Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2019

1. Dara Dotiwalla, who passed away recently, was associated with which sports?
[A] Cricket
[B] Badminton
[C] Tennis
[D] Football

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2. Which of the following countries have officially set up a payment channel with Iran called INSTEX?
[A] Italy, Russia and the Netherlands
[B] Brazil, South Africa and Egypt
[C] Saudi Arabia, Denmark and Japan
[D] Germany, France and the UK

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3. Who has become the first female cricketer to play 200 ODIs?
[A] Jemimah Rodrigues
[B] Mithali Raj
[C] Jhulan Goswami
[D] Smriti Mandhana

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4. Who has become the first Indian golfer to grab Australian LPGA card?
[A] Diksha Dagar
[B] Astha Madan
[C] Vani Kapoor
[D] Ridhima Dilawari

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5. India’s unemployment rate hit a 4 decade high to what percent in 2017-18, as per PLFS survey by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO)?
[A] 5.2%
[B] 6.1%
[C] 4.3%
[D] 7.3%

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6. Which of the following states has recently declared Indus river dolphin as the state’s aquatic animal?
[A] Haryana
[B] Himachal Pradesh
[C] Punjab
[D] Jammu & Kashmir

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7. Which state government has launched Kalia Students’ Scholarship Scheme to boost education for farmers children?
[A] Chhattisgarh
[B] Tamil Nadu
[C] Assam
[D] Odisha

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8. Which of the following states has become the first Indian state to set up a Price Monitoring and Research Unit (PMRU)?
[A] Punjab
[B] Kerala
[C] Karnataka
[D] Telangana

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9. GSAT-31, which is in news recently, is launched from which of the following places?
[A] French Guiana
[B] Sriharikota
[C] Florida
[D] Moscow

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10. Which of the following PSEs has been declared winner under Miniratna Category by Ministry of MSME for exemplary work amongst CPSEs for promotion of SC/ST entrepreneurs?
[A] SAIL
[B] AAI
[C] NFDC
[D] IRCTC

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