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
