Current Affairs Quiz - June, 2019

11. Who has been elected as new Prime Minister of Thailand?
[A] Thaksin Shinawatra
[B] Prayuth Chan-ocha
[C] Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit
[D] Prem Tinsulanonda

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12. Which state government has recently launched Pink Sarathi vehicles for women’s safety?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Kerala
[C] Uttar Pradesh
[D] Jharkhand

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13. Bancha, which has become the first Solar Kitchen only village in India, is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
[A] Jabalpur
[B] Chhindwara
[C] Bhopal
[D] Betul

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14. R V Janakiraman, who passed away recently, was the former Chief Minister of which state/UT?
[A] Tamil Nadu
[B] Karnataka
[C] Puducherry
[D] Odisha

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15. Which Indian personality has been elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society (APS)?
[A] Vikram Seth
[B] Romila Thapar
[C] Chetan Bhagat
[D] Amitav Ghosh

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16. Which North American country has decided to ban single use plastics from 2021?
[A] Canada
[B] Mexico
[C] United States
[D] Cuba

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17. India’s first Dinosaur-Museum-Cum-Park is located in which of the following states?
[A] Rajasthan
[B] Gujarat
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Odisha

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18. The scientists of which US University have created a global map of where groundwater meets oceans?
[A] Stanford University
[B] Ohio State University
[C] Yale University
[D] Duke University

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19. Who has been appointed the Leader of the House for the Rajya Sabha?
[A] Narendra Singh Tomar
[B] Piyush Goyal
[C] Thawar Chand Gehlot
[D] Nirmala Sitharaman

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20. The scientists at which Indian university have discovered a new species of ‘paddy frog’ belonging to the microhylid genus Micryletta from Northeast India?
[A] Savitribai Phule Pune University
[B] Delhi University
[C] University of Mumbai
[D] Anna University

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