CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ - 2019

Correct Answer : Option (B) :   780


Explanation : An unmanned X-37B space plane landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, wrapping up a record 780 days in orbit.

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   550th


Explanation : Air India depicts 'Ik Onkar' on tail of aircraft on Amritsar-Stansted flight to mark 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev.

Correct Answer : Option (D) :   Jammu & Kashmir


Explanation : The famous and sparkling blue Pangong Lake is situated near Leh-Ladakh in the Himalayas, approximately at the height of 4350 meters.

Correct Answer : Option (A) :   Dineshwar Sharma


Explanation : Former interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma has been appointed as the new administrator of Lakshadweep by President Ram Nath Kovind. A 1976-batch retired IPS officer of Kerala cadre, Sharma served as chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) from 2015 to 2017. He was appointed as the interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir in 2017 during the first term of the Narendra Modi-led government.

Correct Answer : Option (B) :   VIPER


Explanation : NASA will send a golf cart-sized robot to the moon in 2022 to search for deposits of water below the surface. The VIPER robot will drive for miles (km) on the dusty lunar surface to get a closer look.

Correct Answer : Option (D) :   Rajasthan


Explanation : Jan Soochna Portal-2019 is the public information portal launched by Rajasthan.

Correct Answer : Option (B) :   UNICEF


Explanation : Odisha inked a Letter of Understanding (LOU) on a drink from tap mission with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF).

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   Karnataka


Explanation : Karnataka was crowned the 2019-20 Vijay Hazare Champions as they beat Tamil Nadu by nine wickets in the Vijay Hazare Trophy at Bengaluru.

Correct Answer : Option (A) :   Greta Thunberg


Explanation : Britain's Natural History Museum names blind and wingless beetle after Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Correct Answer : Option (A) :   Ilham Tohti


Explanation : The European Union (EU) Parliament awarded the 'Sakharov Prize for Human Rights' to Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti (49), who has been jailed and sentenced to life imprisonment in China for "separatism".