CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 8TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 8^TH AUG 2019

1.        What is the eligible age of couple, who are in need of child by surrogacy method as per the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019?

A) Woman- 25 to 50 years, Man- 31 to 58 years

B) Woman- 23 to 50 years, Man- 26 to 55 years

C) Woman- 27 to 52 years, Man- 30 to 57 years

D) Woman- 29 to 55 years, Man- 32 to 60 years

E) None of these

2.        What is the revised number of judges in the Supreme Court (SC) including Chief Justice of India (CJI) as per the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill 2019?

A) 31

B) 32

C) 33

D) 34

E) None of these

3.        Where was the India’s first 3-D smart traffic signal ‘Intelights’ designed by Chitkara University students launched?

A) Mohali, Punjab

B) Jaipur, Rajasthan

C) Chandigarh, Haryana

D) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

E) None of these

4.        Which country was labeled as a currency manipulator for the first time in 25 years by the United States (US)?

A) North Korea

B) Russia

C) China

D) Japan

E) None of these

5.        What is the retail personal credit disbursement growth in the first half of 2019(January -June)(the slowest rate of disbursement by banks in 5 years), as per the Reserve Bank of India(RBI)?

A) 7.1%

B) 7.3%

C) 7.5%

D) 7.7%

E) None of these

6.        Which entity has launched mobile-first authentication solution, called “Identity Check Express” that will help customers to do uninterrupted secured transactions while shopping online?

A) Paypal

B) Visa Inc

C) American Express

D) Mastercard

E) None of these

7.        Who became the second richest person in the world as per the Bloomberg Billionaire Index?

A) Jeff Bezos

B) MukeshAmbani

C) Bill Gates

D) BernardArnault

E) None of these

8.        Name the Indian transsexual woman, who won the beauty pageant title of Miss World Diversity 2019 held in Port Louis, Mauritius.

A) Prithika Yashini

B) Naaz Joshi

C) Sathyasri Sharmila

D) Joyita Mondal

E) None of these

9.        Who was appointed as the new director (exploration) in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation(ONGC)?

A) Shashi Shanker

B) Ajay Kumar Dwivedi

C) Subhash Kumar

D) Rajesh Kumar Srivastava

E) None of these

10.    Which country recently unveiled the three precision-guided missiles “Yasin”, “Balaban” and a new series of “Ghaem”?

A) Pakistan

B) Iran

C) Iraq

D) North Korea

E) None of these

11.    Name the South Africa’s leading wicket-taker, who announced retirement from test cricket recently.

A) Hashim Amla

B) Dale Steyn

C) Morne Morkel

D) AB de Villiers

E) None of these

12.    Which country’s former captain Brendon McCullum announced retirement from all forms of cricket?

A) Bangladesh

B) Australia

C) England

D) New Zealand

E) None of these

13.    Who will co-author the book titled “The Book ofGutsy Women” to honour famous women personalities?

A) Hilary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton

B) Sarah Palin and Chelsea Clinton

C) Nancy Pelosi and Hilary Clinton

D) Margaret Thatcher and Nancy Pelosi

E) None of these

14.    Hiroshima Day is observed annually on _________.

A) August 3

B) August 4

C) August 5

D) August 6

E) None of these