Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2019

1. Which union ministry has launched the Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) in New Delhi?
[A] Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
[B] Ministry of Home Affairs
[C] Ministry of Finance
[D] Ministry of Tribal Affairs

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2. Which Indian personality has been honoured with the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award?
[A] K Sivan
[B] Anna Hazare
[C] Ravish Kumar
[D] Mary Kom

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3. Who is the author of the book “Tools and Weapons: The Promise and The Peril of the Digital Age”?
[A] Sundar Pichai
[B] Brad Smith
[C] Satya Nadella
[D] Jeff Bezos

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4. The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) is located in which city?
[A] Jaipur
[B] Bhopal
[C] Dehradun
[D] Delhi

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5. As per which article of the constitution, Supreme Court has ruled that a judicial magistrate has power to direct accused to give voice samples?
[A] Article 144
[B] Article 141
[C] Article 142
[D] Article 143

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6. India’s first large-scale trial for VPM1002 & Immuvac is related to which disease?
[A] AIDS
[B] Malaria
[C] TB
[D] Polio

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7. Which Indian cricketer has been conferred with Karthik Bose Lifetime Achievement award?
[A] Bishan Singh Bedi
[B] Arun Lal
[C] Farokh Engineer
[D] Syed Kirmani

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8. Urkund software, which is in news recently, is related to which field?
[A] Insurance
[B] Education
[C] Digital Banking
[D] Share Market

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9. Which zone of Indian railways has introduced a new Biometric Token System (BTS)?
[A] North Western Railway
[B] Western Railways
[C] East Central Railway
[D] South Western Railway

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10. Which state /UT government has launched a project titled ‘Oral History Programme’?
[A] Kerala
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Rajasthan
[D] Delhi

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