Current Affairs Quiz - August, 2019

31. Which Indian personality has been conferred the UAE’s highest civil honour ‘Order of Zayed’?
[A] Ram Nath Kovind
[B] Narendra Modi
[C] Lata Mangeshkar
[D] Amitabh Bachchan

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32. Mohammed Zahur Hashmi, who has passed away recently, was the veteran personality of which field?
[A] Journalism
[B] Politics
[C] Film Industry
[D] Photography

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33. The underground British-era Bunker turned Museum has come up in which city of Maharashtra?
[A] Mumbai
[B] Nagpur
[C] Nashik
[D] Aurangabad

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34. On which date, the Communal Harmony Day (CHD) is celebrated in India?
[A] August 21
[B] August 22
[C] August 20
[D] August 23

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35. The Cabinet Secretary of India works under the direct charge of ____?
[A] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
[B] Prime Minister
[C] Ministry of Home Affairs
[D] Ministry of Finance

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36. The National Conference on Varmam Science has recently held in which city?
[A] Chennai
[B] New Delhi
[C] Kochi
[D] Jaipur

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37. ‘Sea Tinkle’ in Chennai beach , which is in news recently, is caused by which algae?
[A] Cryptomonad
[B] Diatom
[C] Noctiluca
[D] Wakame

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38. Which international organisation has released a report titled ‘Quality Unknown: The Invisible Water Crisis’?
[A] ADB
[B] UNCTAD
[C] UNGA
[D] World Bank

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39. Where is the headquarters of the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network “TRAFFIC”?
[A] France
[B] Germany
[C] United States
[D] United Kingdom

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40. Which country has been blacklisted by Asia-Pacific Group of FATF for its failure to comply with terror funding standards?
[A] Iran
[B] Pakistan
[C] North Korea
[D] Afghanistan

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