Current Affairs Quiz January 2019

Current Affairs Quiz January
2019
Current Affairs Quiz January 1,2 2019 Explanation: The United States and
Israel officially quit the United
1. Defence Research and Development Nations Educational, Scientific and
Organisation[DRDO] day is Cultural Organization
celebrated on? (UNESCO)with the close of 2018.
a) January 1
b) January 2 4. India and which country exchange
c) January 3 list of nuclear installations?
d) January 4 a) China
b) Russia
Explanation: January 1 is celebrated c) Pakistan
as Defence Research and d) USA
Development Organisation, DRDO
day. The DRDO was established in Explanation: India and Pakistan
1958 with just 10 laboratories to exchanged the list of nuclear
enhance the research work in installations and facilities covered
defence sector. under the Agreement on the
Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear
2. Koregaon Bhima anniversary is installations between them.
observed in which state?
a) Madhya Pradesh 5. Credit flow to agriculture increased
b) Maharashtra by __ per cent?
c) Jharkhand a) 27%
d) Odisha b) 37%
c) 47%
Explanation: In Maharashtra, d) 57%
thousands of people visited the
„Jaystambh‟ - memorial of victory - Explanation: Agricultural credit
in Koregaon Bhima village, about 30 flow has increased by 57 per cent to
km northeast of Pune to mark the Rs 11 lakh crore in the last 4 years,
anniversary of the 1818 battle the Agriculture Ministry said.
between the British and the Peshwas.
6. Justice T B N Radhakrishnan
3. Which Country quit the UNESCO appointed Chief Justice of which
recently? High Court?
a) Russia a) Andhra Pradesh
b) United States b) Telangana
c) Israel c) Tamil Nadu
d) Both United States and Israel d) Kerala
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Explanation: Justice T B N 1. Where was the 106th Indian Science

Radhakrishnan - Chief Justice of Congress inaugurated?
Telangana HC a) Imphal, Manipur
b) Jalandhar, Punjab
7. Jair Bolsonaro appointed as which c) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
Country's President? d) Mysuru, Karnataka
a) Brazil
b) Colombia Explanation: Prime Minister
c) Mexico Narendra Modi inaugurated the
d) Argentina 106th Indian Science Congress in
Jalandhar.
Explanation: Jair Bolsonaro -
Brazil's president 2. Veer Savarkar International Airport
is located at?
8. Sudhir Bhargava appointed as a) Maharashtra
________? b) Odisha
a) Chief Election Commissioner c) Lakshadweep
b) Chief Vigilance Commissioner d) Andaman and Nicobar islands
c) Chief Information
Commissioner Explanation: Veer Savarkar
d) None of the above International Airport in Port Blair
has been declared as an authorized
Explanation: Sudhir Bhargava - Immigration Check post for entry
Chief Information Commissioner into/exit from India with valid travel
9. Which Bank has been authorised to documents for all classes of
issue and encash Electoral Bonds? passengers.
a) Union Bank of India 3. RBI offers relief to MSMEs, allows
b) Central Bank of India restructuring of debt up to Rs __
c) State Bank of India crore?
d) Reserve Bank of India a) 10
Explanation: The seventh tranche of b) 15
electoral bonds sale began. The State c) 20
Bank of India, SBI has been d) 25
authorised to issue and encash Explanation: Reserve Bank has
Electoral Bonds through its 29 allowed a one-time restructuring of
Authorised Branches
existing debt of up to 25 crore rupees
Current Affairs Quiz January 3, 2019 for the companies which have
defaulted on payment but the loans
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given to them have continued to be Bangladesh for the ______

classified as standard assets. consecutive term?
a) Second
4. India's fastest Train 18 will run at a b) Third
speed of ___ kilometre per hour? c) Fourth
a) 180 d) Fifth
b) 160
c) 150 8. Bodo community related to which
d) 140
state?
Explanation: India's fastest Train 18 a) Arunachal Pradesh
will soon start its services between b) Uttarakhand
Delhi and Varanasi. The train which c) Rajasthan
will run at a speed of 160 kilometre d) Assam
per hour.
Explanation: The Union Cabinet
5. Cabinet approves merger of Vijaya has approved the setting up of a
Bank, Dena Bank with Bank of high-level committee for
Baroda will come into effect from implementation of clause 6 of the
________? Assam Accord and measures
a) 1st of April envisaged in the Memorandum of
b) 1st of March Settlement, 2003 and other issues
c) 1st of February related to Bodo community.
d) 1st of May
9. Trade Unions Act established in the
Explanation: The Cabinet has year?
approved the merger of Vijaya Bank a) 1906
and Dena Bank with Bank of b) 1916
Baroda. The scheme will come into c) 1926
effect from 1st of April this year. d) 1946
6. Tropical storm Pabuk hits which Explanation: The Cabinet has

country? approved amendment to the Trade
a) Philippines Unions Act, 1926 to make provisions
b) Sri Lanka regarding recognition of trade
c) Thailand unions.
d) Australia Current Affairs Quiz January 4, 2019
7. Sheikh Hasina is likely to be sworn 1. World Braille Day is observed on?

in as the prime minister of a) January 1
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b) January 2 d) Germany
c) January 3
Explanation: China's defence
d) January 4
industry giant North Industries
Explanation: World Braille Day is Group Corporation Limited
annually celebrated on January 4, the (NORINCO) has developed a
birthday of Braille inventor, Louis massive bomb to be the country's
Braille. The day recognizes the answer to the US-built 'Mother of
contributions of Louis Braille in All Bombs', the most powerful non-
helping blind and visually impaired nuclear weapon.
people to read and write.
5. Pakistan abolishes visa on arrival for
2. East Siang District is located in which country?
________? a) India
a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Afghanistan
b) Sikkim c) Bangladesh
c) Meghalaya d) Sri Lanka
d) Nagaland
Explanation: Pakistan abolished the
Explanation: In Arunachal Pradesh, long-standing facility of visa on
East Siang District has achieved 100 arrival for Afghan nationals. The
percent electrification under the move to restrict Afghans came as
Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Pakistan has already decided to issue
Yojana- Saubhagya Scheme. 'on-arrival' visas to citizens of 24
other countries to increase tourism
3. Indian Panorama Film Festival and investments.
begins at _____?
a) Mumbai 6. FSSAI asks food businesses to
b) New Delhi comply with new packaging norms
c) Goa by______?
d) Jharkhand a) April 1
b) May 1
Explanation: A 10-day Indian c) June 1
Panorama Film Festival will begin at d) July 1
Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.
Explanation: Food Safety and
4. Which Country develops its own Standards Authority of India FSSAI
'Mother of All Bombs‟? has said food businesses need to
a) Russia comply with new packaging
b) America regulations that bar use of recycled
c) China
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plastics and newspapers to wrap food Explanation: Arunima Sinha

articles by July 1. became World's 1st woman amputee
to climb Mount Vinson, the highest
7. Right to Education Act established in peak in Antarctica.
the year?
a) 2003 Current Affairs Quiz January 5, 2019
b) 2006
1. The National Green Tribunal has
c) 2009
d) 2010 imposed a fine of 100 crore rupees
on which state government for its
Explanation: Parliament has passed failure to curb illegal coal mining?
the Right of Children to Free and a) Mizoram
Compulsory Education b) Arunachal Pradesh
(Amendment) Bill, 2018, with the c) Meghalaya
Rajya Sabha approving it. The Lok d) Nagaland
Sabha had already passed the bill
Explanation: The National Green
seeking to further amend the Right to
Tribunal has imposed a fine of 100
Education Act, 2009 to abolish the
no-detention policy in schools. crore rupees on Meghalaya
government for its failure to curb
8. Third edition of the National illegal coal mining in the state.
Entrepreneurship Awards to be held
2. Which special court declared
in _______?
a) Mumbai absconding Vijay Mallya, a fugitive
economic offender (FEO)?
b) New Delhi
c) Kolkata a) Mumbai
d) Chandigarh b) New Delhi
c) Bengaluru
Explanation: The Ministry of Skill d) Kolkata
Development and Entrepreneurship
will host third edition of the National Explanation: A special court in
Mumbai declared absconding liquor
Entrepreneurship Awards in New
Delhi. baron Vijay Mallya a fugitive
economic offender (FEO) on a plea
9. Who became World's 1st woman of the Enforcement Directorate.
amputee to climb Mount Vinson?
3. Recently which state unveiled its
a) Junko Tabei
second largest petroglyph site?
b) Bachendri Pal
a) Telangana
c) Arunima Sinha
d) None of the above b) Odisha
c) Jharkhand
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d) Andhra Pradesh 6. Which minister to confer National

