CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 7TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 7^TH AUG 2019

1.        Which articles are repealed by government of India that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir?

A) Article 350 and 31A

B) Article 370 and 31A

C) Article 350 and 35A

D) Article 370 and 35A

E) None of these

2.        Who introduced the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019 in Rajya Sabha which seeks to bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir into 2 Union Territory– J&K and Ladakh?

A) Nitin Gadkari

B) Amit Shah

C) Rajnath Singh

D) Ravi Shankar Prasad

E) None of these

3.        Which newly formed Union Territory after bifurcation will have a legislature like Delhi and Puducherry?

A) Jammu and Kashmir

B) Ladakh                                          

C) Both 1 & 2

D) Either 1 & 2

E) None of these

4.        Who was the first Indian head to visit African countries viz, Benin, The Gambia and Guinea recently?

A) Rajnath Singh

B) Venkaiah Naidu

C) Ram Nath Kovind

D) Narendra Modi

E) None of these

5.        Which country has conferred ‘The National Order of Merit’, its highest award to President Ram Nath Kovind?

A) Ghana

B) Guinea

C) Gambia

D) Benin

E) None of these

6.        Where was the ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting, 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (EAS FMM), 26th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and 10th Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Ministerial Meeting held?

A) China, Beijing

B) Moscow, Russia

C) Jakarta, Indonesia

D) Bangkok, Thailand

E) None of these

7.        Name the Inventor of the flyboard air hoverboard, who crossed the English Channel for the first time, within 10days after his first failed attempt.

A) Franky zapata

B) Yves Rossy

C) Felix Baumgartner

D) Alan Eustace

E) None of these

8.        Which two banks were penalized with Rs 50 lakh & Rs 1.5 crore respectively for the delay in reporting of fraud in the account of Kingfisher Airlines by Reserve Bank of India(RBI)?

A) Corporation Bank & Bank of Baroda(BoB)

B) State Bank of India (SBI) & Bank of Baroda(BoB)

C) Punjab National Bank (PNB) & Oriental Bank of Commerce(OBC)

D) Punjab National Bank (PNB) & State Bank of India (SBI)

E) None of these

9.        Which bank has launched the Instant Demat account opening facility that will help clients to open Demat account instantly without any heavy paper works?

A) HDFC Bank

B) Federal Bank

C) State Bank of India

D) ICICI Bank

E) None of these

10.    Name the retailer, which topped the rankings in India for 2018, as per the Euromonitor International’s “Top 100 Retailers in Asia 2019”.

A) Walmart Inc

B) Amazon

C) GMV

D) Reliance Group

E) None of these

11.    Which entity has acquired Google backed firm –Fynd?

A) Tata Consultancy Services

B) L and T

C) Tata Group

D) Reliance Industries

E) None of these

12.    Where did Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) laid foundation stone for Space Situational Awareness Control Centre?

A) Bhiwandi, Thane, Maharashtra

B) Peenya, Bengaluru, Karnataka

C) Kapuluppada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

D) Koothattukulam, Ernakulam, Kerala

E) None of these

13.    Who won the Hungarian Grand prix 2019?

A) Charles Leclerc

B) Sebastian Vettel

C) Max Verstappen

D) Lewis Hamilton

E) None of these

14.    The census of elephants is undertaken at the national level once in how many years?

A) 4

B) 5

C) 8

D) 10

E) None of these

15.    The United States has designated which country as currency manipulator?

A) Myanmar

B) South Korea

C) China

D) North Korea

E) None of these

16.    Which Indian wrestler bagged gold in women’s 53kg category of the 2019 Poland Open wrestling tournament?

A) Sakshi Malik

B) Babita Kumari

C) Vinesh Phogat

D) Kavita Devi

E) None of these