Current Affairs Monthly Quiz I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rdto 29th February 2019 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 1 | P a g e Current Affairs Monthly Quiz I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rdto 29th February 2019 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 1. Which of the following bagged the FICCI CSR Award for E) 1500 Crore 2017-18 in the Women Empowerment category in New Delhi? 7. When is the National Science Day celebrated across India every year? A) Elin Appliances Private Ltd. B) Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd. A) 27 February B) 28 February C) Sterlite Technologies Ltd. C) 1 March D) 2 March D) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. E) 3 March E) Larsen & Toubro Ltd. 8. PM Narendra Modi attended the award ceremony for the 2. Read the following statements carefully: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for ________ in New Delhi on 28 February 2019. 1. The first-ever Euro Souvenir Indian notes that celebrate 150th year of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary were A) Science and Technology B) Art unveiled recently. C) Literature D) Public Services 2. The limited-edition Zero Euro 24–notes commemorative E) Sports series were unveiled by Numisbing, with just 5,000 notes of each design. 9. Read the following statements carefully: 3. The first 2 notes of the series have been launched and the rest will be launched sequentially until Oct 2, 2019. 1. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik launched an official portal, State Infrastructure Monitoring System (SIMS). Which of the above statements is/are true? 2. It will provide a single platform for all the state A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 departments to upload the information of their respective C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 languishing projects. E) All of the above 3. The portal will deal with the management, monitoring, 3. The government brought 42 non-scheduled anti-cancer information and payment system of infrastructure projects. drugs under price control, capping trade margin Which of the above statements is/are true? at________%, on 27 February 2019. A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 A) 15 B) 20 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 C) 25 D) 30 E) All of the above E) 35 10. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal announced a new railway 4. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan launched an anthem as part zone for ________ in 2019. of a campaign to make India plastic-free by 2022 on 28 February 2019. It has been launched in _______ languages. A) Karnataka B) Odisha C) Andhra Pradesh D) Maharashtra A) 5 B) 7 E) Uttar Pradesh C) 9 D) 11 E) 13 11. Which of the following schemes has been launched for providing industry apprenticeship opportunities to fresh 5. Which state is set to launch a major water conservation graduates, on 27 February 2019? scheme titled ‘Jalamrutha’? A) SAAKSHAR BHARAT B) SHREYAS A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu C) SANKALP D) STRIVE C) Andhra Pradesh D) Karnataka E) SAMARTH E) Telangana 12. In which year will NASA launch the Atmospheric Waves 6. How much additional amount has been sanctioned by Experiment? Naveen Patnaik for drinking water supply projects under the Basudha scheme? A) 2020 B) 2021 C) 2022 D) 2023 A) 250 Crore B) 500 Crore E) 2024 C) 750 Crore D) 1000 Crore 2 | P a g e Current Affairs Monthly Quiz I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rdto 29th February 2019 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 13. PM Narendra Modi launched Sports Authority of India's first-of its-kind mobile application, ________ on February 27, A) 1700 B) 2700 2019. C) 3700 D) 4700 E) 5700 A) Sports India App B) Khelo India App C) Khel Samachar App D) India Sports Club App 20. Who among the following has been elected as the E) MyFitness App president of Nigeria in 2019? 14. In which state was an ancient petroglyph site with 19 A) Umaru Musa Yar'Adua B) Muhammadu Buhari unique rock artwork discovered by the researcher, T C) Atiku Abubakar D) Olusegun Obasanjo Murugeshi? E) Ibrahim Babangida A) Karnataka B) Andhra Pradesh 21. Recently, Methane hydrate, a potential fuel of the future C) Telangana D) Kerala was discovered off the coast of ________. E) Tamil Nadu A) West Bengal B) Odisha 15. Which pair among the following won the gold medal in C) Tamil Nadu D) Andhra Pradesh the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event of the ISSF World E) None of the above Cup 2019? 