CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ - 2019

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,1967


Explanation : Since the year 1997, National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT) has been banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,1967 and has been involved in violence, from its camps across the international border in Bangladesh. It has been responsible for violent activities, including 317 insurgency-related incidents( where 28 security forces personnel and 62 civilians lost their lives) during the period from 2005 to 2015. Peace talks with NLFT were initiated in 2015&there it has not been involved in any violence activity by NLFT since 2016.

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   Ghotu Ram Meena


Explanation : Ghotu Ram Meena has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Congo. Currently, Meena is serving as a counsellor, Embassy of India in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Correct Answer : Option (A) :   Satyarth Nayak


Explanation : The book, titled 'Sridevi: Girl Woman Superstar' will be launched on Sridevi's 56th birth anniversary. The book is written by author-screenwriter Satyarth Nayak. The book will be published under the Ebury Press imprint of Penguin Random House in October 2019.

Correct Answer : Option (B) :   Bihar


Explanation : The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for river valley and hydroelectric projects of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) approved Rs 4,900 crore project for interlinking of Kosi and Mechi rivers of Bihar. With the approval, it became the second major river interlinking project in India after the Ken-Betwa project in Madhya Pradesh.

Correct Answer : Option (D) :   Valentina Elangbam


Explanation : Valentina Elangbam, a 9-year-old girl from Manipur, has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the Chief Minister's Green Manipur Mission.

Correct Answer : Option (D) :   Pranab Mukherjee


Explanation : President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Bharat Ratna to former President Pranab Mukherjee and posthumously to Assamese singer Bhupen Hazarika and Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh.

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   VSSC


Explanation : Giving a major boost to the Kerala Space Park project, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State government to support its efforts in promoting Space Technology vertical in the State.

Correct Answer : Option (A) :   Prakash Javadekar


Explanation : Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Prakash Javadekar launched the e-version of Rozgar Samachar recently with an aim to spread awareness of job opportunities in public sector enterprises, banks and other government sectors.

Correct Answer : Option (B) :   Shubman Gill


Explanation : Shubman Gill became the youngest Indian cricketer to score a first-class double century and combined with skipper Hanuma Vihari to put India A in the driver's seat against West Indies.

Correct Answer : Option (B) :   Ayushmann Khuranna and Vicky Kaushal


Explanation : Ayushmann Khuranna for Andhadhun and Vicky Kaushal for Uri : The Surgical Strike