Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2019

1. Which country has announced 2019 as the ‘Year of Active Investment and Social Development’ in backdrop of wider business with India?
[A] Kyrgyzstan
[B] Tajikistan
[C] Turkmenistan
[D] Uzbekistan

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2. Which state’s women has recently formed 620-km-long ‘wall’ to uphold gender equality?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Karnataka
[C] Kerala
[D] Odisha

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3. Who is the recipient of the 2019 National Nritya Shiromani Award?
[A] Gudiseva Shyam Prasad
[B] Upmaka Durga Prasad Rao
[C] Talluri Sunil Chowdaryu
[D] Anindita Neogy Anaam

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4. The Union Government has launched Ujjwala sanitary napkin initiative in which of the following states?
[A] Uttar Pradesh
[B] Odisha
[C] Jharkhand
[D] Haryana

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5. Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link, which is in news recently, is the proposed tunnel to connect islands of which of the following countries?
[A] Denmark and Germany
[B] France and Italy
[C] UK and Spain
[D] Brazil and Chile

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6. Who is the head of the RBI panel on MSME revival?
[A] U K Sinha
[B] Ram Mohan Mishra
[C] Bindu Ananth
[D] Abhiman Das

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7. Which state has topped ACI’s Ease Of Doing Business (EDB) Index 2018?
[A] Gujarat
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Maharashtra
[D] Delhi

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8. Which African country has recently opened West Asia’s largest cathedral in its New Administrative Capital?
[A] Egypt
[B] Nigeria
[C] Ethiopia
[D] Kenya

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9. The Union Cabinet has recently approved a reservation at what percentage for ‘economically backward’ upper castes in government jobs?
[A] 5%
[B] 10%
[C] 6%
[D] 15%

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10. Which Indian origin personality has joined IMF as its first female Chief Economist?
[A] K S Chithra
[B] Shobhana Bhartia
[C] Gita Gopinath
[D] Padmasree Warrior

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