Awards to 97 Anganwadi
Explanation: Andhra Pradesh‟s Workers(AWWs)?
second largest petroglyph site, a) Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of
containing about 80 petroglyhs, has Home Affairs
been discovered at Mekala Benchi in b) Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Minister of
Kurnool district. External Affairs
4. Mandal Dam is located in? c) Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi,
a) Jharkhand Minister for Women & Child
b) Bihar Development
c) Odisha d) Smt. Smriti Irani, Minister of
d) West Bengal Textiles & Information and
Broadcasting
Explanation: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi laid foundation stone Explanation: Union Minister for
of revival of six irrigation projects, Women & Child Development, Smt.
including North Koel (Mandal Dam) Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, in the
project amounting to 2,500 crore presence of Minister of State for
rupees MWCD, Dr. Virendra Kumar will
confer National Awards to 97
5. NHAI to collaborate with Oil Anganwadi Workers(AWWs) for
Marketing Companies for issuance Exceptional Achievements for the
of ______? year 2017-18, on the 07th of January
a) Electronic Toll Collection on 2018, in New Delhi.
Petrol pumps
b) Electronic Toll Collection on 7. „Yutu-2‟ is the first lunar rover
Toll Plazas landed on the unexplored and rugged
c) Electronic Toll Collection on far side of the moon belongs to
Parking lots which country?
d) None of the above a) America
b) China
Explanation: To ensure easier c) Russia
availability of FASTags, Indian d) Japan
Highways Management Company
Ltd. (IHMCL), a company promoted Explanation: China‟s Chang‟e-4
by NHAI, is signing MoUs with lunar rover scripted history when it
state-run Oil Marketing Companies made the first-ever soft landing on
(IOCL, BPC, and HPC) on 7th the far side of the moon and sent
January 2019. back close-up images of the
previously unexplored region.
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8. 80th National Table Tennis c) Georgia

Championship begins at ________? d) Egypt
a) Odisha
b) Maharashtra Explanation: Egypt has opened
c) New Delhi West Asia's largest cathedral in its
d) Uttar Pradesh New Administrative Capital, 45
kilometres east of Cairo.
Explanation: The 80th National
Table Tennis Championship began at 3. Which Country women to get
Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in divorce notices over text?
Cuttack. a) Iran
b) Saudi Arabia
9. Which Country is hosting AFC Asia c) Iraq
Cup football-2019? d) Oman
a) China
Explanation: In Saudi Arabia, a new
b) Malaysia
regulation is set to stop Saudi women
c) United Arab Emirates
d) Singapore from not knowing about their own
divorce. Courts will be required to
Explanation: India faces Thailand notify women by text on rulings
in AFC Asian Cup football opener in confirming their divorces.
Abu Dhabi.
4. Women‟s Science Congress held at?
Current Affairs Quiz January 6,7 2019 a) Nagpur
b) New Delhi
1. International Kite Festival is
c) Jalandhar
celebrated at? d) Kolkata
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan Explanation: Union Minister for
c) Telangana Textiles Smriti Irani has inaugurated
d) Andhra Pradesh the Women‟s Science Congress at
the Lovely Professional University in
Explanation: In Gujarat, the nine- Jalandhar. Women‟s Science
day long international kite festival Congress is a part of of the 106th
kicked off at Sabarmati River Front Indian Science Congress.
in Ahmedabad.
5. North Central Railway, NCR has
2. Which Country opens West Asia's launched a 'Rail Kumbh Seva Mobile
largest cathedral? App' to help people navigate during
a) Armenia
Kumbh Mela in which city?
b) Cyprus
a) Ujjain
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b) Prayagraj outstanding contribution in different

c) Haridwar fields of textiles sector in New Delhi.
d) Nashik
8. BHIM UPI transactions crosses
Explanation: The North Central ______ mark?
Railway, NCR has launched a 'Rail a) 1 Lakh Crore Rupees
Kumbh Seva Mobile App' to help b) 5 Lakh Crore Rupees
people navigate through Prayagraj c) 10 Lakh Crore Rupees
city during Kumbh Mela starting d) 7 Lakh Crore Rupees
from January 15.
Explanation: The total value of
6. Which is the first Asian Country to BHIM-UPI transactions crossed 1
win a Test cricket series in Lakh Crore Rupees mark in
Australia? December 2018.
a) Pakistan
9. Which state had raised the income
b) Sri Lanka
ceiling from present 4.5 lakh to 8
c) Bangladesh
lakh rupees for people belonging to
d) India
socially and economically backward
Explanation: Virat Kohli became classes to avail reservation benefits
the first Indian as well as the first in employment and education?
Asian captain to win a Test series in a) Uttar Pradesh
Australia. b) Maharashtra
c) Punjab
7. Who conferred awards on d) Jammu & Kashmir
outstanding contribution in different
fields of textiles sector? Explanation: The income ceiling
a) Ram Nath Kovind, President of has been increased for people
India belonging to socially and
b) Smt. Smriti Irani, Minister of economically backward classes to
Textiles & Information and avail reservation benefits in
Broadcasting employment and education.
c) M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice
Current Affairs Quiz January 8, 2019
President of India
d) Shri Raj Nath Singh, Minister of 1. Who inaugurates sharing of AIR
Home Affairs News with Private FM channels?
a) Prakash Javadekar
Explanation: The Vice President of
b) Dharmendra Pradhan
India, M Venkaiah Naidu conferred
awards on 17 persons for their c) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
d) Raj Kumar Singh
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Explanation: Information and Explanation: World Bank President

Broadcasting Minister Rajyavardhan Jim Yong Kim announced that he
Rathore launched „Sharing of All will step down from his position on
India Radio News with Private FM February 1 – much before the end of
channels in New Delhi. Private FM his term in 2022.
channels can now carry All India
Radio News free of cost on trial 5. The fourth edition of the Raisina
basis up to 31st May this year. Dialogue will begin in New Delhi,
What is the Theme of the Raisina
2. Election Commission postpones Dialogue of this year?
Tiruvarur Assembly on ____ a) "Asia: Regional and Global
a) 28th Jan 2019 Connectivity"
b) 28th Feb 2019 b) "A World Reorder: New
c) 27th Jan 2019 Geometries; Fluid
d) 22nd Jan 2019 Partnerships; Uncertain
Outcomes”
Explanation: The Election c) “The New Normal:
Commission has postponed the bye- Multilateralism with
election in Thiruvarur Assembly Multipolarity”
Constituency in Tamil Nadu slated d) “Managing Disruptive
for 28th of this month. The poll Transitions: Ideas, Institutions
panel took the decision in view of and Idioms”
the ongoing relief and rehabilitation
measures in the affected areas of the 6. Union Cabinet approved what
State following cyclone Gaja. percent quota in jobs and educational
3. Maharashtra is all set to host the institutions for economically weaker
second edition of Khelo India Youth sections in general category, on
Games __________ January 07, 2019?
a) Pune a) 20%
b) Mumbai b) 15%
c) Nagpur c) 10%
d) Nashik d) 25%
4. Which Bank President announced 7. Which country has said it is
that he will step down from his withdrawing from a UN-backed anti-
position on February 1? corruption commission?
a) Uco bank a) Belize
b) BOI b) Guatemala
c) SBI c) Panama
d) World Bank d) Honduras
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Explanation: Guatemala has said it c) Ministry of Human Resource

is withdrawing from a UN-backed Development
anti-corruption commission. d) Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare
8. India takes over operations of
Chabahar port in Explanation: The Ministry of
a) Iraq Women and Child Development,
b) Israel Government of India, has launched
c) Iran an online campaign, „#www : Web-
d) Saudi Arabia Wonder Women‟.
Explanation: India takes over 3. India and which country have agreed
operations of Chabahar port in Iran to closely collaborate on ocean
economy and achieving the
9. Which Bank form committee to Sustainable Development Goals?
boost digital payments?
a) Norway
a) SBI b) Germany
b) RBI c) France
c) BOI d) Italy
d) Indian Bank
Explanation: India and Norway
Explanation: RBI forms committee have agreed to closely collaborate on
to boost digital payments
ocean economy and achieving the
Current Affairs Quiz January 9, 2019 Sustainable Development Goals.
1. This is the _______ time Egypt 4. Which Ministry adopts E-Mobility

hosting the African football Programme.
a) 5th a) Ministry of Finance
b) 3rd b) Ministry of Human Resources
c) 2nd c) Ministry of Agriculture
d) 1st d) Ministry of Defence
Explanation: Egypt hosting the Explanation: Ministry of Finance

