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Daily Current Affair Quiz – 30.05.2019 to 01.06.2019 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 30.05.2019 TO 01.06.2019 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ : ( 30 MAY – 01 JUNE 2019) No. of Questions: 30 Correct: Full Mark: 30 Wrong: Time: 30 min Mark Secured: 1. Who has been allocated the Union C) 7.0% Ministry of Finance & Corporate Affairs D) 7.3% in the 17th Lok Sabha? 8. The issuance under the Sovereign Gold A) Piyush Goyal Bonds Scheme 2019-20 will begin from B) Raj Nath Singh __________ C) Nirmala Sitharaman A) September 2019 D) Ravi Shankar Prasad B) June 2019 2. RBI has announced to observe the C) July 2019 Financial Literacy Week 2019 D) August 2019 from__________? 9. What is the minimum age of joining the A) June 3-7 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Pension Yojana? B) June 8-12 A) 35 C) June 1-5 B) 20 D) June 6-10 C) 18 3. Who has been taken over as the Chief D) 30 of the Naval Staff (CNS)? 10. Who has been sworn in as the new A) Girish Luthra Chairman of Chiefs of Staffs Committee B) Karambir Singh (COSC)? C) Harish Bisht A) Birender Singh Dhanoa D) G. Ashok Kumar B) Sam Manekshaw 4. Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan C) Shirish Baban Deo Pension Yojana, farmers would receive D) Bipin Rawat monthly pension of Rs __________ 11. What was the name of the lone species upon attaining the age of 60 ? of Orangutan in India which passed A) Rs 2500 away recently? B) Rs 2000 A) Poppy C) Rs 3000 B) Silky D) Rs 3500 C) Oozee 5. When is the World No Tobacco Day D) Binny celebrated? 12. What will be the rate of scholarship per A) May 30 month provided to girls students in B) May 31 revised ‘Prime Minister’s Scholarship C) Last Friday of May Scheme’ under the National Defence D) Last Thursday of May Fund (NDF)? 6. How many students have jointly won A) Rs 2000 the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee? B) Rs 3000 A) 10 C) Rs 2500 B) 4 D) Rs 2200 C) 6 13. Which of these portfolio has been D) 8 allotted to Smriti Zubin Irani? 7. FICCI expects the median GDP of India A) Ministry of Women & Child for 2019-20 to grow at ____________ Development and Textiles percent B) Ministry of Human Resource A) 7.1 % Development 1 B) 7.4% C) Ministry of Social Justice and 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 30.05.2019 TO 01.06.2019 Empowerment B) France D) Ministry of External Affairs C) Canada 14. Under the Prime Minister’s Scholarship D) United States Scheme, the wards of martyred State 21. Who has been sworn in as the new Police officials will receive an annual Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh? scholarship of Rs ____________? A) YS Jaganmohan Reddy A) Rs 1000 B) N Chandrababu Naidu B) Rs 500 C) YS Rajasekhara Reddy C) Rs 1500 D) Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy D) Rs 2000 22. Name the head of the committee 15. Who is the new Defence Minister in the formed by RBI on the Development of new Modi Cabinet? Housing Finance Securitisation Market? A) Nitin Jairam Gadkari A) Chandan Sinha B) Amit Shah B) Dr. Harsh Vardhan C) Raj Nath Singh C) Sanjaya Gupta D) Ravi Shankar Prasad D) Pranjul Bhandari 16. Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime 23. Which of these states has launched Minister of India on May 30, 2019 for the Healthcare Investment Policy-2019 ____________ term? to boost medical tourism in the state? A) Fourth A) Chhattisgarh B) Third B) Madhya Pradesh C) Second C) Rajasthan D) Fifth. D) Jammu & Kashmir 17. The Reserve Bank of India has extended 24. The wax statue of which of these the duration for ‘Relaxation on the players was launched on the eve of ICC guidelines to NBFCs on securitisation Men’s World Cup 2019 on May 29, 2019 transactions’ till____________? by Madame Tussauds? A) 31 March 2020 A) AB de Villiers B) 31 December 2019 B) M. S. Dhoni C) 31 December 2020 C) Virat Kohli D) 31 July 2019 D) Chris Gayle 18. The opening match of the ICC Cricket 25. Who among the following has taken World Cup England & Wales 2019 was over Vice Admiral Karambir Singh to be held in which stadium? appointed as the new Flag Officer A) The Oval Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), B) Edgbaston Eastern Naval Command (ENC)? C) Lords A) Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain D) Old Trafford B) Vice Admiral G. Ashok Kumar 19. When is the World Hunger Day C) Vice Admiral Robin K. Dhowan observed? D) Vice Admiral R. P. Suthan A) May 30 26. Name the winner of 2019 Nine Dots B) May 29 Prize? C) May 28 A) Samhita Arni D) May 27 B) Annie Zaidi 20. Renowned actor Carmine Caridi who C) Jaiswal Smriti died recently belonged to which D) Simone Pieranni country? 27. Who will head the Task Force on the A) Germany Development of Secondary Market for 2 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 30.05.2019 TO 01.06.2019 Corporate Loans constituted by RBI? A) Anand Srinivasan B) V. G. Kannan ANSWER KEY: C) T. N. Manoharan 1 C 11 D D) Bahram Vakil 2 A 12 B 28. When is the International Everest Day 3 B 13 A celebrated? 4 C 14 B A) May 30 5 B 15 C B) May 29 6 D 16 C C) May 28 7 A 17 B D) May 27 8 B 18 A 29. Which of these teams has won the 9 C 19 C 2018-19 UEFA Europa League? 10 A 20 D A) Chelsea 21 A 26 B B) Manchester United 22 B 27 C C) Arsenal 23 D 28 B D) Liverpool 24 C 29 A 30. James Marape has been sworn in as the 25 A 30 D Prime Minister of which country? A) Philippines B) Solomon Islands C) Seychelles D) Papua New Guinea 3 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .
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