Current Affairs Quiz - January, 2019

1. ESAF Small Finance Bank (SFB) has recently got RBI nod to operate as a scheduled bank. The headquarters of ESAF is located at ___?
[A] Thiruvananthapuram
[B] Chennai
[C] Thrissur
[D] Kolkata

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2. Transgenders can file sexual harassment case under which section of IPC?
[A] Section 357A
[B] Section 356A
[C] Section 354A
[D] Section 358A

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3. ISRO has launched which initiative with students to engage them on space science activities?
[A] Space
[B] Sansad
[C] Samwad
[D] Sangrah

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4. Who has taken charge as the first Chief Justice of Telangana High Court?
[A] T B Radhakrishnan
[B] Chagari Praveen Kumar
[C] Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti
[D] Akula Venkata Sesha Sai

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5. 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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6. 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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7. Which Indian bowler has become the highest International Wicket-Taker in 2018?
[A] Mohammed Shami
[B] Kuldeep Yadav
[C] Jasprit Bumrah
[D] Ravichandran Ashwin

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8. The 3rd edition of the National Entrepreneurship Awards (NEA) hosted by which Union ministry?
[A] Ministry of Corporate Affairs
[B] Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
[C] Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
[D] Ministry of Human Resource Development

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9. Which city is the venue of the 2019 Indian Panorama Film Festival (IPFF)?
[A] Lucknow
[B] Panaji
[C] Pune
[D] New Delhi

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10. The tropical cyclone ‘Pabuk’ has recently occurred in which of the following countries?
[A] Thailand
[B] Indonesia
[C] Japan
[D] Mauritius

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