African football for the fifth time. adopts E-Mobility Programme.
2. Who has launched an online 5. A One day Workshop On Public

campaign, „#www : Web- Sector Enterprises held at?
WonderWomen‟. a) New Delhi
a) Ministry of Women and Child b) Pune
Development c) Kolkata
b) Ministry of Social Development d) Allahabad
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Explanation: A One Day Workshop 8. Who has Released the Recombinant

on Public Sector Enterprises on ELISA kits?
Corporate Social Responsibility a) Nitin Gadkari
(CSR) was held under the aegis of b) Radha Mohan Singh
the National Water Mission (NWM), c) Suresh Prabhu
in partnership with the National d) Shri J.P. Nadda
Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) at
New Delhi. 9. The First Swadesh Darshan project
inaugurated by whom?
6. India is set to become the world‟s
a) CM of Meghalaya
_______ largest consumer market b) CM of Kerala
behind only USA and China by 2030 c) CM of Andhra Pradesh
Report by World Economic Forum. d) CM of Tamil Nadu
a) First
b) Second Explanation: The Chief Minister of
c) Third Meghalaya, Shri. Conrad K Sangma,
d) Fourth inaugurated the project
“Development of North East Circuit:
Explanation: A report by World Umiam (Lake View) – U Lum
Economic Forum today said that Sohpetbneng- Mawdiangdiang –
India is set to become the world‟s Orchid Lake Resort” implemented
third largest consumer market behind under Swadesh Darshan Scheme of
only USA and China by 2030. Ministry of Tourism.
7. In the following which team Current Affairs Quiz January 10, 2019
produces gas hydrates under „space‟
conditions? 1. One lakh youth to get job in global
a) IIT Madras skill summit in ________
b) IIT Mumbai a) Ranchi
c) IIT Chennai b) Hazaribagh
d) IIT Delhi c) Kanpur
d) Varanasi
Explanation: Researchers at Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras Explanation: Global skill summit
methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) Over one lakh youth to get job in
can exist as gas hydrates at global skill summit in ranchi.
temperatures and pressures seen in
interstellar atmosphere. 2. Which State Chief Minister said
farmers in the state will be given
interest-free loans?
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a) Uttar Pradesh 6. The 2nd Edition of Khelo India

b) Jharkhand Youth Games to be held in
c) Uttarakhand _________
d) Maharashtra a) New Delhi
b) Maharashtra
Explanation: Uttarakhand Chief c) Karnataka
Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said d) Gujarat
farmers in the state will be given
interest-free loans soon Explanation: The Khelo India
Youth Games 2019 kicked off in
3. In Which Country's Opposition Pune with cultural programmes.
leader wins presidential election? 1,000 players will be selected out of
a) Cameroon
competitions in the current edition of
b) Germany Khelo India and they will be given
c) France Rs 5 lakh each per annum for the
d) Congo next 8 years for development of their
sporting talent.
4. Saudi Arabia, the world‟s top crude
supplier will slash its oil exports in 7. Which State Police is working on
January by _____ % Several projects to improve traffic
a) 10% management system?
b) 12% a) Delhi
c) 15% b) Maharashtra
d) 17% c) Tamil Nadu
d) Kerala
5. Who Chaired the 4th Meeting of the
CTDP in New Delhi? Explanation: The Delhi Police is
working on several projects based on
a) Suresh Prabhu
b) Nitin Gadkari cutting-edge technology to improve
c) Sadananda Gowda traffic management system in the
d) Ram Vilas Paswan city and check errant drivers. The
Delhi Police will soon be the first in
Explanation: Union Minister for the country to have an Intelligence
Commerce & Industry and Civil Traffic Management System (ITMS).
Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, chaired the
4th meeting of the Council for Trade 8. Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration
Plaza was launched on ________
Development and Promotion
(CTDP) in New Delhi. a) 09th January 2019
b) 8th January 2019
c) 10th January 2019
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d) 11 th January 2019 Explanation: Uttar Pradesh Chief

Minister Yogi Adityanath reduced
Explanation: The Sino-Indian the prices of urea fertilizer by 11 per
Digital Collaboration Plaza cent in the interest of the farmers.
(SIDCOP), an initiative to bring
Indian IT companies and Chinese 2. PM will inaugurate the 15th
enterprises closer to each other on a PravasiBharatiya Divas on 21st of
single AI enabled platform was this month at _________
launched on 10th January 2019. a) Varanasi
b) Kanpur
9. National Clean Air Programme c) Pune
(NCAP) was launched by Dr. Harsh d) Kerala
Vardhan in _______
a) Madhya Pradesh Explanation: Prime minister
b) Chandigarh Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
c) Puducherry 15th PravasiBharatiya Divas on 21st
d) New Delhi of this month at Varanasi in Uttar
Pradesh.
Explanation: A time bound national
level strategy for pan India 3. ISRO will launch Gaganyaan
implementation to tackle the manned mission to outer space by
increasing air pollution problem __________.
across the country in a a) December 2020
comprehensive manner in the form b) December 2019
of National Clean Air Programme c) December 2021
(NCAP) was launched by Union d) December 2022
Minister of Environment, Forest and
Explanation: ISRO said that it is
Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan
in New Delhi. well prepared to meet the targets of
launching Gaganyaan manned
Current Affairs Quiz January 11, 2019 mission to outer space by December
2021. Under Gaganyaan project,
1. Which State Chief Minister Reduced India is planning to send three
the prices of Urea fertilizer by 11% astronauts to outer space for seven
in the interest of the farmers? days and bring them back.
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Maharashtra 4. Where was the 25th edition of
c) Madhya Pradesh Partnership Summit held?
d) Andhra Pradesh a) Varanasi
b) Mumbai
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c) Hyderabad d) M Venkaiah Naidu.

d) Pune
Explanation: The 25th edition of
Explanation: The 25th edition of Partnership Summit 2019, a global
Partnership Summit 2019, a global platform for dialogue, debate,
platform for dialogue, debate, deliberation and engagement among
deliberation and engagement among Indian and global leaders on
Indian and global leaders on economic policy and growth trends
economic policy and growth trends in India, is being held in Mumbai.
in India, is being held in Mumbai. The two-day event will be
inaugurated by the Vice President of
5. NITI Aayog‟s Atal Innovation India, M Venkaiah Naidu.
Mission releases the Atal Tinkering
Lab Handbook on eve of _______ 8. The Ministry of Women and Child
a) National Science Day Development is organising the three-
b) National Yoga Day day 6th „Women of India Organic
c) National Youth Day Festival‟ will be held at ________
d) None of these a) Chandigarh
b) New Delhi
Explanation: NITI Aayog‟s Atal c) Kolkata
Innovation Mission releases the Atal d) Kanpur
Tinkering Lab Handbook on eve of
National Youth Day Explanation: The Ministry of
Women and Child Development is
6. The 64th National Symposium of organising the three-day 6th „Women
Poets, organised by All India Radio, of India Organic Festival‟ at
started in ___________ Chandigarh
a) Coimbatore
b) Trichy Current Affairs Quiz January 12, 2019
c) Chennai
d) Salem 1. January 12 was ________
a) Indian Army Day
Explanation: The 64th National b) National Yoga Day
Symposium of Poets, organised by c) National Youth Day
All India Radio, started in Chennai d) National Science Day
7. The 25th edition of Partnership Explanation: January 12 – National

Summit inaugurated by Whom? Youth Day
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Suresh Prabhu
c) Nitin Gadkari
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2. A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit Explanation: TulsiGabbard, the first

