CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27TH SEP 2019


CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 27TH SEP 2019
1.        Which city is set to host the 5th edition of the Indian International Science Festival (IISF) ?
A) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
B) Guwahati, Assam
C) Kolkata, West Bengal
D) New Delhi, Delhi
E) None of these

2.        What will be the theme of the 5th edition of the Indian International Science Festival (IISF) ?
A) “RISEN India – Research, Innovation, and Science Empowering the Nation”
B) “RISEN India – Science for Transformation”
C) “RISEN India – Building Partnerships Impacting Society”
D) “RISEN India – Making of a New India”
E) None of these

3.        Where was the United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 held ?
A) Geneva, Switzerland
B) New Delhi, India
C) Washington D.C., United States
D) New York, United States
E) None of these

4.        What was the theme of the United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 ?
A) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win”
B) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: An Insider’s View of Climate Science”
C) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: Climate change risk analysis”
D) Theme – “Climate Action Summit 2019: Delivering resilience in the face of climate change uncertainty”
E) None of these

5.        Which year is set as target across the countries to reduce their net carbon emissions to zero during the United Nations (UN)’s Climate Action Summit 2019 ?
A) 2060
B) 2050
C) 2030
D) 2045
E) None of these


6.        Which two countries lead the new Leadership Group for Industry Transition that was launched at the summit to guide the world’s heaviest greenhouse gas emitting industries towards low-carbon economy ?
A) India and Argentina
B) India and Finland
C) India and Sweden
D) India and France
E) None of these

7.        By which year, India has aimed to eradicate Tuberculosis (TB) ?
A) 2025
B) 2030
C) 2040
D) 2035
E) None of these

8.        Which city is set to host the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP 25 ?
A) Marrakesh, Morocco
B) Bonn, Germany
C) Katowice, Poland
D) Santiago, Chile
E) None of these

9.        Name the trilateral maritime exercise that was held between India, Japan and the United States(US) in Sasebo, Japan ?
A) “INJAUS 2019”
B) “Malabar 2019”
C) “Milan 2019”
D) “Varuna 2019”
E) None of these

10.    Who topped in the IIFL (India Infoline Finance Limited) Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2019 ?
A) Mukesh Ambani
B) Azim Premji
C) LN Mittal
D) Ritesh Agarwal
E) None of these

11.    Name the Swedish teenage climate activist , who was conferred with Sweden’s Alternative Nobel Prize called “Right Livelihood Award 2019” along with 4 other activists ?
A) Ridhima Pandey
B) Greta Thunberg
C) Logan Riley
D) Luisa Neubauer
E) None of these

12.    Who won the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) Ramanujan prize for the year 2019 ?
A) Yifeng Liu
B) Jack Thorne
C) Adam Harper
D) Maryna Viazovska
E) None of these

13.    Who was crowned as Mrs India – Pride of the Nation 2019 in Gurgaon, Haryana ?
A) Nishtha
B) Pooja Desai
C) Aushima Vijay
D) Namrata Sagar
E) None of these

14.    Who was appointed as the chief of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) for a second term ?
A) Sebastian Coe
B) Sergey Bubka
C) Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad
D) Alberto Juantorena Danger
E) None of these

15.    Name the Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS), that was commissioned by Rajnath Singh at the Chennai Port Trust, Tamil Nadu ?
A) ICGS Rajdhwaj
B) ICGS Varaha
C) ICGS Samarth
D) ICGS Samrat
E) None of these

16.    Name the miniature satellite launched by National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), which is developed by 17-year old Indian student Aabhaas Sikka ?
A) RamanSat 2
B) Microsat 2
C) RamanSat 1
D) Microsat 1
E) None of these

17.    Name the first Japanese tennis player, who won women’s singles title in the 36th edition of Toray Pan Pacific Open 2019 since Kimiko Date in 1995 ?
A) Misaki Doi
B) Ayumi Morita
C) Ai Sugiyama
D) Naomi Osaka
E) None of these

18.    Which team won the 25th Senior Women’s National Football Championship held in Arunachal Pradesh ?
A) Railways
B) West Bengal
C) Manipur
D) Odisha
E) None of these

19.    Which country won the 20th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship that held in Tehran, Iran, which is its 3rd title?
A) Australia
B) Russia
C) China
D) Iran
E) None of these

20.    Name the philosopher, historian & political activist, whose birth anniversary on 25th September is commemorated as Antyodaya Diwas Day ?
A) Ram Manohar Lohia
B) Nanaji Deshmukh
C) Syama Prasad Mukherjee
D) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
E) None of these

21.    What was the theme of the World Pharmacists Day 2019 ?
A) Theme – “Pharmacists – simplifying your medicines use, no matter how complex”
B) Theme – “Safe and effective medicines for all”
C) Theme – “Pharmacists: Your medicines experts”
D) Theme – “Pharmacists: Your Partner in health”
E) None of these

22.    Which country is the partner country for the 6th India Water Week (IWW-2019)?
A) Japan
B) France
C) Germany
D) United Kingdom
E) None of these

23.    Which Indian sportsperson has been honoured with a IAAF Veteran Pin ?
A) Viswanathan Anand
B) Milkha Singh
C) PT Usha
D) Abhinav Bindra
E) None of these

24.    Payal Jangid, who has become the first Indian to win the Changemaker Award from Gates Foundation, is from which state?
A) Punjab
B) Rajasthan
C) Odisha
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) None of these

25.    Sebastian Coe, who has been re-elected as IAAF chief, is from which country?
A) Germany
B) France
C) Bretain
D) Japan
E) None of these

26.    Who has been honoured with the 2019 Rights Livelihood awards?
A) Holly Gillibrand
B) John Paul Jose
C) Ridhima Pandey
D) Greta Thunberg
E) None of these

27.    Who has been selected the new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
A) Kristalina Georgieva
B) Scott Morris
C) Emmanuel Macron
D) Christine Lagarde
E) None of these