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Quiz from Current Affairs 21 January 2019 of A2Z – Click Here to Read Current Affairs of January 21, 2019
- According to announcement made by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, women to get how much reservation in military police?
A)12%
B)15%
C)10%
D)20%
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option D
Explanation: The government has decided to induct women for the first time in Personnel Below Officer Rank, PBOR, role in Corps of Military Police. In a tweet yesterday, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, the women will be inducted in graded manner to eventually comprise 20 percent of total Corps of Military Police.
[/su_spoiler] - Which ministry to organize “Shehri Samridhi Utsav” from Feb 1 to Feb 15?
A)Ministry of Corporate Affairs
B)Ministry of Defence
C)Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
D)Ministry of Finance
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
Explanation: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is organising a fortnight of events named Shehri Samridhi Utsav from Feb 1 to 15 all over the country focusing on urban livelihoods.
[/su_spoiler] - Which state government has rolled out the much-expected StartUp and Innovation Policy 2018-2023?
A)Haryana
B)Tamil Nadu
C)Karnataka
D)Mizoram
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: Tamil Nadu government has rolled out the much-expected StartUp and Innovation Policy 2018-2023 aimed at creating at least 5,000 startups, including 10 global high growth companies, by 2023.
[/su_spoiler] - Which city was named as the world capital of architecture for 2020 by UNESCO?
A)Rio De Janeiro
B)Canberra
C)New York
D)Paris
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has named the Brazilian city of Rio De Janeiro as the world capital of architecture for 2020.
[/su_spoiler] - Recently,China’s economy hitted to how much percent low in last quarter of 2018, which is the slowest in the last 28 years?
A)6.6%
B)6.8%
C)7.0%
D)7.2%
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: China announced that its economy cooled down in the last quarter of 2018,, recording a growth rate of 6.6 percent, which is the slowest in the last 28 years.
[/su_spoiler] - According to Oxfam,world’s how many richest people own as much as poorest 50%?
A)22
B)24
C)21
D)26
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option D
Explanation: Twenty-six richest billionaires own as many assets as the 3.8 billion people who make up for the poorest half of the planets population, according to a report by British Charity Oxfam.
[/su_spoiler] - Recently,NCLT has approved the merger of financially-stressed Tata Teleservices with which company?
A)Bharti Airtel
B)Vodafone
C)Idea
D)BSNL
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: The Delhi-bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved the merger of financially-stressed Tata Teleservices with Bharti Airtel.
[/su_spoiler] - According to International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook Update,India to grow at how much percent in 2019-20?
A)7.5%
B)7.0%
C)7.7%
D)7.8%
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) World Economic Outlook Update released by chief economist Gita Gopinath recently said that India’s economy is expected to grow by 7.5 per cent in the 2019-20 fiscal year, keeping an upward trajectory as the rest of the world slumps.
[/su_spoiler] - Which team created the world record for highest run chase in Ranji Trophy?
A)UP
B)Assam
C)Saurashtra
D)Kerala
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
Explanation: Saurashtra has created history in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2018-19. The team went on to chase 372 in the second Quarter Final against Uttar Pradesh while playing at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Saurashtra went past the record of Assam which had chased down 371.
[/su_spoiler] - Who was recently sworn in as Supreme Court Judges by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi?
A)Ranjan Das and CV Singh
B)Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna
C)Abhirup Bhattacharya and CK Khanna
D)Sanjiv Khanna and CK Khanna
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: New Delhi: Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna were sworn in as Supreme Court judges by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. Maheshwari was sworn in first, followed by Khanna.
[/su_spoiler] - Who has become the first woman IPS DIG and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition?
A)Aparna Kumar
B)Ranjana Das
C)Indra Singh
D)Akansha Joshi
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option A
Explanation: Aparna Kumar has become the first woman IPS DIG and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer to successfully complete the South Pole expedition.
[/su_spoiler] - Recently, Jagjit Singh Chopra passed away.He was related to which of the following fields?
A)Poet
B)Neurologist
C)Singer
D)Sportsmen
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
Explanation: Padma Bhushan winning neurologist Jagjit Singh Chopra has passed away at the age of 84. He was awarded lifetime achievement award by the World Federation of Neurology (HQ – London, UK) in 2017.
[/su_spoiler] - Recently, Shivakumara Swami passé away.He was related to which of the following field?
A)Sportsmen
B)Writer
C)Spiritual leader
D)Singer
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
Explanation: Shivakumara Swami, a highly revered seer and practitioner of the Lingayat-Veerashaiva faith of Lingayatism, passed away at the age of 111.
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STATIC GK BASED ON CURRENT AFFAIRS
- What is the currency of Brazil?
A)Riel
B)Real
C)Rupee
D)Dollar
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
[/su_spoiler] - Where is the HQ of UNESCO?
A)New York
B)Paris
C)Dublin
D)Washington C
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option B
[/su_spoiler] - Where is the HQ of IMF?
A)Paris
B)London
C)Washington DC
D)New York
[su_spoiler title=" View Answer " icon="chevron-circle"] Option C
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