Jammu and Kashmir‟s __________ Hindu lawmaker in the US Congress,
region has said that she is running for the
a) Kashmir Valley White House in 2020. Ms. Gabbard
b) Ladakh Region is the second woman after Senator
c) Jammu Elizabeth Warren to enter the
d) None of these presidential race from the
Democratic party.
Explanation: A 4.6-magnitude
earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir‟s 5. ISRO said that India is planning to
Ladakh region send three astronauts to outer space
for _______ days by December
3. The 6th „Women of India Organic
2021.
Festival‟ held from ________
a) 7
a) January 11 b) 6
b) January 12 c) 8
c) January 14 d) 5
d) January 15
Explanation: ISRO today said that it
Explanation: The Ministry of is well prepared to meet the targets
Women and Child Development is of launching Gaganyaan manned
organising the three-day 6th „Women mission to outer space by December
of India Organic Festival‟ from 2021. For Gaganyaan project, India
January 12, at Leisure Valley, is planning to send three astronauts
Sector-10, Chandigarh, to celebrate to outer space for seven days and
and promote women farmers and bring them back.
entrepreneurs in the organic sector
from the remotest parts of India. The 6. Who will inaugurate the 9th edition
Women of India Organic Festival of the Vibrant Gujarat Global
has been held annually in New Delhi Investors Summit on January 18?
since 2015. a) Vice President
b) President
4. Who is the first Hindu lawmaker in c) None of these
the US Congress? d) Prime Minister
a) TulsiGabbard
b) Senator Elizabeth Explanation: Prime Minister
c) Victoria Woodhull Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
d) Hillary Clinton 9th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat
Global Investors Summit on January
18
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7. In the following Which state did not in educational institutions and

signed in the agreement for Renukaji government jobs will be applicable.
Dam Multipurpose Project?
2. Australian Open, the first of the four
a) Maharashtra
b) Uttar Pradesh Grand Slams of the season, begins in
c) Haryana _________
d) Himachal Pradesh a) Sydney
b) Canberra
Explanation: An agreement for c) Melbourne
Renukaji Dam Multipurpose Project d) None of these
was signed in New Delhi among the
Explanation: Australian Open, the
States of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana,
first of the four Grand Slams of the
Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan
season, begins in Melbourne.
and Uttarakhand in the presence of
Water Resources, River 3. In the following Who won Gold
Development and Ganga medallist in shooting at the Khelo
Rejuvenation Minister Nitin Gadkari. India Youth Games?
8. Who became the fifth player to score a) Abhinav Shaw
ten thousand runs for India in One- b) Sartaj Singh
day International Cricket? c) Aishwarya Pratap Singh
d) Harshit Binjwa
a) ViratKohli
b) Sachin Tendulkar Explanation: At the Khelo India
c) Rohit Varma Youth Games in Pune, ten year old
d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni Abhinav Shaw became the youngest
gold medallist in shooting
Current Affairs Quiz January 13,14 2019
1. Which is the first State to Implement 4. Who launched the Kumbh Mela
10% quota to EMS? Weather Service Mobile
Applicationin New Delhi?
a) Gujarat
a) Rajnath Singh
b) Maharashtra
b) Sushma Swaraj
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand c) Suresh Prabhu
d) Harshan Vardhan
Explanation: Gujarat Government
Explanation: Science and
has announced that the benefits of 10
Technology Minister Dr
per cent quota for Economically
Harshvardhan launched the special
Weaker sections of general category
weather services for Kumbh Mela at
a function in New Delhi. It will
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provide information about the 7. Which country hold the first ever
prevailing weather condition and Annual Disarmament and
forecasts to the people visiting International Security Affairs
Prayagraj during Kumbh Mela. Fellowship Programme?
a) China
5. Hunar Haat Scheme inaugurated by b) France
Whom? c) Ukraine
a) Arun Jaitley d) India
b) Nitin Jairam Gadkari
c) Uma Bharati Explanation: Foreign Secretary
d) Ram vilas Paswan Vijay Gokhale inaugurated the First
Annual Disarmament and
Explanation: Finance Minister Arun
International Security Affairs
Jaitley inaugurated Hunar Haat Fellowship Programme in New
organised by Minority Affairs Delhi. Young Diplomats from 27
Ministry at State Emporium countries are participating in the
Complex in New Delhi. Fellowship Programme, which will
6. The Government of India (GoI) has continue till 1st of next month.
drafted five-year action plan to 8. In which year the 10th Sikh Guru
address drug abuse in the country for Govind Singh was Born?
which of the following periods? a) 1666
a) 2019-2024 b) 1667
b) 2018 -2023 c) 1668
c) 2020-2025 d) 1669
d) 2021-2026
Explanation: In Bihar, 352nd birth
Explanation: The government has anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh is
drafted a five-year action plan to being celebrated as Prakash Utsav
address the problem of drug and with religious fervour and gaiety.
substance abuse in the country. An Born at Patna Sahib in 1666, Guru
official of the Ministry of Social Gobind Singh was the 10th Sikh
Justice and Empowerment said, the guru. He succeeded his father Guru
National Action Plan for Drug Tegh Bahadur Singh as leader of
Demand Reduction, 2018 to 2023, Sikhs at the age of just nine.
aims to employ a multi-pronged
strategy to address the issue. It Current Affairs Quiz January 15,16 2019
involves education, de-addiction and
rehabilitation of affected individuals 1. Who has dedicated Kerala's Kollam
and their families. Bypass to the Nation?
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a) Nitin Gadkari Explanation: The Maharashtra

b) Venghaiya Naidu Cabinet has approved schemes worth
c) Narendra Modi over 700 crore rupees for financial
d) Arun Jaitley welfare of OBCs and the SC/ST
communities.
Explanation: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi was addressing a 4. Which Bank announced OMO
gathering at Kollam in Kerala after purchase of government securities?
dedicating the Kollam Bypass to the a) SBI
Nation. This is the first National b) RBI
Highway project in the country taken c) Indian Bank
up on a 50:50 Centre-State d) BOB
partnership.
Explanation: RBI announces OMO
2. In which State CM launched Rs purchase of government securities
50,000-crore farm debt-waiver
5. How many Muslim women traveled
scheme named „Jai Kisan Rin Mukti
from India to Hajj?
Yojana‟?
a) 2100
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Uttarakhand b) 2200
c) Madhya Pradesh c) 2300
d) Kerala d) 2500
Explanation: In Madhya Pradesh, 6. In Rajasthan, senior leader of

Chief Minister Kamal Nath launched Congress and former Central
the Rs 50,000-crore farm debt- Minister C.P Joshi elected as speaker
waiver scheme named „Jai Kisan Rin of the _______ legislative assembly.
Mukti Yojana‟. a) 15th
b) 14th
3. The Maharashtra Cabinet has c) 13th
approved schemes worth over d) 16th
______ crore rupees for financial
welfare of OBCs and the SC/ST Explanation: In Rajasthan, senior
communities. leader of Congress and former
a) 700 Crore Central Minister C.P Joshi elected as
b) 500 Crore speaker of the 15th legislative
c) 200 Crore assembly.
d) 300 Crore
7. I&B Ministry decides to lend support
of _______ rupees to organise the
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2nd Jharkhand International Film b) Jaipur

Festival in Ranchi from 1st to 3rd of c) Udaipur
next month. d) Ahmedabad
a) 10 Lakh
b) 2 Lakh Explanation: Prime Minister
c) 3 Lakh Narendra Modi inaugurated Sardar
d) 5 Lakh Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of
Medical Sciences and Research in
Explanation: Information and Ahmedabad.
Broadcasting Ministry has decided to
lend support of 5 lakh rupees to 3. Mount Sidley is the highest point at?
organise the 2nd Jharkhand a) Antarctica
b) Russia
International Film Festival in Ranchi
from 1st to 3rd of next month. c) Tanzania
d) Mexico
8. Who has won Philip Kotler
Explanation: Mountaineer Satyarup
Presidential award?
Siddhanta conquered Antartica's
a) Donald Trump
highest point, Mount Sidley
b) Narendra Modi
c) Xi Jinping 4. 10th edition of the India Rubber
d) Reuven Rivlin Expo - 2019 inaugurated in?
a) New Delhi
Current Affairs Quiz January 17 2019
b) Mumbai
1. Numligarh Refinery is located at? c) Kolkata
a) Gujarat d) Kochi
b) Karnataka
c) Assam Explanation: Union Minister for
d) Uttar Pradesh Commerce and Industries, Suresh
Prabhu inaugurated the 10th edition
Explanation: Cabinet Committee on of the India Rubber Expo - 2019 in
Economic Affairs has decided to Mumbai. The India Rubber Expo is
expand the capacity of Numligarh Asia's largest rubber expo.
Refinery in Assam from 3 Million
Metric Tonne Per Annum, 5. 'Samruddhi Corridor' expressway
(MMTPA) to 9 MMTPA. project is planned between?
a) Mumbai-Delhi
2. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of b) Mumbai-Kolkata
Medical Sciences and Research c) Delhi-Kolkata
inaugurated in? d) Nagpur-Mumbai
a) Gandhinagar
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Explanation: A consortium of banks Kalamsat and an imaging satellite

