Current Affairs Quiz - May, 2019

41. RBI has allowed modern currency chests to hike service charges from the existing rate of Rs 5 per packet of 100 pieces to ____?
[A] Rs 8
[B] Rs 11
[C] Rs 7
[D] Rs 10

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42. Which of the following countries have started the first-of-its-kind naval drill exercise ‘Pacific Vanguard’?
[A] Japan, South Korea & Australia
[B] Russia, China & Turkey
[C] India, Australia & United States
[D] United States, New Zealand & Canada

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43. Who won the 2019 Dylan Thomas prize?
[A] Zoe Gilbert
[B] Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
[C] Guy Gunaratne
[D] Sarah Perry

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44. Where is the headquarters of United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)?
[A] Nairobi
[B] Paris
[C] New York
[D] Berlin

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45. Kalpana Dash, who passed away recently, was the noted woman mountaineer of which state?
[A] Uttarakhand
[B] Odisha
[C] Punjab
[D] Himachal Pradesh

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46. Which country to host an international conference against anti-Semitism in October 2020?
[A] Sweden
[B] India
[C] China
[D] Japan

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47. Which state government has decided to set up India’s first ‘Blockchain District’?
[A] Karnataka
[B] Andhra Pradesh
[C] Telangana
[D] Jharkhand

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48. Who has been sworn-in as the new President of Nigeria?
[A] Mohd Hussain
[B] Yemi Osinbajo
[C] Atiku Abubakar
[D] Muhammadu Buhari

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49. What is the focus theme of the 2019 edition of World No Tobacco Day (WNTD)?
[A] Tobacco and lung health
[B] Tobacco and heart disease
[C] Tobacco – a threat to development
[D] Stop Illicit Trade of Tobacco Products

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50. The 2019 Financial Literacy Week is an initiative of which of the following Indian organizations?
[A] RBI
[B] Ministry of Finance
[C] SEBI
[D] IRDA

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