22. In which state a major fire broke out, which burnt over A) Minjung Kim and Daehun Park 15,000 acres of forest? B) Ranxin Jiang and Bowen Zhang A) Odisha B) Jharkhand C) Karnataka D) Kerala C) Saurabh Chaudhary and Manu Bhaker E) Madhya Pradesh D) Kornel Marosvari and Zoltan Papanitz 23. Sanath Jayasuriya has been banned from cricket for ________years after he admitted breaching two counts of E) Franck DuMoulin and Pierre Bremond the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. 16. Where was India’s 1st Indigenous Semiconductor Chip A) 2 B) 3 unveiled by semiconductor company, 'SIGNALCHIP' for C) 4 D) 5 E) 6 4G/LTE and 5G NR MODEMs? 24. Which city's power distribution company was awarded A) Gujarat B) Karnataka the Saubhagya award on 26 February 2019? C) Delhi D) Uttar Pradesh E) Andhra Pradesh A) Bhopal B) Jabalpur C) Sagar D) Gwalior 17. Who became the 11th Englishman to receive the E) Ujjain knighthood in the New Year’s Honours? 25. Read the following statements carefully: A) Joe Root B) James Anderson C) Alastair Cook D) Andrew Strauss 1. Bihar government issued a notification to provide 10% E) Marcus Trescothick quota for weaker sections in general category in jobs and educational 18. Where was the Minimum Support Price for Minor Forest institutions. Produces and the Value Addition component of Van Dhan launched on 28 February 2019? 2. The reservation is meant for individuals whose annual earning is below 8 lakh rupees and who possess less than 10 A) Delhi B) Jharkhand acres of agriculture land. C) Uttar Pradesh D) Maharashtra E) Madhya Pradesh 3. Quota allocation for weaker sections in general category would help in providing more employment. 19. The Defence Acquisition Council gave approval for the acquisition of defence equipment for about Rs ________ Which of the above statements is/are true? Crores on 27 February 2019. 3 | P a g e Current Affairs Monthly Quiz I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rdto 29th February 2019 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 1. The RBI lifted lending curbs from Allahabad Bank and E) All of the above Corporation Bank and removed them from its weak-bank watch list after the government infused capital in them. 26. Which state launched the 'Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring' (PRANAM) 2. Private sector Dhanlaxmi Bank too has been taken out of Commission on February 26, 2019? the Prompt Corrective Action Framework. A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Manipur 3. Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Oriental Bank of C) Meghalaya D) Assam Commerce were also taken out of the PCA Framework, E) Mizoram earlier on 31 January 2019. 27. PM Narendra Modi unveiled the Bhagavad Gita prepared Which of the above statements is/are true? by ISKCON Temple devotees in ________ on 26 February 2019. A) Only 1 B) Only 1 and 2 C) Only 1 and 3 D) Only 2 and 3 A) Uttar Pradesh B) Odisha E) All of the above C) Delhi D) Gujarat E) Andhra Pradesh 33. Who was appointed as the chairman of the Police Complaints Authority on 26 February 2019? 28. Ministry of AYUSH and World Health Organisation jointly organised a 3-day conclave for reviewing the WHO document A) Markandey Katju B) P S Teji Benchmarks for Training in ________. C) Madan Lokur D) Kailash Gambhir E) Govind Prasad Sharma A) Ayurveda B) Yoga C) Unani D) Siddha 34. Which state signed an MoU with Nabkisan Ltd for access E) Homoeopathy to collateral free loan facilities on 26 February 2019? 29. Which state inaugurated a web portal, 'Banglar Shiksha' A) Bihar B) Punjab to provide real-time data on state-run and aided schools? C) Odisha D) Jharkhand E) Haryana A) Odisha B) Karnataka C) Chhattisgarh D) West Bengal 35. DRDO successfully test fired ________ indigenously E) Assam developed Quick Reach Surface-to-Air missiles, QRSAMs, from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast on 26 February 30. Which of the following signed an MoU with the Inland 2019. Waterways Authority of India on 26 February 2019? A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 A) Reliance B) TATA Group D) 5 E) 6 C) Indian Oil Corporation D) Larsen & Toubro E) ONGC 36. Where was the Conference of Power and Renewable Energy Ministers of States and UTs inaugurated on 26 31. Which of the following hosted the 4th Global Digital February 2019? Health Partnership Summit in 2019? A) Noida B) Gurugram A) Ministry of Science and Technology C) Lucknow D) Kanpur E) Agra B) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 37. Where did the Ministry of Civil Aviation organise the C) Ministry of Human Resource Development Aviation Conclave 2019 with an overarching theme of “Flying for All” on 27 February 2019? D) Ministry of Earth Sciences A) Bathinda B) New Delhi E) Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation C) Jodhpur D) Ranchi E) Mumbai 32. Read the following statements carefully: 4 | P a g e Current Affairs Monthly Quiz I Current Affairs Weekly Capsule I 23rdto 29th February 2019 September 2018 September 2018 August 2018 38.