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No. of Questions: 40 Full Mark: 40 Time: 20 Min Correct: ___ WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 16.04.2019 TO 21.04.2019 No. of Questions: 40 Correct: ____________ Full Mark: 40 Wrong: _____________ Time: 20 min Mark Secured: _______ 1. India and Bolivia has signed agreement in which of the following sector? i. In the field of Geology and Mineral Resources ii. In the field of Renewable Energy iii. In the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy iv. In the field of Housing A) Option i & ii B) Option ii & iii C) Option i & iii D) Option i & iv 2. Which Pvt. bank has launched the paperless account opening facility for NRIs residing in FATF member countries? A) ICICI Bank B) IDBI Bank C) HDFC Bank D) Axis Bank 3. What is the name of the Bilateral Navy exercise that was held between India and Vietnam? A) IN–VPN BILAT EX B) IND-VTNM BILAT NAVY EX C) IND-VTNM EX D) IND-VTNM BILAT EX 4. Which country topped the World Press Freedom Index 2019? A) Norway B) Denmark C) Sweden D) Finland 5. How much percent of life insurer’s premium income was grown for the year 2019, as per IRDAI? A) 15% B) 14% C) 13% D) 11% 6. Name the team which has won the 2018-19 Santosh Trophy? A) Karnataka B) Goa C) Punjab D) Services 7. Which country has recently gifted 18 big cats to zoo in Pakistan? A) USA B) UAE C) Saudi Arabia D) Nepal 8. Which country received loan worth 267$ million(appx.) from EXIM Bank of India to implement various projects viz agriculture, road projects etc.,? A) Rwanda B) Uganda C) Burundi D) Tanzania 9. Which has partnered with ICC to launch the #OneDay4Children, a tournament-wide campaign for children, at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019? A) World Bank B) UNICEF C) IMF D) UNESCO 10. Name the Spacecraft that crashed on the Moon recently? A) Beresheet B) Galileo C) Huygens D) Rosetta 11. Name the organization, which owed USD 38 million(highest amount)to India for peacekeeping operations? A) United Nation B) NATO C) OECD D) ASEAN 12. The bilateral Naval exercise VARUNA 2019 will take place between India and which other country? A) Germany B) France C) Singapore D) Nepal 13. Which is the first Public Sector Bank in India that has shifted to EMV chip and PIN for card based transactions across the country’s vast ATM network? A) Indian Bank B) Canara Bank C) Bank of Baroda D) State Bank of India 14. Name the airport complex, which has opened the World’s tallest indoor waterfall recently? A) Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport complex, France B) Los Angeles International Airport complex, California C) Changi Airport complex, Singapore D) Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport complex, Georgia 15. Which insurance company has received ISO 31000:2018 certification? A) Bharti AXA General Insurance B) Cholamandalam MS General Ins Company Limited C) HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited D) New India Assurance Co. Ltd. 16. Which entity has became India’s first retail company to cross Rs.1 lakh crore annual revenue milestones? A) Reliance Retail B) Future Group C) Aditya Birla Retail D) Avenue Supermarts Ltd 17. Which country will host the G20 summit in 2020? A) Japan B) Saudi Arabia C) India D) China 18. In which year, does the United Nations (UN) recognized 21st April as World Creativity and Innovation Day? A) 2014 B) 2015 C) 2017 D) 2016 19. Saudi Arabia increases Haj Quota of Indian Pilgrims to A) Two lakh B) Three lakh C) Four lakh D) Five lakh 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 1 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 16.04.2019 TO 21.04.2019 20. Name the world’s rarest giant softshell turtle that passed away recently? A) Yangtze B) Iberian C) Coahuilan D) Alpaca 21. Which play won the Pulitzer Prize 2019 for the category “Fiction”? A) “The New Negro” by Jeffrey C. Stewart B) “Fairview” by Jackie Sibblies Drury C) “The Overstory” by Richard Powers D) “Frederick Douglass” by David W. Blight 22. Which bank has got the approval from CCI for the acquisition of Gruh Finance? A) Karnataka Bank B) DCB Bank C) Bandhan Bank D) RBL Bank 23. Who was