CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 19TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 19^TH JUNE 2019

1.        Who will chair the five-member committee constituted by central government of India to review the existing marketing structure of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)?

A) MA Pathan

B) Errol D’souza

C) Kirit Parikh

D) Dharmendra Pradhan

E) None of these

2.        Which country is hosting the Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process (KP) in June 2019?

A) India

B) U.S.

C) Japan

D) China

E) None of these

3.        Where was the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit 2019 held?

A) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

B) Tashkent, Uzbekistan

C) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

D) ‎Dushanbe, Tajikistan

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 19 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 19 JUNE 2019

1. 3RD EDITION OF NAMASTE THAILAND FESTIVAL 2019 CONCLUDES IN NEW DELHI

✔A two day event of Namaste Thailand Film Festival 2019 concludes its third edition at Select Citywalk in New Delhi.

✔It was organized by Royal Thai Embassy with an aim to strengthen bilateral ties and increase cultural exchange between India and Thailand.

✔The 1st edition of Thai film festival was inaugurated in 2017 to celebrate the 70 years of Indo-Thai diplomatic relations.

2. INDIA WILL OVERTAKE CHINA AS WORLD’S MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY: UN REPORT

✔ “World Population Prospects 2019” published by the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs states that India is going to surpass China as the world’s most populous country by 2027.

✔India currently ranks second in the index (out of 230 countries), with over 17 per cent of the world population.

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DAILY GK 18 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 18 JUNE 2019

1. AS PER RBI, DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS WILL RISE FOUR TIMES BY 2021

✔The Reserve Bank of India stated that the digital transactions till March 2019 witnessed tremendous growth and they will rise by four times from Rs 2,069 crore in December 2018 to Rs 8,707 crore in December 2021.

2. DENMARK’S INGER ANDERSEN APPOINTED AS UNEP’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

✔Inger Andersen, Denmark’s Economist and Environmentalist took over as United Nations Environment Programme’s Executive Director.

✔Andersen was the Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

✔She worked at the United Nations for 12 years.

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DAILY GK 17 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 17 JUNE 2019

1. AKSHAY PATRA’S SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM WINS BBC AWARD

✔The Akshaya Patra Foundation, a Non-governmental organizations based in Bangalore that runs school lunch programme across India has been awarded the BBC “World Service Global Champion Award” for the mid-day meal project.

✔The award was presented at the BBC Food and Farming Awards in Bristol in London, UK.

2. SUMAN RAO CROWNED AS MISS INDIA 2019

✔A 20-year-old model, Suman Rao, a resident of Rajsamand, Rajasthan was crowned Miss India 2019 held at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

✔Shivani Jadhav from Chhattisgarh won Femina Miss Grand India 2019 title and Shreya Shanker from Bihar won Miss India United Continents 2019 title.

3. PETER GILCHRIST LIFTED PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE

✔Peter Gilchrist of Singapore defeated India’s Sourav Kothari to win the 2019 Pacific International Billiards Championship at the Yarraville Club in Melbourne, Australia.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 18TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 18^TH JUNE 2019

1.        Where was the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog held recently?

A) Pune

B) Kolkata

C) Mumbai

D) New Delhi

E) None of these

2.        Who has chaired the fifth meeting of the Governing Council of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog?

A) Rajnath Singh

B) NarendraModi

C) Amit Shah

D) NirmalaSitharaman

E) None of these

3.        Which year is set as a target year to make India a five trillion dollar economy?

A) 2030

B) 2025

C) 2024

D) 2020

E) None of these

4.        Which state has the lowest rate of female workforce participation, as per the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data published by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)?

A) Bihar

B) Meghalaya

C) Mizoram

D) Himachal Pradesh

E) None of these

5.        Who will chair the newly constituted committee that will work on modalities of revising pension to over 25 lakh ex-servicemen and widows under One Rank One Pension (OROP) Scheme?

A) AvinashDikshit

B) Sanjiv Mittal

C) AnuradhaMitra

D) Nawalkishore

E) None of these

6.        Which country is to release the new Banknotes of 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 denominations for racketing hyperinflation which eroded the currency’s value?

A) Libya

B) Russia

C) Venezuela

D) Syria

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 15TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 15^TH JUNE 2019

1.        Which country has recognized forests as living entities on the World Environment Day ?

A) Ecuador

B) Costa Rica

C) Nicaragua

D) El Salvador

E) None of these

2.        Which country is set to host the 45th session of the G7 Summit?

A) Sicily, Italy

B) Biarritz, France

C) Ottawa, Canada

D) Bavaria, Germany

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 14TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 14^TH JUNE 2019

1.        By which year, the central government has decided to provide clean drinking tap water to all citizens?

A) 2022

B) 2020

C) 2024

D) 2025

E) None of these

2.        Name the scheme launched by Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat which aims to provide clean drinking tap water to the 14 crore households in India.

A) Nal Se Jal

B) Jal nal yojna

C) Se Jal yojana

D) Jal Yojana

E) None of these

3.        Which country’s railway agency has entered into tripartite agreement worth 7 lakh euros with Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC) to boost capacity building for railway station development program in India?

A) China

B) U.S.

