26 January Current Affairs Quiz Jan 2019 Current Affairs Quiz Leave a comment Current Affairs Quiz Jan 2019 1. Which entity released guidelines on restructuring of advances to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)? RBI SEBI NITI Aayog Ministry of MSME 2. Who was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner recently? Vanaja N. Sarna Sudhir Bhargava Neeraj Kumar Gupta Suresh Chandra 3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed three islands of Andaman and Nicobar after which freedom fighter? Shaheed Bhagat Singh Lala Lajpat Rai Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Chandrashekhar Azad 4. Which city will host the Indian Science Congress (ISC) 2019? Delhi Mumbai Ranchi Jalandhar 5. Who was named ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year? Smriti Mandhana Poonam Yadav Mithali Raj Harmanpreet Kaur 6. Which two nations formally withdrew from UNESCO with the close of the year 2018? US, Palestine Iran, Israel Israel, US North Korea, Russia 7. Which space agency has launched a new platform to engage students in space science activities? NASA CSA ESA ISRO 8. The Cabinet recently approved the merger of Bank of Baroda with which two banks? Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank Vijaya Bank and RBL Bank RBL Bank and IDBI Bank IDBI Bank and Dena Bank 9. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) recently hit which mark in January 2019? 2 crore mark 4 crore mark 6 crore mark 8 crore mark 10. Which nation ceased to be a member of OPEC from January 1, 2019? Saudi Arabia Qatar Bahrain Oman 11. Which nation has closed its major immigration detention facilities? Australia Canada Germany United States of America 12. The Reserve Bank of India on January 2, 2019 constituted UK Sinha led Expert Committee to revive which sector? MSME Handloom Agriculture Infrastructure 13. The East Siang District achieved 100 percent electrification under the Saubhagya Scheme. The District falls under which state? Assam Arunachal Pradesh West Bengal Sikkim 14. When is the World Braille Day observed every year? 1 January 2 January 3 January 4 January 15. Which state approved the modalities for the distribution of smartphones among students of government schools, colleges and technical institutions? Punjab Haryana Gujarat Delhi 16. India’s fastest Train 18 will be first launched between New Delhi and which city? Bhopal Varanasi Allahabad Patna 17. Pakistan has abolished visa on arrival for nationals belonging to which nation? Afghanistan United States of America India Russia 18. The largest cathedral of West Asia was recently inaugurated in which nation? Jordan Oman Egypt UAE 19. Who won the Best Actress in Motion Picture-Drama award at the 76th Golden Globe Awards? Lady Gaga Glenn Close Nicole Kidman Melissa McCarthy 20. Who won the Best Actor in Motion Picture-Drama award at the 76th Golden Globe Awards? Bradley Cooper Willem Dafoe Rami Malek Lucas Hedges 21. Which among the following singers will be honoured by the Bimal Roy Memorial and Film Society on January 8, 2018? Asha Parekh Lata Mangeshkar Asha Bhosle Alka Yagnik 22. Which nation has introduced a new regulation to put an end to secret divorces? UAE Bahrain Saudi Arabia Qatar 23. The North Central Railway has launched a mobile app to help people navigate through which city? Prayagraj Lucknow Varanasi Ahmedabad 24. According to a study, which nation’s melting ice sheet is releasing tons of methane? Iceland Greenland Antarctica Alaska 25. Which nation has passed a law to have own version of Islam, make it conform to socialism? North Korea Russia China Germany 26. Which country took over the operations of Chabahar Port in Iran in December 2018? Afghanistan Pakistan India Oman 27. Jim Yong Kim is going to step down on February 1 as the President of which international organisation? World Health Organisation Asian Development Bank nternational Monetary Organisation World Bank 28. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) imposed a ban on single-use plastic items at how many of its airports? 105 129 134 147 29. Which city will host the Global Healthcare Summit 2019? Hyderabad Jaipur Chandigarh Gurgaon 30. Who was appointed as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund? Gita Gopinath Maurice Obstfeld Christine Lagarde Mahesh Rathore 31. Which city will host the Global Aviation Summit 2019? New Delhi Mumbai Bengaluru Chennai 32. The HRD Minister has approved how many additional seats for the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas? 1000 3000 5000 4000 33. The constitution bench that will hear the Ayodhya land dispute case shall comprise how many judges? Five Four Three Two 34. India has signed an Ocean Dialogue with which nation? Malaysia Norway Maldives Sri Lanka 35. Which country’s cricketing body was announced as the 105th member of ICC? Mexico Argentina US Russia 36. Which country has topped the global index for world’s most powerful passport for the second time in a row? US UK Japan France 37. What was India’s rank in the global index for the world’s most powerful passport in 2019? 81 75 68 79 38. Which cricketer maintained his number 1 ranking in the latest ICC batsmen rankings? Rohit Sharma Shikhar Dhawan MS Dhoni Virat Kohli 39. Which body constituted Nandan Nilekani led Committee to boost digital payments? SEBI FICCI RBI NITI Aayog 40. The second edition of Khelo India Youth Games was inaugurated in which city recently? Mumbai New Delhi Kolkata Pune 41. Who was appointed as the President of Global Solar Council (GSC) recently? Pranav Mehta Sunil Lohia Rahul Singh Varun Sobti 42. ICC has offered amnesty to which nation’s cricketers to report match-fixing approaches? Australia Sri Lanka India Pakistan 43. Which nation is set to become the third-largest consumer market behind US and China by 2030, as per the World Economic Forum? Japan UK India Canada 44. Who was removed as the coach of Indian national men’s hockey team? Harendra Singh Narendra Bohra Sardar Singh Dhanraj Pillay 45. India’s first rail and transportation university has started functioning in which city? Delhi Vadodara Ahmedabad Bhopal 46. Two new AIIMS will soon be coming up in which among the following states? Telangana Jammu and Kashmir Odisha Gujarat 47. Su Tseng-chang has been appointed as the Prime Minister of which state? Taiwan Vietnam South Korea China 48. ISRO is planning to send it first manned mission to space by when? December 2020 March 2021 March 2019 December 2021 49. FSSAI has asked the food businesses to comply with new packaging norms by which date? March 31st June 30th July 1st August 1st 50. Where was the India-Central Asia Dialogue held in January 2019? 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