Current Affairs Quiz Set 67

  1. Who among the following has won the Miss World Diversity 2019?

 

  1. Naaz Joshi
  2. Naaz Sharma
  3. Naaz Mehta
  4. Naaz Khan

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  • India's transsexual woman Naaz Joshi has made the country proud with a third successive victory in the beauty pageant Miss World Diversity. Naaz was crowned Miss World Diversity 2019 on August 3 in Port Louis, Mauritius.
  • Naaz competed against 14 other international contestants in Mauritius..

 

  1. Who among the following was the youngest cabinet minister of India?

 

  1. Sushma Swaraj
  2. Smriti Irani
  3. Minakshi Lekhi
  4. Rekha Gupta

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  • Senior BJP leader and Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, 67, passed away at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after suffering a cardiac arrest. Sushma Swaraj was born on February 14, 1952, at Ambala Cantonment, Haryana.
  • Her father Hardev Sharma was an eminent member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. She was a prolific politician of India served as the External Affairs Minister (EAM) in the sixteenth, Lok Sabha led by Narendra Modi.
  • At the age of 25, she became the youngest cabinet minister in India.

 

  1. Who among the following was Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India?

 

  1. Yoonus Khan
  2. Sohail Mahmood
  3. Moinul Haque
  4. Shoaib Khan

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  • Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria has returned to India, days after Islamabad expelled him following its decision to downgrade diplomatic ties over the withdrawal of special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Pakistan will not send its newly-appointed High Commissioner Moinul Haque to India. Mr. Haque was appointed to the post three months after the previous Pakistani envoy Sohail Mahmood took charge as Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary. 

 

  1. Which clause of Article 370 empowered the President to pass a special order to revoke the article?

 

  1. Clause 8
  2. Clause 7
  3. Clause 2
  4. Clause 3

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  • Clause 3 of Article 370 states that the President can, by public notification, declare that this Article ceases to be operative, but only on the recommendation of the constituent Assembly of the State.

 

  1. How many living languages are present worldwide?

 

  1. 1,111
  2. 2,111
  3. 7,111
  4. 8,111

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  • Ethnologue, a directory of languages, lists 7,111 living languages worldwide (languages that are still being used and spoken by people).
  • Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic are the most widely spoken languages worldwide when only first-languages are considered.
  • These five languages account for what is spoken by over 40% of people worldwide.

 

  1. Which article of Indian constitution states that there should be an establishment of Supreme Court in the country?

 

  1. 124
  2. 123
  3. 121
  4. 120

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  • The Article 124 of Indian Constitution states that there shall be a Supreme Court of India consisting of a Chief Justice of India.

 

  1. Where are the headquarters of RBI situated?

 

  1. Lucknow
  2. Pune
  3. Delhi
  4. Mumbai

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  • RBI is the central bank of the country and the headquarters of RBI are situated in Mumbai and the present governor is Shaktikanta Das.

 

  1. Where are the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) situated?

 

  1. San Francisco
  2. New York
  3. Washington DC
  4. Dallas

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  1. Who among the following is India’s representative to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?

 

  1. Harish Salve
  2. Dalveer Bhandari
  3. Dipak Mishra
  4. TS Kehar

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  • Dalveer Bhandari is an Indian member of the International Court of Justice and was a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
  • He was a Member of the Court since 27 April 2012, re-elected as from 6 February 2018.
  • The International Court of Justice is composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms of office by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. 

 

  1. Who among the following was the first Chief Justice of India?

 

  1. H J Kania
  2. Mehr Chand Mahajan
  3. Amal Sarkar
  4. Sarv Mittra Sikri
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  • Since the birth of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950, 46 people have served as the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
  • While H. J. Kania is the inaugural CJI, the current incumbent is Ranjan Gogoi who is appointed as Chief Justice of India on 3 October 2018.
  • Justice Y. V. Chandrachud is the longest serving Chief Justice (February 1978 – July 1985), while Kamal Narain Singh is the shortest serving one (21 November 1991 – 12 December 1991).

 

   11. By when will the Health Ministry make rotavirus vaccine available throughout the country?

 

  1. January 2020
  2. December 2019
  3. September 2019
  4. October 2019

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  • The Health Ministry has drawn an ambitious plan wherein it has been decided to provide Rotavirus vaccine to every child across all states and UTs by September, 2019.
  • Diarrhoea is one of the biggest killers in children and Rotavirus is one of the most common causes of severe diarrhoea in children less than 2 years of age.
  • Rotavirus vaccine along with proper sanitation, hand washing practices, ORS and zinc supplementation will go a long way in reducing the mortality and morbidity due to diarrhoea in children.

 

  12. Under the PM Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana, what will be the pension provided to the farmers?

 

  1. 9000
  2. 7000
  3. 4000
  4. 3000

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  • Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 will be provided to eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60.
  • The scheme will be implemented across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
  • Farmers holding up to 2 lakh hectare farm land will be eligible for the PM-KMY scheme.

 

  13. Which Indian state has the lowest forest and tree cover in the country?

 

  1. Uttar Pradesh
  2. Bihar
  3. Punjab
  4. Haryana

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  • The lowest forest and tree cover in the country is in Haryana, at 6.79 per cent of its geographical area. Punjab follows with 6.87 per cent. Rajasthan’s forest and tree cover is over 7.26 per cent of its geographical area while Madhya Pradesh’s is 27.73 per cent.
  • A quarter of India’s geographical area (24.49 per cent) is under forest and tree cover, according to data shared in Parliament by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
  • These assessments are done by the Forest Survey of India, whose findings are published in the India State of Forest Report (ISFR). The last report was published in 2017.

 

   14. Which of the following has launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen?

 

  1. Ministry of Rural Development
  2. Ministry of Agriculture
  3. Jal Shakti Ministry
  4. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)

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  • Swachh Survekshan Grameen was launched by Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
  • The aim of this survey is to accelerate the momentum of Swachhta Abhiyan.
  • In the previous edition of this survey 1.5 crore, people had participated in the survey through a mobile application and aim of the government is to take it now to three crore people.

 

  15. Which of the following has launched the fifth edition of Swachh Survekshan 2020?

 

  1. Ministry of Rural Development
  2. Ministry of Agriculture
  3. Jal Shakti Ministry
  4. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)

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  • Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri launched the Swachh Survekshan 2020 (SS 2020), the fifth edition of the annual cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).