led by State Bank of India has agreed Microsat-R?
to provide finance for Nagpur- a) PSLV C-41
Mumbai 'Samruddhi Corridor' b) PSLV C-42
expressway project. c) PSLV C-43
d) PSLV C-44
6. Who is the Goodwill Ambassador of
the World Health Organization for Explanation: National space agency
Leprosy Elimination? ISRO has scheduled its first launch
a) Millie Bobby Brown this year on next week. PSLV C-44
b) Yohei Sasakawa will lift off from the spaceport Satish
c) Robert Mugabe Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota,
d) Lilly Singh carrying a student satellite called
Kalamsat and an imaging satellite
Explanation: Gandhi Peace Prize known as Microsat-R.
for 2018 - Yohei Sasakawa -
chairman of The Nippon Foundation Current Affairs Quiz January 18,19 2019
[Goodwill Ambassador of the World
1. Who became the India‟s youngest
Health Organization for Leprosy
Elimination] ever Grandmaster after he captured
the title at the Delhi International
7. Who become the World‟s youngest chess Grandmaster Open?
mountaineer to climb 7 peaks, 7 a) Viswanathan Anand
volcano summits? b) D Gukesh
a) George Atkinson c) P Harikrishna
b) Jordan Romero d) Sasikiran Krishnan
c) Satyarup Siddhanta
d) Arunima Sinha Explanation: D Gukesh became the
India‟s youngest ever Grandmaster
Explanation: Mountaineer Satyarup after he captured the title at the Delhi
Siddhanta conquered Antartica's International chess Grandmaster
highest point, Mount Sidley. With Open.
this feat, he became the first Indian
2. Who inaugurated UNNATI
and youngest man to climb the seven
programme of ISRO in Bengaluru?
highest peaks and volcanic summits
across all continents a) Nitin Gadkari
b) Nirmala Sitharaman
8. Which launch vehicle is planned by c) Arun Jaitley
ISRO for its first launch of this year d) Dr. Jitendra Singh
carrying a student satellite called
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Explanation: Minister of State in 5. A Regional Conference on

Department of Space Dr. Jitendra „Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation
Singh inaugurated UNNATI Scheme‟ was held at?
programme of Indian Space a) Pune
Research Organisation (ISRO) in b) New Delhi
Bengaluru. c) Mumbai
d) Kanpur
3. PMRPY has crossed the milestone of
one crore beneficiaries as on 6. ISRO announced that it will send
_________ two _____ mission to space in
a) 14th January 2019 December 2020 and July 2021.
b) 15th January 2019 a) Manned Mission
c) 16th January 2019 b) Unmanned Mission
d) 17th January 2019 c) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Explanation: PMRPY has crossed d) Robatics
the milestone of one crore Explanation: Indian Speace
beneficiaries as on the 14th of this Research Organisation (ISRO)
month. announced that it will send two
4. Which Ministry Organising a unmanned mission to space in
fortnight of events named Shehri December next year and in July
Samridhi Utsav all over thte country 2021.
focusing on urban livelihoods? 7. National Museum of Indian Cinema
a) Ministry of Housing and in Mumbai inaugurated by whom?
Urban Affairs a) PM Modi
b) Ministry of Civil Aviation b) Nitin Gadkari
c) Ministry of Consumer Affairs, c) Suresh Prabhu
Food and Public Distribution d) Rajnath Singh
d) Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare Explanation: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated the
Explanation: Ministry of Housing National Museum of Indian Cinema
and Urban Affairs is organising a in Mumbai.
fortnight of events named Shehri
Samridhi Utsav all over the country 8. Which State CM announced a hike
focusing on urban livelihoods. of Rs 200 per month in the social
security pension under MBPY?
a) Maharashtra
b) Kerala
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c) Karnataka series of projects as a part of the

d) Odisha Tamil Nadu Defence Industrial
Corridor in Tiruchirppalli.
Explanation: Odisha Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik announced a hike of 3. Which State CM flagged off air
Rs 200 per month in the social services from Dehradun to Amritsar?
security pension under Madhu Babu a) Uttarakhand
Pension Yojana (MBPY). b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Madhya Pradesh
9. What is the length of Diffo Bridge? d) Andhra Pradesh
a) 426
b) 435 Explanation: Uttarakhand Chief
c) 436 Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat
d) 427 flagged off the air services from
Dehradun to Amritsar from Jolly
Current Affairs Quiz January 20,21 2019 Grant Airport in Dehradun.
1. Which State Government to give 4. Nepal‟s Central Bank bans use of
Government Job to all Medal Which Country‟s Currency Notes?
winners from their state in Khelo a) America
India Youth Games? b) Australia
a) Punjab c) Netherland
b) Maharashtra d) India
c) Karnataka
d) Haryana Explanation: Nepal‟s central bank
has banned the use of Indian
Explanation: Punjab Government currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500
will give Government Job to all and Rs 200 denominations. Under
Medal winners from Punjab in Khelo the new regulation issued, Nepali
India Youth Games.
citizens cannot carry these
2. Who Launched a series of projects as denominations to countries other
a part of the TN Defence Industrial than India.
Corridor in Tiruchirappalli? 5. Which Organisation has announced
a) Suresh Prabhu Rio de Janeiro will be the World
b) Nitin Gadkari Capital of Architecture for 2020?
c) Nirmala Sitharaman a) United Nations
d) Rajnath Singh
b) WHO
Explanation: Defence Minister c) UNESCO
Nirmala Sitharaman launched a d) None of these
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Explanation: The United Nations d) Karnataka

Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Explanation: Maharashtra finish top
Organization (UNESCO) has
announced that the Brazilian city of with 228 medals. Haryana second
Rio de Janeiro will be the World with 178 medals, and Delhi third
Capital of Architecture for 2020. with 136 medals in Khelo India
Youth Games.
6. India's Ankita Raina has won the
International Tennis Federation's Current Affairs Quiz January 22 2019
25,000-dollar Women's tournament 1. North Eastern Region
held in _______? (Reorganization) Act established in?
a) USA a) 1970
b) Indonesia b) 1971
c) Singapore c) 1960
d) Malaysia d) 1961
Explanation: India's Ankita Raina Explanation: On 22nd January in
has won the International Tennis 1972, Manipur, Meghalaya and
Federation's 25,000-dollar Women's Tripura states became full-fledged
tournament in Singapore. states under the North Eastern
Region (Reorganisation) Act, 1971.
7. Viswanathan Anand won how many
times world champion? 2. Heavy rains will ________the
a) 3 pollution level?
b) 4 a) Increase
c) 5 b) Not change
d) 6 c) Reduce
d) None of the above
8. World Economic Forum annual meet
will be held at? Explanation: Heavy rains
a) Davos drastically reduced the pollution
b) Mumbai level in the national capital, New
c) New York Delhi which recorded the best air
d) Sydney quality of this year.
3. 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

