CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 4TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 4^TH AUG 2019

1.        Name the Secretary General of International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), who visited India recently.

A) Destino Pedro

B) Fredolin Lecari

C) Rogerio Galloro

D) Jürgen Stock

E) None of these

2.        By which year, Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) will be made available to the 100 cities?

A) 2022

B) 2023

C) 2024

D) 2025

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 3RD AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 3^RD AUG 2019

1.        Which countries tied at the top spot in the Ipsos‘s “Global Happiness Survey” 2019?

A) France and United States              

B) Australia and Canada

C) Great Britain and China

D) Saudi Arabia and Germany

E) None of these

2.        What is the rank of India in the Ipsos‘s “Global Happiness Survey” 2019?

A) 7th

B) 8th

C) 9th

D) 10th

E) None of these

3.        Name the tech firm, that has partnered with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) and launched a ‘Build for Digital India’ programme.

A) TCS

B) Microsoft

C) Facebook

D) Google

E) None of these

4.        Which country will overtake China as the largest importer of coking coal by 2025, as per “Fitch Solutions Macro Research”?

A) India

B) United States

C) Japan

D) Russia

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 1ST – 2ND AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ 1^ST – 2^ND AUG 2019

1.        How much amount will be pledged to India over the next 3 years (2020-2B) in support of new flagship initiatives, by ADB?

A) $12 Billion

B) $18 Billion

C) $10 Billion

D) $15 Billion

E) None of these

2.        Where was the 7th Community Radio Sammelan for the year 2019 held?

A) Mumbai, Maharashtra

B) New Delhi, Delhi

C) Kolkata, West Bengal

D) Chennai, Tamil Nadu

E) None of these

3.        Where was the India’s 1st automated battery charging & changing station for e-buses inaugurated?

A) New Delhi, Delhi

B) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

C) Guwahati, Assam

D) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

E) None of these

4.        Gorewada International Zoo will be set up in which state?

A) Nagpur, Maharashtra

B) Gurgaon, Haryana

C) Badarpur, Delhi

D) Guwahati, Assam

E) None of these

5.        Which city topped in the 2019 world’s Safe Cities Index?

A) Seoul

B) Tokyo

C) Osaka

D) Singapore

E) None of these

6.        What is the rank of Indian city, Mumbai in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s(EIU) World’s Safe city index(SCI) 2019?

A) 45th

B) 46th

C) 48th

D) 52nd

E) None of these

7.        Bank fraud cases are increased by how much percentage for the year 2018-19?

A) 45%

B) 20%

C) 15 %

D) 30%

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 1, 2 SEPTEMBER 2019

DAILY GK 1, 2 SEPTEMBER 2019

1.        Global Happiness Survey

ü  “Global Happiness Survey” is conducted by Ipsos

ü  India is ranked 9th with 77% on happiness index among 28 global markets.

ü  Australia & Canada topped the Survey.

2.        India will overtake China as importer of coking coal

ü  As per Fitch Solutions Macro Research, India will overtake China as the largest importer of coking coal by 2025. China also roughly produced two-thirds of global coking coal.

3.        SBI’s MD Anshula Kant Resigned

ü  She is now  appointment as the MD and Chief Financial Officer(CFO) of World Bank Group.

4.        IPS Vivek Kumar Johri takes over as Director-General of BSF

5.        India clinched SAFF U-15 Championship 2019

ü The India Under-15 team has defeated Nepal with 7-0 score in the final of the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) U-15 Championship 2019 held in Kalyani Stadium, West Bengal.

6.        36th National Games

ü  The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) decided that 36^th  National Games will be held in Goa from October 20 – November 4, 2020.

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DAILY GK 31 AUGUST 2019

DAILY GK 31 AUGUST 2019

1)       ADB going to provide $12 Billion to India

ü  Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Mr. Takehiko Nakao announced  $12 billion to India over the next 3 years (2020-22) in support of new flagship initiatives.

2)       Community Radio Sammelan

ü  The 7th Community Radio Sammelan 2019 was held in New Delhi.

ü  The theme of this year’s Sammelan is ‘Community Radio for SDGs’ (Sustainable Development Goals).

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DAILY GK 30 AUG 2019

DAILY GK 30 AUG 2019

1)     2019 India child well-being index

·      The index was topped by Kerala (0.76), followed by Tamil Nadu (0.67) and Himachal Pradesh (0.67) bagging the top three slots in the index. Among Union Territories(UT), Puducherry topped the spot.

2)     India Cyber Security Summit

·      The 12th edition of “Towards New National Cyber Security Strategy” security summit of India organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) was held in New Delhi.

·      The theme for the year 2019 is “Towards New National Cyber Security Strategy”.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 30TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 30^TH AUG 2019

1.        Which country has launched the world’s first ever Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID) which captures the facial biometric data of seafarers?

A) China

B) Bangladesh

C) Sri Lanka

D) India

E) None of these

2.        Where was the 18th meeting of Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held?

A) Geneva, Switzerland

B) Beijing, China

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

D) London, United Kingdom

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 29TH AUG 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 29^TH AUG 2019

1.        Which ministry has launched the National Digital Library of India project in India?

A) Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)

B) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

C) Ministry of Women and Child Development

D) Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

E) None of these

2.        Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the RuPay card recently?

A) Manama, Bahrain

B) Lyon, France

C) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)

D) Paris, France

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 29 August 2019

DAILY GK 29 August 2019

1.       IIP to covert Plastic waste into diesel

·        The Union Minister of Science and Technology Shri Harsh Vardhan, inaugurated a plant at the Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, that converts plastic waste into diesel.

2.       World’s first ever facial BSID launched

·       India launched the world’s first ever Biometric Seafarer Identity Document (BSID) which captures the facial biometric data of seafarers.

·        BSID project was formed in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Mumbai.

3.       CoP of CITES held in Geneva

·       The 18^th meeting of Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was held in Geneva, Switzerland.

·       183 CITES member nations participated in the meeting.

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