C) Russia

D) France

E) None of these

4.        Bancha became India’s first all-solar kitchen village, it is in which state?

A) Kolasib district of Mizoram

B) Kiphire district of Nagaland

C) Betul district of Madhya Pradesh

D) Nanded district of Maharashtra

E) None of these

5.        Which country topped the 3rd End of Childhood Index for the year 2019, released by United Kingdom (UK) based non-profit organisation ‘Save the Children’?

A) Singapore

B) Norway

C) Sweden

D) Finland

E) None of these

6.        What is the rank of India in 3rd End of Childhood Index for the year 2019, released by United Kingdom (UK) based non-profit organisation ‘Save the Children’?

A) 119

B) 117

C) 115

D) 113

E) None of these

7.        Where was the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting held recently?

A) New Delhi, India

B) Fukuoka, Japan

C) Beijing, China

D) Washington, D.C., U.S.

E) None of these

8.        Who led Indian Delegation to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet held In Fukuoka, Japan?

A) Anant Geete

B) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

C) Nirmala Sitharaman

D) Harsh Vardhan

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 13 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 13 JUNE 2019

1. CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO ALL BY 2024: CENTRE

✔The minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat announced that central Government committed to provide clean drinking water to all citizens by 2024.

✔only 18 per cent of rural households have accessed drinking water.

✔This is less than 5 percent in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha, while Sikkim has 99 per cent.

✔The scheme “Nal se Jal” launched by the Jal Shakti ministry, which aims to provide drinking water by 2024.

2. BANCHA BECAME THE FIRST SOLAR KITCHEN ONLY VILLAGE IN INDIA

✔Bancha in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh became the first village in India to have zero wooden stoves.

✔There was no use for Liquified Petroleum Gas cylinders as all 75 houses relied on solar-powered stoves to meet their cooking needs.

✔The solar-powered stoves were developed by IIT Mumbai.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13TH JUNE 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13^TH JUNE 2019

1.        Which country has joined hands with Government of India for setting up maritime museum near ancient Harappans civilization at Lothal in Gujarat?

A) Srilanka

B) Portugal

C) France

D) Bangladesh

E) None of these

2.        Name the monument which was declared as the “Monument of national importance” by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently.

A) Diwan-i-Am

B) Gol Gumbaz

C) Safdarjung Tomb

D) Chaukhandi Stupa

E) None of these

3.        Where was the Chaukhandi Stupa situated, which was declared as “Monument of national importance” by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) recently?

A) Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh

B) Aurangabad, Maharashtra

C) Bijapur, Karnataka

D) Agra, Uttar Pradesh

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 12 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 12 JUNE 2019

1. ELECTION COMMISSION GRANTS NATIONAL PARTY STATUS TO NPP

✔The Election Commission of India granted the National party status to National People’s Party led by Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma. It becomes the first Party from North East region to get this tag.

✔It becomes the eighth national party in the country among All India Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, BSP, CPI, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Indian National Congress and NCP parties.

✔It is getting status of state party in four states such as Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland.

2. PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI’S VISIT TO MALDIVES AND SRI LANKA

✔Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited the Republic of Maldives at the invitation of Mr. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President of the Republic of Maldives to strengthen the bilateral ties, reflecting the importance India attached to its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy.

✔This was the first overseas visit of the Prime Minister after his re-election.

✔Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with the Maldives’ highest honour “Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen” by the President of Maldives.

✔Prime Minister Modi visited Sri Lanka at the invitation of Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. On second leg of PM’s first foreign visit to Sri Lanka, he was received by the Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Bandaranaike International Airport.

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DAILY GK 11 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 11 JUNE 2019

1. INDIA’S FIRST DINOSAUR MUSEUM INAUGURATED IN GUJARAT

✔Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the new Dinosaur Museum-cum-Park at Raiyoli village in Balasinor town of Mahisagar district.

✔This is the first such park in the country and also the world’s third park which exhibits remains of various dinosaurs and fossil records.

✔3D projection, 360 degrees virtual reality presentations, interactive kiosks, gaming consoles are the facilities equipped with the museum.

2. G20 MINISTERIAL MEETING HELD IN JAPAN

✔The G20 Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy was held in Tsukuba city, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

✔The Indian delegation for G20 Ministerial Meeting was led by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal.

✔G-20 surveillance note expected that Indian economy will grow 7.3% in 2019 and 7.5% in 2020. This was prepared by the staff of International Monetary Fund.

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DAILY GK 10 JUNE 2019

DAILY GK 10 JUNE 2019

1. ESTONIA, NIGER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, TUNISIA, VIETNAM ELECTED TO UNSC AS NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS

✔Estonia, Niger, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam were elected to United Nations Security Council as Non-permanent Members for a 2-year term beginning January 1, 2020.

✔The Security Council has 15 members – 5 permanent members namely China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom & the United States and 10 non-permanent members who are elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.

✔At present, 10 non-permanent members are Belgium, Cte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Indonesia, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and South Africa.

2. WORLD’S MOST PUNCTUAL AIRLINE TAG WON BY SRILANKAN AIRLINES

✔Sri Lanka’s state-run Srilankan Airlines has been named the world’s most punctual airline by flight data analysis company Flightstats.com. 

✔This is the second consecutive time in less than 12 months that Sri Lankan has achieved this milestone.

✔LATAM Airlines was in second place, All Nippon Airways was in third place.

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