9. Which State finished top in Khelo
inaugurated in _______?
India Youth Games?
a) Bengaluru
a) Maharashtra
b) Varanasi
b) Delhi
c) New Delhi
c) Haryana
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d) Mumbai c) Hyderabad
d) Mumbai
Explanation: Prime Minister 7. 2nd World Integrated Medicine
Narendra Modi inaugurated the 15th Forum 2019 to be held in ______?
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Varanasi a) Pune
in Uttar Pradesh. Theme - "Role of b) Goa
Indian Diaspora in building a New c) Kanpur
India.” d) Bengaluru
4. Which Country sanctions Iranian Explanation: The 2nd World
airline? Integrated Medicine Forum 2019 on
a) USA the Regulation of Homeopathic
b) UK
Medical Products will be held in Goa
c) Qatar from 23rd January.
d) Germany
8. Who has been named captain of
Explanation: Germany has banned ICC's Test team of the Year?
Iranian airline from its airports a) Steve Smith
adopted by the European Union b) Kane Williamson
against Tehran over attacks on c) Virat Kohli
opponents in the bloc. d) Faf du Plessis
5. India is at the _____ place in the Explanation: The International
informed public category according Cricket Council announced the
to 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer men‟s Test and ODI teams of the
report? year. Virat Kohli has been named
a) First captain of both sides following a
b) Second remarkable 2018 as batsman and
c) Third skipper.
d) Fourth
Current Affairs Quiz January 23 2019
Explanation: 2019 Edelman Trust
Barometer report - India was at the 1. Who became the fastest Indian
second place in the informed public bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets?
category and third place in the a) Bhuvneshwar Kumar
general population category. b) Jasprit Bumrah
c) Mohammed Shami
6. India Steel 2019 Exhibition and d) Ishanth Sharma
Conference to begin in ______?
a) New Delhi Explanation: Mohammed Shami
b) Kolkata became the fastest Indian bowler to
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claim 100 ODI wickets in his 56th d) Nalanda

match.
Explanation: Palm-leaf manuscripts
2. In which Country after nearly five at Andhra University to be digitised.
years of military rule going to hold
5. India shares coordinates of Kartarpur
elections?
Corridor with which Country?
a) North Korea
a) China
b) Thailand
c) Nigeria b) Pakistan
d) Pakistan c) Bangladesh
d) Afghanistan
Explanation: After nearly five years
of military rule, Thailand will hold Explanation: India shares
elections on March 24.The poll will coordinates of Kartarpur Corridor
with Pakistan
be the first since generals ousted a
democratically elected government 6. United States has confirmed that its
in 2014 after violent street protests. envoy is meeting with the Taliban in
3. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi ______?
a) UAE
inaugurated the Subhas Chandra
b) Saudi Arabia
Bose museum at Red Fort to mark
c) Iran
his _____ birth anniversary on
d) Qatar
January 23, 2019?
a) 122 Explanation: United States has confirmed
b) 123 that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the
c) 124 Taliban, seeking to negotiate an end to the
d) 125 Afghanistan war.
Explanation: Prime Minister, Shri 7. International Weightlifting
Narendra Modi inaugurated the Federation lifts ban on _________?
Subhas Chandra Bose museum at a) Mirabai Chanu
Red Fort to mark his 122nd birth b) Sanjita Chanu
anniversary on January 23, 2019. c) Swati Singh
d) Punam Yadav
4. Palm-leaf manuscripts at
__________University to be Explanation: International
digitised? Weightlifting Federation lifts ban on
a) Andhra Sanjita Chanu
b) Telangana
c) Jammu & Kashmir 8. India and which country signed an
Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC)
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in the field of Food Processing 3. Which is the second coldest

Industry? inhabited place in the world?
a) USA a) Oymyakon
b) Japan b) Ulaanbaatar
c) Germany c) Drass
d) Spain d) Verkhoyansk
Explanation: Memorandum of Explanation: The Winter Carnival

Cooperation (MoC) signed between has commenced at Drass, the second
India and Japan in the field of Food coldest inhabited place in the world.
Processing Industry.
4. International Day of Education is
Current Affairs Quiz January 24 2019 observed on?
a) January 21
1. National Girl Child Day is observed b) January 22
on? c) January 23
a) January 22 d) January 24
b) January 23
c) January 24 Explanation: International Day of
d) January 25 Education is celebrated every year
on January 24. The right to education
Explanation: National Girl Child is enshrined in article 26 of the
Day is being observed on January Universal Declaration of Human
24. The theme this year is Rights.
'Empowering Girls for a Brighter
Tomorrow'. 5. Which Ministry to facilitate
Jharkhand International Film
2. Mandovi River flows through which Festival 2019?
state/states? a) Ministry of Commerce and
a) Goa Industry
b) Maharashtra b) Ministry of Information and
c) Karnataka
Broadcasting
d) All of the above c) Ministry of Statistics and
Explanation: Union minister of road Programme Implementation
transport and highways Nitin d) Ministry of Culture
Gadkari will inaugurate the third Explanation: Information and
bridge over the Mandovi river in Broadcasting Ministry will facilitate
Panaji on January 27.
Jharkhand International Film
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Festival, 2019 through Directorate of 2019 in New Delhi. The objective of

Film Festivals. the conference was to discuss about
the prospects of boosting production
6. Uttar Pradesh is celebrating it's ___ in the upcoming Zaid/summer
foundation day? cropping season.
a) 69th
b) 68th 9. Who won the Spirit of Cricket
c) 67th award?
d) 66th a) Virat Kohli
b) Joe Root
Explanation: Uttar Pradesh is c) Steve Smith
celebrating its 69th foundation day.
d) Kane Williamson
7. Which Country announces breaking Explanation: Spirit of Cricket award
off diplomatic ties with US? - New Zealand cricketer Kane
a) Venezuela Williamson
b) Mexico
c) Russia Current Affairs Quiz January 25 2019
d) None of the above
1. National Voters‟ Day is observed
Explanation: Venezuelan President on?
Nicolas Maduro has announced that a) January 22
he is breaking off diplomatic ties b) January 23
with the United States after his c) January 24
American counterpart Donald Trump d) January 25
recognised Opposition leader Juan
Explanation: The 9th National
Guaido as the South American
country's interim President. Voters‟ Day will be celebrated on
January 25 across the country for
8. Where National conference on enhanced participation of citizens in
Agriculture-Zaid/summer campaign the electoral process. Theme – “No
2019 held? Voter to be Left Behind”.
a) Mumbai
b) Kolkata 2. Himachal Pradesh was formed in the
year?
c) New Delhi
d) Bengaluru a) 1961
b) 1971
Explanation: Ministry of c) 1981
Agriculture and Farmers' welfare d) 1969
organised a national conference on
Agriculture-Zaid/summer campaign
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Explanation: Himachal Pradesh is d) 20

celebrating its 49th full Statehood
Explanation: NASA's Opportunity
day with much fanfare and great
enthusiasm throughout the state day. rover has completed 15 years of its
It was on this day in 1971 when touchdown on the surface of Mars.
Himachal Pradesh was carved out as The US space agency said it has
the 18th State of the country. travelled 45 kilometres and logged
its 5,000th Martian day back in
3. US orders non-emergency embassy February 2018.
staff to leave which country?
a) Iran 6. Who has decided to deliver e-Courts
services through Common Service
b) Russia
Centres (CSCs)?
c) Venezuela
d) Iraq a) Supreme Court
b) Department of Justice
Explanation: The United States has c) Ministry of Law
ordered its non-emergency embassy d) NALSA
staff to leave Venezuela but refused
Explanation: In order to provide
to comply with a full expulsion
demanded by Nicolas Maduro. efficient and time-bound access to
the Courts services to litigant public,
4. ISRO successfully launches PSLV the Department of Justice has
___ carrying kalam sat and Microsat decided to deliver e-Courts services
R? to them through around 2 lakh
a) C44 Common Service Centres (CSCs).
b) C43
c) C42 7. Centre has decided to renovate and
d) C41 develop around ___ abandoned
airstrips across the country?
Explanation: The Indian Space a) 100
Research Organization successfully b) 200
launched the PSLV C 44 carrying c) 300
kalam sat and Microsat R. d) 400
5. NASA's Opportunity rover has Explanation: Centre has decided to

completed ___ years of its renovate and develop around 400
touchdown on the surface of Mars? abandoned airstrips across the
a) 5 country to strengthen air-
b) 10 connectivity.
c) 15
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8. Defence Ministry has said Disability India is celebrated every year with
or war injury pension for armed great pride on 26th of January to
forces personnel shall be minimum honour the Constitution of India as it
________ per month? came into force on the same day in
a) Rs. 18,000 the year 1950. It had replaced the
b) Rs. 16,000 Government of India Act, 1935 into
c) Rs. 14,000 the governing document of India.
d) Rs. 20,000
2. Who was the Chief Guest at the
Explanation: Defence Ministry has Indian Republic day 2019?
said, the disability or war injury a) Cambodian Prime Minister Hun
pension for armed forces personnel Sen
shall be minimum Rs. 18,000 per b) South African President Cyril
month. Ramaphosa
c) Indonesian President Joko
9. Millennials will be eligible to vote Widodo
for 1st time in which general d) UAE Crown Prince Sheikh
elections? Mohammed bin Zayed Al
a) 2019 Nahyan
b) 2020
c) 2021 Explanation: South African
d) 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa was the
Chief Guest at the Republic day
Explanation: President Ram Nath Parade 2019.
Kovind said millennials will be
eligible to vote for the first time in 3. How much % have been planned by
the general elections this year. Information and Broadcasting
Ministry to increase advertisement
Current Affairs Quiz January 26 2019 rates for private TV channels?
1. India is celebrating its ___ Republic a) 7%
Day? b) 12%
a) 68th c) 10%
b) 69th d) 11%
c) 70th Explanation: Information and
d) 71st Broadcasting Ministry to increase
Explanation: In 2019, India is advertisement rates by 11% to
celebrating its 70th Republic Day. private TV channels.
First Republic Day of India was
celebrated in 1950. Republic day in
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4. Fourth edition of Bharat Parv begins Explanation: Bharat Ratna Award -