ranked no 1 place under the category “Artists” in the “TIME’s 100 Most Influential People list 2019”? A) Sandra Oh B) Dwayne Johnson C) Nancy Pelosi D) Taylor Swift 24. How much amount was allocated by Union Cabinet headed by PM Narendra Modi for implementing 10% EWS Quota to create over 2 lakhs additional seats? A) Rs. 3315.15 crores B) Rs. 3815.15 crores C) Rs. 4315.15 crores D) Rs. 4420.15 crores 25. Which Indian accident was inducted into the International Labour Organisation (ILO) report titled “The Safety and the Health at the Heart of the Future of Work- Building on 100 years of Experience”? A) Bhopal Gas Tragedy B) Floods in Tamil Nadu C) Heatwaves in AndhraPradesh D) Bihar Nor’wester Storm 26. The novel titled “Quichotte” has been written by A) Taslima Nasrin B) Arundhati Roy C) Salman Rushdie D) V.S. Naipaul 27. Name the film of India, that won the best cinematography award at Beijing International Film Festival? A) Ain B) Thondimuthalum C) Bhayanakam D) Pathemari 28. Find the Metro rail corporation which has kick started an initiative to become the world’s first 100% solar-powered metro? A) Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. B) Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) C) Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation (GMRC) D) Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) 29. Name the former president of Peru who kills himself to avoid arrest over bribery allegations recently? A) Calvin Coolidge B) Harry Truman C) Gerald Ford D) Alan Garcia 30. Who clinched the fifth Masters and 15th major title at Augusta National Golf Club recently? A) Anirban Lahiri B) Arjun Atwal C) Shiv Kapur D) Tiger Woods 31. What is the name of the device, discovered by the researchers from University of California, Los Angeles that produces electricity from snowfall? A) Snow Tribo electric nano motor B) Snow Tribo electric nano ammeter C) Snow Tribo electric nano generator D) Snow Tribo electric nano galvanometer 32. Which denomination of note under Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series was issued by RBI recently with RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das’s signature? A) Rs.10 B) Rs.2000 C) Rs.50 D) Rs.200 33. Name the first ever satellite of Nepal launched by CygnusNG11? A) NepaliCube-1 B) NepaliQAF-1 C) Nepalicom-1 D) NepaliSat-1 34. India’s first exotic and interactive bird park, EsselWorld Bird Park, has been launched in which city? A) Mumbai B) Pune C) Greater Noida D) Hyderbad 35. Which country topped in the global startup ecosystem for the year 2018, as per the report “Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2019” released by StartupBlink? A) Norway B) UK C) US D) India 36. Who was appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Lebanon? A) Lakshmi Kant Jha B) Asaf Ali C) Sanjiv Arora D) Dr.SuhelAjaz 37. What was the theme of the World Haemophilia Day 2019? A) ‘Outreach and Identification’ B) ‘Healthy Sleep, Healthy Aging’ C) ‘I Am and I Will’ D) ‘Bridging health and social care’ 38. Name the bank, which has partnered with M1Xchange TReDS platform for MSMEs bill discounting? A) State Bank of India B) Bank of Maharashtra C) Central Bank of India D) Bank of Baroda 39. Name the institute, that launched 5G use cases lab for altering the 2G-enabled technologies and applications, including point of sale (PoS) machines in the banking sector? A) IBA B) DICGC C) AMFI D) IDRBT 40. Kento Momota won the Men’s Singles title in Singapore Open Badminton title 2019 by defeating? A) Parupalli Kashyap B) Mayu Matsumoto C) Anthony SinisukaGinting D) Prannoy Kumar 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 2 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] WEEKLY CURRENTAFFAIRS QUESTION DISCUSSION – 16.04.2019 TO 21.04.2019 ANSWER KEYS 1 C 21 C 2 B 22 C 3 A 23 B 4 A 24 C 5 D 25 A 6 D 26 C 7 B 27 C 8 A 28 B 9 B 29 D 10 A 30 D 11 A 31 C 12 B 32 C 13 B 33 D 14 C 34 A 15 B 35 C 16 A 36 D 17 B 37 A 18 C 38 B 19 A 39 D 20 A 40 C 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-751015 3 Ph. : 8093556677, 9040456677, Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] .
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