Ganges water with India under the Ganga Water Sharing Treaty 1996?
A) Bangladesh
B) Bhutan
C) Myanmar
D) China
E) None of these


3.        To which country, Ghotu Ram Meena was appointed as the next Ambassador of India?
A) Angola
B) Rwanda
C) Nigeria
D) Republic of Congo
E) None of these

4.        Which state’s ox-bow lake received the 1st ‘Community Reserve’ status in the state recently?
A) West Bengal
B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Jharkhand
E) None of these

5.        Which state government has announced to waive loans taken by tribals from money-lenders?
A) Rajasthan
B) Chhattisgarh
C) Tripura
D) Madhya Pradesh
E) None of these

6.        The researchers at which IIT have designed a system to recycle urine?
A) IIT Bombay
B) IIT Indore
C) IIT Kanpur
D) IIT Madras
E) None of these

7.        Which country has recently designated India in its list of major illegal drug producing & transit countries?
A) United States
B) China
C) Iran
D) Pakistan
E) None of these

8.        Which Indian sportsperson has won the men’s title at the 2019 Hyderabad Open badminton championship?
A) B. Sai Praneeth
B) Parupalli Kashyap
C) Srikanth Kidambi
D) Sourabh Verma
E) None of these

9.        Which Indian Armed force has launched “Mission Reach Out” in Jammu?
A) Indian Air Force
B) Indian Navy
C) Indian Army
D) Indian Coast Guard
E) None of these

10.    Which Indian journalist has won the 2019 Prem Bhatia Award for political reporting?
A) Rajdeep Sardesai
B) Ravish Kumar
C) Barkha Dutt
D) Prannoy Roy
E) None of these

11.    Who is set to be the first woman president of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA)?
A) Aditi Pant
B) Chandrima Shaha
C) Asima Chatterjee
D) Sulochana Gadgil
E) None of these

12.    India’s first health-focused credit card has been launched by which bank?
A) HDFC Bank
B) RBL Bank
C) ICICI Bank
D) Axis Bank
E) None of these

13.    Which museum has become the most visited museum in the Asian sub-continent?
A) Victoria Memorial
B) Napier Museum
C) Albert Hall Museum
D) Virasat-e-Khalsa
E) None of these

14.    Which cricket board has launched transgender and gender diverse policy?
A) Australia
B) West Indies
C) England
D) New Zealand
E) None of these