at ________? Social activist Nanaji Deshmukh,
a) New Delhi Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika and
b) Mumbai former President Pranab Mukherjee.
c) Kolkata
d) Chennai 7. Which is the India's highest
peacetime gallantry award?
Explanation: Fourth edition of a) Bharat Ratna Award
Bharat Parv, showcasing the spirit of b) Ashoka Chakra award
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat will c) Kirti Chakra award
begin at Red Fort in Delhi. The d) Padma Vibhushan award
objective of this festival is to
Explanation: Ashoka Chakra
generate a patriotic fervour and
award[India's highest peacetime
promote rich cultural diversity of the
country. gallantry award] - Lance Naik Nazir
Ahmad Wani of J&K
5. Who becomes the first player since [posthumously]
2001 to win back-to-back Grand
8. Who conferred Raksha Mantri Padak
Slam titles?
a) Petra Kvitova and Commendation Cards to NCC
b) Simona Halep Cadets?
a) President of India
c) Naomi Osaka
d) Serena Williams b) Prime Minister of India
c) Home Minister of India
Explanation: In the Women's d) Defence Minister of India
Singles Final of the Australian Open
at Melbourne, Osaka defeated Czech Explanation: Defence Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman conferred
Petra Kvitova. Japan's Naomi Osaka
Raksha Mantri Padak and
has become the first player since
Commendation Cards to NCC
2001 to win back-to-back Grand
Slam titles. Cadets for their exemplary
performance and devotion to duty.
6. Who won the Bharat Ratna Award
9. A new _____-judge Constitution
2019?
Bench has been constituted in the
a) Pranab Mukherjee
b) Nanaji Deshmukh Supreme Court to hear Ram
c) Bhupen Hazarika Janambhoomi-Babri Masjid land title
d) All of the above dispute case?
a) 3
b) 5
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c) 7 b) Thanjavur
d) 4 c) Tirunelveli
d) Madurai
Explanation: A new five-judge
Constitution Bench has been Explanation: PM Modi lays
constituted in the Supreme Court to foundation stone for AIIMS Medical
hear Ram Janambhoomi-Babri College and Hospital at Madurai.
Masjid land title dispute in Ayodhya.
4. Who won the 7th Australian Open
Current Affairs Quiz January 27,28 2019 Men's Singles title?
a) Rafael Nadal
1. Who won the Indonesia Masters b) Novak Djokovic
Badminton-2019? c) Roger Federer
a) P V Sindhu d) Alexander Zverev
b) Carolina Marin
c) Saina Nehwal Explanation: Novak Djokovic
d) Tai Tzu Ying defeated Rafael Nadal to win his 7th
Australian Open Men's Singles title
Explanation: Saina Nehwal won her at Melbourne.
first Indonesia Masters title after
three-time world champion Carolina 5. Who launched the mobile app 'RDP
Marin limped out of the final due to India 2019'?
a leg injury. a) Ministry of Home Affairs
b) Ministry of External Affairs
2. Where was the second Indian
c) Ministry of Defence
Agricultural Research Institute d) Ministry of Science &
(IARI) of the country established? Technology
a) Jharkhand
b) New Delhi Explanation: As a new initiative in
c) Assam sync with the Digital India campaign
d) Maharashtra of the Government, Ministry of
Defence had launched a mobile app
Explanation: The second Indian 'RDP India 2019' on the Republic
Agricultural Research Institute Day, with the intent of making
(IARI) of the country established in available the highlights of the
Barahi, Jharkhand.
Republic Day event to the general
3. Where Prime Minister Modi lays public all over the world.
foundation stone for AIIMS Medical 6. What was the name given by the
College and Hospital?
Indian Railways to the indigenously
a) Coimbatore
manufactured Train 18?
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a) Shatabdi Express chairs Inter-Session Consultative

b) Tejas Express Committee Meeting in Bengaluru to
c) Vande Bharat Express review functioning of Food
d) Antyodaya express Corporation of India & Bureau of
Indian Standards.
Explanation: Indian Railways has
named the indigenously 9. Which Country imported the „Uttara
manufactured Train 18 as Vande Devi‟ train, a locomotive power set
Bharat Express. It is India's first from India?
semi-high speed train equipped with a) Bangladesh
world class passenger amenities and b) Nepal
is set to run between Delhi and c) Bhutan
Varanasi at a maximum speed of 160 d) Sri Lanka
kmph.
Explanation: Sri Lankan President
7. Where was the 3rd Stock Taking Maithripala Sirisena dedicated to the
Conference on Tiger Conservation public newly imported locomotive
inaugurated? power set from India to be used for
a) New Delhi the „Uttara Devi‟ Colombo-
b) Bengaluru Kankesanthurai train.
c) Kolkata
d) Bhopal Current Affairs Quiz January 29 2019
Explanation: The 3rd Stock Taking 1. Which Railway has provided

Conference on Tiger Conservation segways, the two-wheeled, self-
was inaugurated in New Delhi. balancing and battery-powered
electric vehicles, to the Railway
8. Where did the Inter-Session Protection Force (RPF) personnel
Consultative Committee Meeting deployed at major railway stations?
held to review functioning of Food a) Northern Railway
Corporation of India & Bureau of b) Southern Railway
Indian Standards? c) Eastern Railway
a) Mumbai d) Western Railway
b) Bengaluru
Explanation: The Western Railway
c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad has provided segways, the two-
wheeled, self-balancing and battery-
Explanation: Union Minister of powered electric vehicles, to the
Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Railway Protection Force (RPF)
Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan
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personnel deployed at major railway 4. Syria signs long-term economic

stations in Mumbai. cooperation deal with which
Country?
2. On the occasion of 100th Birth a) America
Anniversary of the legendary b) Russia
footballer, Dr. T. Ao which state c) Israel
opened its first Astro Turf Football d) Iran
Pitch?
a) Kolkata Explanation: Syria has signed a
b) Nagaland long-term economic cooperation deal
c) Mizoram with Iran. The new agreement covers
d) Sikkim the industrial, agricultural, service,
infrastructure and energy sectors
Explanation: Nagaland got its first among others.
Astro Turf Football Pitch at Indira
Gandhi Stadium in Kohima on the 5. Which Country aims to form safe
occasion of 100th Birth Anniversary zones in Syria for refugees to return?
of the legendary footballer, Dr. T. a) Turkey
Ao. b) USA
c) Russia
3. What is the name of the Common d) France
digital currency launched by the
central banks of UAE and Saudi Explanation: Turkish President
Arabia? Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the
a) EmCash country is aiming to form safe zones
b) eDinar in northern Syria so that Syrian
c) Aber refugees hosted by Turkey could
d) Petro return to their home country.
Explanation: The central banks of 6. India and which country have signed
the UAE and Saudi Arabia have the protocol for exports of Indian
launched a common digital currency tobacco leaves?
called "Aber", which will be used in a) Russia
financial settlements between the b) China
two countries through Blockchains c) America
and Distributed Ledgers d) France
technologies.
Explanation: India and China have
signed the protocol for exports of
Indian tobacco leaves to China.
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Quality tobacco on par with Explanation: New York Times

international standards is available in Travel Show 2019 Award of
India at competitive prices and there Excellence for „Best in Show‟ - India
is a good potential for export of
Indian tobacco to China. Current Affairs Quiz January 30 2019
1. Which State launched Special

7. GST on Haj reduced from 18% to
___? scheme to curb infant deaths?
a) 15% a) Uttar Pradesh
b) 10% b) Maharashtra
c) Haryana
c) 5%
d) Madhya Pradesh
d) 8%
Explanation: Union Minister for Explanation: Maharashtra Child

Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Development Minister Pankaja
Munde distributed baby-care kits to
Naqvi said that GST on Haj has been
the children born in primary health
reduced from 18 per cent to 5 per
centres and government hospitals.
cent and this will significantly lower
The scheme is applicable only for the
the air fare thus saving Haj
pilgrims‟113 crore rupees this year. first child and will benefit around
four lakh women across the state.
8. Where ICC T20 World Cup 2020 to
2. Who became the first Hindu woman
be held?
a) England to be appointed Civil judge in
b) India Pakistan?
a) Tulsi Gabbard
c) Australia
d) West Indies b) Kamala Harris
c) Suman Kumari
Explanation: The International d) Kirshna Kumari Kolhi
Cricket Council (ICC) announced
fixtures for the ICC T20 World Cup Explanation: Suman Kumari – First
2020 to be held in Australia. Hindu woman to be appointed Civil
judge in Pakistan
9. Which Country won the New York
Times Travel Show 2019 Award of 3. What is the rank of India in the
Global corruption index?
Excellence for „Best in Show‟?
a) 76th
a) India
b) China b) 78th
c) 80th
c) Japan
d) Norway d) 82nd
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Explanation: Global corruption c) Uttar Pradesh

index 1) Denmark 2) New Zealand d) Karnataka
78) India
Explanation: Human Resource
4. Which team finds Malarial drug Development Minister Prakash
inhibits Zika virus growth? Javadekar inaugurated the new
a) IIT Mandi Campus of the National Museum
b) IIT Madras Institute of the History of Art,
c) IIT Bombay Conservation and Museology at
d) IIT Delhi Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Explanation: Researchers at Indian 7. Domestic Council for Gems and

Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi Jewellery launched in ________?
have found a drug a) New Delhi
hydroxychloroquine or HCQ, that is b) Kolkata
already being used for treating c) Hyderabad
malaria to be effective in inhibiting d) Mumbai
Zika virus growth and replication.
Explanation: Union Minister of
5. Which Country's parliament Commerce and Industry Suresh
approves step toward charter Prabhu has said that country‟s gold
change? policy will be launched at the launch
a) Pakistan of the Domestic Council for Gems
b) Bangladesh and Jewellery in Mumbai.
c) Myanmar
d) Japan 8. Where the foundation stone for
Regional testing laboratory of
Explanation: Myanmar's parliament Central Power Research Institute
has voted to create a committee to (CPRI) laid?
propose amendments to the country's a) Uttar Pradesh
military-enacted constitution, which b) Jharkhand
grants the armed forces the power to c) Odisha
block any change. d) Maharashtra
6. Where was the new Campus of the Explanation: Shri R K Singh, Union
National Museum Institute of the Minister of State (IC) for Power and
History of Art, Conservation and New & Renewable Energy,
Museology inaugurated? Government of India laid the
a) Madhya Pradesh foundation stone of Regional testing
b) Maharashtra laboratory of Central Power
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Research Institute (CPRI) at Nashik, c) Karnataka

Maharashtra d) Tamil Nadu
9. National Martyrs' Day is observed Explanation: The Telangana state

on? government has declared that 2nd
a) January 30 February will be the appointing day
b) October 02 for the newly elected over 12000
c) August 18 Sarpanches of the Gram Panchayats
d) March 23 in the state.
Explanation: The nation pays 4. PETROTECH-2019, the 13th

homage to Father of the Nation International Oil & Gas Conference
Mahatma Gandhi on his 71st death & Exhibition, is all set to be
anniversary. The day is also inaugurated on _____________
observed as Martyrs' Day. He was a) February 07, 2019
assassinated on this day in 1948. b) February 08, 2019
c) February 09, 2019
Current Affairs Quiz January 31, 2019
d) February 10, 2019
1. National Salt Satyagraha Memorial
has been inaugurated in which state? 5. Where was ISRO inaugurated the
a) Maharashtra Human Space Flight Centre?
b) Madhya Pradesh a) Bengaluru
c) Gujarat b) Mumbai
d) Kerala c) Chennai
d) Hyderabad
2. Who awarded the prestigious Carnot
prize by Kleinman Centre for Energy 6. 42nd meeting of the Central
Policy Sanctioning and Monitoring
a) Suresh Prabhu Committee held at?
b) Nitin Gadkari a) Kanpur
c) Piyush Goyal b) Varanasi
d) Rajendra Prasad c) Kolkata
d) New Delhi
3. Which state government has declared
that 2nd February will be the 7. Shri NitinGadkari and Which
appointing day for the newly elected Ministry launched travelogue
Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats? program “Rag Rag Mein Ganga” and
a) Telangana quiz show “Meri Ganga” on
b) Kerala Doordarshan?
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a) Arun Jaitley launched travelogue program “Rag

b) Rajyavardhan Rathore Rag Mein Ganga” and quiz show
c) Rajnath Singh “Meri Ganga” on Doordarshan.
d) Sushma Swaraj
8. Which country has announced a new
Explanation: Union Minister for H-1B visa filing rule to give priority
Water Resources, River to workers with advanced degrees?
Development and Ganga a) India
Rejuvenation, Road Transport & b) Russia
Highways and Shipping, Shri c) US
NitinGadkari and Union Minister of d) Australia
State (Independent Charge) for
Information & Broadcasting and
Youth Affairs & Sports, Col.
Rajyavardhan Rathore (Retd.)
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Explanation: Justice T B N 1. Where was the 106th Indian Science

given to them have continued to be Bangladesh for the ______

6. Tropical storm Pabuk hits which Explanation: The Cabinet has

7. Sheikh Hasina is likely to be sworn 1. World Braille Day is observed on?

plastics and newspapers to wrap food Explanation: Arunima Sinha

d) Andhra Pradesh 6. Which minister to confer National

8. 80th National Table Tennis c) Georgia

b) Prayagraj outstanding contribution in different

Explanation: Information and Explanation: World Bank President

Explanation: Guatemala has said it c) Ministry of Human Resource

1. This is the _______ time Egypt 4. Which Ministry adopts E-Mobility

Explanation: Egypt hosting the Explanation: Ministry of Finance

2. Who has launched an online 5. A One day Workshop On Public

Explanation: A One Day Workshop 8. Who has Released the Recombinant

a) Uttar Pradesh 6. The 2nd Edition of Khelo India

d) 11 th January 2019 Explanation: Uttar Pradesh Chief

c) Hyderabad d) M Venkaiah Naidu.

7. The 25th edition of Partnership Explanation: January 12 – National

2. A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit Explanation: TulsiGabbard, the first

7. In the following Which state did not in educational institutions and

a) Nitin Gadkari Explanation: The Maharashtra

Explanation: In Madhya Pradesh, 6. In Rajasthan, senior leader of

2nd Jharkhand International Film b) Jaipur

Explanation: A consortium of banks Kalamsat and an imaging satellite

Explanation: Minister of State in 5. A Regional Conference on

c) Karnataka series of projects as a part of the

Explanation: The United Nations d) Karnataka

3. 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

claim 100 ODI wickets in his 56th d) Nalanda

in the field of Food Processing 3. Which is the second coldest

Explanation: Memorandum of Explanation: The Winter Carnival

Festival, 2019 through Directorate of 2019 in New Delhi. The objective of

Explanation: Himachal Pradesh is d) 20

5. NASA's Opportunity rover has Explanation: Centre has decided to

4. Fourth edition of Bharat Parv begins Explanation: Bharat Ratna Award -

a) Shatabdi Express chairs Inter-Session Consultative

Explanation: The 3rd Stock Taking 1. Which Railway has provided

personnel deployed at major railway 4. Syria signs long-term economic

Quality tobacco on par with Explanation: New York Times

1. Which State launched Special

Explanation: Union Minister for Explanation: Maharashtra Child

Explanation: Global corruption c) Uttar Pradesh

Explanation: Researchers at Indian 7. Domestic Council for Gems and

Research Institute (CPRI) at Nashik, c) Karnataka

9. National Martyrs' Day is observed Explanation: The Telangana state

Explanation: The nation pays 4. PETROTECH-2019, the 13th

a) Arun Jaitley launched travelogue program “Rag

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